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• Minor League Wrap: Cade Horton, your table is ready

Cade Horton | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Cade Horton dominates in probably the only good news of the day. You’ve got to think with the news about Shōta Imanaga, that Cade Horton’s next start will be at Citi Field against the Mets. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs got trampled by the Buffalo Bison (Blue Jays), 3-1. Cade Horton went six innings today and allowed just one...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Sisneros leads Myrtle Beach to 9-6 win over Carolina

Cameron Sisneros | Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK Just Myrtle Beach won tonight. Moisés Ballesteros extends his hitting streak. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were trampled by the Buffalo Bisons (Blue Jays), 8-1. It was a rough start for Jordan Wicks, who took the loss after surrendering seven runs on nine hits over 2.2 innings. Two of those nine hits were three-run home run...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Moisés Ballesteros hits 2 HR in Iowa loss to Buffalo

Moises Ballesteros | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK The Smokies were the only winner tonight, but some big prospects put on a show for Iowa in a loss. Right-hander Peter Solomon joined the Iowa Cubs. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were stampeded by the Buffalo Bison (Blue Jays), 10-8. Peter Solomon’s Cubs and Iowa debut did not go well as he didn’t make it out of the second inning...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: The Cubs’ top two prospects lead Iowa in 9-1 rout of Buffalo.

Matt Shaw | Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images Cade Horton and Matt Shaw lead Iowa to victory. BJ Murray keeps Knoxville in the win column. Left-hander Evan Taylor joins High-A South Bend from Mesa. Right-hander Carlo Reyes goes from Double-A Knoxville to High-A South Bend. The Cubs released three pitchers: right-hander Jeral Vizcaino and left-handers Yovanny Cabrera and Angel Hernandez. Iowa C...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 27, 2025

Dominic Fletcher’s two-hit day featured a double and a home run — alongside earning the save in the 12th inning! | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights The Knights pull through chaos in extras to cap off a 3-1 day in the South Side organization Charlotte Knights 13, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 12 (12 innings) (Statcast Box)Both offenses popped off for 11 hits apiece in Sunday’s extra-inning ...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 26, 2025

Luis Reyes had been playing peek-a-boo with his talent this April, but bloomed in a big way on Saturday night. | Kannapolis Cannon Ballers Two squeakers, for Charlotte and Kannapolis, including an outstanding start for Luis Reyes Charlotte Knights 8, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 7 (Statcast Box)Charlotte put on an extraordinary comeback after falling behind 5-0 on the road in the very ...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 25, 2025

A double in the ninth by Adam Hackenberg helped the Barons to a sort of sweep in their games on Friday. | David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Barons take two for one, and Dash upset minor league sweep Charlotte Knights 4, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 1 (7 innings) (Gameday box) (Statcast box)After a rain delay, the Knights grabbed the lead and never looked back. Although the...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 24, 2025

Four Dash hurlers combined to toss the 16th no-hitter in franchise history. | Winston-Salem Dash/X Farm system fireworks: Elko’s bombs, Galanie’s slam, Schultz’s strikes, and a Dash of no-hit history Charlotte Knights 10, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 3 (Gameday box) (Statcast box)The Charlotte Knights rebounded after being shut out yesterday by routing the RailRiders and improving th...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 22, 2025

Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images Bonus baseball bonanza for Knights and Cannon Ballers, and the Barons’ bats erupt and arms shine, as three of four affiliates claim victories Charlotte Knights 5, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 4 (11 innings) (Gameday box) (Statcast box)Nick Nastrini delivered a stellar performance for the Knights (8-14), pitching six scoreless innings and allowing only two h...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Caleb Kilian and Owen Caissie lead Iowa past Memphis, 4-3

Caleb Kilian | Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Caleb Kilian has a solid rehab appearance. The Smokies close in on a playoff spot. Outfielder Brennen Davis was activated off of Iowa’s injured list. Right-hander Frankie Scalzo Jr. was activated off the Development List. Infielder David Bote and catcher William Simoneit were sent to the Development List. Third baseman BJ Murray Jr. was dem...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Jefferson Rojas leads South Bend past Ft. Wayne in 11 innings

