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• Colorado Rockies game no. 69 thread: Germán Márquez vs Bryce Elder

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Fresh off a walk-off win, the Rockies look to keep the good vibes rolling in Atlanta The Colorado Rockies just secured win number 13 by walking off the San Francisco Giants. Now they head to Atlanta to see if their good luck will continue against the Braves. Germán Márquez (2-8, 7.00 ERA) gets the ball for the Rox. His last outing was a tough one as he allowed thre...2025
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• What will it take for the Braves to get back in it?

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Let’s dream about pipes. The maddening and hysterical nature of the 2025 Atlanta Braves season to-date has left them in an unthinkably deep hole. The maddening part – they’re nine games under .500, a full 15 games out of 1st place in the NL East and 9 games back in the Wild Card standings. The hysterical part – pretty much everything under the h...2025
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• Shohei Ohtani’s MVP Bid Faces Competition as Surging NL East Star Joins the Conversation
Ronald Acuña Jr. is back on the field and is already making waves which has speculated that he could give competition to Dodgers two-way star....2025
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• Mets Trade Deadline Rumor: NL East Team Reportedly Targeting Rockies’ 100 MPH Arm to Boost Bullpen Depth
Will the Mets make a splash? Reports link them to Rockies’ 100 MPH reliever as bullpen fixes top their 2025 trade deadline wishlist....2025
• Phillies Trade Deadline Rumor: NL East Team Zeroing In on Orioles’ $2,000,000 Closer in Late-Inning Bullpen Hunt
The Phillies, cling to a wild card spot amid inconsistency, enter a critical stretch ahead of the trade deadline with bullpen help....2025
• A Gem!

David Peterson threw a gem of a game last night with a complete game shutout, earning his fifth consecutive win. The Nationals were able to scatter six hits off of him, but his pitching was lights out as the Mets continue to steam roll to a 44-24 record and 1st in the NL East. Winning … Continue reading A Gem!...2025
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• Nationals Prepare for Gritty Battle Against Division Leading Mets

; Washington Nationals right fielder Alex Call (17) is congratulated by left fielder James Wood (29) after hitting solo home run against the Texas Rangers during the fourth inning at Nationals Park. | Brad Mills-Imagn Images With playoff implications mounting, Washington aims to upset the Mets and make a statement in this intense divisional clash. Sitting at 30-35 and third in the National...2025
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• Braves at Giants series recap: The nightmare continues unabated

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images There is no relief. There are no answers. There is only struggle. On August 9, 2017, the Atlanta Braves lost 3-2 to the Philadelphia Phillies at what is now known as Truist Park. Sean Newcomb started and gave up three runs (two in the third and one in the fifth) and two runs from the Braves in the seventh inning weren’t enough for the Braves to e...2025
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• The Braves are mediocre and have been for too long now

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It’s been 12 months of this and there’s no end to it in sight with the way things have been going. Hi folks! We’re entering June and the Atlanta Braves are still locked in the grips of a diabolically slow start for their standards. After Thursday’s action, they’re right back at seven games under .500 at 27-34 they’re fourth place in the ...2025
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• Ronald Acuña, Jr. returns as Braves host Padres - and here’s how you can watch

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Atlanta welcomes back its superstar outfielder. Ronald Acuña, Jr. returns after almost one year away due to a knee injury as the Atlanta Braves welcome the San Diego Padres in rematch of the season’s opening series. Atlanta comes home after winning their road series in Boston against the Red Sox before the team was swept in a di...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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• Washington Nationals vs Atlanta Braves Series Preview

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Just a week removed from their last series, Washington is trying to stay competitive in a tough NL East while Atlanta is slowly putting themselves in the mix to claim a division crown. What a series from the Washington Nationals, showing their offensive potential while sweeping the Baltimore Orioles. Stars such as James Wood and CJ Abrams have put the Washingto...2025
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• MLB Week 7 Hot or Not: A week of epic walk-offs and go-ahead games!

