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• Rangers Announce Minor League Awards for May

The Texas Rangers announced their minor league award winners for May on Monday morning. The month featured standout performances across the farm system, resulting in several impressive stat lines and promotions for prospects who have caught the attention of the organization.Starting Pitcher of the Month: Evan Siary, Hickory Crawdads...2026
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• Rangers Prospect Marco Argudin Promoted to Single-A Hickory

Cuban outfielder Marco Argudin is moving up to the Hickory Crawdads following a complex league stint where he walked more times than he struck out....2026
• Four Pitchers Combine for 7th No-Hitter in Hickory Crawdads History

Four pitchers combined for the seventh no-hitter in Hickory Crawdads history, dynamic offense backed the gem, and Angel Arredondo launched his sixth home run....2026
• Braves Minor League Preview - 7/24

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Luke Waddell has quietly had a very good season for the Stripers, hitting .298/.408/.356 (40-58) Gwinnett Stripers @ (50-46) Memphis Redbirds - 8:05 PM ET Pitching Probables GWI: Austin Cox (2-1, 3.64 ERA) MEM: Curtis Taylor (4-3, 3.43 ERA) Austin Cox picks up the spot start for the Gwinnett Stripers following their 6-0 thumping by the Memphis Redbirds yest...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 Prospect Spotlight: Rayven Antonio

Image Credit: Garrett Spain Antonio entered the season an underhyped prospect, but has been arguably the MVP of the talented Augusta GreenJackets You would be forgiven if before this season, even before today, you only knew Rayven Antonio for his terrific name. Antonio entered professional baseball with much less hype than concurrent signees like Luis Guanipa, and for his first couple of y...2025
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• Braves Minor League Preview - 7/24
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy makes rehab start in Florida
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• White Sox Minor League Update: July 2, 2025

In the clutch: Colson Montgomery’s walk-off single propelled the Knights to a thrilling victory. | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The affiliates went 2-3, and Charlotte walked it off to provide the highlight of the night Charlotte Knights 4, Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 3 (Statcast box)The Knights (41-42) won a nail-biter in Charlotte against Jacksonville (52-31). It took an excellent performan...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: July 1, 2025

Ryan Burrowes knocked one in tonight to help lead the Ballers to victory. | Tiffany Wintz It was a rough night on the farm as affiliates went 1-3, with Cannon Ballers earning the sole victory Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 5, Charlotte Knights 0 (Statcast box)It was a tough night at the plate for Charlotte as the Jumbo Shrimp hurlers held the Knights to one hit. The only knock came off the bat...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Pelicans beat Crawdads, 3-2

Ty Southisene | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images South Bend and Tennessee were rained out. Myrtle Beach wins and Iowa loses. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were battered by the Louisville Bats (Reds), 9-6. Starter Jake Woodford took the loss after allowing four runs on ten hits over five innings. Two of those hits were solo home runs. Woodford struck out two and walked no one, although he did hit on...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Jefferson Rojas leads South Bend past Wisconsin, 6-2

Jefferson Rojas | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK South Bend got the only win in the system tonight. Some bad news from Iowa. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were embargoed by the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 5-1. Jordan Wicks started this game, struck out one batter and left the game with an apparent injury. Brandon Hughes was pressed into relief and he gave up four runs ...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Geraldo Quintero hits two home runs

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Quintero blasted the Clingstones to a narrow win Ian Anderson is back in the Atlanta Braves system, but his season debut with Gwinnett wasn’t the most exciting performance of the day for the farm. That went to Geraldo Quintero’s power outburst, as he provided the thump to lead Columbus to a win. Down in Augusta the offense struggled, bu...2025
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• Braves Minor League Update: Waldrep, Lara battle command

Hurston Waldrep | Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Two of the top pitching prospects in the Braves system got the ball on Sunday, but did so without their best command. Sunday was set to be an interesting day with Hurston Waldrep and Jhancarlos Lara on the bump down on the farm for the Atlanta Braves. While things didn't go as planned for either, we did get some high scoring games and a...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Geraldo Quintero hits grand slam

