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• Braves acquire Stuart Fairchild from Reds

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Stuart Fairchild finds a home with the Braves after getting DFA’d last week We’ve got a trade to talk about, as the Atlanta Braves have once again decided to make a bit of a low-key move in order to boost their outfield depth. Last week, the Reds designated Stuart Fairchild for assignment after he had a poor spring training performance at the plate and ...2025
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• Braves Acquire Stuart Fairchild
The Reds have traded outfielder Stuart Fairchild to the Braves for cash considerations, according to announcements from both clubs. The Reds had designated Fairchild for assignment last week. Atlanta transferred right-hander Joe Jiménez, who is recovering from knee surgery and might miss the entire season, to the 60-day injured list as the corresponding move. More…...2025
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• Braves News: Injured list moves, starting rotation finalized, and more

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. The Atlanta Braves open the 2025 season tomorrow (!!!), which calls for several injured list moves ahead of the opener in San Diego. Tuesday afternoon, the Braves announced that Ronald Acuña Jr., Nacho Alvarez Jr., Sean Murphy, Spencer Strider, and Joe Jiménez had each been placed on the injured list, retroactive to ...2025
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• Braves move Ronald Acuña Jr., Nacho Alvarez. Jr, Joe Jiménez, Sean Murphy and Spencer Strider to IL

Photo by Scott Audette/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta makes some procedural IL moves ahead of the start of the regular season The Atlanta Braves made some IL moves today, with Opening Day just two days away from today. None of these moves are particularly surprising, either but it’s still worth talking about, just to get an idea of who’s available, who’s not available and also a gener...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves positional season preview: Bullpen

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Atlanta’s bullpen has been a source of strength and stability over the past couple of years, but there’s more uncertainty for their relief corps in 2025. In the past two years combined, Atlanta Braves relievers rank in the top five in ERA (fifth), FIP (second), K% (first), and BB% (third). It’s been undeniably one of the top bullpens in baseball ever...2025
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• What should the Braves expect from Craig Kimbrel in 2025?

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images 10 years across baseball and one new ballpark later, Craig Kimbrel is back with the Braves. Let’s try to figure out how this is going to work! So, Big Red’s back in town for the Atlanta Braves? Uh, am I the only one who called him Big Red? Naturally, I visited his Baseball-Reference page for the sole purpose of figuring out which wacky nickname he has ...2025
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• Braves Acquire Stuart Fairchild
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• Braves News: Injured list moves, starting rotation finalized, and more
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• Braves move Ronald Acuña Jr., Nacho Alvarez. Jr, Joe Jiménez, Sean Murphy and Spencer Strider to IL
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• Braves bullpen strategy so far this winter has been more about quantity

Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK The Braves have attacked their bullpen questions this off-season by embracing the variance. When it was announced on November 4th that Joe Jimenez underwent surgery to repair cartilage damage in his left knee and that he would miss most (maybe all) of the 2025 season, it became crystal clear the Atlanta Braves would be making a significant add...2025
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• Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part One

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images A local baseball hobbyist’s hunch on various Braves-related projections I’m no data scientist. I don’t know how to code. There are brilliant, world-class mathematicians who have spent decades developing and honing projection systems, and those systems are well-respected by many of baseball’s brightest minds. These systems are accounting fo...2025
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• Daysbel Hernández and the Braves bullpen

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images An overview of the Braves current bullpen options and why Daysbel Hernández could become Snitker’s best right-handed option to set up closer Raisel Iglesias. The Atlanta Braves bullpen situation heading into 2025 could be described with many different words, but after losing a couple of key veterans, “volatile” might be the most fitting a...2025
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• Projecting the 2025 Braves Opening Day roster

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Not one, but two, different options for Atlanta’s first 26-man roster of the 2025 season. Atlanta Braves full-squad workouts begin one month from today, but much to the chagrin of Braves fandom, the organization has been stunningly quiet this offseason when to comes to making moves that - on the surface - move the needle on the quality of...2025
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• Out of the box trade targets for the Braves

