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• San Diego stands tall over Braves

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images At least Acuña’s back? Well, the good news for the Atlanta Braves is that they’re done seeing the San Diego Padres — at least not unless they potentially see each other in the Postseason. Either way, the Braves are likely happy to be done with the Padres for this season because it certainly didn’t go well in San Diego and it barely went be...2025
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• Battery Power Braves Player of the Week: Ronald Acuña, Jr.

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images He was one of the few bright-spots in an otherwise forgettable week. Friday night, the Atlanta Braves, their fans, and all of Major League Baseball were reminded why Ronald Acuña, Jr. is on the short-list of the game’s best players. On the first pitch he saw in almost one calendar year, he blasted the ball 467 feet vociferating his return with style and...2025
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• Padres paddle Braves, 5-3

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Maybe it’s for the best that the Braves never see the Padres again this season. Manny Machado and the San Diego Padres brought the thunder with their bats in this game, as their power hitting overwhelmed the Atlanta Braves as the home team was doomed to a 5-3 series loss against their opponents from out West. The first couple of innings in this one serve...2025
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• Padres offense lackluster in 7-1 loss to Braves

Sean Reynolds | Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Michael King scratched from start due to shoulder tightness, bullpen forced into action The momentum the San Diego Padres built with their 2-1 win to snap a six-game losing streak Friday seemed to disappear before the first pitch against the Atlanta Braves in their 7-1 loss, Saturday. The projected starter for the Padres was Michael King ...2025
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• Offense backs a strong Grant Holmes start in complete team victory

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images In stark contrast to Friday’s loss, all three facets of the game were effective for Atlanta, in a 7-1 win Following an ugly loss Friday night, the Braves were hoping to even the series with San Diego behind Grant Holmes. They caught a break before the game, as Padres’ starter Michael King, who is having a great year, was scratched and...2025
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• Braves shake up the lineup against the Padres

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Drake Baldwin steps into the 2 spot in the lineup, while Ronald Acuna stays in the leadoff spot Brian Snitker shook up the top of the lineup, after the Braves failed to score after Ronald Acuña's leadoff homer Friday night. Rookie sensation Drake Baldwin steps into the second spot, behind Ronald. Matt Olson swaps with Marcell Ozuna, dropping to the cleanup spot, wh...2025
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• Battery Power Braves Player of the Week: Ronald Acuña, Jr.
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• Washington Nationals win fourth in a row but Dylan Crews gets injured

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The Nationals once again used early offense to jumpstart yet another win Ladies and gentleman, he Washington Nationals are hot. They have now won four in a row and five of their last six after defeating the Braves 5-3. The Nats pounced on Spencer Strider, who did not look like his pre-surgery self, with less steam on his fastball. In the bottom of the first inning,...2025
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• Taking a look at the Atlanta Braves with Demetrius Bell of Battery Power

Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images I asked Demetrius Bell some questions about the Braves ahead of their series with the Washington Nationals Battery Power is one of the premier baseball sites in the SB Nation network. With the Braves coming to town, I wanted to pick one of their writers brains about the state of the 2025 Atlanta Braves, as well as their thoughts about the Nationals from afar. I tu...2025
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• Braves bop Boston in 10-4 series win

Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images The Red Sox hit a grand slam but it was nowhere near enough to offset what the Braves had in store for today’s contest. The Atlanta Braves matched their season-high for runs today, as the lineup made things very difficult for both Brayan Bello and old friend Sean Newcomb. As such, the Braves ended up leaving Fenway Park with an emphatic 10-4 win over the Boston Re...2025
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• Drake Baldwin hits fifth, Matt Olson slides up to third for Pittsburgh finale

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images .500? In sight. Handedness? Alternated. The Braves are making a minor lineup adjustment given that Drake Baldwin is starting on Sunday afternoon, flip-flopping Matt Olson and Marcell Ozuna to alternate handedness throughout the batting order: Series finale!#BravesCountry pic.twitter.com/b1Px22Ng5n— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) May 11, 2025 Baldwin has s...2025
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• Braves rally falls short in loss to Reds

