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• Are the Braves having fastball issues?

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images I don’t mean Spencer Strider’s velocity last night In the midst of the Braves’ season going sideways relative to expectations, I think a lot about the team’s hitting approach (in case you can’t tell, ha). I wasn’t going to think about it at all, but the swap from Kevin Seitzer to Tim Hyers, the signing of Jurickson Profar, and various statements made by Hye...2025
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• The Best of Bo

Bo knows baseball The mid to late 1980’s were an unusual time in baseball with the arrival of two-sport stars Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. I’ve read a few things recently stating that Brian Jordan should be considered the best two-sport star of that era, and while I’ll be the first to say that Brian Jordan’s baseball career – 1,456 games, 184 home runs, 821 RBI, career batting average of .282 and...2025
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• Bobby Witt Jr. is on track to do something no Royals player has done in nearly 50 years

Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. (7) hits a single during the third inning against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images So many hits Hitting a baseball is arguably the hardest thing to do in professional sports, which is why a hit itself is perhaps the most iconic part about baseball. There’s just some inherent aesthetic beauty to a line driv...2025
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• Survey: How long will Brian Snitker remain the Braves’ skipper?

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The man’s own statements and the Braves’ slogging through roughly the last calendar year raises some questions. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Atlanta Braves fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surve...2025
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• 2025 NL East Season Preview: Atlanta Braves

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Spoiler alert: The Atlanta Braves blogger believes that the Atlanta Braves are going to be good this season. (Mhm. Just like last year!) Needless to say, 2024 did not go according to plan for the Atlanta Braves. If it had, then we may have been coming into this season with a bunch of gold-tinged merchandise after they had gotten done ...2025
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• Ranking the best trades in Milwaukee Brewers history

Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images Something to ponder while we wait for spring As we wait to see whether the Brewers make any moves to improve their infield before spring training, I thought it would be an interesting time to go back through team history and look at some of the team’s best trades. I’ve ranked the top five trades with the following considerations in mind: What did they get? What...2025
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• After the longest month ever, Braves Spring Training is almost here

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images What do we know, and what we don’t, about the upcoming season as the Braves get ready to head to North Port. January 2025 was the longest month ever. But we made it. February is here and that means pitcher and catchers will be reporting in less that two weeks with full squad workouts starting for the Atlanta Braves a few days after that...2025
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• The 10 most-read Battery Power articles of 2024

Photo by Adam Hagy/Getty Images Let’s take a look back at what really popped off last season. Despite the fact that it’s January 2, I’d like to wish you a Happy New Year if nobody else has. If you’ve heard it a million times by now then let me be No. 1,000,001 then. Either way, I hope that everybody rung in the New Year in a fun and safe way. Now we’re about to get into what should hopeful...2025
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• Braves News: Tim Hyers named hitting coach, Chris Sale wins Comeback Player of the Year, and more

Photo by Ben Ludeman/Texas Rangers/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. The Atlanta Braves made a change to the coaching staff on Thursday and hired Tim Hyers as hitting coach. The Atlanta #Braves today announced the organization has hired Tim Hyers to the major league coaching staff as hitting coach. pic.twitter.com/j4RnnNuu3k— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) October 24, 2...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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• Royals to target more offense, says Picollo in end-of-the-year press conference

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images A leadoff hitter is the top priority The Royals stunned the baseball world by becoming just the second team to make the playoffs after losing 100+ games the previous season. But their offense fell short in the American League Divisional Series against the Yankees, making it the priority for Royals GM J.J. Picollo as he begins the off-season. “The runs-per-gam...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for October 12, 2024

Denny Medley-Imagn Images No more Royals baseball. Sam McDowell writes about why Bobby Witt Jr. stayed to watch the Yankees celebrate from the dugout. “It feels like you let a lot of people down whenever you do things like this,” Witt began. “Something that will light a torch in you and leave you a bad taste for the future. “Because, now, for Kansas City Royals baseball, this is what we ...2024
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• Braves News: Chipper Jones addresses coaching changes, dramatic NLDS concludes, and more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves made some big changes to the coaching staff this week, including the firing of hitting coach Kevin Seitzer and two others. Chipper Jones had criticized the Braves’ offense during the season, and after the news of coaching staff changes, he took to social media that his earlier ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 15, 2023

Do not do this! | Photo by STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images Our final Asian Baseball Wrap: NPB Busy week, huh? First, Will Smith comes back. Then the Royals splash some cash at Seth Lugo. To make room, they traded Taylor Clarke to the Brewers and get some minor leaguers back in return. They also signed Chris Stratton (and have not yet made a corresponding move). I don’t think we’ve...2023
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"The full list of Royals hitters who have accomplished the feat since 1980 are as follows: Willie Wilson, 1980: 230 hits Kevin Seitzer, 1987: 207 hits Mike Sweeney, 2000: 206 hits Johnny Damon, 2000: 214 hits Melky Cabrera, 2011: 201 hits Whit Merrifield, 2019: 206 hits Brett was the last Royals player to get two 200-hit seasons, and he did so in 1976 and in 1979."

