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• Braves ninth inning rally falls short in loss to Reds

Bryce Elder shined in loss | Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Bryce Elder had his best start since the first week of July, but the Braves fell short. The Atlanta Braves took on the Cincinnati Reds in a day game to give them time to travel to Bristol. Based on the pitching matchups it looked like it may be another high scoring affair, but this time during the...2025
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• Royals bullpen shines in 1-0 extra inning win over Braves

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals do not put a single runner into scoring position - and win! Who needs starting pitchers when you have a bullpen game like this? Faced with injuries, the Royals had to go with a “bullpen game” full of relievers today. They were more than up to the task with ten shutout innings, setting up a walk-off RBI single in the tenth by Salvador Perez to give ...2025
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• Royals be walkin’ up that (Rich) Hill, lose to Braves 10-7

Royals catcher Salvador Perez (13) reacts after getting hit with a pitch in the third inning by Braves starting pitcher Spencer Strider. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Not great Kansas City Royals pitchers—led by 45-year-old Rich Hil, but aided by multiple bullpen armsl—walked 14 Atlanta Braves batters. For most of the game, the Royals were able to avoid the proverbial shit hitting the fan, bu...2025
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• Braves series preview: What happened to this team?

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The former champs have been hit hard with injuries. The Braves won a championship in 2021, and won 100 games in back-to-back seasons following that, but this season has been a disaster. They’re on pace to have their worst season since they lost 93 games in 2016. The team has gone into freefall in July, dropping 15 of their 21 ga...2025
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• Nick Allen and the Meritocratic Tyranny of the Batting Order

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• Ronald Acuña Jr. gets the afternoon off as Eli White starts in right

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images One less reason to watch... Well, Ronald Acuña Jr. isn’t in the lineup for the matinee series finale against the Giants, which is really lame. I mean, sure, don’t tax the guy as he comes back from injury, but there aren’t too many reasons to watch these days as the Braves play out the string, and this takes one of those reasons ...2025
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• Royals bullpen shines in 1-0 extra inning win over Braves
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. gets the afternoon off as Eli White starts in right
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuna’s throw, bullpen meltdown, more

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Well, that was a very 2025 Braves game on Saturday night, even as a few of this year’s underperformers showed some life. The Braves would likely have to win 45-50 of their remaining 65 games to make the playoffs at this point and their rotation features two real starters, so we can pretty much call this season a...2025
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• It’s Nacho average Sunday lineup in series finale

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images I’m curious to see what the young infielder has. (I’ll update this once the Cardinals decide to care.) The main positive spin you can take from a major injury like Austin Riley’s is potentially being able to give a young player some time to see what he has. With Nick Allen playing stellar defense and hitting just enough, shortstop isn’t a place...2025
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• What are the Braves organizational weaknesses entering the MLB Draft?

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves position player depth has been a long-standing problem The 2025 MLB Draft starts on Sunday, and the excitement of new talent in the system already has the staff at Battery Power buzzing. The MLB Draft is quite different from other sports and need rarely, if ever, plays a true role in the selections. The MLB development syst...2025
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• Braves News: Nick Allen’s defense, trade deadline, another loss, more

Photo by Edward M. Pio Roda/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday The Braves have a rotation that is in tatters due to injury, they are 10 games below .500 (despite a slightly positive run differential), 8.5 games out of the wild-card, and are currently tied for the fourth best odds in the 2026 draft lottery. Ozzie Albies and Michael Harris have been abject disasters at ...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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• Spencer Schwellenbach dominates and Sean Murphy delivers the knockout blow

Photo by Kathryn Skeean/MLB Photos via Getty Images It was a thorough complete team victory for Atlanta on Saturday night Having stagnated well behind the mark in both the division and the wild-card, the Braves are in desperate need of a winning streak that has yet to come. They are running out of time and have suffered injuries, but they still have two stellar Spencers to start games and ...2025
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• Walk Hard 2: Walk Harder — Braves stomp Mets again, 7-4

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Another Spencer Strider start, another game where the Braves had a big inning with... walks Last week, the Braves swept the Mets courtesy of a weird game where their apparent strategy of drawing all the walks paid off to near-perfection. That game came in a Spencer Strider start and the big inning, pushed along via walks, led to a comeback win. This wee...2025
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• Braves drop back to .500 amid Strider, lineup struggles in 5-3 loss

Photo by Alyssa Howell/MLB Photos via Getty Images Not a lot went right for the Braves in the series opener on Tuesday in Washington The big event for the Braves as they kicked off a three-game set in Washington was the (re-)return of Spencer Strider, after his hamstring injury kept him out of big league action for about a month. Unfortunately for the Braves, his (re-)return was anything b...2025
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"If it were Nick Allen, yeah, okay, one guy was at least presumably known for his bat at some point, and one wasn’t."