Photo by Paul Abell/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images Quintero led Columbus to another win on Saturday night. With Didier Fuentes headlining the prospects in action on Saturday night, the Atlanta Braves system was able to get three wins with Fuentes improving over his opening start on the season. The offenses are starting to emerge a bit with three teams scoring six or more runs. (6-6...2025
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• Braves Minor League Preview 4/11: Ambioris Tavarez looks to continue hot start

Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports Tavarez has posted a 1.053 OPS in 22 at-bats to begin the year Bad weather has already interferred with one minor league matchup on Friday, but there’s plenty more action to catch, including a couple of BatteryPower’s top prospects getting the start on the mound and a few others trying to keep their hot start at the plate alive. Schedule Gwinnett Stripers at ...2025
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"Four pitchers combined for the seventh no-hitter in Hickory Crawdads history, dynamic offense backed the gem, and Angel Arredondo launched his sixth home run."

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"Myrtle Beach Pelicans The Myrtle Beach Pelicans came up empty against the Hickory Crawdads (Rangers), 8-7."

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"(62-62) Rome Emperors 9, (60-68) Hickory Crawdads 3 Kevin Kilpatrick Jr."

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"(53-60) Rome Braves 5, (58-49) Hickory Crawdads 2 Box Score Keshawn Ogans, SS: 2-4, BB, RBI, ."

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"The Orioles’ top pitching prospect, Grayson Rodriguez, who hasn’t pitched since June 1st because of a lat strain, will make his first rehab appearance for High-A Aberdeen on Thursday against the Hickory Crawdads at 7:05 p."

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"As noted by Pete Iacobelli of the Associated Press, even away games are being sold out like crazy: “The Hickory Crawdads sold out four games with the Fireflies, its total of 17,500 for the series surpassing the 15,900 they drew their first eight games,” he wrote."

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"He began to see the bulk of his playing time in 2011 with the Hickory Crawdads, playing 119 games and getting 464 at bats while posting a ."

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"330 with six home runs and 63 RBI last season playing for the Single-A Hickory Crawdads."

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• Minor League Wrap: Tyler Schlaffer and South Bend shut out Ft. Wayne, 5-0

Tyler Schlaffer | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images South Bend shuts out Ft. Wayne. Iowa and Myrtle Beach also win. The Cubs signed catcher Sammy Sass and assigned him to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. Sass last played for Wright State in 2024. Right-hander Tyson Miller has cleared waivers and has been assigned to the Iowa Cubs. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs br...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Anderson, Brett Sears dominate on Sunday

Eddys Leonard | Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images With rain recking havoc on the minor league schedule, both Ian Anderson and Brett Sears were lights out in not allowing any runs. Sunday’s biggest story lines in the Atlanta Braves system were the rain and the pitching. Two of the four games were rained out with a third needing a four hour rain delay before the game even got st...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: JR Ritchie throws complete game shutout

JR Ritchie | Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images JR Ritchie threw a one hit complete game shutout on Saturday, while the top off the Augusta lineup went off again. Saturday saw the exceedingly rare, especially in the minor leagues, complete game shutout from JR Ritchie. Ritchie was absolutely dominant and even finished the game with 27 straight outs without allowing a hit...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Geraldo Quintero hits grand slam
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• Braves Minor League Preview 4/10

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Quadzilla returns to the mound for what is likely his final rehab start before re-joining Atlanta. There is a full slate of minor league games today with pitching dominating the headlines (no surprise there!). Over in Gwinnett, Spencer Strider is making what is likely his final rehab start while 2024 draft pick Owen Hackman, and the hard throwing JR Ritchi...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ambioris Tavarez clubs first 2025 Home Run

Photo by Diamond Images via Getty Images Tavarez has had a good start to 2025, and down in Double-A Columbus finally earned their first win. Tuesday was an exciting slate of games on the farm system for the Atlanta Braves, each level featuring some sort of unique result from the game. Two big comebacks, a home run from a player hoping to restore his prospect status, and a no-hitter (okay, ...2025
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• Braves Minor League Preview Tuesday 4/8

