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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Atlanta Braves

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Brewers wrap up road trip in Atlanta as they face off against injury-riddled Braves The Milwaukee Brewers are headed to Atlanta as they’ll wrap up their six-game road trip through the NL East against the Atlanta Braves. The Brewers are still red-hot, as they’ve won three straight and six of their last seven to remain atop the NL Central and MLB standings, two g...2025
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• Battery Power Braves Player of the Week: Joey Wentz

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images This week’s selection was a difficult decision with multiple players having strong showings. The Atlanta Braves split this week’s slate of games, ending a rain-soaked weekend with a victory in the MLB Speedway Classic on Sunday after the game was suspended on Saturday night due to a rain that was as unrelenting as this season’s injury bug. Atlanta won two-out-o...2025
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• Hurston Waldrep, Eli White shine as Braves win Speedway Classic

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images An unexpected day two of the Speedway Classic saw a couple of unexpected heroes emerge in a Braves win. It certainly didn’t go to anyone’s plan but after rain and logistical nightmares dampened day one of the Speedway Classic, sunshine, Hurston Waldrep and Eli White made sure the event ended on a high note for the Atlanta Braves. After a s...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: The trade deadline has come and gone, but are the Rockies better off?

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, August 1, 2025 Considering the Colorado Rockies’ history of making few significant moves at the trade deadline, even as they are miles away from even dreaming of contending, Colorado continued to play it low-key as the trade deadline came and went this season. The biggest surprise is that the players who were traded reveal...2025
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• Braves survive crazy comeback, win wild one in Cincinnati, 12-11

Aaron Doster-Imagn Images After a number of heartbreaking 1-run losses this season, the Braves get to be on the right side of a fun one. In arguably the wildest game of the season, the Atlanta Braves used patience and timely hitting at the plate to outlast the Cincinnati Reds, 12-11 in the series opener Thursday night at Great American Ballpark. The wildest part of the game by far was the ...2025
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• Carlos Carrasco gets his first start with Atlanta

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Despite request, the baseball is continuing. Like a recently ignited dumpster being carried away by raging flood waters, the Atlanta Braves 2025 season continues on this week as they head to Cincinnati (and then Bristol) for an unusual 3-game series against the Reds. Of course Thursday is Trade Deadline day around baseball, with 6 pm ET today being the last time t...2025
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• Hurston Waldrep, Eli White shine as Braves win Speedway Classic
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• Friday Rockpile: The trade deadline has come and gone, but are the Rockies better off?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies need to be sellers at the trade deadline

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, July 29, 2025 Yesterday morning in The Athletic, Andy McCullough published “The personalities of MLB’s trade deadline: Hunters, Fishermen and the Cleveland Grind Machine.” He goes on to describe how various general managers approach the trade deadline. When McCullough gets to his discussion of the Colorado Rockies,...2025
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• Gordon and Blalock’s wins mean a lot more than 2 Ws

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, July 25, 2025 It’s no surprise that during a historically bad season in which the Colorado Rockies have netted a 26-76 record that their starting rotation has had its share of struggles. When team wins are in short supply, of course, wins for starting pitchers will be, too. Of Colorado’s 26 wins, only 14 have been credited...2025
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• Welcome to the second half of the 2025 Braves season; Same as the first half

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images One step forward and two steps back appears to be how the Braves are functioning at this point I hope y’all enjoyed the All-Star break and all the time off that came from that. While we all certainly love this sport and the Atlanta Braves themselves, I can totally understand if y’all used this time during the break to really dive into other things. Well,...2025
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• A look at the state of the Braves Bullpen at the All-Star Break

Robert Edwards-Imagn Images My kingdom for a stopper What if I told you that the difference between the 2024 and 2025 Atlanta Braves bullpen was a quarter of a run in FIP? Well, you’d probably tell me to place that calculator of mine somewhere that I wouldn’t like. And your sentiment would be correct, although you should probably watch your language. There’s a world of difference in that o...2025
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• What would it look like for the Braves to officially throw in the towel for 2025?

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It’s time. Despite having a run differential, Pythagorean record, expected W-L, and BaseRuns record that all suggest they should be right around .500 (which would still be a disappointing outcome in its own right), the Atlanta Braves are 12 games under. And even though the projections still project them to play like a top five team in...2025
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• A brief look at the Braves’ drafts under Alex Anthopoulos

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Anthopoulos enters his eighth draft as Braves general manager — here’s a look at how the first six have panned out It is still many, many years until we will know exactly how the Alex Anthopoulos era in Atlanta will shake out. No one will complain about the World Series title, but many bemoan the lack of hitting talent in the minor league system and love ...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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"In his latest article, he re-iterated the rumor that Marcell Ozuna, Raisel Iglesias and Pierce Johnson were all available and would likely be shopped around at the deadline by 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:…"

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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• Braves survive crazy comeback, win wild one in Cincinnati, 12-11
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• Carlos Carrasco gets his first start with Atlanta
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• Colorado Rockies trade Tyler Kinley to Atlanta

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images The trade removes a veteran reliever from the Rockies bullpen. MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand has reported that—per sources—the Colorado Rockies are trading right-handed reliever Tyler Kinley to the Atlanta Braves in return for a prospect. The Braves are acquiring RHP Tyler Kinley from the Rockies for a prospect, per source.— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) July 30, 2025...2025
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• Which Braves relievers will have new homes after the Trade Deadline?

