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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 News: Shutout in Philly, Spencer Strider improving, and more

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. The Atlanta Braves were unsuccessful in Philadelphia on Tuesday and suffered a 2-0 shutout in the series opener. The Atlanta offense tallied five hits and was unable to provide any support for Spencer Strider, who went 4.2 innings, allowing one of the Phillies’ runs. Despite Strider taking the loss, he did rec...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 27, 2025

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images John Rave hasn’t fixed the offense....yet. J.J. Picollo discusses the promotion of John Rave. “John did a great job in spring training and nearly made our club out of spring training,” Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said. “And he did what you want players to do: Go back down and just force our hand. And we thought the way he was performing, we’ve be...2025
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• Rockies Set To Sign Veteran IF Orlando Arcia, Days After Braves DFA
The hapless Colorado Rockies have signed veteran shortstop Orlando Arcia after he was designated for assignment by the Braves last week....2025
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• Braves News: Big Series vs Phillies, Spencer Strider, Spencer Schwellenbach, more

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The Braves face the division rival Phillies to start the week. After an off day on Monday, the Braves are traveling to Philadelphia to take on the Phillies in a big series. The Phillies enter Tuesday with the best winning percentage in baseball while the Braves are two games below.500. Bot teams will face off against familiar arms in Spencer Strider for the Braves...2025
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• Colorado Rockies reportedly close to signing Orlando Arcía

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The former Atlanta Brave would provide infield depth. Daniel Álvarez-Monte’s is reporting that the Colorado Rockies and Orlando Arcia are close to signing a contract. The Colorado Rockies and former All-Star SS Orlando Arcia are finalizing a free agent contract, sources tell @ElExtrabase. Arcia, 30, was released by the Atlanta Braves after being DFA’d....2025
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuna is truly back, Eli White, more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday The Braves’ franchise star seems to be in peak form upon his return from injury, in stark contrast to his return from the same injury three years ago. There had been plenty of speculation on how Acuna would look in his return, but he has hit the ground running, first in the minors and now in...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for May 24, 2025

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Nick Loftin gets his opportunity. The Royals parted ways with Hunter Renfroe on Friday, writes Anne Rogers “We have a ton of respect for Hunter and what he’s done in this game,” general manager J.J. Picollo said. “He was a key part of our team last year and part of that free-agent class that really changed the culture and allowed us to get on some winning w...2025
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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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• Playing time and lineup considerations with Acuña Jr.’s return looming

Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images What lineup changes can we expect when Atlanta’s star RF returns? Smell that? That leathery smell of a baseball bounding past your car on I-85 after it was crushed out of Coolray Field? That, my friends, is the smell of Ronald Acuña Jr.’s impending return. This may be the most anticipated week of the Atlanta Braves season since Opening Day. Spen...2025
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• Braves still have a top-10 front office in all of baseball

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta’s slow start in 2025 hasn’t harmed the front office’s reputation across baseball — at least, not too much. Today’s an off-day for the Atlanta Braves and it’s also one of those rare days where nothing seems to be going on. No moves have been made, nobody’s gotten injured (or suspended) and nobody’s said or done anything that ma...2025
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• Braves bullpen bends and breaks in loss to Cardinals

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images This was another one of those games for the Braves where it was all good, right up until it wasn’t! Atlanta’s bullpen was called upon to get the Braves through this game after Spencer Strider suffered a hamstring injury in extremely unfortunate fashion. The bullpen bent all night but it eventually broke later on, as the Atlanta Braves ended up suffering a...2025
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• Braves will likely lean on Nathan Wiles in middle game vs. Cardinals

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Atlanta hasn’t officially announced a starting pitcher but they just called up a pitcher who’s made three starts in Triple-A so far in a situation where they need a starter. 1 + 1... The Atlanta Braves are heading into the middle game of this three-game series with the St. Lois Cardinals on a four-game winning streak and looking to pick up a series win in or...2025
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"Having that depth in the lineup, we went into last season thinking guys like Orlando Arcia would hit around 8-9, you’re now in a spot where if everybody’s healthy, you’re looking at Orlando in the 9-hole and 1-through-8 is a lot of really established guys who have a chance to be really strong."

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"Michael Harris and Orlando Arcia hit back to back singles to give the Braves a real threat with one out."