Luke Sinnard makes his pro debut. The pro debut of 2024 third round pick Luke Sinnard and a follow up to a great season debut by Hurston Waldrep are the highlights of the Braves farm system on Tuesday. Tuesday starts a new week for the minor leagues, which means all new opponents for the affiliates of the Atlanta Braves. It’s a promising day on the schedule, set up to have Hurston Waldrep ...2025
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• 2025 Kannapolis Cannon Ballers Preview

Your 2025 Kannapolis Cannon Ballers! | Kannapolis Cannon Ballers The next wave of White Sox stars are set to ignite The Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, the Low-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, should have an intriguing 2025 season, building upon their successful 2024 campaign in which they won the Carolina South Division championship. With a roster of promising prospects, can the coa...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out 11

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Smith-Shawver got ten whiffs with his changeup while Drake Baldwin went deep in a Stripers loss It’s the final full Saturday on the farm system, and there were a few exciting pitching prospects in action in the Atlanta Braves system. AJ Smith-Shawver wielded his splitter to great effect in Triple-A, striking out 11 batters over seven innings. Lucas Brau...2024
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• Rangers Announce Minor League Awards for May
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• White Sox Minor League Update: July 5, 2025

Evan McKendry put together a solid five innings in Charlotte’s Saturday win. | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights The best of the system advance with wins, with Tanner McDougal winning his second in a row The system fought back strong after a winless Friday, with the three winning teams all getting back on the left-hand column with various degrees of domination. Charlotte Knights 7, Jacksonvil...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: July 2, 2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Geraldo Quintero hits two 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: Ambioris Tavarez clubs first 2025 Home Run
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• Rangers Announce Minor League Awards for May
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• Rangers Prospect Marco Argudin Promoted to Single-A Hickory
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• Four Pitchers Combine for 7th No-Hitter in Hickory Crawdads History
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy makes rehab start in Florida
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• White Sox Minor League Update: July 6, 2025

Caleb Bonemer went 3-for-5 on the day including a home run, one run scored, and three RBIs for the Cannon Ballers. | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Ballers were the only bright spot of the day, as the Knights were postponed and the Barons and Dash were both only able to put up one run Charlotte Knights vs Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp — POSTPONED This game was pos...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: July 5, 2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: July 1, 2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Michael Soroka strikeouts out nine

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Soroka was efficient with his pitches and struck out nine batters in 4 2⁄3 innings. The Atlanta Braves love to draft pitching, and that focus paid off on Saturday evening as the affiliates all had fantastic pitching performances (if you choose to ignore the GreenJackets existing tonight). Michael Soroka was on the mound for Gwinnett and struck out ni...2023
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• Braves Minor League recap: Owen Murphy continue strikes out nine for Augusta

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images The 2022 first-rounder has struck out 26 batters this month. While Atlanta’s affiliates came away with a .500 record on the day, there were a few bright spots on the day as Owen Murphy continued a successful August and Stephen Paolini homered twice on Friday. (54-62) Gwinnett Stripers 4, (67-51) Durham Bulls 6 Daniel Robertson, DH: 1-4,...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Jesse Franklin homers
Image Credit: Mills Fitzner The Braves affiliates played four double headers on Saturday It was a long afternoon on the Atlanta Braves farm system, with the system playing ten games including four double-headers. Gwinnett had an exciting walk off win but otherwise it was a poor day down in the minor leagues to be a Braves fan. (41-52) Gwinnett Stripers 2, (59-33) Norfolk Tides 1 Box Score...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Landon Stephens walks off a Mississippi win
Photo Credit: Mills Fitzner Stephens and Michael Soroka led wins for the upper levels It wasn’t the most exciting of days on the Atlanta Braves farm system, that is until a late charge by the Mississippi Braves led to a walk off bomb from Landon Stephens. Michael Soroka also put out a strong start, and down in the Dominican Summer League top signee Luis Guanipa continues to put up numbers....2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drew Lugbauer makes his Triple A debut

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Lugbauer homered in his first game for Gwinnett Overall it was a terrible day for the Atlanta Braves minor league system. They won one of six games as a whole, got shut out in one and had multiple starting pitchers across the organization get rocked in extremely short starts. But, there were a few prospects/former big league players ...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Blake Burkhalter strikes out five over seven frames

