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• Braves News: All-Star Voting First Update, Ronald Acuna Jr., Mets Series, More

Jordan Godfree-Imagn Images Biggest series of the year begins on Tuesday. On Monday, the first update for the 2025 All-Star Voting was released. For the Braves, currently, only Ronald Acuna Jr. is among the top getters at his respective position among Braves regulars. It is a bit surprising that there are not more Braves listed, especially Matt Olson at first base. Hopefully, as we get cl...2025
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• Braves 2025 MLB Draft Preview: Looking at recent classes

Spencer Schwellenbach | Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Taking a look at the hits and misses of the Atlanta Braves drafts over the last four years, and what you can read into potential 2025 selections. With the 2025 MLB Draft just a month away it’s time to take a look at how the Atlanta Braves past few drafts have turned out, and what exactly can be taken from them to apply to their potential...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Waldrep looks great, Caminiti causes concern

Hurston Waldrep | Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports Sunday saw Hurston Waldrep look great against Memphis. However a rough outing for Cam Caminiti, ending with him leaving with the trainer, is the real story of the day. Sunday saw Hurston Waldrep have a very strong start, grand slams from Jarred Kelenic and Douglas Glod, and a good pair of games from John Gil during a doubleheader. Unfortunatel...2025
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• Braves activate Stuart Fairchild, jettison Jose Azocar, send Nacho Alvarez Jr. to Triple-A

Brad Mills-Imagn Images Off-day roster move time What would an off day be without the Braves making various roster moves to shuffle the fringe of their squad? Not this off day, anyway: The #Braves today returned OF Stuart Fairchild from his rehabilitation assignment and reinstated him from the injured list, and designated OF José Azocar for assignment. Following yesterday’s game, Atlanta...2025
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• Braves Minor League Preview 6/15: Cam Caminiti headlines Augusta double header

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Caminiti was impressive in his season debut for Augusta, and will look to build on that Sunday afternoon. Sunday will be a packed day on the pitching side for the affiliates of the Atlanta Braves, with the last two first round picks in action for their respective clubs. These teams are all hoping to end out rough weeks with wins, and Gwinnett will also see Nacho A...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Fuentes excellent in Triple-A debut

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images The breakout season continues as Didier Fuentes struck out six batters for Gwinnett in his final game as a teenager It’s been an insane season so far for Didier Fuentes. He was the star of the Atlanta Braves spring breakout game and hasn’t looked back since, getting to Triple-A despite missing time with a blister. At every step he has been nothing short of ...2025
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• Braves Minor League Preview 6/14

Nacho Alvarez | Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Saturday has Cam Caminiti’s second start with Augusta, plus the second game back in the lineup for Gwinnett for Nacho Alvarez. Memphis Redbirds at Gwinnett Stripers - 6:05 PM ET Pitching Probables MEM: Michael McGreevy (6-1, 2.78 ERA) GWI: Hurston Waldrep (4-5, 6.35 ERA) The Stripers lost both ends of a doubleheader last night, 8-1 and 8-3, and ...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Garrett Baumann tosses five scoreless innings in Rome’s win

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Baumann struck out five without issuing a walk in his start (25-41) Gwinnett Stripers 3, (36-28) Memphis Redbirds 8 (Completion of June 12 Game) Nacho Alvarez Jr., 3B: 2-3, 2B, 2 R, 2 BB Carlos Rodriguez, RF: 1-2, 2 BB Zach Thompson, SP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 5 BB, K Box Score Game one for the Stripers went better than their second game on Friday — albeit not by...2025
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• Braves News: Atlanta routs Rockies, Nacho Alvarez rehabbing, and more

Jordan Godfree-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves started the weekend series on a high note after Friday night’s 12-4 defeat over the Colorado Rockies. Bryce Elder got the ball to start the game; he threw 3.1 mediocre innings and allowed each of Colorado’s runs. The Atlanta offense, however, finally came to life and put together a few crooked number ...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Nacho Alvarez returns to Gwinnett’s lineup