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"The Braves have acquired infielder Nick Allen from the Athletics, according to announcements from both clubs."

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"Nick Allen then dropped down a sacrifice bunt that Matt Olson fielded, but no one covered first base."

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"Elvis Andrus has been Oakland’s regular shortstop this season but has seen his playing time limited lately, with he and youngster Nick Allen starting alternate games over the past week."

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"The Athletics announced Friday that they’ve selected the contract of five players, including shortstop prospect Nick Allen."

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"Nick Allen came as advertised."

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"The Athletics have gone way over-slot to sign third-round pick Nick Allen, according to MLB."

• Royals be walkin’ up that (Rich) Hill, lose to Braves 10-7
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• Braves series preview: What happened to this team?
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuna’s throw, bullpen meltdown, more
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• What are the Braves organizational weaknesses entering the MLB Draft?
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• Braves News: Nick Allen’s defense, trade deadline, another loss, more
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• Braves walk all over Mets, earn sweep with 7-1 win

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images I’m not sure if trying to walk is always, or even usually, going to pay off, but boy, it did the business tonight. Allow me to set the stage, if you will. The fifth inning of this game featured two teams. One has a top-five record in baseball, and a top-two offense by xwOBA. The other is well below .500 with a middling team xwOBA. The...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 13, 2025

Mentioned in the first story | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images That series was disheartening At The Star, Jaylon Thompson writes about the Royals bullpen and their Hello Kitty backpack: “It’s just fun and games, at the end of the day,” KC reliever Jonathan Bowlan said. “It’s usually to the youngest guy in the bullpen. I wore it last year and the year before a littl...2025
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• Some reminders of good times and good vibes for the Braves

Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Maybe some of these highlight moments from the past can help bring back the feeling. Overreaction. Is it something you are prone to do? If a door slams unexpectedly do you jump out of your chair and let out a scream, or do you go about your business, unfazed? The 2025 Atlanta Braves season has been one long, ongoing, overreaction. No one could have p...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: What’s the plan with Orlando Arcia?

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, May 28th, 2025 For those not already in the know, a report dropped Monday evening that details the interest the Colorado Rockies have in signing Orlando Arcia, a ten-year veteran shortstop who was recently designated for assignment by the Atlanta Braves. While not officially confirmed yet, multiple reporters asser...2025
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• Braves ninth inning rally falls short in loss to Reds
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• Drake Baldwin shines with six RBI in victory over Giants

Drake Baldwin had a career night. | Brett Davis-Imagn Images Drake Baldwin came up clutch, and the pitching was just enough as Braves win. The fourth place in the NLE Atlanta Braves took on the third place in the NLW San Francisco Giants in a matchup that looked like it would be an offensive shootout. Bryce Elder has been struggling for the Braves and Hayden Birdsong has been struggling f...2025
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• Bullpen falters one too many times for offense to cover for in extra-innings 9-6 loss.

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The bullpen wasn’t good enough in a bullpen game and combined with some questionable management, led to a loss even on a day when the offense showed up. In a bullpen game and with their backs truly against the wall in the standings, the Braves were hoping to even the series at home against Baltimore. Things got off to a good start, as...2025
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• More of the same struggles for Atlanta against the Phillies

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images There was a really fun win sandwiched in between two uniquely painful losses. The Atlanta Braves went into this series against the Phillies in a bit of a strange position. They had just gotten back home after a split over four-games against a currently-struggling Mets team and that was after dropping a series to the Marlins. The 13-game run through the ...2025
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• Braves walk the plank in 7-3 loss to Mets

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images I will keep talking about walks until they find a different way to score runs (namely, homers) There are a lot of reasons why the baseball season is so long, but part of it is because each team is, no matter the circumstances of their season, going to get dealt a terrible hand of outcomes for a pretty substantial chunk of those games. The Braves didn’t exa...2025
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• Braves rally late and bullpen clutch in thrilling win against Mets

Austin Riley hits a walk-off in the tenth | Benny Sieu-Imagn Images The Braves were down by three runs in the eighth, and came back and won in the bottom of the tenth on a walk-off The Atlanta Braves took on the first place New York Mets after a weather delay in the first of seven games that these teams will face each other over their next thirteen games. Spencer Schwellenbach was the sta...2025
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• Two out of three over the Rockies ain’t bad, right?

