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• 2024 Community Prospect List: Vote for #11

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Please join us in selecting the community’s best rated prospects The Battery Power community has selected a Community Prospect List as long as I can remember. This is exactly what this is. We’ve selected the first ten already. This is the vote for number eleven. Per CoachfromdaCouch: Lucas Braun takes 10th place in the Battery Powe...2024
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• 2024 Community Prospect List: Vote for #10

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Please join us in selecting the community’s best rated prospects The Battery Power community has selected a Community Prospect List as long as I can remember. This is exactly what this is. We’ve selected the first nine already. This is the vote for number ten. Per CoachfromdaCouch: Youngster Jose Perdomo takes ninth place in the Battery Power Community Pros...2024
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• 2024 Community Prospect List: Vote for #9

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Please join us in selecting the community’s best rated prospects The Battery Power community has selected a Community Prospect List as long as I can remember. This is exactly what this is. We’ve selected the first eight already. This is the vote for number nine. Per CoachfromdaCouch: Drue Hackenberg earns eighth place in the Battery P...2024
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• 2024 Community Prospect List: Vote for #8

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Please join us in selecting the community’s best rated prospects The Battery Power community has selected a Community Prospect List as long as I can remember. This is exactly what this is. We’ve selected the first seven already. Owen Murphy won the vote for number seven. This is the vote for number eight. Per CoachfromdaCouch: Owen Murphy ea...2024
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• 2024 Community Prospect List: Vote for #7

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Please join us in selecting the community’s best rated prospects The Battery Power community has selected a Community Prospect List as long as I can remember. This is exactly what this is. We’ve selected the first six already. Nacho Alvarez won the vote for number six. This is the vote for number seven. We have had members handle this list via the fanposts system, ...2024
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• 2024 Community Prospect List: Vote for #6

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Please join us in selecting the community’s best rated prospects The Battery Power community has selected a Community Prospect List as long as I can remember. This is exactly what this is. We’ve selected the first five already. This is the vote for number six. We have had members handle this list via the fanposts system, most recently rajah and CoachfromdaCouch...2024
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Darius Vines

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Darius Vines had his chance to grab a major league role in 2024, but played his way off of the 40-man roster instead Darius Vines turned in a not-altogether-horrible rookie campaign for the Atlanta Braves in 2023, but 2024 was a nightmare on every level. After being poised to join the shuttle between Gwinnett and Atlanta for the near future, he instead l...2024
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• Braves News: Spencer Strider, Ronald Acuña Jr. updates, hot stove, and more

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. Atlanta Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos said Tuesday that stars Spencer Strider and Ronald Acuña Jr. will likely not be ready for Opening Day. Alex A on Acuña, Strider: “Will not be ready Opening Day. We're planning on not having them on the Opening Day roster. How soon after t...2024
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Hurston Waldrep

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Another arm that flew through the system, the Braves’ first pick of the 2023 draft did not have a pleasant cup of coffee in the majors With their first pick of the 2023 MLB Draft, the Braves selected right-hander Hurston Waldrep from the University of Florida. Waldrep made eight starts across four different minor league levels after being drafted, and th...2024
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• Previewing the Starting Pitching Market for the Atlanta Braves

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Earlier this week, we previewed a pretty weak market for shortstops. Today, we’ll take a look at the market for another position for Alex Anthopoulos to address - starting pitchers. (For a look at my preview for the Shortstop market for the Atlanta Braves this offseason, click here) Charlie Morton and Max Fried, inarguably the top two star...2024
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• Atlanta Braves 2024 NL Wild Card roster breakdown

Brett Davis-Imagn Images How the Braves handle the Game 1 starter is the real wild card in this discussion I’m not sure I expected the Atlanta Braves to be here. This season has been filled with injuries and rainouts and interesting pitching strategy. It even featured some pestilence, but enough about the Phillies. Winning 89 games and gaining a playoff berth with this group of players is ...2024
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• Braves Prospects weekly report: Drake Baldwin closes out season strong

Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Braves best offensive prospect this season finished Triple-A with a flourish, leading the team in hits his final week The final week of the season for Atlanta Braves minor league baseball has passed, with the Gwinnett Stripers ending theirs on a three-game losing streak. Despite this they got a handful of key performances from their top pr...2024
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• Atlanta Braves 2025 40-man roster preview - who will return from 2024?

