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• Braves blast bumbling Twins, 6-2

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Matt Olson owns them enough to start calling the cities Mary Kate and Ashley. Home runs are good. It didn’t take long for the Atlanta Braves to get on the board, and they seemingly put the game away quickly. Matt Olson started it with a two-run shot in the first, Austin Riley singled home a run in the second, and Drake Baldwin hit a two-run shot to left in the thir...2025
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• Braves pick up another win in team effort, 4-3 over Minnesota

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves picked up the series victory and their first stretch of winning more than one game in a row this season. Looking for their first consecutive win of the season, the Braves were hoping that Chris Sale could find some better luck and results than he has had so far this season in game 2 against the Twins. The game started inau...2025
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• Spencer Strider returns but Bassitt bests Braves’ bats, 3-1

Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images Spencer Strider is back. Chris Bassitt, with some umpiring help, was better. The Atlanta Braves have been offensively resurgent, whether you believe it or not. But, that all came crashing down on today, the day of my daughter’s wedding the day of my cat’s quinceañera the day of Spencer Strider’s return to the mound, as they basically got mauled by Chris B...2025
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• Road woes continue for the Atlanta Braves

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images At least they finally won a game away from Cobb County? Well, that was one of the series of all time, huh? The Atlanta Braves travelled down to Tampa hot off the heels of winning their first series of the season over their divisional rivals in the form of the Philadelphia Phillies. The obvious hope for Atlanta heading into this series was that they would...2025
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• Braves vs. Rays series recap: Road woes continue for Atlanta

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images At least they finally won a game away from Cobb County? Well, that was one of the series of all time, huh? The Atlanta Braves travelled down to Tampa hot off the heels of winning their first series of the season over their divisional rivals in the form of the Philadelphia Phillies. The obvious hope for Atlanta heading into this series was that they would...2025
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• Braves lose series, game 8-3

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images This cup of Joe appearance Boyled Atlanta hitters Well Chris Sales threw harder. After sitting around 93 mph for his first 3 starts, he averaged 96 mph in this one. It didn’t help. Sale’s day started off rough with Yandy Diaz hitting a leadoff home run, and the Rays would add another run later in the inning to make it 2-0. He was able to keep the Rays off t...2025
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• Spencer Strider returns but Bassitt bests Braves’ bats, 3-1
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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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• “Tarot! Tarot! Off to Opening Day, We Go!” (Braves pitchers edition)

Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images We’re continuing to get weird around here. Pulling tarot cards is an interesting exercise. The first part of it is finding the right question to ask. Like I said yesterday, you can’t ask yes/no questions, and you can ask multiple choice questions. You have to ask open-ended questions, but you also need to ask a specific enough question to divine an answer....2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves positional season preview: Bullpen

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Atlanta’s bullpen has been a source of strength and stability over the past couple of years, but there’s more uncertainty for their relief corps in 2025. In the past two years combined, Atlanta Braves relievers rank in the top five in ERA (fifth), FIP (second), K% (first), and BB% (third). It’s been undeniably one of the top bullpens in baseball ever...2025
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• Braves walk off in 6-5 win, but Jurickson Profar leaves injured

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves had a fine Spring Training game on results, but the biggest thing is the injury status of Jurickson Profar. In his third spring tune-up, Spencer Schwellenbach issued his first walk of spring, the Andrew McCutchen in a scoreless first. He worked through the walk and a line drive hit he allowed to Bryan Reynolds on a hanging ...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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• Which Braves non-roster Spring Training invitee has the best chance to make the Opening Day roster?

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Will it be a pitcher or position player who cracks the 26-man roster? With 2025 Spring Training games right around the corner, one of the story lines to follow is whether or not any of the non-roster invitees will break camp with the Atlanta Braves as part of the Opening Day roster. Without projecting roster additions, trades or...2025
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• Braves bullpen strategy so far this winter has been more about quantity

Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK The Braves have attacked their bullpen questions this off-season by embracing the variance. When it was announced on November 4th that Joe Jimenez underwent surgery to repair cartilage damage in his left knee and that he would miss most (maybe all) of the 2025 season, it became crystal clear the Atlanta Braves would be making a significant add...2025
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• The Braves’ 2025 bullpen: unfamiliar territory?