Kelle | Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images It has been a quiet offseason for the Atlanta Braves. Let’s look at some intriguing trade options It has been a surprisingly quiet offseason for the Atlanta Braves up to this point. It seems as though we have seen more news former players signing else ware than players acquired by the Braves. There have been rumors swirling across social media, but non...2025
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Joe Jiménez

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Jimenez had one of those crazy-good reliever seasons in 2024. 2024 wasn’t great for most guys to don a Braves uniform, but that definitely did not apply to Joe Jimenez, who sparkled in the first year of his three-year deal with the Braves, smashing his prior career best in fWAR and putting a pretty generic 2023 behind him. How acquired Th...2024
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• Braves complete sweep of Mets on Ozzie Albies walkoff, 13-10
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images It was another comeback win for the Braves in the series finale, but this one was markedly different than the first two. In what was rightfully billed to be a pitchers’ duel between Spencer Strider and Justin Verlander, the Braves and Mets combined for eight runs in the first inning and a half of baseball and ultimately 23 runs over 10 innings as Atlanta ...2023
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"and Spencer Strider both returning and performing as expected, Reynaldo López picking up where he left off, the bullpen performing well despite losing Joe Jiménez for a long while and Jurickson Profar’s 2024 season not being just another well-timed career year in a contract season."

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"Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images Reynaldo López, Grant Holmes, Joe Jiménez and Raisel Iglesias all deserve a big, juicy steak dinner tonight."

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"Joe Jiménez followed him, gave up a hit and racked up a strikeout as he kept the Twins off of the scoreboard in his one inning of work."

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"The Braves traded for former All-Star reliever Joe Jiménez, sending two minor leaguers to Detroit to help restock a bullpen now minus Kenley Jansen."

• Braves News: Injured list moves, starting rotation finalized, and more
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• Braves move Ronald Acuña Jr., Nacho Alvarez. Jr, Joe Jiménez, Sean Murphy and Spencer Strider to IL
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• Braves have second-best odds of winning World Series, according to FanGraphs

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Here’s another projection model that paints a lovely picture for the Braves in 2025. Earlier this week, Baseball Prospectus released their annual preseason PECOTA projections and their numbers painted an appealing picture for the Atlanta Braves as far as their chances go in 2025. Now, it’s FanGraphs’ turn to get in on the projection ...2025
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• Fun bullpen options for the Braves to explore

Could Nardi make sense for the Braves | Jim Rassol-Imagn Images The Atlanta Braves are down two key pieces of their bullpen. A LHP could go a long way in helping. The Atlanta Braves finally made a big splash and signed Jurickson Profar to sure up the outfield situation, as well as some infield depth if needed. Now, there is one area that has been weakened significantly since the end of the...2025
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuña Jr.’s return, season reviews, and more

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. It was another slow day for news and notes from the Atlanta Braves, but as always, we’ve got some season reviews and a glimpse into 2025. Braves News: MLB’s Mark Bowman discusses how Ronald Acuña Jr.’s return will affect the Braves’ lineup in 2025. Our 2024 season in review series continues wi...2024
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• What should the Braves expect from Craig Kimbrel in 2025?
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Aaron Bummer

Not even astonishingly-bad BABIP luck could keep 2024 from turning into a bummer for this guy. Good left-handed relievers should be cherished, and Aaron Bummer fits the bill in that regard. The Atlanta Braves picked him up in a trade in November 2023 and despite the fact that it took five players leaving in order for the Braves to bring him in, it ended up being a pretty lopsided trade in favor of...2024
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• Braves look to fortify their roster with MLB’s Winter Meetings starting very soon

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Winter Meetings are finally upon us and we could see Alex Anthopoulos and Atlanta’s front office making some big moves over in Dallas This Sunday marks the beginning of the annual Winter Meetings for Major League Baseball. The four-day long gathering of front office members, agents and some players is a major event that takes place each offseason and...2024
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• Three moves the Braves need to make this winter

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Atlanta has a big offseason ahead of them. These are the top moves they should consider making. The Atlanta Braves are in an enviable spot. Even though they weren’t able to win the NL East in 2024, and even though they were knocked out in the first round for the third year in a row, they still managed to make the playoffs for the seventh year in a row desp...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Never mind