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Rain may have shortened the day, but Alvarez reached base twice It was a day of moral victories for the Atlanta Braves farm system. Yes four out of five games ended in losses and the other was suspended with Gwinnett facing a big deficit, but the system is getting healthier and one pitcher in particular put up an amazing performance. Beyond our headline o...2025
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• Braves News: AJ Smith-Shawver, Chris Sale, Losing Streak Ends, More

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images A bittersweet day for the Braves. On Monday, the Braves were finally able to put together one of their most complete games of the season. Chris Sale was sensational, the offense showed of its power potential, and the bullpen did well (with what little it was needed) in a 7-1 victory over the Brewers. While the Braves have had plenty of struggles as of late, finall...2025
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• Braves announce AJ Smith-Shawver had “Tommy John” surgery; Nacho Alvarez, Jr. to begin rehab

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Updates on a pair of rookies on opposite ends of the injury spectrum. The Atlanta Braves have announced that starting pitcher AJ Smith-Shawver has undergone “Tommy John” surgery to repair the UCL in his pitching elbow and will miss the remainder of the 2025 season. He will likely miss much of the 2026 season as well. RHP AJ Smith-Shawver today underwent Tommy Joh...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Atlanta Braves

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Milwaukee welcomes their former team to town The Milwaukee Brewers will continue their longest homestand of the season as they welcome the Atlanta Braves to town for three games beginning Monday evening. The Crew is 2-3 in their last five, including shutout losses in two of three games to the Padres over the weekend, as the offense has drastically cooled down after...2025
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"Looking down in the minors … well, there aren’t a lot of good position player prospects, but there are two who are near the majors – Nacho Alvarez and Drake Baldwin."

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"It seems like I can never get both Drake Baldwin and Nacho Alvarez in the lineup at the same time in one of my recaps, so for today it’s Drake Baldwin’s chance to get the focus."

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"Baldwin led off the inning with a double and Nacho Alvarez was not far behind with one of his own to get a run on the board."

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• Braves News: Atlanta routs Rockies, Nacho Alvarez rehabbing, and more
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• Braves News: AJ Smith-Shawver, Chris Sale, Losing Streak Ends, More
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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 move Ronald Acuña Jr., Nacho Alvarez. Jr, Joe Jiménez, Sean Murphy and Spencer Strider to IL

Photo by Scott Audette/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta makes some procedural IL moves ahead of the start of the regular season The Atlanta Braves made some IL moves today, with Opening Day just two days away from today. None of these moves are particularly surprising, either but it’s still worth talking about, just to get an idea of who’s available, who’s not available and also a gener...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves positional season preview: Infielders

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images A return to form by the team’s starting infield would go a long way toward lifting the Braves back to the playoffs in 2025. Coming into the 2024 season, the Atlanta Braves’ infield looked to be among the best in the National League. Matt Olson was coming off a 54-homer campaign with a 161 wRC+. Austin Riley had produced three consecutive 30+ home run cam...2025
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• Braves bench battle baffles

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Competition for the final position player roster spots is still wide-open. More than a week’s worth of Spring Training games are in the books for your Atlanta Braves. In less than four weeks, the Braves will be wrapping up their first regular season series with the San Diego Padres. With the team’s starting line-up pretty much a given...2025
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• Braves News: Bryce Elder shaky, Nacho Alvarez exits, and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. The Atlanta Braves had a back-and-forth affair Thursday night in a spring training clash with the Washington Nationals. Ultimately, the Braves won it 4-3. Bryce Elder made his second appearance but first start of the spring. He turned in a shaky start, lasting 2.2 innings, giving up two ear...2025
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• Bryce Elder has up-and-down start for Braves against Nationals in spring training action

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta’s mercurial hurler had himself another, well, mercurial performance. Bryce Elder’s first spring training start in 2024 was a proverbial rollercoaster ride where the peaks and valleys varied with each inning while he was out there on the mound. Eventually, he averaged out to having a decent outing as the Atlanta Braves were on...2025
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• Battery Power Top 30 Prospects: Best Tools, Position Players

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Nacho Alvarez is one of five hitters that graced our top 10 prospects, and is our pick for the best hit tool in the system. We had many of you in our Q&A session on Friday asking for a best tools segment relating to the top 30 prospects list. Fortunately, we already had one planned out and voted on by the in the chamber to run this week. To start out we ar...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: Honorable Mentions

Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Braves have started to build out depth in the system, with multiple top 30 honorable mentions with helium heading into 2025 The long offseason is finally drawing to its close, with football fans outside of Kansas City and Pennsylvania begging for better days to look forward to. Well, if you like the Atlanta Braves you should be in ...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Dylan Dodd strikes out six

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Gwinnett scored big early, and Dodd was able to hang on to help them to a win (72-75) Gwinnett Stripers 9, (70-76) Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 4 Box Score Statcast Nacho Alvarez Jr, 3B: 1-4, .298/.402/.471 Drake Baldwin, DH: 1-4, BB, .294/.406/.481 Chadwick Tromp, C: 1-2, 3 BB, .310/.385/.467 Dylan Dodd, SP: 4 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB,...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Mejia throws six shutout innings

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Mejia capped off his season with Mississippi by throwing another fantastic game (69-74) Gwinnett Stripers 1, (67-74) Buffalo Bisons 4 Box Score Statcast Nacho Alvarez Jr, 3B: 0-3, BB, .300/.407/.484 Drake Baldwin, C: 0-3, BB, .292/.405/.484 Domingo Gonzalez, SP: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3.81 ERA Tyler Matzek, RP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, ...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Lucas Braun strikes out 10

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Braun extended his system lead for total strikeouts this season For the first time this season we are down to just two, with only Gwinnett and Mississippi in action in the Atlanta Braves system. Great pitching marked both games, with Bryce Elder and Lucas Braun each succeeding in their own ways, but only one team gave their starter run su...2024
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• Braves release Spring Breakout 2025 rosters

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The young players get a chance to shine in just under two weeks time. 10 days from now, the Atlanta Braves will participate in the now-annual Spiring Breakout series of games, where each team plays one spring training game where the focus is placed squarely on the top prospects on each organization. Each tea has officially released their r...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: 1-6

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Number one is exactly who you though number one would be We have come to the final installment of our 2025 top Atlanta Braves prospects, and the first thing I would like to do is thank everyone who followed along and who has contributed to the list. Without the staff here we couldn’t give you guys such in depth coverage of the Braves system, and with...2025
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• Braves News: Drake Baldwin, bullpen, spring training invites, more

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday It was a good day for Drake Baldwin, as he got a spring training invite and landed on ESPN’s top 100 prospects list. It does appear that he will start the season at AAA, especially after The Athletic’s David O’Brien reported that Sean Murphy is expected to start roughly 80% of the Braves’ games this season, which ...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Dylan Dodd strikes out six
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out 11

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Smith-Shawver got ten whiffs with his changeup while Drake Baldwin went deep in a Stripers loss It’s the final full Saturday on the farm system, and there were a few exciting pitching prospects in action in the Atlanta Braves system. AJ Smith-Shawver wielded his splitter to great effect in Triple-A, striking out 11 batters over seven innings. Lucas Brau...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Nacho Alvarez Jr. homers for Gwinnett

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Alvarez Jr. drove in three runs in the Stripers’ win. Atlanta’s minor league affiliates went .500 on the night as Gwinnett and Augusta came away with wins while Mississippi and Rome were dealt a loss each on the night. (68-68) Gwinnett Stripers 7, (71-63) Nashville Sounds 1 Nacho Alvarez Jr., 3B: 1-5, HR, 3 RBI, R Alejo Lopez, 2B: 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R Just...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drew Compton hits two home runs

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images Compton led Rome to a win, their sixth straight The Rome Emperors are heading to the playoffs next week, and they seem to be getting hot at the right time. They’ve now won six games in a row, this one being headlined by two home runs and six RBIs from Drew Compton. Elsewhere in the Atlanta Braves system the Gwinnett Stripers won behind six innings of one ...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: JR Ritchie perfect in season debut
Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Ritchie struck out seven over three perfect innings to lead Augusta to a win The Atlanta Braves system had a lot of action on Saturday evening, and JR Ritchie was the star of the show with his performance in Augusta. Drake Baldwin also impressed, bringing the lumber to lead Rome to a win. (2-11) Gwinnett Stripers 1, (9-5) Memphis RedBirds 5 Box Score...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Brooks Wilson makes his return
Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Wilson hadn’t pitched since 2021 after undergoing Tommy John surgery last spring Despite some not-so-exciting final scores, it was a night to rejoice on the Atlanta Braves farm system as we had two big injury returns. Brooks Wilson made his first rehab appearance for the Rome Braves while down in the Florida Complex League Roddery Munoz pit...2023
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• Braves Minor League recap: Jared Shuster tosses seven scoreless in Gwinnett win