Drake Baldwin hits his first career HR off a LHP | Brett Davis-Imagn Images Drake Baldwin helped the Braves look like they may come back, and the bullpen looked sharp again, but the Braves fell just short in a loss to the Reds. The Atlanta Braves battled the Cincinnati Reds tonight looking to finally reach .500 for the first time this season and had to go through their ace, Hunter Greene. ...2025
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• Minor League Film Room #1: Brock Wilken

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Breaking down Wilken’s approach over the last few seasons Milwaukee used their first-round selection in the 2023 draft on Wake Forest third baseman Brock Wilken, who finished his career as the all-time ACC home run leader. Here’s an excerpt of Baseball America’s scouting report from when he entered the draft: Wilken has amassed 71 home runs ov...2025
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• Braves News: AJ Smith Shawver Shines in Win Over Reds, Ronald Acuna Jr Update, More

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Good Day All Around for the Braves. AJ Smith Shawver looked spectacular on Monday in a 4-0 win over the Reds. Though his bid for a no-hitter came up a bit short, he was truly dominant for most of the game in the best start so far of his young career. He continues to look like a pitcher who his finally figuring out how to effectively...2025
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• AJ Smith-Shawver cruises in Braves’ one-hitter win over Reds, 4-0

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It wasn’t the prettiest pitching line, but Smith-Shawver rolled through eight innings. AJ Smith-Shawver threw eight one-hit innings, no-hitting the Reds through seven, as the Braves used a single scoring inning to topple Brady Singer and the Reds on Monday night. While Smith-Shawver mostly let the defense behind him do the work and wa...2025
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• Reds’ Tyler Callihan Suffers Forearm Fracture
The Reds announced that rookie infielder/outfielder Tyler Callihan suffered a left forearm fracture in tonight’s game against Atlanta. He’s obviously in for a long-term absence. Callihan suffered the gruesome injury while he was playing left field. He tracked a Matt Olson fly ball that sliced down the line. Callihan, a right-handed thrower, reached up for the ball…...2025
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"He tracked a Matt Olson fly ball that sliced down the line."

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"He is currently the fifth-highest paid player on the team behind Austin Riley, Matt Olson, Charlie Morton and Marcell Ozuna."

2023
"Ronald got hit just above the knee with a ball on a full count and Matt Olson also worked a full count before earning an RBI walk."

2022
"After the Atlanta Braves traded for Matt Olson on March 14th, 2020, and subsequently signed him to an 8-year, $162 million dollar extension, the expectations were officially set for his tenure with the team."

2021
"Matt Olson, Brandon Belt, Cody Bellinger? The Yankees’ increasingly risky options to replace Luke Voit"

2020
"Matt Olson hit a walk-off grand slam in the 10th to give the A's a 7-3 win over the Angels in the first major league game with the new, unpopular extra-inning rule."

2019
"In an attempt to add some insurance to the offense with Matt Olson on the shelf, the Oakland Athletics have acquired Kendrys Morales in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays."

2018
" Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Week 23: Model that beat experts says start Jorge Polanco, bench Matt Olson "

2017
"Matt Olson, Jaycob Brugman and Franklin Barreto each slugged their first career big league homers Saturday as the Oakland Athletics took a 10-2 win over the Chicago White Sox in front of a sellout crowd on the day of Mark Buehrle's jersey retirement at Guaranteed Rate Field."

2016
"3 KFAN and WGN Radio AM 720, announced today that their joint fundraising effort to support Matt Olson, the Isanti, Mi."

2015
"But there is good news: There are two players on this list on this year's Top 100: Josh Bell of the Pirates and Matt Olson of the A's."

2014
"Of the bunch, shortstop Daniel Robertson and first baseman Matt Olson are top-five prospects."