Photo by J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images Gerrit Cole opts out and then he doesn’t. Qualifying offers were issued. Free agents are ranked. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. You officially have my permission to call them the Sacramento A’s if you want. Or the West Sacramento A’s if you’d rather. After opting out of his contract with the Yankees, which still ha...2024
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• Elegy for the 2024 Atlanta Braves

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The 2024 Atlanta Braves are no more. Let’s reflect on the season that was. They say, “All good things must come to an end.” They clearly weren’t talking about the 2024 Atlanta Braves. If they were, they might have said “All disappointing, crippled things must come to an end.” The Braves came into the 2024 season with more promise than eve...2024
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• Atlanta Braves clinch Wild Card spot with 3-0 win over Mets

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It wasn’t easy and they certainly took the scenic route but the Braves eventually got the job done! As usual for the Atlanta Braves in 2024, they did it the wacky, wild, and hard way. Just moments after losing the craziest game of the season to the New York Mets, there will now be two champagne celebrations in the Truist Park locker r...2024
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• Braves bullpen picks an awful time to collapse in 8-7 loss to Mets

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Spencer Schwellenbach dominated the Mets again but his relievers let him down in a major way. Despite Spencer Schwellenbach delivering another great performance for the Atlanta Braves against the New York Mets, Atlanta’s bullpen picked the worst possible time during this regular season to deliver one of their worst performances of the...2024
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• Braves series preview: A playoff atmosphere

Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It’s still the regular season, but these two teams are fighting for a post-season spot. The Atlanta Braves won a title in 2021, and have enjoyed back-to-back 100+ win seasons since then. But this year they have been ravaged by injuries, most notably an ACL injury to Ronald Acuña Jr. that ended his season back in May. Star pitcher Spencer Stri...2024
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• Braves set the tone for huge series against Mets with 5-1 win

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Mets had no answer for Schwellenbach in New York and they didn’t have many answers for him in Cobb County, either. Spencer Schwellenbach tossed seven strong innings against the New York Mets for the second time this season. When you combine that with a great plate performance from Michael Harris II in particular, that ended up being t...2024
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• Charlie Morton struggled, offense could not come through, as Atlanta Braves fall to Marlins.

Arcia hit another HR off of Bellozo | Katie Stratman-Imagn Images Orlando Arcia and Michael Harris seemed to be the only bright spots in a disappointing game against the Miami Marlins. The Atlanta Braves took on the Miami Marlins tonight in the first game of a three game series that could be pivotal to their playoff chances. The Braves were the away team and they came up to bat first, arme...2024
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• Fried and Strider both have scoreless outings as Braves sweep split squad games
Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Matt Olson, Austin Riley and Michael Harris II each went deep as well. Simply put, it was exactly what you want to see from your regulars during spring training Both Max Fried and Spencer Strider had a productive day on the mound in their respective outings. The top two pitchers in Atlanta’s rotation each racked up three scoreless innings as the Braves f...2023
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• Bryce Elder gets his revenge as Braves blank Marlins, 6-0
Photo by Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Marlins got after Elder in Atlanta, so Elder got after the Marlins in Miami. His seven shutout innings helped to make sure the Braves returned to the win column. If last Wednesday's contest was a night to forget for Bryce Elder, then tonight's rematch against the Miami Marlins was one for the memory banks. Elder pitched seven str...2023
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• Dylan Dodd's debut goes swimmingly as Braves down Cardinals, 4-1
Photo by Joe Puetz/Getty Images Dodd pitched five innings and only gave up one run. That'll get the job done! Dylan Dodd's first career start in the big leagues was an unmitigated success, as the rookie hurler went five innings while only giving up one run. Thanks to some early run support, the usual great work from the bullpen and fantastic defense all around the diamond, the Atlanta Brav...2023
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• Ronald Acuña Jr.'s eventful night culminates in 14-4 Braves win over Rockies