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images Shuster struck held the opposition to just two hits on the day for the Stripers. Despite one game getting rained out, it was a successful day for Atlanta’s MiLB affiliates as the three teams in action swept their games. Jared Shuster dazzled, Joe Hudson homered twice, David McCabe drove in three and Jhancarlos Lara struck out eight in a talent-filled day. ...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Braden Shewmake notches two hits
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Shewmake was the bright spot in an otherwise atrocious performance from the Stripers The Atlanta Braves had a day off on Thursday, and that made their minor league system the center of attention for the day. Unfortunately that turned into a frustrating evening as the system got swept thanks to some unexciting offensive performances. (2...2023
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• Braves Minor League recap: Waldrep strikes out eight in Augusta debut

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images The 2023 Braves first-rounder showed up and showed out in the full-season professional start of his career. Waldrep struck out eight batters, Drew Lugbauer homered three times and Augusta split two games on Friday in what was a full day for Atlanta’s minor league affiliates. (48-58) Gwinnett Stripers 5, (50-56) Indianapolis Indians 1 Daniel Robertson,...2023
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• Braves 2023 Minor League Preview: Augusta Greenjackets
JR Ritchie | Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The Low-A affiliate in Augusta may have the most interesting pitching staff in the Braves system. As we’ve reached March we’re closing in on the start of another season of Minor League Baseball for the Braves, as that season opens on March 31 this year - at least for Triple-A, as the rest of the minors get underway on April 6. With that ...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Alan Rangel strikes out 10
Alan Rangel | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Braves system split four games on Sunday with the biggest performance on the day coming from Alan Rangel. Sunday saw everyone in the system in action on Mothers Day, and we witnessed a real gem from Alan Rangel while David McCabe continued to be very productive since the calendar flipped to May. Nashville Sounds 6, Gw...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Nacho Alvarez carries Rome to win
Credit: Garrett Spain - Battery Power Alvarez has now hit safely in five straight games as he drove in two of Rome’s three runs. It was a relatively forgettable day down on the farm for Atlanta’s MiLB affiliates, as only two of the six came away with wins on the day. (36-49) Gwinnett Stripers 1, (41-41) Omaha Storm Chasers 7 Vaughn Grissom, SS: 2-4, 2B Luke Williams, RF: 2-3, BB Jared S...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Garrett Baumann tosses five scoreless innings in Rome’s win
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Nick Montgomery homers in second straight game

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images Nick Montgomery and the GreenJackets picked up win 30 of the season. (35-27) Memphis Redbirds 4, (24-40) Gwinnett Stripers 2 Jonathan Ornelas, SS: 2-for-3, BB, R, .231/.302/.231 Carlos Rodríguez, RF: 2-for-4, 3B, RBI, R, .300/.355/.347 Nathan Wiles, SP: 6IP 7H 4ER 2BB 4K, 2.64 ERA Wander Suero, RP: 1IP 1H 0R 2BB 1K, 1.14 ERA Box Scor...2025
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• Braves Minor League Preview 6/10

Jarred Kelenic | Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images A new week means a new set of series to start for the Braves minor league affiliates, with most of them set to return home this week. Gwinnett Stripers vs Memphis Redbirds - 7:05 PM ET Pitching Probables GWI: TBD MEM: TBD The Atlanta Braves Triple-A team moves home to play Memphis after a tough performance on Sunday where the off...2025
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Gwinnett swept their series last week behind the bats of Alvarez and Drake Baldwin The minor league season is quickly coming to a close, as the two lowest level Atlanta Braves affiliates will be playing their final regular season home series of the season this week. At the upper levels the near-MLB players are starting to find their stride, as Nacho Alvarez and...2024
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