GREG SWIERCZ / USA TODAY NETWORK South Bend wins in extra innings. Alexander Canario hits a grand slam. Brennen Davis, Pablo Aliendo also go deep. There was a lot of movement in the system today. Right-hander Eduarniel Nunez was promoted to Triple-A Iowa from Double-A Tennessee. Shortstop Hayden Cantrelle promoted to Iowa from Tennessee. Outfielder Yohendrick Pinango promoted to Tennesse...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Adam Maier throws complete game

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Yes it was only six innings, and yes he took the loss. I don’t care it still counts Listen, it wasn’t a great Saturday if you like Atlanta Braves minor league baseball. I have to say I was thoroughly disappointed by these final scores on an 0-6 day. However we’re still seeing some good stuff, like Jhancarlos Lara making his second start since returning to Rome ...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Mejia dominates again

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images It’s been a stellar year for the 2022 11th round pick, who leads the Southern League in strikeouts If you’re an Atlanta Braves fan, or perhaps just an Augusta GreenJackets fan, your TGIF could refer to nothing more than a love of GreenJackets starter Didier Fuentes. Fuentes looked great, at least for one inning until rain ended the evening...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Darius Vines throws six scoreless innings

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Vines led a win in Gwinnett as part of a day rife with starting pitching gems Was it a good day on the Atlanta Braves farm system on Thursday? Well the teams combined to go 3-2, so that’s certainly nice. Was it a fun day on the system? Well, do you like starting pitching? If yes, that’s great! Please read on and revel in the brilliance of Darius Vines, S...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 30, 2024

Watch out, boy, Drew Thorpe will chew you up! | S.R. Silver/South Side Sox Drew Thorpe can be beat, but he can’t not be brilliant With April now in the books, let’s take a look again at where each team stands: Chicago White Sox (6-24), fifth place (of five), 13.5 GB, MLB AL CentralCharlotte Knights (13-14), sixth place (of 10), 5.0 GB, Triple-A IL EastBirmingham Barons (15-7), first place...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 11, 2024

Danny Mendick continues to slug in Triple-A. | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights Danny Mendick powers the Knights to a victory while the rest of the farm battles inclement weather Charlotte Knights 6, Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 2 (Gameday Score) (Statcast Box)Charlotte scores a rare win with a four-run victory over the Marlins-affiliated Jumbo Shrimp. The JSs were able to string together no fe...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 12, 2024

Have a day, Edgar Quero! The organization’s top catching prospect had a lot to smile about after a two-homer game. | Salina Rae Silver / South Side Sox Edgar Quero belts two longballs while Colson Montgomery launches his first homer at the Triple-A level Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 7, Charlotte Knights 5 (Gameday Score) (Statcast Box)Colson, Chuckie, and Danny went yard in Charlotte’s two-r...2024
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"com/YKXWBGTh4M— Iowa Cubs (@IowaCubs) April 30, 2025 Knoxville Smokies The Knoxville Smokies compacted the Rocket City Trash Pandas (Angels), 9-6."

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"com/XNQxxDrbTK— Iowa Cubs (@IowaCubs) April 6, 2024 Tennessee Smokies The Tennessee Smokies took out the Rocket City Trash Pandas (Angels), 7-6 in ten innings."

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"Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas threw a no-hitter and lost 7-5"

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"com/TuIPtKnCy0— Iowa Cubs (@IowaCubs) August 26, 2022 Tennessee Smokies The Tennessee Smokies had their mission aborted by the Rocket City Trash Pandas (Angels), 3-2."

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"Angels' Double-A affiliate changes name to Rocket City Trash Pandas"

• Minor League Wrap: Cade Horton, your table is ready
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 24, 2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa sweeps doubleheader from Toledo

Kevin Alcántara | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Six games today and the Cubs farm system won four of them. Left-hander Chase Watkins goes from High-A South Bend to Triple-A Iowa. Right-hander Nolan Clenney goes from Iowa to South Bend. Right-hander Ryan Gallagher, the Cubs’ sixth-round pick last summer, joins South Bend. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs swept a dou...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Knoxville allows just one hit in 6-1 win over Trash Pandas