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images For the past few years, the Braves have aimed to have something like the league’s top bullpen. It may not look quite like that in 2025. At this point, it might as well be a meme, except for the fact that no one’s managed to make a particularly catchy one: the Atlanta Braves, the epitome of discipline when it comes to free agent spending and roster cons...2025
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• Will the Braves roll the dice with their bullpen?

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Lord, I was born a gamblin’ man... I used to travel a lot for work. Like 80% of the time. It was a lot. When you are out on the road like that, everyone thinks it must be a ton of fun – fun new cities, new experiences, new food, etc. In reality, there’s a decent shot you end up in Warsaw, Indiana in January where there are no museu...2025
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"Pierce Johnson then came in for the Braves."

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"com/rTShPRR3vl— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) April 6, 2024 Pierce Johnson got the ball for the 10th inning and struck out the leadoff hitter in Suarez."

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"com/1o7NLYjikV— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) September 8, 2023 Pierce Johnson replaced Fried in the seventh and continued his good work with two strikeouts in a perfect seventh."

2022
"San Diego Padres Yu Darvish, Pierce Johnson Darvish, you know well, and he’s put together another fine year in San Diego."

2021
"The Padres have announced that they exercised their club options over right-handed relievers Pierce Johnson and Craig Stammen for the 2022 season."

2020
"Major League Signings Drew Pomeranz, LHP: four years, $34MM Craig Stammen, RHP: two years, $9MM (includes $1MM buyout of $4MM club option for 2022) Pierce Johnson, RHP: two years, $5MM (includes $1MM buyout of $3MM club option for 2022) Total spend:…"

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"The Padres have agreed to a two-year contract with right-hander Pierce Johnson, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports (via Twitter)."

2018
"And the bullpen did the rest, as Pierce Johnson, Will Smith, Sam Dyson, Tony Watson and Hunter Strickland contributed a scoreless inning apiece to propel the Giants past the Reds, 5-3."

2017
"The Cubs announced on Wednesday that they’ve designated right-hander Pierce Johnson for assignment in order to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for fellow righty Jen-Ho Tseng, whose contract has been selected from Triple-A Iowa."

2016
"Pierce Johnson could have been accused of stalking Jake Arrieta or Jon Lester last spring."

2015
"Pierce Johnson didn't start the Arizona Fall League with the prettiest numbers, but the Cubs prospect twirled a pair of gems in his final two outings."

• Let’s meet the Braves’ 2025 Opening Day Roster

Photo by Alex Slitz/Atlanta Braves/MLB Photos via Getty Images As usual, we’re taking a closer look at the players who will open up the 2025 regular season with the Atlanta Braves. These are the players who the Atlanta Braves are sending to San Diego to get the season underway. As usual, we’re taking a deeper look at each player, including how they got here and, of course, some fun facts....2025
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• Which Braves non-roster Spring Training invitee has the best chance to make the Opening Day roster?
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• Fun bullpen options for the Braves to explore

Could Nardi make sense for the Braves | Jim Rassol-Imagn Images The Atlanta Braves are down two key pieces of their bullpen. A LHP could go a long way in helping. The Atlanta Braves finally made a big splash and signed Jurickson Profar to sure up the outfield situation, as well as some infield depth if needed. Now, there is one area that has been weakened significantly since the end of the...2025
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• What’s left for the Braves after signing Jurickson Profar?