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images A sweep sure would’ve been grand but instead the Braves have to settle for two wins against a very bad team. It’s a bit rare to be experiencing melancholy after a series win but that’s where the Atlanta Braves are at. Atlanta has now won two straight series but this was a series where a sweep would’ve actually felt attainable. The Rockie...2025
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• Spencer Strider stars in comfortable 4-1 victory

Jordan Godfree-Imagn Images Strider looked like himself again, as Ronald Acuna also gave the Braves a blast to easily put down the Rockies. Following a weird game that resulted in an easy victory on Friday, the Braves were hoping to clinch a series victory behind Spencer Strider, who is still finding himself after elbow surgery. Things started quite well for Spencer, in a 1-2-3 inning in ...2025
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• Back to basics (i.e., three-run homers): Braves blast Rockies, 12-4

Jordan Godfree-Imagn Images Michael Harris II and Marcell Ozuna hit three-run bombs in consecutive innings to turn another potentially blah affair against the Rockies into a rout A lot of different intros come to mind for this recap. Lucky you: you can have all of them. Earl Weaver was all about pitching, defense, and the three-run homer. Well, the Braves got the three-run homer part down...2025
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• Braves ninth inning rally falls short in loss to Reds
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• Drake Baldwin shines with six RBI in victory over Giants
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 13, 2025
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• Bryce Elder dominates, but is let down in another devastating loss, 3-2

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images I’m about out of words at this point With the team in dire straights and their playoff hopes dimming by the day, the Braves faced a tough matchup with Bryce Elder on the mound, facing Logan Webb. It was a pitchers duel early, with Webb looking dominant but neither offense finding much success. The Braves did find some success in the second inning,...2025
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• Crochet spins gem as Red Sox down Braves, 3-1

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Is it weird to say he painted corners, considering it’s a different medium? At some point, there are just too many good hitters on the Atlanta Braves roster to continue to do this over-and-over. But today is not that day. Bryce Elder had a rough start to the day. After getting an immediate ground ball to start the game, Rafael Devers lined a double right off the to...2025
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• Braves win one game but lose multiple players in Philadelphia

Bill Streicher-Imagn Images Atlanta didn’t get swept but this was still a very tough three-game series for the Braves in Philly, in many ways. Heading into this series in Philadelphia, I openly figured that this was probably going to be a tough time for our Atlanta Braves. Not only do these two teams usually play each other pretty tough, the Phillies were also red-hot coming into this seri...2025
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• Chris Sale dominates as Braves bash Zack Wheeler in 9-3 win

Bill Streicher-Imagn Images A breezy win? In this economy? On a day where the Atlanta Braves seemingly lost promising rookie AJ Smith-Shawver for the season and suffered another incredulous one-run loss, the club bounced back in the night cap of the doubleheader with a breezy 9-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Chris Sale was fantastic once again. The reigning Cy Young winner tossed si...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 avoid sweep with 4-2 win in Oakland
Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Ozzie Albies homered and the bullpen did its job. Ozzie Albies homered, while Jared Shuster turned in a good performance to help the Atlanta Braves to a 4-2 win over the Oakland Athletics. Jared Shuster found himself in trouble early as Esteury Ruiz reached on an error by Orlando Arcia. Ruiz then stole second before Brent Rooker popped out. Shuster...2023
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• Elvis Andrus Frustrated By Reduced Playing Time
Elvis Andrus has been Oakland’s regular shortstop this season but has seen his playing time limited lately, with he and youngster Nick Allen starting alternate games over the past week. Andrus discussed the situation with Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle and didn’t seem to make an effort to hide his frustration. “Everybody knows I’m…...2022
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• Athletics 12, White Sox 4: Sox are Ice Cold

Lenyn Sosa was one of the few highlights. Also, given the concert cancellation, perhaps it’s time to finally put Elvis’ gangster chic in the dumpster. | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Sosa and Jiménez bombs were the only solace for the South Siders That was too much suffering, even for an opening act. With three errors in the game, two courtesy of Andrew Benintendi on almost-consecuti...2023
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• Bird App Recap: Athletics 12, White Sox 4