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Burkhalter lowered his season ERA to 2.71 on the year. Only one of Atlanta’s minor league affiliates came away victorious on Wednesday, but there was still plenty of action to dive into. So, let’s get into it all. (66-68) Gwinnett Stripers 3, (71-61) Nashville Sounds 12 Luis Liberato, LF: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, R Harold Ramirez, RF: 1-4, 2B, RBI Dylan Dodd, SP...2024
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• Meet new Browns tight end Jordan Akins
Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Has a history with QB Deshaun Watson Word was that the Cleveland Browns would draft a tight end in this year’s NFL draft. The Reese’s Senior Bowl highlighted several blue-chip prospects including Alabama’s Cameron Latu and Luke Musgrave of Oregon State. Musgrave is the nephew of Browns’ coach Bill Musgrave. The better clubs in the NFL have a stud at ...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Nacho Alvarez homers, Alan Winans spins good start for Gwinnett
Nacho Alvarez | Photo Credit: Garrett Spain Nacho Alvarez had been having a good month at the plate in May, though the power totals were a little low. He changed that narrative a bit on Sunday with a homer and a double. Sunday saw the Braves system take three of four games behind a trio of strong pitching performances. Among the stars in the system on this day included a Nacho Alvarez home...2023
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• Meet new Browns tight end Jordan Akins
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy makes rehab start in Florida
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• White Sox Minor League Update: July 5, 2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Pelicans beat Crawdads, 3-2
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa sweeps doubleheader from Louisville

Owen Caissie | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Everyone wins! Iowa wins twice. Everyone wins! Even the major league team and the ACL team! The Cubs system was 7-0 tonight. (The two Dominican Summer League teams went 1-1 if you want to be pedantic about it.) Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs swept a doubleheader from the Louisville Bats (Reds), 10-2 and 5-4 in nine in...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 16, 2025

Shane Murphy was simply brilliant in his Friday win for Birmingham. | Hannah Bachman/Instagram The starters dominated a split day, highlighted by greatness from Shane Murphy in Birmingham Gwinnett Stripers 7, Charlotte Knights 6 (Statcast Box)The good news in Charlotte’s game came from the Knights leading, 6-0, through four. The bad? Charlotte’s middle relief caved into a 7-6 deficit, and ...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 14, 2025

The solo run: DJ Gladney hit a solo homer to lead Birmingham to a 1-0 victory. | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The affiliates went 2-2, with the Cannon Ballers scoring 14 to provide many of the highlights Gwinnett Stripers 7, Charlotte Knights 4 (Statcast box)Old friend James McCann came up big for Gwinnett (18-23), and the Knights (20-21) came up short to fall ba...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 13, 2025

Noah Schultz was firing on all cylinders tonight. | Allan Henry-Imagn Images Noah Schultz shoves, Colson Montgomery returns, and Ryan Galanie stays hot as Knights and Barons swing to victory Charlotte Knights 8, Gwinnett Stripers 5 (Statcast box)Charlotte jumped out to an early lead in their victory over the Stripers. The Knights scored three runs in the top of the first inning, highlight...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy makes rehab start in Florida
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 29, 2024

Still cruising: Drew Thorpe pitched six shutout innings during Birmingham’s loss in the nightcap. | S.R. Silver/South Side Sox Drew Thorpe was fantastic again, but Kannapolis got the only victory for the farm system during a 1-4 day Worcester Red Sox 5, Charlotte Knights 2 (Gameday Box) (Statcast Box)The Knights only got one measly hit, and they never seemed to have much of a chance durin...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Fried continues his rehab trail
Two future superstars in one frame, 2016 | Photo Credit: Garrett Spain Max Fried threw 65 pitches in his start in Gwinnett Max Fried’s third rehab outing was the news of the day for the Atlanta Braves minor league system, but elsewhere they had success with some home runs from their top hitting prospects. Luis Guanipa got on the board with his first in over a month as he continues to be th...2023
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