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Raisel Iglesias and... It’s almost Trade Deadline time, and if there’s one thing that definitely happens at Trade Deadline time, it’s relievers moving teams. Clubs don’t just acquire good or great relievers at the Deadline; if you look even as recently as last year, many clubs acquired relievers having truly putrid seasons, too. The Braves have little to ...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies need to be sellers at the trade deadline
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• Gordon and Blalock’s wins mean a lot more than 2 Ws
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Colorado Rockies Mid-Season State of the Position, Conclusions and Recommendations

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, July 22, 2025 You are what your record says you are — Bill Parcells A record of 24-75 in what will be the third of three consecutive 100-loss seasons gives a clear sense what the Colorado Rockies are: a broken baseball organization. In our Mid-Season 2025 State of the Position series, we’ve tried to assess whe...2025
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• Braves lose in extra innings, despite Michael Harris’ heroics

Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images The Braves continue to find ways to lose and sink in the standings Seeking their first win in Arlington, Grant Holmes took the mound facing Kumar Rocker and the Rangers. The game started quite well for Atlanta, as Rocker struggled with his command, walking Profar, allowing a single to Olson, and walking Baldwin to load the bases with one out. Austin Riley st...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Colorado Rockies Mid-Season State of the Position, Conclusions and Recommendations
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• A look at the state of the Braves Bullpen at the All-Star Break
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• Braves hope bullpen can deliver a win against the Orioles

Photo by Edward M. Pio Roda/Getty Images The Braves season is probably over at this point and they will be running with a bullpen game with middling bullpen talent The Braves season is probably over at this point and they will be running with a bullpen game with middling bullpen talent. While it does seem like the result of this game doesn’t matter much for the team’s likely dead playoff h...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 77

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images A little trouble in paradise: The Cubs lose 14-6. A little while back, I dropped my Cubs DEFCON to 4. I saw warning signs that suggested a slump might be coming. If you aren’t following me every day, I’m not in possession of any magic formula or inside info. The last time I saw the signs, I was dead wrong and they turned it on a dime and started dominating ag...2025
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• Braves lose in extra innings, despite Michael Harris’ heroics
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• Welcome to the second half of the 2025 Braves season; Same as the first half
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• Braves will “listen” to offers for Albies, Harris, and Murphy in the offseason, per report

Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta may not be selling right now but things could get extremely interesting during the offseason The Atlanta Braves are currently in a weird and unenviable position, which is a consequence of their own making thanks to the disappointing performance that they’ve delivered on the field in 2025. Earlier this month, the word on the baseball street...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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• Bryce Elder dominates, but is let down in another devastating loss, 3-2

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images I’m about out of words at this point With the team in dire straights and their playoff hopes dimming by the day, the Braves faced a tough matchup with Bryce Elder on the mound, facing Logan Webb. It was a pitchers duel early, with Webb looking dominant but neither offense finding much success. The Braves did find some success in the second inning,...2025
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• Braves battle but eventually botch it in 5-4 loss to Giants

Photo by Emma Bronsteader/MLB Photos via Getty Images It’s like they’re finding new and interesting ways to lose on a nightly basis at this point. The Atlanta Braves battled back from being down 3-0 after the first inning but it still wasn’t enough to pull off the win. The game eventually was decided in extra innings and a wild pitch is what ended up handing a 5-4 win to the Giants in thi...2025
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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

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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• Joey Wentz shines but Braves lose 1-0 to Royals in extras

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Joey Wentz was good, but the Braves did nothing against a Kansas City bullpen shuffle The Braves and Royals played a matinee on Wednesday, with the Braves sending Joey Wentz to the hill and the Royals deploying a bullpen game. Though the earlier games in this series featured a bucketload of runs, this one was scoreless through regulat...2025
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• Offense and Spencer Strider shine against Yankees

Spencer Strider got the job done | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images The Braves had one of their most complete games of the season The Atlanta Braves took on the New York Yankees tonight and the key was clearly that the offense had to show up since the Yankees’ bats have been on fire all season long. With Spencer Strider on the mound, the Braves had a legitimate shot to win if their bats showed up...2025
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• Offense and Spencer Strider shine against Yankees
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 77
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• Bryce Elder takes the mound against Rockies following 12 strikeout performance

Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images Can Bryce do it again? Atlanta desperately needs three wins this weekend at home against the Colorado Rockies. Coming off a nice series victory in Milwaukee, the Braves will give the ball to Bryce Elder in game one on Friday night to try and keep the good vibes going. Elder is coming off a superb start against the Giants in which he struck out 12 hitters over ei...2025
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• Drake Baldwin and AJ Smith-Shawver shine in win against Nationals

Smith-Shawver had another strong start | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Baldwin finished the Nationals series going seven for nine, and Smith-Shawver had zero earned runs and six strikeouts in six innings of work as Braves win The Braves took on the Nationals as they looked to reach a .500 record again with a pitching matchup that looked to be in the Braves’ favor. AJ Smith-Shawver faced off aga...2025
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• 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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• 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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