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images A big addition leaves the Braves with a few more holes to fill before spring training. The Atlanta Braves finally — finally! — made an offseason splash on Thursday, signing outfielder Jurickson Profar to a three-year, $42 million deal. Profar solidifies the Braves’ outfield picture heading into 2025, where he could form one of the game’s top outfields ...2025
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• Projecting the 2025 Braves Opening Day roster

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Not one, but two, different options for Atlanta’s first 26-man roster of the 2025 season. Atlanta Braves full-squad workouts begin one month from today, but much to the chagrin of Braves fandom, the organization has been stunningly quiet this offseason when to comes to making moves that - on the surface - move the needle on the quality of...2025
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• Braves pick up another win in team effort, 4-3 over Minnesota
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• Spencer Strider returns but Bassitt bests Braves’ bats, 3-1
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• How long is Hector Neris going to stick on the roster?

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images There’s something to be said for being punished for your mistakes immediately... When I first started this daily question thingamajig, I knew I had to figure out a way to get to the start of the season, because once said season was started, the discussion points would come naturally. To that end, though, I think I’m gonna have more to say than just a questi...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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• Cubs vs. Braves at Mesa preview, Monday 3/24, 3:05 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Hey, look! An opponent from the NL East comes to Mesa. Monday notes... A BRAVE SPRING: The only previous time these teams have met in preseason exhibitions was in 1962. Details in this FanPost by BCB’s JohnW53. FORMER CUBS IN BRAVES CAMP: Garrett Cooper, Pierce Johnson and Hector Neris. Cooper and Johnson combined to play 13 games with th...2025
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• What should the Braves expect from Craig Kimbrel in 2025?

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images 10 years across baseball and one new ballpark later, Craig Kimbrel is back with the Braves. Let’s try to figure out how this is going to work! So, Big Red’s back in town for the Atlanta Braves? Uh, am I the only one who called him Big Red? Naturally, I visited his Baseball-Reference page for the sole purpose of figuring out which wacky nickname he has ...2025
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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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• Braves walk off in 6-5 win, but Jurickson Profar leaves injured
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• Spencer Strider returns but Bassitt bests Braves’ bats, 3-1
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• Braves hit two homers but suffer predictable 6-3 loss to Rays

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Bryce Elder and an ostensible mandate to save the bullpen requires more of an offensive outburst than what the Braves got in order to pull off a victory Life may be like a box of chocolates, but a Bryce Elder start after mid-June 2023 is pretty much... a Bryce Elder start after mid-June 2023. Combine that with the fact that the Atlanta Brav...2025
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• Braves lose heartbreaker to Dodgers on Ohtani walk off
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• What should the Braves expect from Craig Kimbrel in 2025?
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• Marcell Ozuna crushes his second bomb of spring training as Braves fall to Nationals
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• What’s left for the Braves after signing Jurickson Profar?
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. homers twice as Braves beat Cardinals

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves homered five times to snap a three-game skid. The Atlanta Braves flexed their muscles Thursday night snapping a three-game skid with an 8-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Braves didn’t waste any time getting going Thursday as Ronald Acuña Jr. jumped on the first pitch he saw from Adam Wainwright and drove it over the wall in center for...2023
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• Eddie Rosario comes up clutch for Braves in 6-5 win over Giants

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Rosario turned in a 4-for-4 night along with a late game homer to seal a series win Eddie Rosario’s two-run home run in the eighth inning was the difference for the Atlanta Braves in a 6-5 win over the San Francisco Giants. Yonny Chirinos’ night got off to a rough start as Lamonte Wade Jr. jumped on the first pitch of the game for a leadoff home run to giv...2023
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• Max Fried dominates as Braves beat Dodgers, 6-3

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Fried went seven innings and the bullpen held on late for Atlanta’s second straight win in L.A. Max Fried was brilliant, the offense continued its torrid home run pace, and the Braves beat the Dodgers for the second night in a row, 6-3, in front of a packed house at Chavez Ravine. For a mild change of pace, Fried and catcher Travis d’Arnaud went back t...2023
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• Morton rolls again, Braves top Rockies 3-1

