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• Braves News: Minor league signing, Luke Williams season review, and more

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. Tuesday marked a slow day for the Atlanta Braves on the news front, as we’re in a quiet period of the offseason. We are nearing the Winter Meetings in Dallas, which get underway in less than two weeks. Hopefully, the Braves’ front office will be busy as the hot stove comes to a simmer. Until then, we do have a few news ...2024
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• 2024 Season in Review: Luke Williams

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Serving as one of Atlanta’s deep position player reserves, Williams also took the mound three times in 2024. The de facto 26th man for the Atlanta Braves for much of the 2024 season, infielder/outfielder/pitcher (apparently) Luke Williams offered flexibility as a depth player for much of the campaign. How acquired? The Braves signed Willi...2024
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Luis Guillorme

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The former Mets regular ended up bouncing between teams in 2024, with Atlanta serving as his first stop. After spending years as a consistent and familiar face on the other side of the baseball diamond from the Atlanta Braves as a member of the New York Mets, Luis Guillorme decided to take a chance and see what baseball life could be ...2024
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• 2024 Braves Season In Review: Joey Wendle

Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images The 2021 All-Star didn’t see action with Atlanta during his time on the Braves active roster. A fun little quirk almost every year: Players who suited up for the Atlanta Braves but never actually played for the Atlanta Braves. Each season this decade, there seems to have been a player or two who get called up to the big league club but never see action in ...2024
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Sheepherders vs. Nightmares CCW 1/17/87MD: Charles has received a new set of DVDs in the mail. He's going through it and has already identified some very interesting sounding lost matches. Be sure to follow his work in general. Here's one of the matches and it's a very straightforward, very solid tag. Got to love Solie here, first calling the Sheepherders "twisted steel" which made me wo...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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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Luis Guillorme
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• 2024 Braves Season In Review: Joey Wendle
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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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• Ozzie Albies hopeful of return this season

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Although his return isn’t certain, Atlanta’s injured second baseman expressed his desire to return to the Braves lineup as quickly as possible. Prior to tonight’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, injured Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies expressed his desire to return to the Braves lineup while chatting with reporters. He wou...2024
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• Takeaways from Braves vs. Reds/Nats

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images At least Tuesday was fun? The Atlanta Braves are now on an off-day with a weekend wraparound four-game series against the Dodgers looming right in front of them. It sure would’ve been nice to head into that series with at least a pair of wins under their belt and a Wild Card spot in their possession. Instead, the Braves are once again currently on the outsi...2024
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• Braves place Reynaldo López on the 15-day IL

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images The injury bug claims yet another player Reynaldo López left last night’s game with what was called right shoulder tightness by the Atlanta Braves. Considering that he only lasted one inning against the Nationals last night, it sure seemed like bad news was on the way and sure enough, the bad news has come late Tuesday morning. The Braves have officially...2024
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• Braves look to shed wet socks and avoid Gore-y outcome in Washington

Photo by Edward M. Pio Roda/Getty Images Out of playoff position for the second time in three days, the Braves will somehow try to do well against MacKenzie Gore, which they’ve failed at three times already this season You know the meme from The Simpsons? No, not that one. The one where Homer adds to a despondent Bart’s interjection of “This is the worst day of my life!” a touching “so far...2024
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• Atlanta Braves keep the same lineup to face the Reds

Can Kelenic come through again? | Brett Davis-Imagn Images the Braves will keep the same lineup as yesterday for their one game set against the Reds The Atlanta Braves will face the Cincinnati Reds this evening in a game that was originally scheduled in early August that was postponed due to weather. The Braves’ rotation and bullpen have both arguably been top three in MLB, and that has be...2024
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"Gio Urshela led off the 10th with a ground ball that ended up being a productive out after Luke Williams made a very risky choice to take off for third on the crack of the bat."

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"PWInsider shared the news, as Luke Williams (Bushwhacker Luke) announced that his uncle, Bob “Butch” Miller, passed away at the age of 78 years old."

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"The Marlins announced they’ve acquired utilityman Luke Williams from the Giants for minor league infielder Hayden Cantrelle."

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"Reliever Ramón Rosso and utilityman Luke Williams were optioned out to clear active roster space."