• Padres paddle Braves, 5-3
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• Braves shake up the lineup against the Padres
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• MLB Insider Reveals One Thing Linking Freddie Freeman & Matt Olson as Dodgers Star’s Free Agency Drama Resurfaces
Veteran sportscaster Bob Costas points out an impressive similarity between Matt Olson and Freddie while looking back at their contracts....2025
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• Chris Sale fares well in victorious Fenway return

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images We got the pitchers’ duel we were waiting for and Chris Sale came out on top in his old stomping grounds. Chris Sale outdueled Garrett Crochet and the Atlanta Braves outplayed the Boston Red Sox on their way to a 4-1 victory that hopefully sets the tone for the rest of this series at Fenway Park. We were advertised a pitchers’ duel and both pitchers l...2025
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• Braves walk off Nats in un-slugfest, 4-3

Photo by Kathryn Skeean/MLB Photos via Getty Images A lot of hard-hit balls led to a blown ninth-inning lead on a routine grounder and errant throw, but the Braves hit some hard grounders to walk it off This game was an un-slugfest in every sense of this term that I just now made up. The Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals crushed the ball all night, yet only seven total runs ended up ...2025
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• Drake Baldwin hits fifth, Matt Olson slides up to third for Pittsburgh finale
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• The time for the Braves to roster a third catcher is now

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Drake Baldwin and Sean Murphy’s offensive ability demand the move. The time is now. An easy argument could be made that time should have been when the Atlanta Braves added Eddie Rosario to the active roster two weeks ago. It is time for the Braves to add a third catcher to their active roster. Last night, starting catcher Sean ...2025
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• Minor League Film Room #1: Brock Wilken
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• Braves News: AJ Smith Shawver Shines in Win Over Reds, Ronald Acuna Jr Update, More
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• AJ Smith-Shawver cruises in Braves’ one-hitter win over Reds, 4-0
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• Braves endure another one-run loss, drop 8-7 game in extras to Nats

Photo by Alyssa Howell/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Braves did what they could offensively, but got beat on the margins and are now under .500 once again I don’t know if I want to write this recap. Do you want to read this recap? Well, here goes. The Braves did a bunch of good stuff offensively in this game, but ultimately, it was for naught. The Nationals had a killer combination of ha...2025
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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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• MLB Insider Reveals One Thing Linking Freddie Freeman & Matt Olson as Dodgers Star’s Free Agency Drama Resurfaces
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• Drake Baldwin and AJ Smith-Shawver shine in win against Nationals

Smith-Shawver had another strong start | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Baldwin finished the Nationals series going seven for nine, and Smith-Shawver had zero earned runs and six strikeouts in six innings of work as Braves win The Braves took on the Nationals as they looked to reach a .500 record again with a pitching matchup that looked to be in the Braves’ favor. AJ Smith-Shawver faced off aga...2025
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• Braves at Pirates series recap: Too little, too late from Atlanta’s lineup

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Atlanta’s lineup was nowhere to be found for long stretches of this series Right after the Atlanta Braves had gotten done taking three-out-of-four games against the Reds, the expectations in Braves Country were pretty high ahead of their trip to Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates. After all, the Pirates had just gotten done firing ...2025
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• Minor League Film Room #1: Brock Wilken
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• Braves stumble at the plate in 1-0 shutout loss to Reds

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Instead of the eighth inning being the moment of truth for the Braves, it was the ninth and tenth inning for Atlanta this time. Chris Sale is probably wondering what more does he have to do at this point. Sale delivered for the second start in a row as he threw seven shutout innings for the Atlanta Braves in this one and exited the ga...2025
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• AJ Smith-Shawver cruises in Braves’ one-hitter win over Reds, 4-0
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• Braves complete salvage job against Dodgers

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves are done with the Dodgers and considering how this season’s series went, not a moment sooner! The Atlanta Braves were riding high heading into this series with the Los Angeles Dodgers. They were on a run of having won four straight series and had just returned home from a productive road trip out West against the Diamondbac...2025
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• Braves 8, Rockies 2: Making history (and not the good kind)

Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images Although there are signs of offensive life, the Rockies losing streak extended to nine games. The Colorado Rockies continued to make baseball history tonight, but not in a good way. With an 8-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves, the Rockies extended their losing streak to eight games, their second eight-game losing streak of the season. (The first was April 1...2025
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• Battery Power Braves Player of the Week: Ronald Acuña, Jr.
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• Padres offense lackluster in 7-1 loss to Braves
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• Are the Braves having fastball issues?
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• Washington Nationals win fourth in a row but Dylan Crews gets injured
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• Braves come out on top in the land of .500

