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• Previewing the relief pitcher market for the Atlanta Braves

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images We’ve previewed the market for shortstop, starting pitchers, and outfielders – now let’s look at how the Braves might bolster their bullpen. The 2024 Atlanta Braves relied on an undeniably elite bullpen that ranked 3rd in fWAR, 3rd in ERA, and 2nd in FIP. Entering the offseason, they seemed poised to handle the potential loss of A.J. Minter to free a...2024
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• Joe Jiménez could miss 2025 season, per reports

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It was jarring news at the start of free agency. Just before 8PM Eastern, multiple reports came out that Atlanta Braves reliever Joe Jiménez may miss the 2025 season after having surgery to repair an issue with his left knee. Joe Jiménez could miss all of next season after undergoing surgery to repair cartilage damage in his l...2024
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• Elegy for the 2024 Atlanta Braves

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The 2024 Atlanta Braves are no more. Let’s reflect on the season that was. They say, “All good things must come to an end.” They clearly weren’t talking about the 2024 Atlanta Braves. If they were, they might have said “All disappointing, crippled things must come to an end.” The Braves came into the 2024 season with more promise than eve...2024
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• Braves’ 2024 campaign ends with 5-4 loss to Padres

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The 2024 Braves died the same way they lived. Hey, what gives? Aren’t the MLB playoffs supposed to be unpredictable? If you watched the Braves’ 2024 campaign come to an end on Wednesday night in San Diego, that might feel like a hard sell right now, as the Braves once again lost a pivotal playoff game by letting a starting pitcher muddle ...2024
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• A look at the current state of the Atlanta Braves bullpen

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images The Braves will be playing their 7th game in 6 days tonight, including their 2nd elimination game. Let’s take a look at the availability of their relief corps. It’s been some kind of week for the Atlanta Braves. In case life has thrown you under some proverbial rock, I’ll give you a somewhat brief recap. Hurricane Helene postponed two pivotal games vs. ...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 52, Tanner Gordon

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images The rookie starter showed potential in eight starts but was hit hard Welcome to the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Referen...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: Chris Sale’s injury is the latest obstacle the Braves will have to overcome

The Braves have overcome plenty injuries to get back to the postseason, but the uncertainty around Chris Sale might be their biggest test yet. When the 2024 Major League Baseball season started, the Atlanta Braves were supposed to be one of, if not the, very best offenses in all of baseball. Led by the reigning NL MVP Ronald Acuńa Jr, backed by All-Star caliber players like Austin Riley, Ozzie Al...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: National League Preview

Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani helped lead the Dodgers to the top seed in the NL. Is this the season where they break through and return to the World Series. It took a controversial decision by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and a devastating hurricane but finally, we have a set National League postseason field for the 2024 Playoffs. How about that doubleheader, huh? After 162 games, six teams are...2024
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• Atlanta Braves 2024 NL Wild Card roster breakdown

Brett Davis-Imagn Images How the Braves handle the Game 1 starter is the real wild card in this discussion I’m not sure I expected the Atlanta Braves to be here. This season has been filled with injuries and rainouts and interesting pitching strategy. It even featured some pestilence, but enough about the Phillies. Winning 89 games and gaining a playoff berth with this group of players is ...2024
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• Takeaways from the Braves taking a series from the Reds

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Braves’ pursuit of a playoff spot stalls in Cincinnati despite taking two out of three The Braves took two of three from the Reds, finally beating them twice with offensive explosions after dropping their first four matchups between these two clubs. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to actually nudge them closer to a playoff spot, and their season basically n...2024
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• Braves flop while up four in 6-5 failure against Reds

Photo by Kareem Elgazzar/MLB Photos via Getty Images A night that started with so much promise ends in further frustration for Atlanta The Atlanta Braves were up 5-1 at one point in this game but instead of picking up a big win, they coughed it up and ended up taking a very frustrating 6-5 loss to the Cincinnati Reds to start off their final road trip of the season. The first inning was a ...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: 2024 looks a lot like 2023, but here are 5 reasons to still watch the Rockies