Taylor Ward hits a go-ahead grand slam against the Padres at Petco park on May 12, 2025. | Vincent Mizzoni/MLB Photos via Getty Images Last week was a whirlwind filled with exciting finishes from old and new faces. This week’s Hot or Not summary reviews the best and worst in MLB from May 11-17. AL West Hot: Angels stun the Padres in epic fashionHeading into the ninth, the Angels had a 1.9...2025
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• NL East Notes: Young, Mauricio, Edwards
Today’s game between the Nationals and the Orioles included a scary moment where Nats center fielder Jacob Young crashed into the outfield wall at full speed and went down, as noted by Spencer Nausbaum of the Washington Post. He eventually departed the game with a left shoulder injury and was replaced by Alex Call in the…...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 8

Ken Blaze-Imagn Images Cardinals surge, but Cubs remain at top of the pack Welcome to the eighth week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Without further ado, let’s rank some teams! 1. Chic...2025
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• An unconventional Cubs Convention: Fans, friendship and love for a baseball team
Danny Rockett A summary of happenings at the first Cubs Con in three years. I am a part of the greatest community in the world: I am a Cubs fan. Cubs fans can be from anywhere and can be anyone. You can be a part of any religion, race, or gender and the bond that ties us all together is a love of the Chicago Cubs. Whether you’re an autograph hound, a fantasy league stats nerd, gear head, o...2023
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Jays, Royals, Mets Full Steam Ahead After Deadline
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"The staff here at Battery Power will share our predictions with y’all later on and if you haven’t voted in our survey asking where you think the Braves will finish in the NL East this season, you’ve still got a chance for the time being."

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"Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg helped lead the team to two NL East titles, won the NL MVP Award in 1984, and is one of the most popular Cubs of all time."

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"It’s possible these games could mean absolutely everything to a Cubs team wanting to make the playoffs for the first time in three years while being totally meaningless to a Braves team that has a 100 percent chance to not just make the playoffs but win the division: FanGraphs NL East division odds 8."

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"True, they had won the NL East in 2018 and would do so again in 2019, but they clearly saw the value in beginning to lock up young players long-term at below-market rates."

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"Javier Báez strikes out five times as Mets' NL East lead takes another hit with loss to Marlins"

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"MLB shuts down Marlins and Phillies, revises schedule for NL East, AL East teams amid COVID-19 outbreak"

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"Culberson, 30, played a big role for the Atlanta organization in its two consecutive NL East title years,…"

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"NL East Notes: Yelich, Mets, Arrieta, Rizzo"

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"Phils slow Nats' march to NL East title; No. is 2"

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"Mets NL East faves?"

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"Lucas Duda hit a grand slam in the first inning Saturday at Great American Ball Park and the Mets never looked back, winning a 10-2 game over the Reds to clinch their first NL East title and playoff berth since 2006."

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"Bryce Harper Celebrates in Custom Firemans Helmet After Nationals Clinch NL East"

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• Mets Trade Deadline Rumor: NL East Team Reportedly Targeting Rockies’ 100 MPH Arm to Boost Bullpen Depth
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• Phillies Trade Deadline Rumor: NL East Team Zeroing In on Orioles’ $2,000,000 Closer in Late-Inning Bullpen Hunt
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• Braves tangle with Brewers - and here’s how you can watch

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Can Atlanta turn their season around in the city they once called home? The bungling Atlanta Braves limp into Wisconsin with their season plummeting to depths unseen in a decade. Welcoming them back to there former home are the Milwaukee Brewers, who after a slow start, are above .500 and sitting a few games back in the Wild Card while chasing the...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Leadoff hitters are pivotal for Rockies wins

Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 30, 2025 With only nine wins on the season for the Colorado Rockies, it doesn’t take very long to go back and look at the key stats for each victory. In trying to find a common denominator, there weren’t a lot of similarities that were apparent in each win, except the success at the top of the lineup. The leadoff h...2025
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• Braves and Phillies square off in Philly - and here’s how you can watch

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta will look to gain ground against the NL East-leading Phillies. The Atlanta Braves travel north for a quick three-game, mid-week series against the National League East-leading Philadelphia Phillies before returning home to take-on the Boston Red Sox. After welcoming back outfielder Ronald Acuña, Jr. during the weekend series a...2025
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• NL East Notes: Montas, Blackburn, Manaea, Nola, Finnegan
Frankie Montas saw his first proper game action of the 2025 season on Saturday, when the right-hander tossed 37 pitches over 1 1/3 innings for high-A Brooklyn in the first game of a minor league rehab assignment. Montas signed a two-year, $34MM free agent deal with the Mets this past winter, but was immediately sidelined…...2025
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• Ronald Acuña, Jr. returns as Braves host Padres - and here’s how you can watch
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• Series Preview: Rays vs Blue Jays

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Forty-three games down, one-hundred nineteen to go THE CITRUS SERIES HAS ARRIVED! The Tampa Bay Rays are taking their talents to South Beach where they’ll take on the Miami Marlins in a three game set. The Marlins enjoyed an off day on Thursday and enter play with a record of 16-26, putting them 11 games back of the New York Mets and in...2025
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 69 thread: Germán Márquez vs Bryce Elder
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• What will it take for the Braves to get back in it?
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• Chris Sale looks to bring Braves back to life against Diamondbacks