Eric Canha-Imagn Images One of these teams would be on the sunny side of .500 or at least on the line once this weekend’s series was said and done. As it turned out, the Braves ended up being the victorious one over these three games at Fenway. Coming into this series, the Atlanta Braves had apparently righted the ship following a series win over the Nationals that pushed them to .500. If ...2025
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• Battery Power Braves Player of the Week: Drake Baldwin

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta’s rookie catcher went from hot to hotter during this past week. Walking around a big box retailer this morning, Atlanta legends Outkast were playing over the store audio system with their 2003 hit, “Hey Ya!” adding some extra bounce to the eight o’clock in the morning steps. Atlanta Braves budding star Drake Baldwin was two-y...2025
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• Chris Sale fares well in victorious Fenway return
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• Drake Baldwin and AJ Smith-Shawver shine in win against Nationals
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• Braves walk off Nats in un-slugfest, 4-3
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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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• Rookies' homers lead A's past White Sox
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• A's offense keeps rolling in win over Tigers
Marcus Semien scored three times -- twice on Jed Lowrie RBIs -- and Matt Olson added his fourth homer in as many games, sending the Athletics to an 8-3 win over the Tigers on Monday at Comerica Park....2017
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• Kinsler brings the lumber, but Tigers fall to A's
Marcus Semien scored three times -- twice on Jed Lowrie RBIs -- and Matt Olson added his fourth homer in as many games, sending the Athletics to an 8-3 win over the Tigers on Monday at Comerica Park....2017
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• Atlanta Braves: Did Matt Olson live up to expectations?
After the Atlanta Braves traded for Matt Olson on March 14th, 2020, and subsequently signed him to an 8-year, $162 million dollar extension, the expectations were officially set for his tenure with the team. Matt Olson joined the Atlanta Braves and almost immediately had to confront one of the toughest tasks that has ever faced […] Atlanta Braves: Did Matt Olson live up to expectations? - To...2022
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• Sean Murphy powers Atlanta to a 9-3 victory
Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Braves’ new catcher raked in big moments for the Braves. With Bryce Elder on the mound, the Braves looked to seize a series victory in game 2 against Kansas City. The Braves started off hot as their first four batters all hit a ball over 100 MPH, but it was a single from Austin Riley and a double from Sean Murphy that put the Braves on ...2023
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• Sean Murphy makes his presence felt in 5-4 walk-off Braves win over Reds
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta's new catcher had two doubles and a home run, with the dinger giving the Braves the extra-innings win in the 10th inning. Have yourself a night! Sean Murphy brought his A-Game to the plate tonight. The newest catcher for the Atlanta Braves had two doubles in the first nine innings of this game and then capped it off with a hom...2023
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• The Cubs should sign Nico Hoerner to a long-term deal
David Banks-USA TODAY Sports This could save the team lots of money in the long run. Nico Hoerner, finally healthy, is having the best year of his brief MLB career. In 101 games and 387 plate appearances, he is batting .304/.351/.429 with 18 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 12 stolen bases. He’s also solidified a claim as the Cubs’ starting shortstop, playing solid defense at th...2022
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• Athletics Trade Matt Olson To Braves
1:20pm: The Athletics have announced the trade of Olson to the Braves in exchange for Pache, Langeliers, Estes and Cusick. The deal is official. 1:16pm: The Braves are trading outfielder Cristian Pache, catcher Shea Langeliers, right-hander Joey Estes and right-hander Ryan Cusick to the A’s in exchange for Olson, Passan tweets. 1:09pm: The Braves and A’s…...2022
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• Preseason Prep - March 11, 2025
Francisco Alvarez (C - Mets) The Mets announced Alvarez will miss 6-8 weeks after undergoing hamate surgery. This is a big blow for owners who have already drafted as Alvarez has slugged 36 home runs over the past 2 seasons and is seen as one of the better young hitting catchers in baseball. This does continue an injury trend for him tho as he played in just 110 games a year ago as he was hurt in...2025
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• Preseason Draft Prep - February 20, 2025
Mariners Starting Rotation The Mariners' starting rotation is fascinating. Luis Castillo is the veteran with the most impressive resume, but he could turn out to be the worst starter on the team by the end of the season. He is certainly the oldest at 32 years old. In fact, every other Seattle starter is 27 years old or younger. The youth-infused rotation is buoyed by a pitcher-friendly ballpark an...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 15, 2025
Welcome Back! Around the League Alex Bregman-Red Sox-3B Alex Bregman signed a three-year, $120 million deal with the Boston Red Sox, including opt-outs after the 2025 and 2026 seasons. He reportedly chose this higher average annual value contract over longer-term offers from the Tigers and Cubs. Bregman is expected to transition to second base, a position he last played in 2018. This is going t...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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• 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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• 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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• 1st Basemen to Target for 2021 Fantasy Baseball
'Member the days when I told you that you needed a top 1st basemen and you shouldn't look for sleepers at this position? Don't remember? Prolly for best, leave more room in your brain to remember an excuse for why you didn't exercise. Previously, I’d tell you to go to my top 20 1st basemen for 2021 fantasy baseball (not clickbait at all) and draft some top guys and stop fooling around with sleeper...2021
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• Most Disappointing Oakland A's Players in Spring Training so Far
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• Is MLB's Next Crop of Elite Young Power Hitters About to Arrive?
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• San Diego stands tall over Braves
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• Battery Power Braves Player of the Week: Ronald Acuña, Jr.
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• Braves shake up the lineup against the Padres
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• Washington dishes out double dose of pain for Atlanta