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"The three coaches are hitting coach Kevin Seitzer, assistant hitting coach Bobby Magallanes and catching coach Sal Fasano."

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"The Braves seem to have the magic touch for struggling hitters turning it around with hitting coach Kevin Seitzer and company."

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"Over the past three weeks, Swanson has worked with hitting coach Kevin Seitzer to widen his stance to improve his swing path."

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"150 with a hitless performance that included a pair of strikeouts in Friday night's loss to the Cardinals, Braves hitting coach Kevin Seitzer arrived at SunTrust Park early on Saturday to evaluate video of the rookie shortstop's plate appearances."

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"Braves hitting coach Kevin Seitzer enjoyed a late Spring Training surprise on Friday, when he had a chance to feel the unique pride created by the opportunity to be on the same field as his son, Cameron, a Rays Minor Leaguer."

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"It is easy to start tracing lines back to the vaunted rookie classes of 1982 (Wade Boggs, Cal Ripken, Ryne Sandberg, Chili Davis, Jesse Barfield, Gary Gaetti, Kent Hrbek and Willie McGee, among others), 1987 (Mark McGwire, Devon White, Terry Steinbach, Benito Santiago, Kevin Seitzer, Ellis Burks, Matt Nokes), 1997 (Nomar Garciaparra, Vladimir Guerrero, Scott Rolen, Andruw Jones, Livan Hernandez, Matt Morris), 2001 (Albert Pujols, Ichiro Suzuki, Jimmy Rollins, Alfonso Soriano) and 2010 (Buster Posey, Jason Heyward, Giancarlo Stanton, Starlin Castro, Stephen Strasburg and Jaime Garcia)."

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"The Braves hired Kevin Seitzer to be their hitting coach and Jose Castro to be their assistant hitting coach on Monday."

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• What do you get when you hire Hyers?

Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Kevin Seitzer’s departure was a bit of a shock, but the addition of Tim Hyers seems somewhat obvious in retrospect I’ll be honest, I thought the Braves’ axing of Kevin Seitzer early this offseason was one of the more unexpected, shocking things to happen to this team in its current, post-rebuild, contending era. If you asked me for my top...2025
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• Assorted thoughts on the Braves’ commitment to Jurickson Profar

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Did the Braves wiggle out of their comfort zone? Does it matter? I considered titling this post, “So Profar, So Good,” but, that seemed to make little sense at this juncture, and that was a headline-in-the-sand I’m not willing to cross at this point. Did the Atlanta Braves do well by signing Jurickson Profar to a three-year, $42 million de...2025
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• Braves News: JR Ritchie’s potential breakout, Diamond Sports Group saga, and more

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. The offseason drags on with yet another day of limited news out of the Atlanta Braves organization. However, Braves prospect JR Ritchie was name dropped in MLB Pipeline’s list of potential breakout prospects in 2025. 21-year-old Ritchie was drafted by the Braves in 2022 and aims to prove MLB Pipeline right with...2025
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• The Twelve Days of Royalsmas

JON RATHBUN / Herkimer Times Telegram / USA TODAY NETWORK Spoiler: there will be no gifting of birds. It’s the holiday season. It’s also a rather busy point in the baseball offseason. The Winter Meetings took place earlier this week. The Mets just signed a player to what will end up being the worst contract in the history of professional sports. The Red Sox picked up Garrett Crochet. The D...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 26, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images What’s next for the Royals? Ben Clemens at Fangraphs reviews the Jonathan India-Brady Singer trade. Kansas City’s side isn’t quite so clear, because India makes the team’s DH and second base rotations tricky, but I still think it was worth it for a club that has great pitching but struggles to score runs. Like Cincinnati, the Royals are always going to be de...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 25, 2024

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Could Tommy Pham return? David Lesky writes about some potential free agent hitter targets for the Royals, including Tyler O’Neill. I’ve written this before, but the Royals interest in O’Neill last winter probably doesn’t mean a ton about their interest this winter. He was available on what was essentially a one-year deal as it was his final year of arbitration. ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 11, 2024

