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• The Washington Nationals General Manager Hunt Has Begun: Get To Know The Candidates

Tampa Bay Times 3 names have been identified as early targets to become the new shot caller in the nations capital The firing of General Manager Mike Rizzo and Manager Davey Martinez yesterday signaled the beginning of a new era of baseball in Washington DC. The team has promoted former Rizzo assistant GM Mike DeBartolo to be the interim general manager, but the search for a permanent repl...2025
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• MLB Week 14 Hot or Not: Clayton Kershaw reaches 3,000 strikeouts

Clayton Kershaw tips his cap after throwing his 3,000th career strikeout. | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images The old and new generations continue making history Last week was another scorcher, but historic performances by veteran and young stars made the heat a bit more bearable. This week’s recap covers the 14th full week of the season from June 29 to July 5. AL West Hot: Jose Altuve’s ba...2025
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• Yankees’ Max Fried, Jazz Chisholm join Aaron Judge as All-Stars

Aaron Judge won’t be alone representing the Yankees in Atlanta....2025
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• 2025 MLB All-Star Game rosters: Paul Skenes, Max Fried, Pete Alonso, Alex Bregman and more join teams

The squads will face off on July 15 at Truist Park...2025
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• Yankees vs. Mets player props: Subway Series predictions, odds, picks

Francisco Lindor can’t figure out Max Fried....2025
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• The Braves are playing elite defense in 2025

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Our friends over at FanGraphs recently took a look at the top defensive teams in all of baseball right now and as it turns out, the Braves are at least excelling in one department. The All-Star break is right around the corner and to let you know just how “well” things are going for the Atlanta Braves here in 2025, Ivan The Great is ...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Cleveland Guardians preview, Wednesday 7/2, 7:05 CT

Photo by Nick Loggarakis/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs go for two straight over the visitors from Cleveland. Wednesday notes... EVERYONE DIGS THE LONG BALL: The Cubs are 41-16 when they have hit at least one home run, a winning percentage of .719. The last season they finished with a higher such percentage was 1984, at .727 (64-24). They were better than that in only three seasons...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images “Well, there is always next year,” Kansas City Royals fans have said for the past ten years. The Athletic’s latest power rankings feature Levi Weaver comparing today’s Kansas City Royals more to the 2023 squad than last year’s. [$] The stories of the Tigers and Royals were twin flames last year — two AL Central teams ascending from the mire to cla...2025
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• Atlanta Braves 2025 MLB Draft Primer

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Are you ready for the hometown draft day? The 2025 MLB Draft is right around the corner, a midsummer affair in the Atlanta Braves back yard that will hopefully grant hope to a thus far miserable season for fans. With the All-Star game set to take over Truist Park so too will the Draft, which in two weeks is set to introduce a huge influx o...2025
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• Max Fried Addresses His 2015 FanGraphs Scouting Report

Fried was coming off an A-Ball season cut short by Tommy John surgery when our 2015 Braves Top Prospects list was published....2025
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• Outside The Confines: A Tiger on the prowl

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Javier Báez is El Mago again. A Brewers rookie has an impressive debut. A look ahead to the trade deadline and the draft. And other baseball news. Let’s go surfing now. Everybody’s learning how. Come on and safari with me. I’m leading with this one because it’s the one that will bring the most joy to your heart. Jesse Rogers tells of how the Tigers’ Javier ...2025
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• Yankees series preview: Can Royals pitchers contain Aaron Judge?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Jac Caglianone makes his home debut against the Bronx Bombers The Yankees visit Kauffman Stadium this week, giving the Royals a good test of their abilities and stirring feelings of animosity among the fanbase. The Yankees gave the Royals a good thumping in a sweep at Yankee Stadium back in April. The Royals will try to win a home series against the Yankees f...2025
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• Juan Soto is bringing juice back to the Subway Series