Photo by Tyler Schank/Clarkson Creative/Getty Images Ronald Acuña Jr. had four hits, scored four runs, drove in five runs and stole his 60th and 61st bases of the season and that still wasn't the most interesting part of his night. The Atlanta Braves have dominated the Colorado Rockies all season and they did so once again tonight. This time, Ronald Acuña Jr. had a huge night at the plate...2023
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. puts on a spring training show as Braves sweep split squad games
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports With the regular season rapidly approaching, Atlanta's superstar outfielder looked stunning — both at the plate and on the base paths. The Atlanta Braves picked up a pair of split squad victories today, with both wins coming against the Minnesota Twins. The big story of the day was Ronald Acuña Jr. once again showing glimpses of a return to the form that made h...2023
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• Braves sign Joe Jimenez to 3-year, $26 million deal

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta is bringing back another big piece of their bullpen in Joe Jimenez Free agents haven't even filed yet, but the Atlanta Braves have been busy bringing back a couple of pieces of their bullpen. First it was Pierce Johnson on a two-year deal. This morning, it is Joe Jimenez who is returning on a three-year deal with $26 million. ...2023
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• Money Mike deposits two homers as Braves down Angels, 5-1
Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Michael Harris II brought his power bat to the ballpark tonight, as his two homers helped push Atlanta to victory tonight. Thanks to a pair of homers from Michael Harris II and a very good night on the mound from Spencer Strider, the Atlanta Braves were able to bounce back and get back to winning ways with a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. The ...2023
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• Great pitching continues to keep Braves alive in 3-1 win over Phillies

Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images Reynaldo López, Grant Holmes, Joe Jiménez and Raisel Iglesias all deserve a big, juicy steak dinner tonight. Reynaldo López's return to the mound was a successful one, as he pitched five innings while striking out ten batters and only giving up one run. Between his efforts and the bullpen putting up yet another great performance, the Atlanta Braves were a...2024
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• Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part One
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• Jarred Kelenic crushes a three-run homer as Braves clamp down on Colorado, 5-2

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images All the Braves do is win — on Ludacris Night, at least. Southern hospitality was not on the cards for the Colorado Rockies tonight. The Atlanta Braves rode a big first inning all the way to a 5-2 series win over the Rockies as their rude welcome to Atlanta continued for another night. As I mentioned in the opening sentence, the Brav...2024
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• Braves acquire Stuart Fairchild from Reds
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• Braves News: Injured list moves, starting rotation finalized, and more
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• Braves move Ronald Acuña Jr., Nacho Alvarez. Jr, Joe Jiménez, Sean Murphy and Spencer Strider to IL
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• What should the Braves expect from Craig Kimbrel in 2025?
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• Previewing the relief pitcher market for the Atlanta Braves

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images We’ve previewed the market for shortstop, starting pitchers, and outfielders – now let’s look at how the Braves might bolster their bullpen. The 2024 Atlanta Braves relied on an undeniably elite bullpen that ranked 3rd in fWAR, 3rd in ERA, and 2nd in FIP. Entering the offseason, they seemed poised to handle the potential loss of A.J. Minter to free a...2024
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• Braves bullpen picks an awful time to collapse in 8-7 loss to Mets
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• Michael Harris II homers and puts the winning ball in play as Braves walk off Nationals, 3-2

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images You're not going to want to watch this one again but nobody around here is going to complain about another Braves win. A win's a win! The Atlanta Braves didn't exactly look like worldbeaters for long stretches of this game but they were able to keep the train on the tracks long enough for the Washington Nationals to eventually throw the ...2024
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• Takeaways from the Braves-Phillies series

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta's pitching staff carried the load in this series and helped push the Braves to a crucial series win over the Phillies. The first part of this homestand for the Atlanta Braves has gotten off to a very good start, as the Braves managed to outduel the Phillies over the course of this three game series in order to gain some ground on ...2024
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• The Braves are still very good and it's totally fine to get excited about it

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Do I remember how the past two seasons ended? Yep! Is that stopping me from getting hyped? Nope! Folks, we’re here once again. It’s Opening Day (for real, this time) and I’m glad to report that on a personal level, both time and wisdom have yet to jade me when it comes to the optimism of baseball season getting underway. I felt the sa...2024
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