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• Beat reporter Mark Bowman answers fans' questions
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• Spencer Strider has a Grade 1 hamstring strain, per report

Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Well, it could’ve been worse! Today should’ve been Spencer Strider’s second start of the regular season and his first start back at Truist Park in just over a full year. Instead, Strider ended up going right back on the shelf after just one start when he injured himself playing catch. It’s extremely unfortunate but this is also a sport where we’ve...2025
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• On Brian Snitker, Ronald Acuña Jr., Jarred Kelenic and what gets noticed

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Yep, we gotta talk about it. Alright, we gotta talk about this. At first, I didn’t really want to dedicate a whole entire post to this mini-controversy because as I’ve halfway joked about in past articles, this is a Serious Baseball Website for Serious Baseball Fans of the Atlanta Braves and it just felt kind of lame to write an entire article based o...2025
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• Braves News: Series Sweep, Drake Baldwin, Trades, More

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images A successful weekend for the Braves. At the start of the season, Drake Baldwin could find little to no success despite doing everything right at the plate. Well fortunately, the results are starting to reward the routine, as Baldwin played a big role in multiple wins for the Braves this weekend. This included his first home run at Tr...2025
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• Braves pick up another win in team effort, 4-3 over Minnesota

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves picked up the series victory and their first stretch of winning more than one game in a row this season. Looking for their first consecutive win of the season, the Braves were hoping that Chris Sale could find some better luck and results than he has had so far this season in game 2 against the Twins. The game started inau...2025
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• Braves bring B-team lineup against Blue Jays

Matt Olson has been hitting the ball well. It will come together soon. | Brett Davis-Imagn Images Marcell Ozuna is off tonight and Stuart Fairchild and White get starts. The Atlanta Braves have struggled this season offensively, there is no denying it. However, they have seen an uptick in offense since Sean Murphy came back. Since his debut six games ago, the Braves’ offense has been the f...2025
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• Spencer Strider has a Grade 1 hamstring strain, per report
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• Braves News: Chris Sale, Spencer Strider, More

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Braves Hope to start off week on a good note After the Braves nightmare road trip to start the season, the hope was that returning home and a bit easier stretch of the schedule could lead to some better results. Well over their past 8 games, Atlanta is 4-4, which as better stretch than 0-7. But they still remain 7 games under .500 at 4-11, and though it clea...2025
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• Braves News: Reynaldo López update and more

Denis Poroy-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Reynaldo López underwent arthroscopic surgery in his right shoulder on Tuesday. Fortunately, there was no structural damage. He will be reevaluated in July and shut down from throwing until then. Reynaldo Lopez’s arthroscopic surgery today turned out to be a cleanup. No structural damage...2025
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• Reynaldo López injury update

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images The pitcher underwent a procedure today on his right shoulder. Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Reynaldo López will miss most of this season due to a clean-up procedure on his right shoulder he had today in Los Angeles. The good news is that there was no structural damage, based on an update given by Braves manager Brian Snitker to reporters prior to to...2025
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• Spencer Strider, Sean Murphy injury updates

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Both Braves are close to returning. Prior to tonight’s game, Atlanta Braves manager Brian Sniker provided updates to reporters on the timetable for the return of injured starting pitcher Spencer Strider and catcher Sean Murphy. Strider, who missed most of last season after having a brace procedure on his elbow, threw 75 pitches for Gwinnett last night, st...2025
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• Braves acquire C Jason Delay from Pirates; move Reynaldo López to 60-day IL

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images The Braves bolster their organizational depth by adding a catcher with big league experience. The Atlanta Braves are continuing to stay busy with transactions as they continue to try to figure out a way out of this fine hole that they dug themselves into. This move definitely won’t be the one that lifts them out of this funk but that’s not stopping them fr...2025
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• Braves News: Astonishing losing streak ,Nick Allen, more