• Braves News: Minor league signing, Luke Williams season review, and more
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• 2024 Season in Review: Luke Williams
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Luis Guillorme
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• 2024 Braves Season In Review: Joey Wendle
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• Found Footage Friday on Saturday: LAWLER~! IDOL~! RICH~! BAM BAM~! ROSE~! HENNIG~! SHEEPHERDERS~! NIGHTMARES~!
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• Atlanta Braves 2025 40-man roster preview - who will return from 2024?
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith-Shawver tosses six strong innings

AJ Smith-Shawver | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images AJSS allowed just one run over six innings of work, while Drake Baldwin continued to hit baseballs very hard. As the minor league season winds down the Braves system saw some very good performances from a number of their better prospects. AJ Smith-Shawver threw six very good innings, while Nacho Alvarez recorded a multi-hit game, Drak...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Mejia throws six shutout innings

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Mejia capped off his season with Mississippi by throwing another fantastic game (69-74) Gwinnett Stripers 1, (67-74) Buffalo Bisons 4 Box Score Statcast Nacho Alvarez Jr, 3B: 0-3, BB, .300/.407/.484 Drake Baldwin, C: 0-3, BB, .292/.405/.484 Domingo Gonzalez, SP: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3.81 ERA Tyler Matzek, RP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, ...2024
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• Braves place Reynaldo López on the 15-day IL
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• 2024 Season in Review: Luke Williams
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Luis Guillorme
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• 2024 Braves Season In Review: Joey Wendle
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drake Baldwin doubles, reaches base thrice

Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images Baldwin kept his hot play up with another big game, but Gwinnett fell short The final weekend of the 2024 minor league season isn’t going too well for the only remaining Atlanta Braves affiliate, with them dropping their past two to Jacksonville. Fortunately Drake Baldwin is still bringing the lumber, putting together another team-leading per...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Mejia throws six shutout innings
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• Set-bach: Second consecutive problematic start kicks Braves out of playoff spot via 9-5 loss

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Spencer Schwellenbach was once a savior and a stopper, but the strikeouts have gone south in September so far Spencer Schwellenbach’s most recent start prior to his shellacking by the Blue Jays on Saturday night was a real kick in the proverbial nards: he danced through the raindrops despite a lack of whiffs and strikeouts, and was ultima...2024
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• Whit Merrifield exits game but initial reports positive

Photo by Kevin D. Liles./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Reports indicate he avoided a fracture in his foot. Whit Merrifield returned to the Atlanta Braves lineup at second base in tonight’s victory over the Toronto Blue Jays after missing two games as a result of being hit by a in the back of his head on an errant pitch thrown by Phillies reliever Jeff Criswell Tuesday night. Unfortunately, M...2024
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• Luke Williams comes in clutch, Chris Sale dominates as Braves sweep Twins

Jorge Soler hit another HR in the finale against the Twins | Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Luke Williams had two doubles and two RBI, and Chris Sale limited the Twins to one run. The Atlanta Braves took on the Twins in the final game of the series looking for a sweep. They were back by Cy Young front runner Chris Sale and an offense that has scored eighteen runs in the past two games....2024
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• Luke Williams starts at second base as Braves face Blue Jays

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Whit Merrifield’s rough week continues We’ve got lineups and Whit Merrifield is set to miss his third game this week and according to some reports that have come out, he might be missing a lot more games in the future. I’d like to take this moment to apologize for tempting the baseball gods by saying that the Atlanta Braves’ inj...2024
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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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• Chris Sale dominates, Braves win 3-0

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Chris Sale did Chris Sale things as the Braves get a much needed win. In many ways Chris Sale has been the story for the Atlanta Braves in 2024, at least on the positive side. Him and Marcell Ozuna probably both have strong cases for it. And he was certainly the story tonight as he pitched seven shutout innings and led the Braves to a 3-0 victory over the Rockies T...2024
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• Braves repeat their mistakes, walked off by Phillies 3-2 in 11

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images If the Braves have the capacity for introspection, I’m not sure they’ve exercised it this series If you watched the entirety of the Braves’ 3-2, walkoff loss to the Phillies on Sunday night, I’m sorry. If you didn’t, but you did watch their 5-4 loss to open this series back on Thursday, well, you didn’t miss much. At this point, the Braves are making the...2024
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• Luke Williams comes in clutch, Chris Sale dominates as Braves sweep Twins
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• The Braves took "rock bottom" as a challenge in the wrong way this past week

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports What on earth is going on with this team?! Yeah, let’s not beat around the bush here. This is quite easily the worst stretch of baseball that the Atlanta Braves have played since returning to relevancy back in the 2018 season. In every way that the Braves could fail at playing big league baseball this, they found a way to do so this past week. Sometimes i...2024
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• Is this really the Atlanta Braves?

