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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drew Compton hits two home runs

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images Compton led Rome to a win, their sixth straight The Rome Emperors are heading to the playoffs next week, and they seem to be getting hot at the right time. They’ve now won six games in a row, this one being headlined by two home runs and six RBIs from Drew Compton. Elsewhere in the Atlanta Braves system the Gwinnett Stripers won behind six innings of one ...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Adam Maier strikes out seven in Rome walkoff

Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Maier struck out seven across six innings of work for the Emperors. It was a very successful day down on the farm for Atlanta’s minor league affiliates on Friday, as all four teams in action came away with a victory. So, without further ado, let’s dive into the action. (65-65) Gwinnett Stripers 2, (68-60) Columbus Clippers 1 Nacho Alvar...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Anderson struggles in Gwinnett loss

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Anderson’s fastball velocity dipped this game and his command wasn’t sharp It wasn’t the best of days for the Atlanta Braves affiliates, as they lacked a standout performance from their prospects and Ian Anderson had his worst game at Triple-A so far. Augusta is about to get interesting though, as the promotions of Garrett Baumann and JR Ritchie to Rome have op...2024
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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: 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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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: JR Ritchie and Garrett Baumann dominate in Augusta

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The young Augusta GreenJackets had their fair share of big performances on a fun week in the system It was a fun week on the Atlanta Braves farm system as the top three levels all went 5-1 and Augusta had some interesting pitching performances. Across the system the pitching made the difference, with Drue Hackenberg, Blake Burkhalter, Ian ...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: JR Ritchie and Garrett Baumann dominate in Augusta
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Jhancarlos Lara strikes out 12

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Lara has kicked his season into gear, dominating since the beginning of July This past week was one of the best in the Atlanta Braves system this year, as there were multiple dominant pitching performances to talk about. All throughout the system — from Lucas Braun in Mississippi to JR Ritchie down in Augusta — the pitching was on fire, b...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out seven

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Smith-Shawver’s changeup was dominant, but the Bulls clocked him for three home runs It’s been a few weeks since we’ve had a weekly report as I’ve been working on the draft and the our top 30 list, but it’s time again to talk about the observations over the past week in the Atlanta Braves minor league system (or past two, or three, wherever I see fit to...2024
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• 2024 Atlanta Braves Midseason Top 30 Prospects: 13-18

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The middle of Atlanta’s top prospects list is extremely pitcher-heavy, with a lot of guys who could feature in the Braves’ plans in the next year or so We are at the midpoint in our look at the top prospects in the Atlanta Braves system, and so far the pitcher-heavy nature of the system hasn’t made itself fully apparent. Well, it will here, as all of the prospe...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drue Hackenberg strikes out 16 for Mississippi

Drue Hackenberg | Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images Drue Hackenberg turned in arguably the best start in the system this season on Sunday as he picked up 16 strikeouts in a win. Sunday was a noteworthy day in the Atlanta Braves system. Obviously the headliner is Drue Hackenberg striking out 16 hitters during seven innings - a surprising total for a pitcher whose season high this year comi...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: JR Ritchie strikes out 7 in first start of season

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Ritchie allowed no hits and one walk across five innings of work. While only two of Atlanta’s minor league affiliates came away with a victory on Friday, the real story was a top prospect making his return to the mound and absolutely dominating for Augusta. So, let’s dive in. (42-48) Gwinnett Stripers 7, (42-47) Jacksonville Jumbo ...2024
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• Braves 2024 MLB Draft Preview: RHP

Brody Brecht | Lee Navin/For the Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Taking a look at how the Braves may approach RHP in the 2024 MLB Draft. The Atlanta Braves draft pitchers early and often in the MLB Draft almost every year, so it’s a safe bet that they draft a right-handed pitcher early in the 2024 MLB Draft. I say safe bet because the way the draft sets up, the right-handed pitchers project t...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Adam Maier strikes out seven in Rome walkoff
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Anderson struggles in Gwinnett loss
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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
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: JR Ritchie and Garrett Baumann dominate in Augusta
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Jhancarlos Lara strikes out 12
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out seven
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• 2024 Atlanta Braves Midseason Top 30 Prospects: 13-18
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drue Hackenberg strikes out 16 for Mississippi
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• Atlanta Braves 2024 Draft Pick Signing Tracker