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday The beginning of this season has been a legitimately historic exercise in futility for the Braves. They now have quite the hole to dig themselves out of, as no team has ever made the playoffs after starting 0-7, with the caveat that the playoffs have recently expanded. They were frankly fortunate to have scored 5 r...2025
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• Reynaldo López will have arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images The veteran right-hander is going to be out of action for a while after he gets this procedure done. Well, we’re barely a week into the season and the Atlanta Braves are going to be losing a starter for a good long while. Yesterday, the Braves suffered an extremely nasty 1-2 punch of losing Jurickson Profar to a PED suspension and then immediately aft...2025
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• Reynaldo Lopez To Undergo Arthroscopic Shoulder Procedure
The Braves are sending Reynaldo López for an arthroscopic procedure on his injured shoulder, manager Brian Snitker told reporters (including Mark Bowman of MLB.com). The team won’t have a timetable for López’s return until after the surgery, as that will reveal whether there’s any structural damage. Snitker said the Braves are hopeful that the All-Star righty…...2025
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• Braves News: Jurickson Profar Suspension, Reynaldo Lopez to IL, More

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images A no-good, awful, very bad Monday for the Braves. Yesterday could go down as one of the more miserable days for Braves country in recent memory. It started off with some intriguing news, with the Braves designating Hector Neris for assignment and officially bringing Jesse Chavez back to Atlanta. Then, there was the acquisition of former Reds outfielder Stua...2025
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• Reynaldo López injury update
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• Braves acquire C Jason Delay from Pirates; move Reynaldo López to 60-day IL
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• Braves To Select Jesse Chavez, Designate Hector Neris For Assignment
11:08am: Atlanta has opted to designate right-hander Hector Neris for assignment, reports Mark Bowman of MLB.com. Chavez will take his spot on the 26-man and 40-man rosters. 11:03am: The Braves are selecting the contract of veteran right-hander Jesse Chavez from Triple-A Gwinnett, reports ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Atlanta has a full 40-man roster, so a corresponding…...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 News: Craig Kimbrel returns, outfield preview, and more

Set Number: X85885 TK1 R1 F201 Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. The Atlanta Braves will be reuniting with a familiar face after signing reliever Craig Kimbrel to a minor league deal. Braves, RHP Craig Kimbrel reportedly agree to Minor League deal, per multiple reports including https://t.co/Z3s2EphcSH's Mark Bowman.Kimbrel, 5th on the all-time saves list with 440, pitched for...2025
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• Braves sign Craig Kimbrel to minor league deal

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images The long-traveled reliever returns to where it all started for him: Right here in Atlanta Well, then! I can’t say that I saw this one coming but here it is: For the first time since a few days before Opening Day all the way back in 2015, Craig Kimbrel is a member of the Atlanta Braves organization. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic is report...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves positional season preview: Catchers

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves will begin the 2025 season without either of their primary starters from last year. In the World Series Championship season of 2021, the Atlanta Braves used seven different catchers when injuries decimated the team’s depth. It was so bad that current Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt played in 26 games after being ac...2025
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• Braves News: Spanish broadcasts available, Grant Holmes sharp, and more

Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. The Atlanta Braves and FanDuel Sports Network announced Tuesday that Spanish telecasts will be available for the 2025 season. Francisco X Rivera will serve as the Spanish play-by-play announcer. Big news for #BravesCountry!New in 2025, we will provide a Spanish language option for @Brave...2025
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• Jurickson Profar wrist injury update (UPDATED)

Photo by Scott Audette/MLB Photos via Getty Images Updated reports suggest Profar may be ready for Opening Day. The Atlanta Braves made one premium addition this prior offseason with the free agent signing of outfielder Jurickson Profar to play left field. After injuring his left wrist in Saturday’s Spring Training game, initial x-rays showed no break, but now the team and its fanbase shou...2025
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• Jurickson Profar wrist injury update expected Monday

Photo by Scott Audette/MLB Photos via Getty Images Reports indicate the severity of his wrist injury may be known as soon as tomorrow. The Atlanta Braves made one premium addition this prior offseason with the free agent signing of outfielder Jurickson Profar to play left field. After injuring his left wrist in Saturday’s Spring Training game, initial x-rays showed no break, but now the te...2025
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• Braves News: Series Sweep, Drake Baldwin, Trades, More
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• Braves pick up another win in team effort, 4-3 over Minnesota
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• Braves bring B-team lineup against Blue Jays
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• Braves News: Chris Sale, Spencer Strider, More
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• Braves News: Jurickson Profar Suspension, Reynaldo Lopez to IL, More
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• Braves News: Ian Anderson, Jesse Chavez, Spencer Strider, more