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images The Braves are once again on a journey to clear .500 after the Naitonals set them back with a pair of wins this week. The Atlanta Braves are back home now and they’re getting their star player back. While both of those are developments are good, they’ll be coming back home after having lost two in a row to their divisional rivals in the form of the Wa...2025
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• Braves endure another one-run loss, drop 8-7 game in extras to Nats
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• Washington Nationals win fourth in a row but Dylan Crews gets injured
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• Taking a look at the Atlanta Braves with Demetrius Bell of Battery Power
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• Braves come out on top in the land of .500
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• Battery Power Braves Player of the Week: Drake Baldwin
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• Braves bop Boston in 10-4 series win
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• Braves bop Boston in 10-4 series win
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• Drake Baldwin and AJ Smith-Shawver shine in win against Nationals
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• Braves stomp the Blue Jays behind Riley

Austin Riley had himself a night | Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images The Atlanta Braves had arguably their most complete game of the season against the Blue Jays The struggling Atlanta Braves went north of the border to take on the AL East leading Toronto Blue in a matchup that did not look too promising. Marcell Ozuna was out due to hip inflammation and the Braves trotted out a lineup that look...2025
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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: Measured messaging, roster depth, top tools in the system, more

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Well the Braves’ season informally started, as pitchers and catchers reported, with most of the team now present at Spring Training. In stark contrast to last year’s chorus of “World Series or bust”, the team appears to be taking a more measured tone of confidence after a struggle of a 2024 seas...2025
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• “The confidence is still there,” but “no statements” from the Braves as spring training begins

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves once again have high expectations but the squad isn’t doing the grand proclamation of “World Series or bust” here in 2025. Today is the day that keeps a lot of people warm during the long and cold winter that is baseball’s offseason. That’s because today is the day in particular where pitchers and catchers for the Atlanta B...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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• 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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• This might end up being the best Braves lineup in franchise history
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Atlanta Braves as a franchise have had some fantastic offenses dating back to their days in Boston. This might be the best in that long, long line. Yesterday afternoon, the Atlanta Braves walloped the Los Angeles Angels 12-5. This included a six-run barrage in the fourth inning that ultimately put the game out of reach at 9-1 at that point. The baseba...2023
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• Early explosion and efficient Elder expedite 11-5 Braves win
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves had a dominant win from start to finish against Milwaukee. With a pitching rematch of last Sunday’s game between Elder and Teheran, the Braves looked to secure another series win over Milwaukee. After Elder worked around a leadoff single for a scoreless inning, Ronald Acuna did Ronald Acuna things to lead off the bottom of...2023
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