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Braves are on a slide that needs to stop. Here comes Chris Sale to help fix it. It’s June 4 and the Atlanta Braves are currently five games under .500, have lost seven of their last ten ballgames and are stuck in fourth place in the NL East at the moment. Needless to say, things are going in the wrong direction for Atlanta at the moment and there’s n...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Nationals series preview

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Cubs face a team from the NL East. The last time the Cubs played in Washington, they swept a three-game series, the last three of a six-game winning streak last August. All three Cubs starting pitchers from that series are now on various injured lists: Shōta Imanaga, Javier Assad and Jordan Wicks. And yet, the Cubs are one of the hottest teams in bas...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Leadoff hitters are pivotal for Rockies wins
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• Is the NL East going to get away from the Braves?

Dennis Lee-Imagn Images It’s getting late early The Braves have been stuck in neutral or worse for decent stretches of the year. They sit eight and a half games behind the Phillies at 25-26. Fangraphs rates their odds at 16.8% to win the division, as of Saturday. So they saying there’s a chance... out of six. The Braves haven’t exactly gotten a lot of good results out of their interesting ...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 8
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• Will a different venue provide a different result for Braves against Dodgers?

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images The Braves have a chance to get back at one of their tormentors from earlier this season. It’s easier said than done! Earlier this month, the Atlanta Braves visited Los Angeles looking for any type of way to get their season going in a positive direction after they had gone 0-for-4 in San Diego to kick off the season. As we all know, that ended up not ...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs New York Mets Game Thread

Washington Nationals third baseman Amed Rosario (13) is congratulated by catcher Riley Adams (15) after scoring in the fourth inning against the Texas Rangers at Nationals Park. | Brad Mills-Imagn Images The Nationals face the Mets in this upcoming divisional battle. Follow along for updates and key moments as the action unfolds. After back-to-back series losses, the road doesn’t get any s...2025
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• Braves at Giants series recap: The nightmare continues unabated
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• The Braves are mediocre and have been for too long now
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• Chris Sale looks to bring Braves back to life against Diamondbacks
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• NL East Notes: Young, Mauricio, Edwards
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Mets series preview

Brad Mills-Imagn Images The Cubs have a quick one-series road trip to New York. The Cubs have hung in there over their first 38 games, with a 22-16 record while playing only one team — the Pirates — that is currently under .500. (Yes, even the A’s, who the Cubs swept, are 20-18 and only two games out of first place in the AL West.) They’ve got one more good team to face, the Mets this week...2025
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• Will a different venue provide a different result for Braves against Dodgers?
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• Washington Nationals vs New York Mets Game Thread

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals (12-14) are taking on their NL East Rival New York Mets (18-8) Coming off of back-to-back series wins, Washington has performed well as of late. Another stellar performance from Jake Irvin on Friday prevailed Washington to another close victory. Washington has won five of their last seven and looks to add to their momentum against one of th...2025
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• Spoiler alert: Here’s how the 2025 Braves season will play out