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It was a day for good-byes and hello agains. The Braves continued to finalize their Opening Day roster while adding depth to the organization when it comes to pitching on Sunday. Ian Anderson was traded to the Angels for Jose Suarez, while the Braves signed familiar face Jesse Chavez to a minor league deal. Moving Anderson was likely u...2025
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• Braves sign Craig Kimbrel to minor league deal
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• Marcell Ozuna crushes his second bomb of spring training as Braves fall to Nationals

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Drake Baldwin also delivered an RBI single as he continued to have a productive spring Marcell Ozuna made his presence felt at the plate for the second time so far here in spring training, as his no-doubter of a home run was the biggest highlight on a bright and sunny day of spring training action for the Atlanta Braves at CoolToday Park. Ozuna’s homer c...2025
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• Jurickson Profar wrist injury update (UPDATED)
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• Jurickson Profar wrist injury update expected Monday
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• On Brian Snitker, Ronald Acuña Jr., Jarred Kelenic and what gets noticed
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• Reynaldo López will have arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder
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• Braves News: Jurickson Profar Suspension, Reynaldo Lopez to IL, More
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• Good Morning San Diego: Manny Machado’s goal remains the same

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of March 20, 2025. Articles to read Padres seek consistency with urgency as 2025 season opens (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) In the Padres’ farm system, the kids are alright (Jim Callis, MLB.com) Braves-Padres Opening Day starting pitchers: Sale vs. King (Mark Bowman and AJ Cassave...2025
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• Marcell Ozuna crushes his second bomb of spring training as Braves fall to Nationals
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• BCB After Dark: How about Ryne Stanek?

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks what about rumors connecting the Cubs to reliever Ryne Stanek. It’s Tuesday night here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad to see you. Please come in and get warm. There’s no cover charge this evening. We check ...2025
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• Braves News: Drake Baldwin, 2025 Promotional Schedule, More

Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images Drake Baldwin continues to earn praise heading into the 2025 season. As the offseason rolls along for the Atlanta Braves, there are still needs to be filled and hopefully more moves to come. But we are also now at the time of the offseason where many outlets reveal top prospect lists, and Atlanta’s top position prospects Drake Baldwin is cont...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Three left standing

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Roki Sasaki nears a decision and there are consequences. The international amateur market opens today. What’s up with Alex Bregman? And other news from around baseball. Good morning. I think we’re all familiar with Roki Sasaki narrowing his decision to three teams on Monday by now. But the fallout from that continues. This came out before Sasaki’s Monday an...2025
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. and Spencer Strider both expected to not be ready by Opening Day, per report

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Two of Atlanta’s brightest stars who sat out most of 2024 due to injury may still have a long road to recovery ahead of them heading into 2025. Earlier here on Tuesday, we got our first really big rumor of the season when it comes to the Atlanta Braves and free agency. A source for Braves beat writer Mark Bowman is claiming that the Braves are apparent...2024
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• Charlie Morton retiring? Maybe not, per report.

Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The veteran hurling could be mulling playing at least one more season. Charlie Morton could be open to returning to the mound in 2025. MLB.com’s Mark Bowman, in his article published earlier today, suggests that the 17-year veteran - who will turn 41 in less than two weeks - could look to continue pitching in 2025. Morton, who debuted...2024
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• Angels To Acquire Andrelton Simmons
6:16pm: Los Angeles will also add a young catcher — likely Jose Briceno — in the trade, Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports reports (Twitter links). Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times confirms that Briceno is in the deal, on Twitter. 6:10pm: The exact amount of money going to Atlanta in the deal is $2.5MM, MLB.com’s Mark Bowman tweets.…...2015
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• Will Smith Ejected for Foreign Substance on Arm: Latest Details and Reaction
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• Dodgers Acquire Matt Kemp In Five-Player Swap
In a stunning swap of big contracts, the Dodgers have traded first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, left-hander Scott Kazmir, right-hander Brandon McCarthy and infielder Charlie Culberson to the Braves in exchange for outfielder Matt Kemp. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic was the first to report the news. Furthermore, Mark Bowman of MLB.com adds that the Braves have…...2017
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• Braves Rookie John Gant Showcases Unusual Windup During MLB Debut
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• Melvin Upton, Craig Kimbrel to Padres: Latest Trade Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Braves Re-Sign Josh Tomlin
The Braves have re-signed righty Josh Tomlin, MLB.com’s Mark Bowman was among those to cover on Twitter. It’s a minor-league deal. More to come …...2020
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• Fredi Gonzalez Fired by Braves: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Braves Fire Fredi Gonzalez; Brian Snitker Named Interim Manager
10:25am: Atlanta has named Brian Snitker as an interim skipper, per MLB.com’s Mark Bowman (via Twitter). Long the Braves’ third base coach, Snitker has been managing the club’s top affiliate, Triple-A Gwinnett. 10:15am: The Braves have fired manager Fredi Gonzalez, according to David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Twitter link). He becomes the first skipper to...2016
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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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• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Remaining MLB Hitting Market
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• Nick Markakis Addition Likely a Precursor of More Moves to Come for Braves
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• On Brian Snitker, Ronald Acuña Jr., Jarred Kelenic and what gets noticed
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• Braves News: Series Sweep, Drake Baldwin, Trades, More
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• Braves bring B-team lineup against Blue Jays
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• Braves News: Chris Sale, Spencer Strider, More
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• Braves News: Sean Murphy’s hot start continues

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday On Saturday evening, the Atlanta Braves finally picked up their first road win of the season in a come-from-behind 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Picking up the road win was huge, as the Braves will be heading into today’s series finale with a shot at picking up their first road series win of the year. Th...2025
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• Braves News: Reynaldo López update and more
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• Reynaldo López injury update
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• Spencer Strider, Sean Murphy injury updates
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• Braves News: Astonishing losing streak ,Nick Allen, more
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• Brian Snitker provides Ronald Acuña, Jr. injury update

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The outfielder’s injury rehabilitation continues to progress but his return is not imminent. The last day of March sure felt like an April Fool’s Day joke as the Atlanta Braves lost outfielder Jurickson Profar to an 80-game suspension and starting pitcher Reynóldo Lopez to the 15-day injured list. There was a little good news m...2025
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• On Brian Snitker, Ronald Acuña Jr., Jarred Kelenic and what gets noticed
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• Marcell Ozuna crushes his second bomb of spring training as Braves fall to Nationals
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• Braves News: José Quintana rumors, AJ Smith-Shawver, and more

Photo by Drew Hallowell/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. We’re another day closer to the first spring game for the Atlanta Braves, and rumors are continuing to buzz. A recent report from MLB insider Héctor Gómez revealed that the Braves are among teams interested in starting pitcher José Quintana. 36-year-old Quintana is also drawing int...2025
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• Brian McCann and his Hall of Fame candidacy

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images He is one of the greatest catchers in Atlanta Braves history, but is he a Baseball Hall of Famer? Brian McCann is on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the first time this year and for many of us, it is hard to believe the baby-faced catcher who was part of the 2005 “Baby Braves” and who took Roger Clemens deep in that season’s playoff series against...2025
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• Takeaways from the Braves-Nationals series

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images For once, the Braves had an injury scare that didn’t result in one of their stars heading to the IL. Rejoice! The Atlanta Braves are now heading up to Minnesota hot off the heels of what turned out to be a pretty productive homestand. They picked up a crucial series win against the Phillies and then followed that up by taking two out of three against a W...2024
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• It's starting to feel like 2020 again for the Atlanta Braves
Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images In 2020, the Braves leaned on their offense and their bullpen to carry them to the playoffs. They'll be doing it again for maybe the next couple of months. Do y’all remember the 2020 season? I know that season had a depressing ending in the massive shed in Arlington, Texas that’s masquerading as a baseball stadium, but it was still good...2023
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• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Remaining MLB Hitting Market
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• MLB Trade Rumors: Latest Buzz on Justin Upton, Cole Hamels and More
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• MLB Trade Rumors: Breaking Down Buzz on Justin Upton, Cole Hamels and More
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• MLB Trade Rumors: Latest Buzz on Matt Kemp, Justin Upton and More
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