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• Ozzie Albies Suffers Hamate Fracture
The Braves have been hit with yet another significant injury. Ozzie Albies was diagnosed with a fractured hamate bone in his left hand/wrist (relayed by Mark Bowman of MLB.com). The second baseman appeared to suffer the injury on a swinging strike in the third inning of tonight’s game. He took the next pitch before calling for…...2025
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• Braves reportingly bringing back Charlie Morton; add Joel Payamps off waivers

As had been speculated quite a bit since news of his designation for assignment and subsequent release by the Detroit Tigers, the Atlanta Braves are indeed bringing starting pitcher Charlie Morton according to multiple reports. What is unknown, according to multiple reports including MLB.com’s Mark Bowman, is if that means Morton will pitch again this […]...2025
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• Braves To Sign Charlie Morton
The Braves are reuniting with old friend Charlie Morton. He will join the team on Tuesday. Manager Brian Snitker shared the news with Mark Bowman of MLB.com, Gabe Burns of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and David O’Brien of The Athletic. Morton had been designated for assignment by the Tigers in recent days. MLBTR has learned that…...2025
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• Braves Notes: Murphy, Kim, Snitker
Catcher Sean Murphy has been playing through hip discomfort for the past three years, president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos told the Braves beat last night (link via Mark Bowman of MLB.com). While Murphy had been playing through pain that “would come and go,” per Anthopoulos, the issue reached a tipping point recently and prompted…...2025
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• Braves News: Atlanta Wins Speedway Classic, Austin Riley, Hurtson Waldrep, more

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Sunday actually can be a fun day. When things have happened unexpectedly for the Atlanta Braves over the past 12-15 months, it rarely ends well. Sunday was supposed to be an off day, but Mother Nature decided differently when it came to the 2025 Speedway Classic. And for the Braves, 10 straight Sunday losses was not a streak they were looking to continue...2025
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. has a Grade 1 calf strain, per report

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images That’s a lot better than it could’ve been! After the debacle that led to Ronald Acuña Jr. landing on the IL with “right Achilles inflammation,” it would’ve been understandable if everybody was on pins and needles hoping for the best. Fortunately, the Atlanta Braves themselves seemed pretty confident that it wasn’t a major injury and it turns out that the MRI ...2025
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• Ozzie Albies Suffers Hamate Fracture
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• Braves News: Atlanta Wins Speedway Classic, Austin Riley, Hurtson Waldrep, more
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. has a Grade 1 calf strain, per report
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• Braves call up Jarred Kelenic as Ronald Acuña Jr. officially goes on IL

Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images That sound you hear is Maxine Nightengale singing about the current state of the Braves outfield. With the astonishingly ill-fated and poor decision from all involved (including the player himself) to let Ronald Acuña Jr. play through a sore Achilles bearing the toxic fruit of an IL stint for Acuña, the team has made his move to the IL official an...2025
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuña Jr. to injured list, loss in KC, and more

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. exited Tuesday night’s contest in the sixth inning. The club announced that his early departure was due to right Achilles tightness. This was the first sign of Acuña showing discomfort. Witt singled on the next pitch and Pasquantino followed with the double that Acuña tried t...2025
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• Braves to place star player on 10-day IL

The club announced the injury as right Achilles tightness. Mark Bowman of MLB.com observed that the former MVP was in a walking boot postgame....2025
• UPDATE: Ronald Acuña Jr. set for stint on 10-Day IL

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images ‘Precautionary’ eventually turns into ‘extremely cautionary’ Hey something happened in the sixth inning other than Enyel de los Santos relieving Aaron Bummer and promptly melting down. The Atlanta Braves had a player looking hobbled in a completely lost season and allowed him to be injured. OF Ronald Acuña Jr. was removed from tonight’s game with right Achilles t...2025
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• Braves To Place Ronald Acuna On Injured List
The Braves are losing another star to the injured list. Ronald Acuña Jr. is headed to the 10-day IL after making an early exit from tonight’s loss in Kansas City, the team told reporters (including David O’Brien of The Athletic). The club announced the injury as right Achilles tightness. Mark Bowman of MLB.com observed that the…...2025
• Braves News: Austin Riley update, Marcell Ozuna rumors, and more