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Past results may not be indicative of future performance, but don’t doubt the Battery Power Almanac. There’s that meme. You know the one. “What a week, huh?” “Lemon, it’s Wednesday.” The 2025 Atlanta Braves regular season isn’t even a month old and it’s already been a long season. The lack of free agent signings to bolster the pit...2025
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• Mets NL East faves?
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• deGrom silences Phils in one-hit shutout
The Mets arrived in Philadelphia closer in the NL East standings to the fourth-place Phillies than the first-place Nationals, desperate for a series win. Jacob deGrom delivered just that in a 5-0 win over the Phillies on Sunday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park....2016
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• Believe that: Mets win first East title since '06
Lucas Duda hit a grand slam in the first inning Saturday at Great American Ball Park and the Mets never looked back, winning a 10-2 game over the Reds to clinch their first NL East title and playoff berth since 2006. Matt Harvey pitched into the seventh, David Wright iced things with a late three-run homer and the bullpen did the rest, inciting a jubilee in the visiting clubhouse....2015
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• Believe that: Mets win first East title since '06
Lucas Duda hit a grand slam in the first inning Saturday at Great American Ball Park and the Mets never looked back, winning a 10-2 game over the Reds to clinch their first NL East title and playoff berth since 2006. Matt Harvey pitched into the seventh, David Wright iced things with a late three-run homer and the bullpen did the rest, inciting a jubilee in the visiting clubhouse....2015
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• Cole Hamels to Rangers: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Mets' DC rally: 'This was amazing!'
The Mets showed the Nationals on Tuesday night who's boss in the National League East as New York outslugged Washington, 8-7, at Nationals Park. With the victory, the Mets are now six games ahead of the Nationals in the N.L. East race....2015
• Mets' DC rally: 'This was amazing!'
The Mets showed the Nationals on Tuesday night who's boss in the National League East as New York outslugged Washington, 8-7, at Nationals Park. With the victory, the Mets are now six games ahead of the Nationals in the N.L. East race....2015
• Bryce Harper Celebrates in Custom Firemans Helmet After Nationals Clinch NL East
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
Cardinals: Changing of the guard at catcher - two viable fantasy options? It was announced during the offseason that veteran catcher Willson Contreras will be making the switch from Catcher to First Base full time. Contreras has delivered 10+ home runs every year (other then 2020) while his career .814 OPS has made him a valuable commodity behind the plate. I love the switch here from a fantasy ...2025
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• An unconventional Cubs Convention: Fans, friendship and love for a baseball team
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
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• Jason Heyward-Shelby Miller Blockbuster Trade a Win-Win Move Each Had to Make
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 69 thread: Germán Márquez vs Bryce Elder
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• Washington Nationals vs New York Mets Game Thread
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• Nationals Prepare for Gritty Battle Against Division Leading Mets
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• Braves tangle with Brewers - and here’s how you can watch
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• Braves at Giants series recap: The nightmare continues unabated
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• The Braves are mediocre and have been for too long now
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• NL East odds breakdown: Is this race between the Mets and the Phillies? Or can the Braves pull off a miracle?

The Mets and Phillies have been jockeying for first place all year so far...2025
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• Braves vs Diamondbacks Game Thread: 6/03/2025

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Braves take on the Diamondbacks. The Braves start the night 10.0 games back in the NL East and 5.5 games back of a Wild Card spot. They’ll look to turn their season around starting tonight with Spencer Strider on the mound. Today’s game is at Truist Park in Atlanta and will start at 7:15 ET. It can be watched on FanDuel Sports S...2025
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• Spoiler alert: Here’s how the 2025 Braves season will play out
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• Braves Reacts Survey Results: Braves fans overwhelmingly believe Atlanta will win NL east

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images The results are in from our poll from earlier this week and Braves fans are feeling pretty confident heading into the 2025 season. The results are in from the SB Nation Reacts survey that we ran earlier this week. In that poll, we asked y’all where you think that the Atlanta Braves will finish the 2025 season in the NL East standings. Whi...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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• 2025 NL East Season Preview: Miami Marlins

Photo by Jasen Vinlove/Miami Marlins/Getty Images Well, at least Sandy Alcantara’s back, because a lot of this roster looks bad. Ah, the Miami Marlins. Whether they’re serving in their usual position at-or-near the bottom of the NL East or they’re shocking the baseball world with an appearance (or even a deep run) in October, this is a team that’s spent most of its existence with one eye s...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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• Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part Two

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Diving into 5 more projections before the Braves first spring training game. For part one, click here. Baseball is a beautiful, wonderful, stupid sport. It’s famously the most random major sport in the US, and it doesn’t take much searching to find numerous examples of its unpredictability. Chris Sale went 18-3 in 2024 as he domi...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
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• Braves have another meeting in the desert while looking for a winning oasis
Joseph Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK For the second year in a row at around the same time, the Braves felt compelled to have a clubhouse meeting. The different circumstances suggest that the standards have risen. By now, most of Braves Country and a lot of the baseball world is at least aware of the lore from last season. After playing a calamitous baseball game on May 31 in ord...2023
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• It's starting to feel like 2020 again for the Atlanta Braves
Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images In 2020, the Braves leaned on their offense and their bullpen to carry them to the playoffs. They'll be doing it again for maybe the next couple of months. Do y’all remember the 2020 season? I know that season had a depressing ending in the massive shed in Arlington, Texas that’s masquerading as a baseball stadium, but it was still good...2023
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• The time for nervousness is over and the time for confidence is here for the Braves
Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images They've got the tangibles. They've got the intangibles. 2023 should be a fun season of baseball in Atlanta, so let's act like it! The Atlanta Braves quite famously won 101 games last season, with wins No. 98, 99, and 100 forming a sweep over the New York Mets to all-but-clinch the 2022 NL East title. It took overcoming an incredibly slo...2023
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