@EllaJay912 Man, whatever It's a 90s vibe over here!Your #WhiteSox starters on 90s Night at Guaranteed Rate Field: pic.twitter.com/6z1qhsYFFD— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) August 25, 2023 Tickets are dirt cheap. No idea why, the White Sox and Athletics are a must-see TV! The best seats $7 can buy pic.twitter.com/69EbKMslY8— Brandon Stokes WST Cesspool Town Drunk (@bstokes79) Augus...2023
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• Braves Acquire Nick Allen
The Braves have acquired infielder Nick Allen from the Athletics, according to announcements from both clubs. Minor league right-hander Jared Johnson heads the other way. Allen was on the 40-man roster, so Atlanta’s count jumps to 38 while the Athletics’ drops to 34. Allen, 26, has exhausted his option seasons, which likely motivated this move.…...2024
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• A’s Place Six Players On COVID IL, Promote Three Players
The A’s announced this evening they’ve placed six players — catcher Austin Allen, infielders Jed Lowrie and Chad Pinder, and pitchers A.J. Puk, Lou Trivino and Kirby Snead on the COVID-19 injured list. Infielders Nick Allen and Christian Lopes and reliever Sam Selman have been added to the roster as COVID replacements. More to come....2022
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• A’s Designate Matt Davidson For Assignment
The A’s announced they’ve designated infielder Matt Davidson for assignment. Oakland also placed reliever Dany Jiménez on the 15-day injured list, put Sam Moll on the COVID-19 list, and recalled four players: Nick Allen, Sheldon Neuse, Domingo Tapia and Kirby Snead. Oakland didn’t need to create a 40-man roster spot for any of Allen, Neuse, Tapia or Snead. Davidson, though, is ou...2022
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• A’s Notes: Allen, Diaz, Noda, Oller, Sears
The A’s are planning to open the season with a platoon arrangement at shortstop, manager Mark Kotsay said over the weekend (link via Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle). Aledmys Díaz will get the bulk of the reps, taking playing time against right-handed pitching. Nick Allen will work on the short side of the platoon,…...2023
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• Braves Trot out usual suspects in series finale

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Meanwhile, the Rays stack the deck to try to out Sale. Heading into the final game of a three-game set, here are today’s lineups. The Braves run out a fairly standard lineup, with Eli White out in left instead of Bryan de la Cruz. Nick Allen continues to get some run out there as he’s hitting .346/.370/.423 (126 wRC+) on the young season. The ....2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 12, 2024
Edward Cabrera, SP (MIA) Cabrera, who has looked very sharp this spring, is possibly facing an extended absence. The young right-hander was scratched from Sunday's start with shoulder tightness, and on Monday manager Skip Schumaker said Cabrera is going to get an MRI. Cabrera's spring performance (5 IP, 0 R, 5 K) had seemingly locked up a spot in the Marlins rotation, but results from the MRI coul...2024
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• Braves ninth inning rally falls short in loss to Reds
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• Royals bullpen shines in 1-0 extra inning win over Braves
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• Royals be walkin’ up that (Rich) Hill, lose to Braves 10-7
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• Braves series preview: What happened to this team?
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. gets the afternoon off as Eli White starts in right
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• Drake Baldwin shines with six RBI in victory over Giants
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuna’s throw, bullpen meltdown, more
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• Offense and Spencer Strider shine against Yankees

Spencer Strider got the job done | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images The Braves had one of their most complete games of the season The Atlanta Braves took on the New York Yankees tonight and the key was clearly that the offense had to show up since the Yankees’ bats have been on fire all season long. With Spencer Strider on the mound, the Braves had a legitimate shot to win if their bats showed up...2025
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• It’s Nacho average Sunday lineup in series finale
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• Braves shove both Sean Murphy, Drake Baldwin into lineup for St. Louis opener

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Also, Nick Allen is now hitting eighth Well, at least some positive things are happening in ye olde cursed season. Both Sean Murphy and Drake Baldwin are in the lineup tonight, with Murphy DHing and Marcell Ozuna on the bench. Also, Nick Allen has moved up from the nine-hole for the first time since June 5. Tonight's lineup in St. L...2025
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• Offense and Spencer Strider shine against Yankees
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• Two out of three over the Rockies ain’t bad, right?
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• Ronald Acuña, Jr. activated, Orlando Arcia designated for assignment

Photo by Cole Carter/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta moves on from the team’s former starting shortstop while welcoming back a former MVP. The Atlanta Braves have activated outfielder Ronald Acuña, Jr. and designated shortstop Orlando Arcia in the corresponding move. The #Braves today returned OF Ronald Acuña Jr. from his rehabilitation assignment and reinstated him from the injured ...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 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 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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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 12, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Will the Royals make a deal? Craig Brown reacts to rumors the Royals are willing to deal Alec Marsh or Kris Bubic for a bat. I’m also skeptical because I’m not sure either brings back the return that would be desired. Bubic, as noted above, seemed to break out before his injury but by the time he makes another start in the majors, it will be almost two years...2024
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