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Braves have a few more prep talents to try to sign away from commitments than normal The three days of the 2024 MLB Draft are in the books, and it is safe to say no one saw this coming for the Atlanta Braves. The Braves managed to have the top high school pitcher in the country, Cam Caminiti, slide down to the 24th pick and now the big ...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Hurston Waldrep tosses five hitless innings

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Waldrep struck out five in his five innings of work. Mother Nature may have interfered in a few minor league games on Friday. But there was still plenty of action to dive into, including five hitless innings on the mound from a top Braves prospect. (57-61) Gwinnett Stripers 7, (55-63) Norfolk Tide 0 Chadwick Tromp, DH: 3-3, 3 RBI, R, BB Eli White, LF: 2...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Jhancarlos Lara strikes out 12
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez returns to Mississippi lineup

Photo Credit: Garrett Spain Alvarez missed a few games for undisclosed reasons, but was back in action over the weekend The Atlanta Braves system has been impacted by promotions in the last few weeks, but there is still plenty to watch. Adam Maier and Lucas Braun have dominated the lower levels, while the fun story of the year seems to be infielder David Fletcher making a real conversion t...2024
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• Braves Prospects weekly report: Hurston Waldrep shines after Triple-A promotion

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Waldrep struck out 11 in a busy week for pitching prospect news It has been a relatively tame year for the Atlanta Braves system, with the bats starting out slow at every level and major promotions fairly limited. Then they hit us with a flurry, promoting Spencer Schwellenbach for his major league debut and then promoting Hurston W...2024
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• Braves prospects weekly report: Waldrep, Schwellenbach make up M-Braves two-headed monster

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images The duo took their dominance to a new level last week as Mississippi swept their series in Chattanooga We have a hybrid article for you this morning, as the Mississippi Braves decided they wanted to play on Memorial Day so we’re going to start off with a quick recap of that loss. Then it’s on to the weekly report, where once again the system...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Adam Maier throws five scoreless

Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Maier and Hackenberg were ground ball machines in A ball on Saturday It was a slightly fuller schedule for the Atlanta Braves system on Saturday, as the rookie-level Florida Complex League opened played. It was also a full day of pitching, with interesting prospects going at every level including last season’s second round pick Drue Hack...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Riley Frey strikes out 9

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Frey struck out nine and walked no one in a win for the GreenJackets There’s no baseball quite like Sunday baseball, and to cap off the week all four Atlanta Braves affiliates had tightly contested daytime matchups. Mississippi scraped through for a hard-fought one run victory, while down in Single-A Augusta came out on top of a slug fest. (12-14) Gwinne...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: J.P. Martinez continues to sizzle

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images J.P. Martinez had three hits Tuesday night to lead the Stripers The Atlanta Braves minor league associates had a day of two extremes. In three of their games they scored seven or more runs, but in their other game, they were shutout. They had a strong showing against a former All Star, but the organization’s 2023 draft picks had their...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
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Cade Kuehler turns in a another dominant outing

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Cade Kuehler was impressive in Tuesday’s start for Augusta. The Atlanta Braves minor league affiliates were inconsistent yesterday. In their two wins they combined to score 13 runs, in their two losses they scored just three combined runs. Their 2023 starting pitcher draftees were more than strong combining to allow one unearned run across...2024
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• Braves select RHP Drue Hackenberg with the 59th overall pick in 2023 MLB Draft
Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images The Braves go to a college pitcher for the second time in this draft With their second round pick, 59th overall in the 2023 MLB Draft, the Atlanta Braves selected right-handed pitcher Drue Hackenberg out of Virginia Tech University. For the second straight round, the Braves dipped into the college ranks and selected a right-hander with their second selec...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drew Compton hits two home runs
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Anderson struggles in Gwinnett loss
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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
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Didier Fuentes leaves start early

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Fuentes only lasted 2.2 innings for Augusta. There was plenty of action on Friday in the Atlanta Braves system, so let’s go ahead and get into it all. (53-59) Gwinnett Stripers 9, (55-57) Memphis Redbirds 3 Yuli Gurriel, 1B: 2-5, HR, 4 RBI, R Andrew Velazquez, SS: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R Ian Anderson, SP: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K Bo...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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