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"He walked Orlando Arcia to lead off the inning and gave way to Buck Farmer, who faced three batters and was taken out after Ronald Acuña Jr."

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"Now, he reached Atlanta due to injuries to Ozzie Albies and Orlando Arcia and because the Robinson Cano situation […] Should the Atlanta Braves Trade Vaughn Grissom?"

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"To make room for their arrival, Orlando Arcia and Sean Newcomb have been optioned to Triple-A."

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"Cubs' Anthony Rizzo shares hand sanitizer with Brewers' Orlando Arcia at first base on Opening Day"

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"Orlando Arcia, SS, Brewers A former top prospect, Arcia has struggled to regain the form he showed in 2017."

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" At the end of forgettable offensive season, Orlando Arcia plays catalyst for Brewers "

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"Travis Shaw and Orlando Arcia each hit two-run doubles in an eight-run third inning, while Hernan Perez drove in a career-high five runs to spark the Brewers to a 15-2 victory on Saturday over the Cubs."

2016
"Crawford and Milwaukee's Orlando Arcia follow Seager on the list."

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"A year ago, Orlando Arcia was regarded as a slick fielder with modest offensive promise."

• Wednesday Rockpile: What’s the plan with Orlando Arcia?
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• Braves News: Shutout in Philly, Spencer Strider improving, and more
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• Colorado Rockies reportedly close to signing Orlando Arcía
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• Rockies Close To Signing Orlando Arcia
The Rockies and free agent infielder Orlando Arcia are in the final stages of contract talks, according to Daniel Alvarez-Montes of El Extra Base. Should the deal be completed, it will mark a quick turn-around in the open market for Arcia, who was released just yesterday by the Braves after he cleared DFA waivers. More…...2025
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• Braves trade for Jonathan Ornelas, option him to Triple-A

Photo by Bailey Orr/Texas Rangers/Getty Images Atlanta adds infield depth to the 40-man roster. The Atlanta Braves have acquired infielder Jonathan Ornelas from the Texas Rangers for cash considerations according to the Rangers. The move has also been announced by Atlanta. The Braves had an open 40-man slot after designating infielder Orlando Arcia for assignment yesterday so no additional...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for May 24, 2025
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• The time for the Braves to roster a third catcher is now

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Drake Baldwin and Sean Murphy’s offensive ability demand the move. The time is now. An easy argument could be made that time should have been when the Atlanta Braves added Eddie Rosario to the active roster two weeks ago. It is time for the Braves to add a third catcher to their active roster. Last night, starting catcher Sean ...2025
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• Braves News: Big Series vs Phillies, Spencer Strider, Spencer Schwellenbach, more
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• Braves News: Disappointing Weekend Series Loss to Padres, Orlando Arcia, more

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Sunday ended a highly disappointing week for the Braves. Atlanta dropped their second straight series, and experienced their fourth loss in five games, after Sunday’s 5-3 loss to the Padres. The Padres used the long ball to score four unanswered runs to win the game. As a result, the Braves are back to two games under .500, meaning they are .500 since 4/29. Atla...2025
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• Should I go for three?

So I grabbed a blaster of 2025 Heritage when I was at Dave and Adam's last week. I know they're not called "blasters" anymore but it's still the word I use when I want people to know what I am talking about. Buying Heritage is instinct at this point. We're at the designs during my first years of collecting. While I could pick-and-choose whether I was going to collect Heritage 10-15 year...2025
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• Sean Murphy returns to Braves lineup

Marcell Ozuna looks to turn his fortunes against Wheeler around | Brett Davis-Imagn Images Sean Murphy is making his season debut and Orlando Arcia gets the start against Zack Wheeler The Atlanta Braves offense has struggled, there is no doubt about it. Their underlying metrics have shown that they have been unlucky. They have the sixth best barrel per plate appearance (Brls/PA%) in MLB. A...2025
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• A tough series awaits for Atlanta against the Phillies

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Two teams that have gotten off to polar opposite starts are set to square off in Cobb County this week. Will the Braves rise up to the challenge of their rivals? The Atlanta Braves have now had a couple of off days to lick their wounds following a letdown loss to the Marlins and a rain delay that helped them avoid Sandy Alcantara. That’s the good news — ...2025
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• Is returning home the key to victory for the Braves?