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for July 26, 2024 At this point last season, the Rockies record was very similar to now. In 2023, the Rockies were 40-63 (.388). They finished July 9-13, 7-20 in August and 10-19 in September and October on their way to the worst finish in franchise history with 103 losses. Before the trade deadline, GM Bill Schmidt dealt...2024
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• Purple Row’s favorite articles of 2023

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Starting 2024 by looking back The New Year is a tried and true opportunity to remember and reflect on the previous year. Yesterday, we remembered the most-read articles of the 2023 calendar year. Today, we take the opportunity to reflect on the articles that brought us the most pride and satisfaction. This annual tradition of having our writers highlig...2024
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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:…"

2019
"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."

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• Elegy for the 2024 Atlanta Braves
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• Braves’ 2024 campaign ends with 5-4 loss to Padres
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• MLB Playoffs: National League Preview
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• Braves manage a resilient 5-4 win over the Marlins, keeping themselves in the hunt

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves needed this one and now could only need a series win instead of a sweep, depending on the Mets game tonight In another important game (as they all are at this point), the Braves turned to Grant Holmes to hopefully deliver a win against the unintimidating Darren McCaughan on the mound for the Marlins The first inning started well, as Ozzie Albie...2024
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• Analyzing the Brewers’ potential wild card opponents

Allan Henry-Imagn Images With the Brewers currently sitting as the third seed in the NL, they’d take on the last wild card team in the field Coming off a big series win over the Diamondbacks and a series-opening win over the Phillies, the Brewers’ magic number now sits at two, meaning any combination of two Brewers wins and Cubs losses would clinch the NL Central division. After they surpa...2024
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• Atlanta Braves 2025 40-man roster preview - who will return from 2024?

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images With the 2024 regular season winding down here’s a look-ahead to 2025. As of September 17, 2024, the Atlanta Braves had 46 players on their 40-man roster. That’s 40 available players and six players on the 60-day IL. Every year there is a churn of the 40-man roster after the season ends, and this year will be no different. With several notable, long-t...2024
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• Braves repeat their mistakes, walked off by Phillies 3-2 in 11

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images If the Braves have the capacity for introspection, I’m not sure they’ve exercised it this series If you watched the entirety of the Braves’ 3-2, walkoff loss to the Phillies on Sunday night, I’m sorry. If you didn’t, but you did watch their 5-4 loss to open this series back on Thursday, well, you didn’t miss much. At this point, the Braves are making the...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: Chris Sale’s injury is the latest obstacle the Braves will have to overcome
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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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• Late homers help Braves to 6-2 win over Marlins, but to little avail

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images The Braves actually outslugged their issues, but it didn’t help them in the standings with only seven games to go This week, the Braves have lost two games they probably couldn’t afford to lose to subpar opponents. In both of those losses, there were tactical mistakes and on-field mistakes, and postgame commentary from the team itself lamented that overcom...2024
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• Charlie Morton struggled, offense could not come through, as Atlanta Braves fall to Marlins.

Arcia hit another HR off of Bellozo | Katie Stratman-Imagn Images Orlando Arcia and Michael Harris seemed to be the only bright spots in a disappointing game against the Miami Marlins. The Atlanta Braves took on the Miami Marlins tonight in the first game of a three game series that could be pivotal to their playoff chances. The Braves were the away team and they came up to bat first, arme...2024
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• Takeaways from the Braves taking a series from the Reds
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• Braves stop, drop, and roll in August — in that order

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It was the Braves’ best month since April, but they actually lost ground anyway I like doing monthly recaps because a month feels like the right unit of time to talk about a team’s ever-evolving arc during the course of the season. A game is a game, a series is a series, and a week is really just two series. A month? Yeah, you can get som...2024
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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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• Monday Rockpile: A Rockies fan’s guide to the 2024 Wild Cards