Grant Kipp | Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images A light schedule tonight with two rainouts. The Smokies were terrific and the Pelicans were not. Outfielder Brett Bateman was assigned to the Knoxville Smokies. Infielder Vidal Bruján joins Iowa on a major league rehab assignment. The Cubs signed left-hander Evan Taylor as a free agent. Taylor was a ninth-round pick of the Marli...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Caleb Kilian and Owen Caissie lead Iowa past Memphis, 4-3
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 30, 2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Iowa “Slaughters” Buffalo, 8-2

Jake Slaughter | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Everyone chips in as the Pelicans win big. Iowa’s win over Buffalo was a “Slaughter.” Kevin Alcántara stays red hot. Outfielder Brennen Davis came off the injured list and reported to Triple-A Iowa today. Outfielder Alfonsin Rosario, the Cubs’ sixth-round draft pick last year, has been promoted to Myrtle Beach. Outfielder Jeffers...2024
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• Brewers trade Adrian Houser, Tyrone Taylor to Mets

Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports Brewers get right-handed minor league pitcher in return The Milwaukee Brewers traded right-hander Adrian Houser and outfielder Tyrone Taylor to the Mets in exchange for right-hander Coleman Crow Wednesday afternoon. Houser has spent his entire MLB career with Milwaukee after being traded from the Houston Astros in the Carlos Gomez trade back in 2015. In parts of...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Alan Rangel dominates with 12 K’s

Alan Rangel | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Alan Rangel pitched seven innings of one-hit ball, striking out 12 to highlight the performances on the Braves farm. Sunday saw Alan Rangel pitch his best start of the season, seven one-hit shutout innings with 12 strikeouts. We also got to see Lucas Braun make his High-A debut, Sabin Ceballos hit his first pro homer, and ...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Cade Horton, your table is ready
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 25, 2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 23, 2025

Mowing them down: Hagen Smith struck out eight during his four shutout innings. | Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images Offense was nowhere to be found for all affiliates during a winless day Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 5, Charlotte Knights 0 (Gameday box) (Statcast box)The Knights (8-15) could not get anything going offensively, failing to score and only collecting three hi...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Mejia dominates again
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Darius Vines throws six scoreless innings
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith Shawver struggles while Riley Frey spins a gem

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images News and notes from Tuesday for the Braves’ farm system The Atlanta Braves minor league affiliates offense largely slept walked through yesterday scoring by three or fewer runs in three of their five games yesterday. It wasn’t all doom and gloom though as despite the struggles their pitching was strong enough for them to scratch out tw...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 4, 2024

A thrilling walk-off in Birmingham — and we were there! Memphis Redbirds 9, Charlotte Knights 2 (Gameday Box) (Statcast Box)In his first game back down in Triple-A, Jonathan Cannon struggled to keep his command against the Redbirds. He gave up four runs on three hits and struck out four — but he also walked the same amount, which didn’t end up doing him any favors as he gave up three quick runs in...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 2, 2024

Terrell Tatum sparked the Barons in Thursday’s win. | S. R. Silver / South Side Sox The Barons simply cannot be stopped, as the farm goes 3-for-4 today Memphis Redbirds 5, Charlotte Knights 1 (Gameday Box) (Statcast Box)The lone tally for the Knights went a LONG way in this one. Colson CRUSHED IT Colson Montgomery goes YARD in the 5th! pic.twitter.com/7OhBJyDEmn— Charlotte Knights (@Kn...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 12, 2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 26, 2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 24, 2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith Shawver struggles while Riley Frey spins a gem
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 11, 2024
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• Chicago Cubs Minor League Wrap: September 13

Matt Mervis | Dylan Heuer Things looked good in Iowa; but crumbled late for the Smokies. Good evening everyone. Josh normally handles these recaps but is unavailable tonight, so bear with me as I take guest duties for the night! Iowa Cubs First up it was the Iowa Cubs up against the Saint Paul Saints. Nick Neidert was on the mound, but only for an inning of work, giving up two hits and a...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Alan Rangel dominates with 12 K’s
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• Outside the Confines: South of the border
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports MLB plays in Mexico City for the first time. More on the A’s move. The White Sox are a mess. And other news from baseball. Good morning. I’m glad Florida is over. The Giants and the Padres played the first two regular-season games ever in Mexico City this weekend. Sarah Langs has nine “amazing” facts from the Mexico City Series. Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts...2023
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• Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas threw a no-hitter and lost 7-5