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images With the 2024 regular season winding down here’s a look-ahead to 2025. As of September 17, 2024, the Atlanta Braves had 46 players on their 40-man roster. That’s 40 available players and six players on the 60-day IL. Every year there is a churn of the 40-man roster after the season ends, and this year will be no different. With several notable, long-t...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Herick Hernandez dominates in professional debut

Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Hernandez was lights out for Augusta and struck out seven batters The team may not be winning, but times are fun down in Augusta right now. The GreenJackets are running out a number of the top Atlanta Braves draft picks for their debuts this week, but Herick Hernandez’s seven strikeouts in 3 2⁄3 innings is going to be tough to top. In ...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 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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"com/lTHRyPySgo— Bally Sports South (@BallySportsSO) February 14, 2024 Hurston Waldrep will be one of the most watched Braves pitchers in spring camp."

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"Jesse Chavez looks ever more ready to return to Atlanta following another strong outing, and Hurston Waldrep ended his season with Mississippi on a strong note."

• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Darius Vines
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• Baseball America names Drake Baldwin top prospect, and more

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Drake Baldwin in a Braves jersey because it’s only a matter of time before Atlanta’s top prospect is in the majors. With the offseason here Baseball America did not waste any time updating their top 10, along with their best tools in the organization. NEW BRAVES PROSPECT RANKINGS Atlanta's 2025 Top 10 is here. You can find:⚾️ Drake Baldwin No. 1⚾️ ...2024
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• Atlanta Braves 2024 NL Wild Card roster breakdown
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Herick Hernandez dominates in professional debut
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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 Mailbag: Franchise outlook, Brian Snitker and more

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images This week’s mailbag touches on a variety of topics surrounding the 2024 Atlanta Braves A big thank you to everyone that took the time to send in questions for this week’s Atlanta Braves mailbag. We have some great questions this week so let’s dive right in. Does this season change your overall outlook at all for the team going forward or are you le...2024
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• Braves Prospects weekly report: Drake Baldwin closes out season strong
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• Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: Hurston Waldrep tosses six strong innings at Gwinnett

Hurston Waldrep | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Hurston Waldrep and Jacob Shafer turned in big starts on Sunday, with each one allowing just one run. Sunday saw a pair of great starts in the system, as Hurston Waldrep allowed just one run over six innings and Jacob Shafer continued his dominance over Low-A with one run over five innings. Jhancarlos Lara also made a start, but his results were m...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 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 Mailbag: Franchise outlook, Brian Snitker and more
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• Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: Hurston Waldrep tosses six strong innings at Gwinnett
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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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• Minor League Wrap: Jefferson Rojas and Rafael Morel homer for South Bend; Birds sweep GreenJackets

Jefferson Rojas | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK Iowa stages a big comeback in the ninth, but get swept. The Pelicans sweep Augusta. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs lost to Indianapolis (Pirates), 9-8. Iowa was swept in a six-game series for the first time since 2021. Starter Kyle McGowin kept the game close, allowing just one run on four hits over 5.2 innings. He struck ou...2024
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• Braves News: Austin Riley to paternity list, Allan Winans to start in doubleheader, and more

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. The Atlanta Braves made a couple of moves on Tuesday by placing third baseman Austin Riley on the paternity list and recalling infielder Luke Williams to Atlanta. The #Braves today recalled INF Luke Williams to Atlanta and placed INF Austin Riley on the paternity list.— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) July 23, 2024 Ri...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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• Takeaways from the Braves’ series win over the Rays

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves captured a much-needed series win and saw their offense come to life against the Rays. The Atlanta Braves rallied from a 6-2 deficit Sunday but eventually fell 8-6, snapping their three-game winning streak. Still, there were a lot of positives to take away from the weekend. The series win was their first since taking two o...2024
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• Takeaways from another series loss by the Braves in Baltimore

The Braves ended their road trip on a good note, but need to do a lot more to keep it going. The Atlanta Braves grabbed a much-needed win Thursday with a 6-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. The win snapped a five-game losing streak, the longest skid for the Braves since the 2017 season. They will return home Friday where they will begin a six-game homestand with a three-game series against the...2024
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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 Minor League Recap: Chavez dominates again in rehab outing

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Jesse Chavez is looking ready to make his return to Atlanta’s bullpen, and has six strikeouts in 3 1⁄3 innings in Gwinnett The day was not flush with offensive performances, as the Atlanta Braves affiliates combined for one run in three games outside of extra innings, but the pitching at both levels had its upside. Jesse Chavez looks ever...2023
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• Sights and sounds from the first day of Braves Spring Training

Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images Spring Training has begun for the Atlanta Braves Atlanta Braves pitchers and catchers held their first workout of the spring Wednesday in North Port. There is no better time of the year for a baseball fan. Up the steps from the #Braves dugout at CoolToday Park. First workout of Spring Training happens on Thursday. Should be just a few...2024
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• Braves promote top pick Hurston Waldrep to Rome

