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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drue Hackenberg Ks 6

The final week of the season for Atlanta Braves minor league baseball is under way, and it was a bit of a quiet start for the affiliates. No one had a real stand out day, though a few flashes from Drue Hackenberg in his start for Columbus were impressive. The big news of the day […]...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy dominates in Rome return

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Murphy continued his promising return from Tommy John surgery with an electric eight strikeout performance It was a day for pitching prospects to shine on the Atlanta Braves farm system, and no one was more impressive than Owen Murphy. Murphy had an incredible outing, dominating the top team in the South Atlantic League with no sweat, and he...2025
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• Braves Minor League Preview - 8/2

Alex Lodise | Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Taking a look at the matchups on the farm for Saturday. Durham Bulls @ Gwinnett Stripers - 6:05 PM ET Pitching Probables DRM: TBD GWI: Didier Fuentes (1-1, 4.96 ERA) The Stripers come in on a high note after winning both ends of a doubleheader last night, despite of a shaky game from JR Ritchie. Tonight they take on Durha...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves Midseason Top 30 Prospects: 19-24

Image Credit: Garrett Spain Rayven Antonio is one of the breakout prospects of the year The Battery Power midseason top 30 Atlanta Braves prospects list rolls on with the second installment, where for the first time in years the list is starting to see strong representation from the lowers levels. From breakout prospects to recent signees this portion of the list features exciting talent f...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Didier Fuentes dominates Memphis

Didier Fuentes | Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Sunday saw the Didier Fuentes that earned his top prospect status, while Isaiah Drake also had a big game. Gwinnett Stripers 10, Memphis Redbirds 1 Box Score Statcast Nacho Alvarez Jr., 2B: 1-5, BB, .333/.500/.467 Eddys Leonard, LF: 3-3, HR, 2B, BB, 3 R, 5 RBI, .235/.307/.447 Didier Fuentes, SP: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 9 K, 4.96 ERA ...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: David McCabe has another hot day

Photo by Natalie Buchanan/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images McCabe had three hits in the double header, has a 28% line drive rate this season, and has a .922 OPS in July There was some terrific baseball played on the Atlanta Braves farm system on Saturday night. David McCabe had another awesome couple of games with plenty of hard hit balls, JR Ritchie gave up no earned runs and very f...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy makes rehab start in Florida

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images The 2022 first rounder was on the road to a breakout in 2024 before Tommy John surgery shut him down It was a busy opening day of the week for the Atlanta Braves affiliates, with a number of prospects making returns from injury. Drue Hackenberg, Luke Sinnard, and Ethan Bagwell each returned to their respective squads to make their first star...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Cedric De Grandpre throws six scoreless innings

Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Atlanta Braves started out the week hot, with three of the starters combining for 16 1⁄3 scoreless innings. One of those could have even gone deeper were it not for a scary play on a comebacker that knocked Lucas Braun from the game. In Gwinnett Jarred Kelenic has put up his first good stretch of play in awhile, while the Columbus...2025
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• Feeling a draft in here (Part 2)

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Do you have “The Face”? (For the first part of this series, click here.) One of the other weird things I learned about during the intern and draft process initially seemed insane. Used to hearing discussions about bodies – height, weight, length, muscle – I found another interesting aspect scouts liked to talk about – “The Face”. When I first heard one of them ment...2025
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• Braves 2025 MLB Draft Preview: Looking at recent classes

Spencer Schwellenbach | Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Taking a look at the hits and misses of the Atlanta Braves drafts over the last four years, and what you can read into potential 2025 selections. With the 2025 MLB Draft just a month away it’s time to take a look at how the Atlanta Braves past few drafts have turned out, and what exactly can be taken from them to apply to their potential...2025
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• Braves Prospects Stock Watch: David McCabe rakes in April

Photo by Scott Audette/MLB Photos via Getty Images McCabe leads the best of the rising top prospects in the system. Almost a month of minor league baseball is in the books, and it’s been a curious year for Atlanta Braves prospects. Four of the top six prospects in the system have been either injured or in Atlanta for most of the year, and that’s led to a somewhat weaker crop of players to ...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Craig Kimbrel makes season debut

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon SMI/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Kimbrel’s return to the organization started with a scoreless inning in Columbus What a day it was for Atlanta Braves pitching prospects, with three of the mid-tier starters having terrific second outings. Blake Burkhalter, Herick Hernandez, and Luke Sinnard are all three among the leaders for players who could have ...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Spencer Strider steals the show on Opening Day

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Strider’s 5 1⁄3 hitless innings highlighted a busy day on the farm For the first time all season we have all four minor league affiliates in action on the Atlanta Braves farm system, and we had plenty to be excited about on Friday night. Three of the four affiliates won, including a walk off in Gwinnett and an impressive showing from some young hitters do...2025
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"Would Nathan Wiles, Hurston Waldrep, or someone like Drue Hackenberg be any better than running Fuentes out there?"