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves were so bad against the Brewers that position player Luke Williams pitched three innings in two appearances against Milwaukee. What a difference a week makes. Last Thursday, when the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins, the Braves improved their record to 60-49. They had won six of their last seven games. Coming on the heels...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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• Bushwhacker Butch Passes Away At Age 78
Bob Miller, also known as Bushwhacker Butch, has passed away. PWInsider shared the news, as Luke Williams (Bushwhacker Luke) announced that his uncle, Bob “Butch” Miller, passed away at the age of 78 years old. PWInsider previously reported Miller took ill after he flew to the United States, and he had a medical episode. He passed […] The post Bushwhacker Butch Passes Away At Age...2023
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• WWE Hall of Famer Bushwhacker Butch Passes Away Aged 78
WWE Hall of Famer Butch Miller, better known as Bushwhacker Butch, has passed away at the age of 78. The news was revealed by his tag team partner Luke Williams, Bushwhacker Luke. Butch was in Los Angeles for WrestleMania 39 weekend and was set for a signing at Wrestlecon before...2023
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• Bushwhacker Butch Hospitalized In Los Angeles
The Bushwhackers (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) entertained fans with their character work during what is now known as the golden era of professional wrestling. Their contributions to the industry earned them ......2023
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• Bushwhacker Butch Passes Away
WWE Hall of Famer Bushwhacker Butch (Robert Miller) has sadly passed away aged 78. Butch’s passing was announced by his nephew Luke Williams, his long time partner in the Sheepherders […]...2023
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• Breaking News – Bushwhacker Butch Passes Away
Luke Williams, aka Bushwhacker Luke, announced today that Bob Miller, better known as Bushwhacker Butch, his longtime partner in The Sheepherders and The Bushwhackers, passed away. He was 78 years old. Miller’s passing happened after he had traveled from New Zealand to the United States and became ill. He had a medical episode shortly after […] The post Breaking News – Bushwhacke...2023
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• WATCH: Phillies' Nick Castellanos preserves ninth-inning tie by throwing out Braves' Luke Williams at home

Castellanos credited his bold, game-saving decision to a 'voice' that popped into his head...2023
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• Braves option Michael Soroka, claim INF Lucas Williams, transfer Max Fried to 60-day IL
Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images One move is maddening expected, the other hopeful The Braves have been busy on the off day today. They have made three roster changes. The #Braves today claimed INF Lucas Williams off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers and optioned him to Triple-A Gwinnett. To make room on the 40-man roster, Atlanta transferred LHP Max Fried to the 60-day injured list...2023
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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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• Jarred Kelenic crushes a three-run homer as Braves clamp down on Colorado, 5-2
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• 2024 Season in Review: Luke Williams
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Luis Guillorme
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• 2024 Braves Season In Review: Joey Wendle
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• Found Footage Friday on Saturday: LAWLER~! IDOL~! RICH~! BAM BAM~! ROSE~! HENNIG~! SHEEPHERDERS~! NIGHTMARES~!
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• Atlanta Braves 2024 NL Wild Card roster breakdown
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out 10 in season finale

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images In the final game of the regular season AJ Smith-Shawver struck out 10 hitters, and Drake Baldwin had another multi-hit performance. Sunday was it, the final regular season game in the minor leagues for the Atlanta Braves system in 2024. With just one team in action there wasn’t a lot to follow, but two of the biggest names in the system went out with s...2024
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• Atlanta Braves 2025 40-man roster preview - who will return from 2024?
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Mejia throws six shutout innings
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• Ozzie Albies hopeful of return this season
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drake Baldwin doubles, reaches base thrice
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• Michael Harris II homers and puts the winning ball in play as Braves walk off Nationals, 3-2
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• The Braves took "rock bottom" as a challenge in the wrong way this past week
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• Bryce Elder’s rough evening and absent offense sinks the Braves, 9-1 in game 2

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Bryce Elder continued to struggle, failing to make it more than 3 innings, while the offense is in a really rough spot at the moment. The Braves were hoping Bryce Elder could lead the way to tying the four game series and crucially eat some innings, with the Monday double-header looming. Things did not go according to plan in the top of the first, as Bry...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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• Hurston Waldrep, Ignacio Alvarez among list of Braves’ spring training invitees

Photo by Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images The Braves announced Friday a list of 23 players that will be going to big league camp this spring. Prospects Hurston Waldrep and Ignacio Alvarez are among a list of 23 players that will take part in big league camp with the Atlanta Braves. The group also includes veteran reliever Ken Giles, who has appeared in a total of nine games since...2024
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• Effectively Wild Episode 1705: Spit Takes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about another prescient player prediction (this time involving the Phillies’ Luke Williams), Nick Madrigal’s hamstring injury, another aspect of the baseball scene in A Quiet Place Part II, and a few observations about the foreign-substance scandal, including teams’ culpability, how the perception of sticky stuff use may mirror the […]...2021
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