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. Though Atlanta Braves third baseman Austin Riley was eligible to return from the injured list, it was reported that he may not be activated until Friday. Snit said Riley was still dealing with a shade of discomfort today. So, they decided to wait a couple days to activate him. He’ll likely play Friday in Texas— Mark Bow...2025
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• Austin Riley to remain on Injured List until perhaps Friday, per report

Photo by Bryan Kennedy/MLB Photos via Getty Images Get well, get well soon Mark Bowman has an update on the Braves starting third baseman, who went onto the Injured List with a strained right abdomen ten days ago in St. Louis. The Braves won’t activate Riley today. Might wait until Friday. There’s no reason to rush his return at this point.— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) July 22, 2025 The...2025
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. has a Grade 1 calf strain, per report
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuña Jr. to injured list, loss in KC, and more
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• Braves News: Austin Riley update, Marcell Ozuna rumors, and more
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• Outside The Confines: For the love of baseball delete

Photo by Brandon Soto/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images The trade deadline approaches. Hall of Fame weekend approaches. The Moon Mammoths are born. And other news around MLB. Good morning. Now that the All-Star Game is over, the trade deadline is the next event on the baseball calendar. Except for All-Star induction ceremonies this upcoming weekend. We’ll get to that later. But the ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: For the love of baseball

Photo by Brandon Soto/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images The trade deadline approaches. Hall of Fame weekend approaches. The Moon Mammoths are born. And other news around MLB. Good morning. Now that the All-Star Game is over, the trade deadline is the next event on the baseball calendar. Except for All-Star induction ceremonies this upcoming weekend. We’ll get to that later. But the ...2025
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• Matt Olson looks to defend home turf in 2025 MLB Home Run Derby

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta’s All-Star first basemen will be in the center of the spotlight tonight as he swings with the best that MLB has to offer. 25 years after he was in attendance at Turner Field for the 2000 MLB Home Run Derby, Matt Olson will attempt to defend his home ballpark from some of the biggest home run hitters in all the land — includin...2025
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• Braves News: Trade Rumors, Tate Southisene Headlines MLB Draft Day 1, Matt Olson, more

Brett Davis-Imagn Images A busy day ahead for the Braves as All-Star week begins in Atlanta Yes, the Braves ended a tremendously disappointing first half of the 2025 season with another 1-run loss, this time a 5-4 loss to the Cardinals in a game that took nearly 7 hours to complete (multiple rain delays.) However, the eyes of many in Braves Country became focused on Atlanta as All-Star f...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Burnes goes down

Joe Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Diamondbacks ace Corbin Burnes needs Tommy John surgery and there are repercussions. The Red Sox are floundering but have a potential star in the minors. The Rockies are sinking. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. We’re starting with the butcher’s bill tonight. Diamondbacks ace Corbin Burnes will undergo Tommy John ...2025
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• The Braves closer’s role unsettled, per report

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Raisel Iglesias not certain to close games as his struggles continue. Prior to tonight’s game against the San Francisco Giants, MLB.com’s Braves reporter Mark Bowman posted that embattled Atlanta Braves closer Raisel Iglesias is not available for tonight’s game and he future usage as the team’s closer is no longer certain. Iglesias won't be available to...2025
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• Braves News: Big Series vs Phillies, Spencer Strider, Spencer Schwellenbach, more

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The Braves face the division rival Phillies to start the week. After an off day on Monday, the Braves are traveling to Philadelphia to take on the Phillies in a big series. The Phillies enter Tuesday with the best winning percentage in baseball while the Braves are two games below.500. Bot teams will face off against familiar arms in Spencer Strider for the Braves...2025
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• Braves vs. Phillies rain delay updates

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Storm’s a-comin’... The Atlanta Braves are back in the Atlanta metro area, whose weather for the past couple of weeks has alternated between “Hotter than the surface of the sun” and “Atlantis.” As of right now, it’s rapidly alternating between the two with the latter causing a rain delay for tonight’s game. Storm clouds are in the ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Burnes goes down
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• Do the Braves know what they are doing?