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Nobody imagined that the Braves would be coming back home without a single win. The Atlanta Braves are limping back home after embarking on what turned out to be one of the worst road trips in franchise history. They’re heading into this game 0-7 and will likely be desperate to avoid making it an 0-8 start as they get set for their home o...2025
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• New look Braves lineup as Ozzie Albies leads off and Marcell Ozuna bats second

Marcell Ozuna has had the best success on the team against Blake Snell | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Harris, Baldwin, and Kelenic are not in the lineup, and Fairchild makes his debut. The Atlanta Braves and their struggling offense will be taking on two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell and the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight in hopes of breaking a terrible streak of only two runs in t...2025
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• “Tarot! Tarot! Off to Opening Day, We Go!” (Braves position player edition)

Photo by Tracy A. Woodward/The Washington Post via Getty Images Yep, we’re getting weird around here today. I got into Tarot because of Poldark. Mark, no one knows what that is. In my adult life, I’ve spent a good deal of time considering and reconsidering my … religious (?) beliefs. I won’t get into the details – this is a baseball site, after all – but to where it relates to our story he...2025
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• Atlanta Braves go on Home Run barrage as they beat the Cubs

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images The Braves’ offense went into overdrive as they beat the Chicago Cubs 13-4 The Atlanta Braves took on the Chicago Cubs in Arizona for Spencer Schwellenbach’s last start of spring training. The Braves deployed a lineup that looks like it could potentially be the opening day lineup against Brad Keller, who is non-roster invitee. To start the game, it looked like ...2025
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• Braves scrape by with another extra innings victory, 3-2 in the 11th

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The pitching did a nice job and the offense did just enough to scrape by...eventually AJ Smith-Shawver came into Saturday off of a statement 8.0 inning, 1-hit outing against the Reds, hoping to keep his momentum, as the Braves were hoping to get back in the win column after losing game 1 of the series in Pittsburgh. Things started well for Atlanta, as the ...2025
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• On Braves stolen bases and recurring nightmares

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Atlanta is not stealing bases again. Is that bad? We all have recurring nightmares. They’re not always the same, but they usually are in similar locations, feelings, and incidents. Most psychologists think this is the mind trying to resolve certain things, and the belief is that a lot of it is the mind trying to figure out painful experiences and make sense o...2025
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• Battery Power’s Atlanta Braves Player of the Week: Marcell Ozuna

Photo by Cole Carter/MLB Photos via Getty Images Finally, a week where Spencer Schwellenbach wasn’t the only viable option. After the first two Sundays of the regular season, the struggles that begot most of the regular members of the Atlanta Braves line-up - combined with two dazzling starts by pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach - made Schwellenbach an easy choice for Battery Power’s Player of...2025
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• Finally, a series win for the Braves in 2025!

Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Hopefully this will be the start of the Braves finally getting their season off to a proper start Despite the fact that the Atlanta Braves had gotten off to a very slow start and the Philadelphia Phillies had burst out of the gates to start this season, this was always going to be a hard-fought series between two teams who have been battling a...2025
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• Braves lose heartbreaker to Dodgers on Ohtani walk off

Sad day for Braves | Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images The offense scored five runs, but failed in some very key moments. The Atlanta Braves faced the Los Angeles Dodgers in the series finale in a matchup that looked lopsided in the Dodgers’ favor. Two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell was on the bump for the Dodgers against injury replacement call-up Bryce Elder who has struggled since June of ...2025
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• Crew crushes Cubs, cuts Central deficit to 3
How would the Brewers respond to losing pitcher Jimmy Nelson for the season? They beat up on their division rivals, the Cubs, and guaranteed they will leave Wrigley Field better than when they got here. Travis Shaw and Orlando Arcia each hit two-run doubles in an eight-run third inning, while Hernan Perez drove in a career-high five runs to spark the Brewers to a 15-2 victory on Saturday over the ...2017
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• Sean Murphy makes his presence felt in 5-4 walk-off Braves win over Reds
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta's new catcher had two doubles and a home run, with the dinger giving the Braves the extra-innings win in the 10th inning. Have yourself a night! Sean Murphy brought his A-Game to the plate tonight. The newest catcher for the Atlanta Braves had two doubles in the first nine innings of this game and then capped it off with a hom...2023
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• Cubs' Anthony Rizzo shares hand sanitizer with Brewers' Orlando Arcia at first base on Opening Day
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• Braves reach 100 wins with 8-5 victory over Nationals