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The best young hitter in baseball took the Yankees to their first World Series in 15 years before moving across town in free agency. Now, he returns to the Bronx as two division leaders clash. On December 7, 2023, the New York Yankees swung a blockbuster trade with the San Diego Padres. It cost a pretty penny, with future Cy Young contender Michael King le...2025
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• Bronx Bummer: Rays 0, Yankees 3

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Goldschmidt homers, Rays’ offense remains silent. In a game where scoring opportunities were sparse, one swing by Paul Goldschmidt for the Yankees turned out to be decisive, as the Tampa Bay Rays fell to the New York Yankees 3-0 at Yankee Stadium Tuesday night. Ryan Pepiot started for Tampa Bay and battled through early innings without allowing the Yank...2025
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"The Yankees’ eight-year deal for Max Fried gave them one of the deepest collection of major league starting pitching in the sport."

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"/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Max Fried won’t go to arbitration in his final season before free agency after he and the club settled on a $15 million deal."

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"Max Fried made a triumphant return to the mound to help the Atlanta Braves to a big 8-0 win over the Chicago Cubs Friday at Wrigley Field."

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"The Braves placed ace Max Fried on the 7-day concussion injured list Thursday, days after he hit his head on the field during a game at Citi Field."

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"The Braves' starter Max Fried got out of a jam in the first inning and has cruised since."

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"Max Fried ranked among the Braves’ top prospects from the time they acquired him as the headlining young piece in a trade that sent Justin Upton to the Padres until he exhausted his rookie status in 2018."

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"Getting his first real look at young teammate Max Fried, it appears none of these young pitchers compare to this 25-year-old hurler."

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"Wilson got completely locked up on a curveball from Max Fried — looking baffled in the process."

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"In his first Major League start, rookie lefty Max Fried combined with four Braves relievers to end the Cubs' winning streak at six games."

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"In mid-December, the San Diego Padres sent Peterson to the Braves along with pitcher Max Fried, third baseman Dustin Peterson and center fielder Mallex Smith for outfielder Justin Upton and pitcher Aaron Northcraft."

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"9:00am: Left-hander Max Fried and second baseman Jace Peterson are headed to the Braves in the trade, reports ESPN’s Jim Bowden (Twitter links)."

• The Washington Nationals General Manager Hunt Has Begun: Get To Know The Candidates
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• MLB Week 14 Hot or Not: Clayton Kershaw reaches 3,000 strikeouts
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• The Braves are playing elite defense in 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025
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• MLB Draft 2025: New mock has Washington Nationals selecting College World Series star

Dylan Widger-Imagn Images After dominating the College World Series, is LSU’s Kade Anderson the favorite to be selected first overall? With the College World Series wrapped up and the draft about two weeks away, it is now peak mock draft season. It seems like one comes out every other day. Since the Washington Nationals are selecting first overall, we have been keeping up with a lot of the...2025
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• Atlanta Braves 2025 MLB Draft Primer
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• Holmes of the Braves: O Say, Can You See, Spin Rate Is Overrated? - Tuesday, June 17
How do these Starting Pitchers keep succeeding whilst dealing such unimpressive spin-rate pitches? Who knows, but the days of Driveline may (or may not) be numbered, but Spin Rate is just a part of the picture of what makes an effective pitcher. Note: Sinker is not considered a Spin-Rate dependent pitch, so it's not included in this article. Grant Holmes SP ATL The Spin: High strikeouts > High...2025
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• Outside The Confines: A Tiger on the prowl
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• Yankees series preview: Can Royals pitchers contain Aaron Judge?
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• MLB Draft 2025: LSU’s Kade Anderson is a late riser the Nationals could consider

SCOTT CLAUSE / USATODAY Network / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Kade Anderson of LSU has been getting a lot of buzz to potentially be the number one pick for Washington Nationals The race for the number one pick in the MLB Draft has been wide open. Since the college baseball season started, I have written about at least half a dozen names that could go with the number 1 pick in the dr...2025
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• The Braves are playing elite defense in 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025
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• MLB Draft 2025: New mock has Washington Nationals selecting College World Series star
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• Washington Nationals MacKenzie Gore is the best 3-8 pitcher in baseball