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, September 30, 2024 We did it, everyone. The 2024 edition of the Colorado Rockies has come to a close. They won some, they lost a lot more, but the real joy came in seeing some of the “kids” make their MLB debuts and play (some more than others, obviously). The 2024 Rockies finished with a record of 61-101, and ...2024
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• Charlie Morton struggled, offense could not come through, as Atlanta Braves fall to Marlins.
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• Braves flop while up four in 6-5 failure against Reds
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• Braves’ offense jumps on the Dodgers early, leads to 6-2 win

Brett Davis-Imagn Images It was a fairly straightforward win for the Braves on Friday night. The Braves used some early homers, a strong a Spencer Schwellenbach start and a perfect bullpen night to down the Dodgers 6-2 Friday night at Truist Park. All season long, the question for the Braves has been will they score enough to compliment the best pitching staff in baseball, or really, will ...2024
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• Braves repeat their mistakes, walked off by Phillies 3-2 in 11
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• Orlando Arcia parks a pair of homers in 7-1 Braves win over Phillies

Kyle Ross-USA TODAY Sports ...atta boy? Orlando Arcia gave the fans in Philadelphia something to really boo him about tonight, as his two homers helped push the Atlanta Braves to a 7-1, season series-clinching win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Both teams stayed quiet for the first two innings of this game and this was actually pretty impressive as far as Reynaldo López was concerned. Th...2024
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• Spencer Schwellenbach shines, Adam Duvall delivers, as Braves take the series against the Phillies

Duvall had his best game of the year | Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Spencer Schwellenbach sat down nineteen straight Phillies, and Duvall had three hits including the game leading HR. The Atlanta Braves took on the Philadelphia Phillies in the final game of a three game set with a chance to win the series. Spencer Schwellenbach, who has been on fire since July took the mound for the...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 46-36

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Here are the 11 prospects who didn’t quite make the Honorable Mention cut After revealing the players who appeared on a single ballot and then those who appeared on two or three ballots, it’s time to talk about 11 players who were just outside Honorable Mention status as voted by the Purple Row electorate in the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuR...2024
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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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• MLB Playoffs: Chris Sale’s injury is the latest obstacle the Braves will have to overcome
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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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• Even with elite pitching, this Braves offense must improve

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Atlanta's pitching staff looks like it has what it takes to get deep into October. In order for that to actually happen, the offense absolutely must get better. Alright, time to take some basic inventory. We’ve reached the All-Star break and our Atlanta Braves are 53-42, eight-and-a-half games behind in the NL East and four games ahead of the Cardinals for...2024
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• Braves News: Travis d’Arnaud suffers head contusion, offense remains quiet, and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. Atlanta Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud experienced what could have turned into a scary injury during Friday’s contest with the San Diego Padres. In the fifth inning, d’Arnaud took a foul ball off his face mask which led to his early exit. Braves announced d'Arnaud exited because of dizzine...2024
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• Braves News: Pierce Johnson to the IL, blow out loss, more

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday The Braves lost as their pitching, primarily Bryce Elder got shelled on Saturday night. Elder continues to struggle to miss bats, issue far too many walks, and allow far too many home runs for his profile as a pitcher, so it remains a question of how viable he is at the major league level. That being said, even with a...2024
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• The Braves are still very good and it's totally fine to get excited about it

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Do I remember how the past two seasons ended? Yep! Is that stopping me from getting hyped? Nope! Folks, we’re here once again. It’s Opening Day (for real, this time) and I’m glad to report that on a personal level, both time and wisdom have yet to jade me when it comes to the optimism of baseball season getting underway. I felt the sa...2024
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• Sizing up the NL East heading into 2024

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves have won six straight NL East titles and still look like the cream of the division’s crop The Atlanta Braves have done most of their heavy lifting this offseason, but there are still some key players available and moves left to be made around Major League Baseball as the calendar plunges into January. The Braves themselves have...2024
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