Chattanooga Lookouts score seven runs in one inning, without recording a hit, in unusual game...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Michael Soroka throws a shutout

Photo Credit: Jeff Morris Soroka took advantage of a shortened contest to get a complete game in a dominant performance It was a solid day on the farm for the Atlanta Braves top prospects, and while no longer a prospect Michael Soroka led the way with a complete game shutout in a Stripers win. Vaughn Grissom also continued to show out for Gwinnett, and down in High-A Rome Hurston Waldrep m...2023
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• Angels' AA affiliate allows no hits but loses, 7-5

The Angels' Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas threw a combined seven-inning, no-hitter only to lose 7-5 to the Reds' Chattanooga Lookouts in a doubleheader opener after wildness caused a seven-run top of the seventh....2023
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• Braves Minor League recap: Jared Shuster tosses seven scoreless in Gwinnett win

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images Shuster struck held the opposition to just two hits on the day for the Stripers. Despite one game getting rained out, it was a successful day for Atlanta’s MiLB affiliates as the three teams in action swept their games. Jared Shuster dazzled, Joe Hudson homered twice, David McCabe drove in three and Jhancarlos Lara struck out eight in a talent-filled day. ...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith-Shawver, Vaughn Grissom lead Gwinnett to win

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The Atlanta Braves minor league system was strong offensively scoring 28 runs across five games, but their pitching let them down resulting in them going 2-3 on the day. They were led by a former top prospect and one of the hotter hitters in the organization. (49-58) Gwinnett Stripers 7, (41-68) Charlotte Knights 3 Vaughn Grissom 2-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB Braden ...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Gwinnett scores 20 runs

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images The offenses were rolling at every level Every level of the Atlanta Braves system featured a good offensive output on Thursday, but none did it quite as well as the Gwinnett Stripers. The Stripers dropped a season-high 20 runs as they won their fifth straight game. (51-58) Gwinnett Stripers 20, (41-70) Charlotte Knights 4 Box Score Vaughn Grissom, 2B: 1-...2023
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• Minor League Wrap: Crow-Armstrong leads Iowa past Louisville, 7-5

Pete Crow-Armstrong | Dylan Heuer Iowa hangs on to win. Brennen Davis has a good rehab game. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs burned the Louisville Bats (Reds), 7-5. Starter Caleb Kilian pitched 4.2 innings and was touched for two runs, one earned, on five hits. Kilian walked one and struck out three. Because Kilian came one out short of five innings, the win went to Samuel Reyes in relief. But Rey...2023
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 27, 2025
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• Minor League Wrap: I-Cubs Flexen, Wicks combine to shut out Mud Hens, 2-0

Jordan Wicks | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Iowa and Knoxville show terrific pitching in wins. South Bend loses a slugfest. One day after going from South Bend to Iowa, lefty Chase Watkins went back down to South Bend. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs roasted the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 2-0. Chris Flexen started and got the win with six innings, allowing just three hits. Flexen struck out fou...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Knoxville allows just one hit in 6-1 win over Trash Pandas
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• Brewers Minor League Roundup: Week 24

Max Correa / The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK Two affiliates set to begin postseason with Double-A Biloxi nearing a clincher with one week to go Each week, I’ll be bringing you a roundup of the Brewers minor league affiliates, including score updates, key players, and more. Here is the week 24 roundup. Triple-A Nashville The Sounds took four of six against the Gwinnett St...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Pablo Aliendo and the Smokies clinch a playoff spot in extra innings

Pablo Aliendo | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Smokies win their 9th-straight to clinch a playoff spot. Right-hander Brad Deppermann goes from High-A South Bend to Double-A Tennessee. The Tennessee Smokies are returning to the Southern League playoffs for the second straight season!The #Cubs' Double-A affiliate will have a chance to defend its 2023 champions...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Adam Maier throws complete game
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Mejia dominates again
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