Photo by Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images The Braves sent their top pick in the draft to High-A after just one start with Augusta. After just one start in Augusta the Atlanta Braves have promoted their top pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, Hurston Waldrep, to High-A Rome. Waldrep was the headliner to this news, but he is being joined by Jared Johnson and Cory Acton in Rome. ROSTER MOV...2023
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• Braves reportedly willing to pay for free agent starter

Lucas Peltier-USA TODAY Sports No Braves player currently makes more than $22 million annually, but the team is reportedly willing to go above that for the right free agent starter. MLB Free Agency is off to a slow start, but that shouldn’t be terribly surprising. Unlike the NBA and the NFL, Major League Baseball’s offseason is a more deliberate affair and the free agent market won’t like...2023
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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: Michael Soroka throws a shutout

Photo Credit: Jeff Morris Soroka took advantage of a shortened contest to get a complete game in a dominant performance It was a solid day on the farm for the Atlanta Braves top prospects, and while no longer a prospect Michael Soroka led the way with a complete game shutout in a Stripers win. Vaughn Grissom also continued to show out for Gwinnett, and down in High-A Rome Hurston Waldrep m...2023
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• Braves Minor League recap: Waldrep strikes out eight in Augusta debut

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images The 2023 Braves first-rounder showed up and showed out in the full-season professional start of his career. Waldrep struck out eight batters, Drew Lugbauer homered three times and Augusta split two games on Friday in what was a full day for Atlanta’s minor league affiliates. (48-58) Gwinnett Stripers 5, (50-56) Indianapolis Indians 1 Daniel Robertson,...2023
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• Hurston Waldrep to debut with the Gwinnett Stripers tonight

The Braves top draft pick will debut at Triple-A tonight. | Photo by Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Atlanta’s top draft pick from this year’s draft will start at Triple-A tonight. The Atlanta Braves chose Hurston Waldrep in the first round of the year’s draft and seven weeks later, the right-handed pitcher out of the University of Florida will make his debut at Triple-A tonight ...2023
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Darius Vines
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• Braves News: Spencer Strider, Ronald Acuña Jr. updates, hot stove, and more
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• Baseball America names Drake Baldwin top prospect, and more
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• Atlanta Braves 2024 NL Wild Card roster breakdown
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• Braves Prospects weekly report: Drake Baldwin closes out season strong
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Herick Hernandez dominates in professional debut
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs
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• MLB Pipeline ranks Cam Caminiti as Braves top prospect

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Caminiti was Atlanta’s first round pick this season It’s certainly been widely stressed that the Atlanta Braves do not have a particularly good farm system, but it may have come as a shock when MLB Pipeline released their new top 100 and new top 30s and the Braves didn’t have a single player land in the top 100. You can check out thei...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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• Braves Mailbag: Buying or selling, Max Fried, and more

Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The first part of this week’s mailbag centers on whether the Braves should be buyers or sellers at the Trade Deadline, the minor league system and much more It has been as rough a stretch for the Atlanta Braves, the likes that we haven’t seen since 2017. While the team has struggled to put together wins, the good news is, there is still plenty of ...2024
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• Hurston Waldrep rises in Keith Law’s top 50 prospects

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Waldrep turned in a fantastic May and is now in Law’s top 50 There was a ton of buzz around Hurston Waldrep when the Atlanta Braves drafted him 24th overall in 2023, and he has done nothing but exceed the hype in his 10 months in a Braves uniform. The former Gator fire baller has had success at every level, and just recently earned a call up...2024
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• Braves’ prospect Owen Murphy to have Tommy John surgery

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Owen Murphy’s development will be put on hold for now. It has been rumored for several days, but Atlanta Braves pitching prospect Owen Murphy is headed for Tommy John surgery according to a report by MLB Pipeline’s Jonathan Mayo. Murphy last pitched on May 14 for Rome. There's been some buzz about this out there, but I can confirm that ...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 vs Blue Jays Spring Training game thread

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Reynaldo Lopez will make his second spring start and Hurston Waldrep is expected to make his spring debut following Lopez. Reynaldo Lopez gets the start today, as the reporting seems to indicate that the fifth starter job is his to lose to start the season as long as he looks solid. Reynaldo allowed 1 run over 2.0 innings with 0 Ks in his first spring ...2024
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• Braves farm system ranks 26th in Keith Law’s updated rankings

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Athletic’s Keith Law released his updated farm system rankings for the 2024 season Friday and the Atlanta Braves are in the lower third coming in at No. 26. It isn’t that surprising given that the Braves had just one prospect on Law’s Top 100 list in 2023 first round pick Hurston Waldrep. Atlanta has traded everyone, almost. There’s ...2024
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