Denis Poroy-Imagn Images MacKenzie Gore has pitched like an ace for the Washington Nationals, but the team is not winning much when he pitches After years of anticipation, MacKenzie Gore has finally turned into the ace Nationals fans knew he had the talent to become. He is second in baseball in strikeouts, top 10 in innings pitched and has a sparkling 3.09 ERA in 17 starts. However, Gore’s...2025
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• Holmes of the Braves: O Say, Can You See, Spin Rate Is Overrated? - Tuesday, June 17
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• Max Fried has settled in quickly with the Yankees

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Max Fried is proving to be one of the most underrated signings of the offseason. Last weekend when the AL East-leading New York Yankees (then 30-19) visited Coors Field to play the historically bad Colorado Rockies (then 8-42), a sweep seemed inevitable. Reality hit on Friday night when RHP Tanner Gordon led the Rockies to a surprising 3-2 win. The n...2025
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 52 thread: Max Fried vs. Kyle Freeland

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Let the battle of the southpaws commence The Colorado Rockies (9-42) delivered one of the most satisfying wins of the bleak season on Friday, winning 3-2 over the New York Yankees (30-20). It was a complete win for the club, with quality pitching, timely hitting, and stellar defense. The hope is that those same traits will follow in a tough matchup on S...2025
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• MLB’s biggest surprises from the season’s first month

Photo by Suzanna Mitchell/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images Jung Hoo Lee, Tyler Mahle highlight baseball’s biggest surprises. There’s nothing like the start of a new baseball season. The soothing, familiar sounds of the crack of the bat and a fastball burying itself in a catcher’s mitt. The contagious optimism found in all 30 clubhouses, from the defending champions to the last-place club ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Shohei Ohtani adds No. 1 Dad to his accolades

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Congrats to the Ohtanis! Happy Monday, everyone. There were some wild games scores this weekend, some crazy plays, some even crazier umpire calls, but in today’s news we’re touching on the highlights of what you might have missed this weekend. For one thing, baseball’s biggest superstar Shohei Ohtani is now a dad, as his wife gave birth to a daughter...2025
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• Series Preview: Rays vs Yankees

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Eigtheen games down, one-hundred fourty-four to go It what is tied for the longest homestand in Tampa Bay Rays history, the team has put up disapointing results having lost two of their three series thus far and now they’ll face their toughest test of the season as the New York Yankees come to town for a four-game set. The Yankees enter play on Thursday...2025
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• MLB Week 14 Hot or Not: Clayton Kershaw reaches 3,000 strikeouts
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• The Braves are playing elite defense in 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025
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• MLB Draft 2025: New mock has Washington Nationals selecting College World Series star
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• The moments that turned Max Fried into the ace the Yankees need: ‘Something from within’

He was a rising senior, enjoying a carefree SoCal summer, when a hurricane hit his mailbox....2025
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• Max Fried has settled in quickly with the Yankees
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• Yankees 13, Rockies 1: Bronx Bombers came out in full force

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images A costly fifth inning collapse ties up the series 1-1 After a close knit victory over the New York Yankees on Friday, the Colorado Rockies suffered another blowout loss as the Yankees offense bombarded them for a score of 13-1. Early southpaw battle The early goings of the game had all the makings of a classic pitching duel, much like Friday’s game. ...2025
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• Bronx Bummer: Rays 0, Yankees 3
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• Checking in on notable former Braves players