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images I think someone needs to go I’m not a fire the coaching staff kind of guy, The staff typically is there to make basic personnel decisions, some pitching and hitting decisions based on some simple rules, and try to keep players as healthy as you can. Some staffs do this very well, some are very stubborn, but to me their duties typicall...2025
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• Braves’ rally falls short and Smith-Shawver hurt in loss

AJ Smith-Shawver was removed early after being hit on the leg by a line drive. | Bill Streicher-Imagn Images The Braves offense showed some life, but the rally fell short. Smith-Shawver and Fairchild also both got hurt in loss to Phillies The Atlanta Braves took on the Philadelphia Phillies in game one of a doubleheader in hopes of gaining a game back after losing on Tuesday. AJ Smith-Shaw...2025
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• Braves News: Big Series vs Phillies, Spencer Strider, Spencer Schwellenbach, more
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• Braves News: Pitiful Weekend in Pittsburgh, Chris Sale, More

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Atlanta’s offensive woes continue make it difficult to move past .500. The Atlanta Braves just cannot get past .500 in 2025. Their loss on Sunday, a 4-3 walk-off by Pittsburgh in the bottom of the 9thin inning, was the 5th time this season the Braves lost in a game that would have put them at .500 with a win (shout out BP’s own Sam Peebles.) The Braves once ...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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• Matt Olson looks to defend home turf in 2025 MLB Home Run Derby
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• Braves News: Trade Rumors, Tate Southisene Headlines MLB Draft Day 1, Matt Olson, more
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• Braves’ rally falls short and Smith-Shawver hurt in loss
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• Playing time and lineup considerations with Acuña Jr.’s return looming

Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images What lineup changes can we expect when Atlanta’s star RF returns? Smell that? That leathery smell of a baseball bounding past your car on I-85 after it was crushed out of Coolray Field? That, my friends, is the smell of Ronald Acuña Jr.’s impending return. This may be the most anticipated week of the Atlanta Braves season since Opening Day. Spen...2025
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• Braves scrape by with another extra innings victory, 3-2 in the 11th

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The pitching did a nice job and the offense did just enough to scrape by...eventually AJ Smith-Shawver came into Saturday off of a statement 8.0 inning, 1-hit outing against the Reds, hoping to keep his momentum, as the Braves were hoping to get back in the win column after losing game 1 of the series in Pittsburgh. Things started well for Atlanta, as the ...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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• 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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• 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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• Braves reportingly bringing back Charlie Morton; add Joel Payamps off waivers
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. has a Grade 1 calf strain, per report
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• Braves call up Jarred Kelenic as Ronald Acuña Jr. officially goes on IL
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• Austin Riley to remain on Injured List until perhaps Friday, per report
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• Braves News: Trade Rumors, Marcell Ozuna, Sunday Struggles, more

Brett Davis-Imagn Images The Braves simply cannot find success on Sunday. This weekend really was a microcosm of the season as whole. The Braves looked good the first game, the bullpen ruined a good offensive showing in a loss, and then the offense went silent on Sunday. The first chapter of the second half of the season sounds a lot like the first half. And the funny thing is, if you l...2025
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• Matt Olson looks to defend home turf in 2025 MLB Home Run Derby
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuña Jr. scratched, blowout in Sacramento, and more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. Prior to Tuesday’s contest out west, Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. was scratched from the lineup card with back tightness. He is considered day-to-day. Acuna was scratched with lower back tightness. Trainer George Poulis got Snitker's attention during batting practice, to seemin...2025
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. a late scratch due to back tightness, per report

Photo by Mady Mertens/MLB Photos via Getty Images Some more injury news for the Braves and once again, it’s not great. We got another dark twist in this season, as the Atlanta Braves had to make a late switch to their lineup due another injury issue popping up. This time, it’s Ronald Acuña Jr., as he was a late scratch from tonight’s game in Sacramento due to what’s being reported as “bac...2025
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• Braves call up Jarred Kelenic as Ronald Acuña Jr. officially goes on IL
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• Braves update Ronald Acuña, Jr.’s injury status

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Atlanta’s star outfielder’s exact timeline to return is still unclear. Prior to this afternoon’s contest against the Cincinnati Reds, the Atlanta Braves provided reporters with updates on the status of rehabilitating outfielder Ronald Acuña, Jr., who is still recovering from last year’s season-ending knee surgery. The biggest ne...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

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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• 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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