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"On the mound Lucas Braun put up two double-digit strikeout games in one week, while rotation-mate Drue Hackenberg threw five scoreless innings."

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"It was a day that featured some veterans and some new faces to the organization, mainly second round pick Drue Hackenberg."

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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ethan Workinger hits three home runs.

Photo by Scott Audette/MLB Photos via Getty Images It was a massive day for Workinger, who drove in eight runs There are few things in baseball more fun than a player having a breakout game at the plate, and Atlanta Braves prospect Ethan Workinger had a career night for the Clingstones in a win. Workinger capped off a three home run game with a grand slam off of the scoreboard, giving Colu...2025
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• Braves Prospects Stock Watch: David McCabe rakes in April
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• Braves Minor League Recap: EJ Exposito hits for the cycle

45 bats during the Saturday afternoon Spring Training baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Baltimore Orioles on March 9, 2024 at CoolToday Park in North Port, Florida. (Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Exposito led the way in a 16 run outburst for the Emperors. There wasn’t much offense for the Atlanta Braves affiliates on Saturday, but the Rome Emper...2025
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• Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: JR Ritchie Shines

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Ritchie, Joseph, Harris, Harper all with impressive days on the mound in a strong day for the Braves farm system (10-11) Gwinnett Stripers 5, (16-6) Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 6 Carlos Rodriguez, CF: 1-for-4, R, .267/.313/.333 James McCann, C: 2-for-4, RBI, .281/.343/.375 Eddys Leonard, 3B-2B: 1-for-4 HR, 2 RBI, R, .231/.259/.538 Conner Capel, RF: 2-for-4...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Craig Kimbrel makes season debut
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy dominates in Rome return
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Didier Fuentes dominates Memphis
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• Braves Minor League Preview - 7/10

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports A great Triple-A matchup on the docket as Hurston Waldrep and the Stripers play Bubba Chandler and the Indianapolis Indians (36-53) Gwinnett Stripers @ (52-36) Indianapolis Indians - 7:05 PM ET Pitching Probables GWI: Hurston Waldrep (6-7, 5.25 ERA) IND: Bubba Chandler (3-2, 3.07 ERA) After losing a heartbreaker yesterday, the Stripers turn to Hurston Waldrep f...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ethan Workinger hits three home runs.
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• Braves Minor League Recap 4/10

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Starting pitching throughout the organization was on another level on Thursday night. (5-6) Gwinnett Stripers 6, (5-7) Norfolk Tides 1 Spencer Strider, SP: 5.1IP 3H 1ER 2BB 13K, 1.32 ERA Dylan Dodd, RP: 1.2IP 1H 0R 0BB 4K, 14.54 ERA Jake Marisnick, CF: 1-for-3, HR, R, 2 RBI, .138/.242/.276 Cody Milligan, RF: 2-for-3, BB, .333/.400/.429 Box Score This gam...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Spencer Strider steals the show on Opening Day
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Rome, Blake Burkhalter to begin playoff series

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The inaugural season under the Emperors moniker has a chance to be a championship season Gwinnett Stripers Record: 68-70, 33-30 2nd half, 4th in IL West (7.5 GB) It was an interesting week for the Gwinnett pitching staff, where command woes tended to plague the starting pitching and the team had a handful of blow up games from the pitching staff. That s...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Jesse Chavez makes rehab appearance at Gwinnett

Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images As the minor league season draws to a close, the Atlanta Braves minor league had just two games in action last night, winning and losing one. It was a day that featured some veterans and some new faces to the organization, mainly second round pick Drue Hackenberg. (64-73) Gwinnett Stripers 1, (68-70) Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 2 F/7 Joe Dunand 2-3, 1 K A...2023
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• Braves Sign First Six Picks From 2023 Draft
The Braves have signed the first six players they selected in the 2023 draft, which took place earlier this week. Right-handers Hurston Waldrep, Drue Hackenberg, Cade Kuehler and Garrett Baumann have put pen to paper, as has shortstop Sabin Ceballos and outfielder Isaiah Drake. Details from Twitter courtesy of Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline and…...2023
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• Atlanta Braves 2023 MLB Draft Recap
Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images A review of each of the players in the 2023 MLB Draft class for the Atlanta Braves. With the 2023 MLB Draft now complete, it is time to look at the newest members of the Atlanta Braves organization. The Braves selected 21 players during the 20 round draft, with the extra pick as compensation for losing Dansby Swanson last offseason. It should be expec...2023
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• Atlanta Braves announce signing of 20 draftees from 2023 class
Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images Atlanta once again had a quick turnaround, getting all but one of their deals done before the deadline The Atlanta Braves have officially announced the signings from the 2023 MLB Draft selections, and they came away with 20 of their 21 signed. They announced all of the signings here, headlined by first round pick Hurston Waldrep. Waldrep received the bigg...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Kyle Wright starts and Drake Baldwin’s hit streak continues