I really hope we won last night so this image is still topical | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images FYI: Rumblings was done before first pitch last night because I wanted to watch the game Manager Matt Quatraro had high praise for the Kansas City Symphony: “Some of the things that have been sent to me have been, you know, pretty emotional, to be honest,” Quatraro said. “My wife and I were...2024
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• Kevin Seitzer reacts to Braves firing

Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The long-time hitting coach spoke about his time with Atlanta and his feelings on his firing from the organization. Former Atlanta Braves hitting coach Kevin Seitzer spoke with the Athletic’s David O’Brien about his dismissal from the organization early today. The surprising firings of Seitzer, assistant hitting coach Bobby Magallanes and catching...2024
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• Sam Hilliard could be the hidden gem of the offseason for the Atlanta Braves
Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Hilliard has done a nice job filling in for the injured Michael Harris. The Atlanta Braves are hot out of the gate with 13-4 record have an early two-game lead over the Mets in the NL East. A fast start has not been the norm for this team over the last few seasons, but is a welcome change and doesn’t come without adversity, as the ...2023
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• Kevin Seitzer named Baseball America’s 2023 MLB Coach of the Year

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images A well-deserved honor for Atlanta’s long time hitting coach. Though the lack of the success in the postseason has (rightfully so) been discussed more than recent success in the regular season, a fun theme of this offseason is the many awards and nominations several Braves have and could still earn from their historic offensive production...2023
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• Braves Notes: Ozuna, Harris, Hilliard
Marcell Ozuna has been one of the worst hitters in Major League Baseball this season, batting just .073/.192/.200 in 63 trips to the plate this year. The Braves, however, don’t appear set to make a change of any kind, writes Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Toscano spoke with hitting coach Kevin Seitzer, manager Brian…...2023
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• Braves Fire Hitting Coach Kevin Seitzer
The Braves have fired three coaches who were previously under contract through 2025, with David O’Brien of The Athletic among those to relay the news (X links here). The three coaches are hitting coach Kevin Seitzer, assistant hitting coach Bobby Magallanes and catching coach Sal Fasano. Atlanta will fill the two hitting coach positions but…...2024
• Braves expect to return entire coaching staff in 2025

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Running it back with the coaches next season, it seems. Braves manager Brian Snitker and Alex Anthopoulos met with the media for the first time since the season concluded in San Diego and spoke on a number of topics, one of which was the future of the coaching staff after a disappointing and injury-riddled 2024 campaign. According to both, the plan is for the entir...2024
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• 2023: The year the Braves achieved offensive apotheosis?

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves’ sacrilegious-to-some style of hitting may have reached its apotheosis in 2023, with an unexpected twist I want to start this by saying that I don’t have any firsthand insight regarding the workings of the Atlanta Braves organization. I’ve never talked with, much less been in the same vicinity as Kevin Seitzer. Sure, Kris is down at the ballpar...2023
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• Braves hire Tim Hyers as hitting coach

Photo by Cooper Neill/MLB Photos via Getty Images Hyers goes from having the same position with the Rangers to taking the job with his hometown team. Exactly two weeks after the Atlanta Braves fired hitting coach Kevin Seitzer, the team has found its replacement for that role. The Braves have gone outside of the organization and hired away a hitting coach from another team — the 2023 World...2024
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• Braves fire Kevin Seitzer, Bobby Magallanes and Sal Fasano, per report

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta will be on the search for two new hitting coaches this offseason after previously stating that the whole staff would be returning. Last week, when Atlanta Braves President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Alex Anthopoulos and manager Brian Snitker were asked by the media as to whether or not the coaching staff would be ...2024
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• Braves Mailbag, September 16

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images You asked, I answered. First off, I’d like to thank everybody who asked questions and sent them in. It really means a lot that y’all continue to come to the website and that you stay engaged with this place, at that. It’s something I don’t take for granted at all and also it’s fun for me since these were really good questions and I could honestly yap abou...2024
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• Braves News: Jarred Kelenic’s improvement, Ohtani gambling scandal, more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves’ news and notes from Wednesday Jarred Kelenic may be turning the corner with the adjustments he’s made this spring for Atlanta. Elsewhere in the league, a gambling scandal is brewing around the sport’s biggest star, Shohei Ohtani, and turmoil continues in the MLBPA. Kelenic looked good on Wednesday after a really rough...2024
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