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Atlanta has won 100 games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2002 and 2003. A four-run fourth inning helped propel the Atlanta Braves to their 100th win of the season with an 8-5 victory over the Washington Nationals. Spencer Strider allowed a leadoff double to CJ Abrams, but then retired the next six hitters in a row to get through the...2023
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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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• 2016 Prospect Watch: Top 10 shortstops
Dodgers' Corey Seager impressed during a September callup last year and tops the 2016 Shortstops Prospects list. The Phillies' J.P. Crawford and Milwaukee's Orlando Arcia follow Seager on the list....2016
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• Swanson, Albies on MLB Pipeline's Top 10 SS Prospects list
Dodgers' Corey Seager impressed during a September callup last year and tops the 2016 Shortstops Prospects list. The Phillies' J.P. Crawford and Milwaukee's Orlando Arcia follow Seager on the list....2016
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• Seager tops MLB Pipeline's Top 10 SS Prospects list
Dodgers' Corey Seager impressed during a September callup last year and tops the 2016 Shortstops Prospects list. The Phillies' J.P. Crawford and Milwaukee's Orlando Arcia follow Seager on the list....2016
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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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• Braves Call Up Their Next Wild Thing Marquis
Orlando Arcia went down with a hamstring strain and some teams would've just cobbled together a makeshift shortstop out of available major league pieces. A Frankenshortstop, so to speak. And it might've been fine, might've ran into a hot day or three from whoever they Ehire'd. That's the kind of shizz other teams do! Not the Braves! I love the Braves for this, by the way. They promote their prospe...2022
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• Albies Gets The Shank And His Foot Is Ozzie Broko
ust once Can we figure out what we keep doin' wrong Why our players never last for very long What are we doin' wrong? Just once Can we find a way to finally make it right Make the magic last for more than just one night We could just get to it I know I just got back India but what did the Fantasy Baseball Overlord do to it Hmm hmm Just once *sobbing uncontrollably* Make the magic last for just one...2022
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuna is truly back, Eli White, more
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• Ronald Acuña, Jr. activated, Orlando Arcia designated for assignment
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• The time for the Braves to roster a third catcher is now
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• Braves bullpen bends and breaks in loss to Cardinals
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• Ronald Acuña, Jr. activated, Orlando Arcia designated for assignment
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• Marcell Ozuna crushes his second bomb of spring training as Braves fall to Nationals

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Drake Baldwin also delivered an RBI single as he continued to have a productive spring Marcell Ozuna made his presence felt at the plate for the second time so far here in spring training, as his no-doubter of a home run was the biggest highlight on a bright and sunny day of spring training action for the Atlanta Braves at CoolToday Park. Ozuna’s homer c...2025
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• Regression candidates for the 2025 Braves

Reynaldo Lopez had a fantastic season. It will be hard to repeat in 2025. | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images There were plenty of players on the Braves last year that were unlucky, but there were also some that had fortune on their side. The Atlanta Braves had some terrible luck when it came to injuries last season. We also explored that for some players, the bad luck went beyond just injuries the...2025
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• Michael Harris II homers and puts the winning ball in play as Braves walk off Nationals, 3-2

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images You're not going to want to watch this one again but nobody around here is going to complain about another Braves win. A win's a win! The Atlanta Braves didn't exactly look like worldbeaters for long stretches of this game but they were able to keep the train on the tracks long enough for the Washington Nationals to eventually throw the ...2024
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• This might end up being the best Braves lineup in franchise history
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Atlanta Braves as a franchise have had some fantastic offenses dating back to their days in Boston. This might be the best in that long, long line. Yesterday afternoon, the Atlanta Braves walloped the Los Angeles Angels 12-5. This included a six-run barrage in the fourth inning that ultimately put the game out of reach at 9-1 at that point. The baseba...2023
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• Marcell Ozuna has got to go
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images He’s gotten off to another slow start. He looks like he did in 2022, which is exactly how he looked to start 2021. This can’t keep going on if the Braves want to be as good as they can be. The Atlanta Braves are about to embark on a quick road trip that'll take them to Kansas City and San Diego, and they'll be hitting the road while c...2023
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• Sean Murphy makes his presence felt in 5-4 walk-off Braves win over Reds
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