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images The Braves clogged the bases and got little to show for it, but three runs were plenty to beat the Rockies on Tuesday night Last night, the Braves managed 18 hits and five walks, and pooled those into a 14-4 win. Tonight, the offense got 15 hits and threw in a walk for good measure... but ended up plating just three runs. Not that the end result was any...2023
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• Matt Olson reaches 50 homers on the season but Braves lose 7-5 to Phillies

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Andruw Jones now has company in the Braves single-season 50 homer club, as Matt Olson homered twice to reach the milestone number. Matt Olson got two steps closer to breaking Andruw Jones’ franchise record for homers in a single season after he smacked both his 49th and 50th home runs of the season in tonight's game. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to help ...2023
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• Braves rally late to beat Cubs 7-6

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta overcame a 6-0 deficit to stun the Cubs 7-6. The Atlanta Braves overcame a 6-0 deficit to stun the Chicago Cubs with a 7-6 win Tuesday night at Truist Park. Bryce Elder breezed through the first inning, retiring the side in order. He found himself in some trouble in the second as Cody Bellinger and Seiya Suzuki reached on back-to-back singles. E...2023
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• Braves bash their way past Angels, 12-5
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta homered three more times on their way to a series win. The offense put together another big day as the Atlanta Braves knocked off the Los Angeles Angels 12-5 Wednesday afternoon at Truist Park. Yonny Chirinos made his second start for the Braves and got off to a great start, facing one over the minimum over the first three i...2023
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• Braves sign Joe Jimenez to 3-year, $26 million deal

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta is bringing back another big piece of their bullpen in Joe Jimenez Free agents haven't even filed yet, but the Atlanta Braves have been busy bringing back a couple of pieces of their bullpen. First it was Pierce Johnson on a two-year deal. This morning, it is Joe Jimenez who is returning on a three-year deal with $26 million. ...2023
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• Projecting the 2025 Braves Opening Day roster
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• Braves lose series, game 8-3
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• A see-saw game goes Philadelphia’s way as Braves lose

Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images While Austin Riley homered, the Braves continued their nasty habit of leaving runners stranded in scoring position. In another up-and-down affair between two divisional rivals, this time the Atlanta Braves found themselves on the short end of the stick. A late dinger from Trea Turner ended up making the difference as the Braves dropped a clos...2025
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• Braves lose heartbreaker to Dodgers on Ohtani walk off
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• Braves bullpen picks an awful time to collapse in 8-7 loss to Mets

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Spencer Schwellenbach dominated the Mets again but his relievers let him down in a major way. Despite Spencer Schwellenbach delivering another great performance for the Atlanta Braves against the New York Mets, Atlanta’s bullpen picked the worst possible time during this regular season to deliver one of their worst performances of the...2024
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• Takeaways from Braves-Marlins

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images It was a tough, hard-fought series with lots of twists and turns but the Braves did what they could to make sure the season isn’t over quite yet. Welp! The Atlanta Braves did their part over the weekend. While they didn’t pick up a sweep that likely would’ve been golden, they still at least picked up the series win over the Miami Marlins and...2024
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• Takeaways from the Braves-Phillies series

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta's pitching staff carried the load in this series and helped push the Braves to a crucial series win over the Phillies. The first part of this homestand for the Atlanta Braves has gotten off to a very good start, as the Braves managed to outduel the Phillies over the course of this three game series in order to gain some ground on ...2024
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• Braves squander Strider’s 10-strikeout performance in 5-3 loss to Red Sox
Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images It was going well for the Braves until it wasn’t on Wednesday. For as chaotic as the series’ first game was on Tuesday, Wednesday’s matchup between the Braves and Red Sox started every bit as quiet, with Spencer Strider and Red Sox starter Brayan Bello—in his return from the paternity list, congratulations to him—each tossing five scoreless frames befo...2023
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• MLB hot stove rumors: Marlins add veteran catcher; Padres take chance on Pierce Johnson
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