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images A month into the 2025 season, here’s a look at how ex-Braves are doing across the big leagues. A month has passed in the 2025 season, and after a rocky start, the Atlanta Braves seem to be finding their mojo again. As with every season, the Braves are finding a new normal after saying goodbye to a number of long-time members of the big league roster af...2025
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• Braves' Fried halts Cubs' streak in 1st start
In his first Major League start, rookie lefty Max Fried combined with four Braves relievers to end the Cubs' winning streak at six games. The lefty scattered four hits, including a solo homer by Ian Happ, over five innings in the Braves' 5-1 victory over the Cubs on Sunday at Wrigley Field....2017
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• Fried limits Cubs to win 1st MLB start
In his first Major League start, rookie lefty Max Fried combined with four Braves relievers to end the Cubs' winning streak at six games. The lefty scattered four hits, including a solo homer by Ian Happ, over five innings in the Braves' 5-1 victory over the Cubs on Sunday at Wrigley Field....2017
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• Braves turn to prospect Fried in finale vs. Cubs
The Cubs will attempt to strengthen their lead in the National League Central when they conclude their season series against the Braves on Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field. They will send Mike Montgomery to the mound to oppose Atlanta's Max Fried, a highly regarded prospect who will be making his first career start....2017
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• Padres To Acquire Justin Upton
9:00am: Left-hander Max Fried and second baseman Jace Peterson are headed to the Braves in the trade, reports ESPN’s Jim Bowden (Twitter links). Passan tweets that 2014 second-rounder Michael Gettys has also been mentioned as a potential piece going to Atlanta, though … ...2014
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• Braves place ace lefty Fried on concussion IL

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• Braves bash Cubs in Max Fried’s return to the mound

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Fried tossed six scoreless innings while Atlanta launched three more homers. Max Fried made a triumphant return to the mound to help the Atlanta Braves to a big 8-0 win over the Chicago Cubs Friday at Wrigley Field. The Braves waited three months for the return of Max Fried and he got off to a good start with a perfect first inning. Fried’s first strike...2023
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• Fried and Strider both have scoreless outings as Braves sweep split squad games
Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Matt Olson, Austin Riley and Michael Harris II each went deep as well. Simply put, it was exactly what you want to see from your regulars during spring training Both Max Fried and Spencer Strider had a productive day on the mound in their respective outings. The top two pitchers in Atlanta’s rotation each racked up three scoreless innings as the Braves f...2023
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• Braves reinstate Max Fried from injured list, designate Dalton Guthrie for assignment

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images It is official! As expected, the Atlanta Braves have reinstated Max Fried from the 60-day injured list. He will make his first start since May 5 in Friday’s series opener against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Braves designated outfielder Dalton Guthrie for assignment. The Braves opened up a spot on the active ...2023
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• Holmes of the Braves: O Say, Can You See, Spin Rate Is Overrated? - Tuesday, June 17
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• Tork and Kirk Doing Work - June 11th, 2025
Specner Torkelson, 1B, DET Torkelson went 1 for 4 with a two-run homer on Tuesday. He has 16 HR on the season to go along with 47 RBI. After a rough 2024 campaign, the 25-year-old has bounced back and is amidst a career year. Tork's 31 HR and 94 RBI in 2023 are nothing to scoff at, but with career-best marks across the board, he's on pace to eclipse his 2023 campaign with relative ease. Unsurprisi...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 5, 2025
Rafael Devers 3B/1B/DH? BOS Devers (shoulders) doesn't feel up to speed yet while taking live batting practice, so he has asked Red Sox manager Alex Cora to delay his spring debut a bit. Multiple red flags are there with the potentially disgruntled soon-to-be-former 3B. Monitor his health and happiness and if anything comes back to normal draft with confidence. If the shoulder is real, then wait a...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 21, 2025
Isaac Paredes, 3B, Astros Isaac Paredes was traded from the Cubs to the Astros as part of the Kyle Tucker trade, and it's going to do wonders for his fantasy value. Paredes may not look like much on paper with an 85 mph average exit velocity (3rd percentile) and a .337 xSLG (11th percentile), but his expected stats are deceiving. This is because expected stats don't take into account the direction...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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• A Game of Groans