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Had it not been for a ninth inning collapse by the Gwinnett Stripers, the Atlanta Braves minor league system would’ve been a perfect 4-0 day. But on a positive note the Braves had a key minor league start go well yesterday which highlighted what was overall a very strong night. (61-70) Gwinnett Stripers 5, (72-60) Worcester Red Sox 6 Braden Shewmake 1-...2023
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Gwinnett swept their series last week behind the bats of Alvarez and Drake Baldwin The minor league season is quickly coming to a close, as the two lowest level Atlanta Braves affiliates will be playing their final regular season home series of the season this week. At the upper levels the near-MLB players are starting to find their stride, as Nacho Alvarez and...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Rome eliminated from playoffs

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images JR Ritchie had a solid outing, but Rome couldn’t give him the run support to extend the series to a third game It wasn’t the best of days for the Atlanta Braves Minor League system. None of the affiliates won and Rome was decisively swept out of the playoffs despite some solid work from JR Ritchie. Still some guys did shine, with the best T...2024
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• Should Didier Fuentes stick in the rotation for now?

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images He’s had one meh outing and one bad outing Didier Fuentes is now two starts deep in his major league career. His first outing was okay, and ended up looking blah because he got appropriately punished on a really bad hanger. His second start was just kind of a mess overall. Two starts in, the pitch models continue to be big fans, but his command was much, m...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: McCabe collects three hits, Tornes doubles on birthday

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images The Clingstones kept it rolling winning three games in their past two days (37-45) St. Paul Saints 4 @ (34-50) Gwinnett Stripers 7 Carlos Rodríguez, RF: 2-for-3, HR, RBI, 3 R, BB, .297/.365/.368 Conner Capel, DH: 3-for-4, HR, 3 RBI, R, .243/.330/.379 Eddys Leonard, 2B: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, R, .219/.286/.394 Nathan Wiles, SP: 5IP 7H 4ER 2BB 4K, 3.33 ERA Box Score The...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy makes rehab start in Florida
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• Top 30 Braves Prospects Who could Debut in 2025

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Braves have a number of players, especially on the pitching end, who could make their debuts this upcoming season. The grind for pitching is a never-ending battle for any major league team, and the Atlanta Braves have now found themselves in a position where they have a large contingent of starters nearly ready to make the leap to earni...2025
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• Battery Power Top 30 Prospects: Best Tools, Pitchers

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Hurston Waldrep’s splitter is one of many standout pitches in the Braves system Yesterday we gave you our best tools amongst the position player prospects in our top 30 Atlanta Braves prospects list, and today we’re going to flip it around and look at pitchers. While the lack of depth led to many of the best tools being shared between the same handful of...2025
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drake Baldwin hits clutch grand slam

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Baldwin’s blast and Ian Anderson’s strong start led Gwinnett to a win It was a fun night of baseball for the Atlanta Braves system, as the big league club got a big win behind Spencer Schwellenbach and the next wave of guys did good things on the farm. Drake Baldwin and Ian Anderson continue to show out for Gwinnett, putting up dominant games in Trip...2024
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• What to Expect in Spencer Schwellenbach’s major league debut

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images It’s an exciting time for Braves fans as they’ll have a chance to be introduced to one of the brightest pitching talents in the organization If we’ve said it once we’ve said it 100 times: once you get to Double-A in the Atlanta Braves system you immediately become a candidate for a major league call up. There is overwhelming surprise around baseball at ...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: EJ Exposito homers again

45 bats during the Saturday afternoon Spring Training baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Baltimore Orioles on March 9, 2024 at CoolToday Park in North Port, Florida. (Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Exposito has been the surprise offensive star of the system It was actually a very good day for the Atlanta Braves affiliates. They took only one loss, ...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Mejia dominates again

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images It’s been a stellar year for the 2022 11th round pick, who leads the Southern League in strikeouts If you’re an Atlanta Braves fan, or perhaps just an Augusta GreenJackets fan, your TGIF could refer to nothing more than a love of GreenJackets starter Didier Fuentes. Fuentes looked great, at least for one inning until rain ended the evening...2024
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