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Much like the smash hit TV series about a quest for power, the 8th season of the White Sox rebuild is letting fans down. But even after a historically bad start, showrunner Jerry Reinsdorf appears keen to do nothing but watch it burn. Chaos is a Ladder Jerry Reinsdorf — the beleaguered owner of the Chicago White Sox — grimaced in disgust as he watched his team ...2024
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• Max Fried Made The Dodger Hitters Say “Durr”
Max Fried went into the House That Sandy Koufax Built, during Passover, and hid the Afikoman from the Dodgers for 7 innings. For you gentiles who don't know what an Afikoman is, imagine I was accidentally misspelling the rapper Afroman's name and you were playing hide and seek with him. That's an Afikoman. *stares at the ceiling* Damn, I thought balloons would fall if I made the first mention ever...2022
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• Why the Atlanta Braves Were Right to Tear Down Once-Promising Roster
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• The Washington Nationals General Manager Hunt Has Begun: Get To Know The Candidates
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• MLB Week 14 Hot or Not: Clayton Kershaw reaches 3,000 strikeouts
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• Yankees vs. Mets player props: Subway Series predictions, odds, picks
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• The Braves are playing elite defense in 2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Cleveland Guardians preview, Wednesday 7/2, 7:05 CT
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• Atlanta Braves 2025 MLB Draft Primer
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• Washington Nationals MacKenzie Gore is the best 3-8 pitcher in baseball
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• Yankees vs. Red Sox odds, picks: MLB predictions, best bets Sunday

Max Fried has been as advertised for the Yankees through the first half of the season....2025
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• Outside The Confines: A Tiger on the prowl
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• The Braves are playing elite defense in 2025
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• MLB Draft 2025: LSU’s Kade Anderson is a late riser the Nationals could consider
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• MLB Week 9 Hot or Not: Tarik Skubal presents his Cy Young case, Max Fried and Zach Wheeler struggle

Tarik Skubal throws the final strikeout of his first career complete game, against the Guardians on May 25. | Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Pitching was all the buzz in the last week of May Week nine of the Hot or Not series is all about pitching — both dominant and faulty. This week’s recap covers the fifth full week of the season, May 25-31. AL West Hot: Jose Altuve Altuve ha...2025
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• Juan Soto is bringing juice back to the Subway Series
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• Was the infamous 2016 Braves prospect ranking actually that bad?

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It raised the ire of Braves fans across then internet, but did FanGraphs actually get it wrong back in 2015? Back in 2015, when all Atlanta Braves fans had was the hope and wishes on prospects as the Braves were in the midst of their first full-fledged rebuild since the late 1980’s, FanGraphs released a prospect ranking of the top ...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025

Photo by Casey Sykes/Getty Images Which aspects of Braves baseball are you looking forward to most this year? Two things can be true at once. The Atlanta Braves had a very disappointing offseason that included a shocking and, in my opinion, egregious decision to duck under the luxury tax instead of adding around their core in the middle of a World Series window. But, despite this, the Bra...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 5, 2025
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• MLB storylines to watch as Spring Training gets underway

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images There is no shortage of intrigue as baseball returns for the 2025 season. The Super Bowl is now more than a week in the rear view mirror and, for Eagles fans like myself, I’m still not done re-watching the highlights of their beatdown of the Chiefs. Not even close. But this week, full squad spring training workouts began around Major League Basebal...2025
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• A goodbye to Charlie Morton

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Charlie Morton’s 4-year run in Atlanta has officially ended. Charlie Morton and the Atlanta Braves ended their 4-year partnership over the weekend, with Morton signing a 1-year $15M contract with the Baltimore Orioles. It wasn’t certain Morton was going to pitch at all in 2025, with plenty of speculation all throughout last season that 2024 might’ve been his swan ...2025
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