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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 16, Sam Hilliard

Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images The former Rockies’ 15th-round pick came back to Coors 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 tha...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Free agent deals for the Rockies to consider

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images There are a few players looking for new homes that may be worth a look Let me preface this article by saying that, yes, I know these aren't going to happen. After the news broke that the Rockies were looking to lower their payroll next season, any hopes of signing an upper-tier free agent were more or less dashed. I’m not saying they were going to be...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies’ looming austerity is a direct consequence of poor payroll decisions

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 4th, 2024 You may think from Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort’s comments on high-spending teams like the New York Mets and San Diego Padres that he would run his baseball team in the most miserly manner possible. The expectation would be that the Rockies would rank in the league’s lowest payrolls ...2024
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• Wedesday Rockpiles: How many McDonald’s Double Cheeseburgers did the Rockies earn in 2024?

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, October 30, 2024 Who doesn’t love a good promotional deal? For over a decade, the Colorado Rockies have featured the Rockies Taco Special with Taco Bell contingent on whether the team scores seven or more runs. It’s been an integral part of the fan lexicon even if you’ve never actually taken advantage o...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: How will arbitration pan out of the Rockies?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Earlier this week we learned the fact that the Colorado Rockies will likely cut payroll a bit for the 2025 season. While that news isn’t surprising, the way the team will go about accomplishing that goal is always of interest to me as someone who loves the process of roster construction. Aft...2024
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• Jake Cave, Dakota Hudson, and Peter Lambert elect free agency

Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images The moves are the first steps in the Rockies sorting out their 40-man roster. This morning, the Colorado Rockies announced that RHP Dakota Hudson, RHP Peter Lambert, and OF Jake Cave have elected free agency: The Rockies announced today the following players have cleared outright waivers and elected free agency in lieu of an assignment to Triple-A:- RHP Dakota Hu...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 16, Sam Hilliard
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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies’ looming austerity is a direct consequence of poor payroll decisions
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 42, Sean Bouchard

Photo by Rachel ODriscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images After losing 2023 to a biceps injury, Bouchard was leapt over by others in 2024 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 ...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Rule-5 protections loom over the Rockies roster

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, October 16, 2024 The Colorado Rockies will have to make many decisions this winter as they try to reconstruct and rebuild their way to contention. They have already settled their first matter of business, extending Bud Black to serve as the manager for one more year, bringing to the table...2024
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• Which fourth outfielder should the Colorado Rockies keep on their roster?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Last week, the Colorado Rockies announced that Bud Black will be returning for a ninth season. While the wisdom of this decision can be debated, it gives fans a sense of where the 2025 Rockies are probably headed: on the familiar route the Rockies have traversed for the last six seasons. Ha...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 48, Jake Cave

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Jake Cave played more than a veteran fourth outfielder should have, but also earned the hearts of Rockies fans as a true Man of the People. 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 conte...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Goodbye Charlie

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, September 24, 2024 Charlie’s on a vacation far away Come to Coors and talk it over. So many things that I want to say, You know I like my players a little bit Nazty I just wanna see your hits tonight I don’t wanna lose your hits tonight! 14 years is a long time to spend for a big league career...2024
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• Cub Tracks puts the fork in

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. This is a late season late season. “Wait ‘til next year” WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears,...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Goodbye Charlie
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• Braves complete sweep of Mets on Ozzie Albies walkoff, 13-10
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images It was another comeback win for the Braves in the series finale, but this one was markedly different than the first two. In what was rightfully billed to be a pitchers’ duel between Spencer Strider and Justin Verlander, the Braves and Mets combined for eight runs in the first inning and a half of baseball and ultimately 23 runs over 10 innings as Atlanta ...2023
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"The second was when our old friend Sam Hilliard got the Rockies on the board with a triple on a ground ball down the line that Jorge Soler had a lot of trouble dealing with."

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"However, with Sam Hilliard on a rehab assignment and Forrest Wall on the 40-man roster, he was expendable."

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"Braves trade for Rockies outfielder Sam Hilliard in first move of MLB offseason"

2021
"Left-hander Ben Bowden, outfielder Sam Hilliard and righty Antonio Santos have been recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque, while reliever Zac Rosscup was selected to the major league roster."

2020
"The Rockies announced that they’ve placed third baseman Nolan Arenado on the 10-day injured list with left AC joint inflammation and a left shoulder bone bruise, released reliever Wade Davis and recalled outfielder Sam Hilliard."

2019
"Both Charlie Blackmon and David Dahl are entrenched in the Colorado outfield, while Sam Hilliard impressed quite a bit in his brief MLB debut in 2019."

2018
"Josh Fuentes, outfielder Sam Hilliard and right-handed pitchers Ryan Castellani and Justin Lawrence were added to the Rockies' 40-man ahead of the deadline to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft."

2017
"It came down to the final game, but Sam Hilliard ultimately put the finishing touches on a 20/20 season as he powered Class A Advanced Lancaster to an 11-4 win over Inland Empire."

• Ranking the Rockies: No. 16, Sam Hilliard
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• Wedesday Rockpiles: How many McDonald’s Double Cheeseburgers did the Rockies earn in 2024?
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• Wednesday Rockpile: How will arbitration pan out of the Rockies?
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 42, Sean Bouchard
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Rule-5 protections loom over the Rockies roster
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• Which fourth outfielder should the Colorado Rockies keep on their roster?
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 48, Jake Cave
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• Sam Hilliard gains perspective as career progresses

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Rockies outfielder enjoying success through ups an downs of MLB journey Life as a professional baseball player has been quite a roller coaster for Colorado Rockies outfielder Sam Hilliard. A 15th round draft pick by the Rockies in 2015, Hilliard’s career has had its share of ups and downs, dotted with frequent visits to the minor le...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 42, Sean Bouchard
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 49, Hunter Goodman

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Hunter Goodman fought for playing time all season, but might have found something to end the season. You’re reading the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at the season had by every player to play 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 t...2024
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• Rockies players face their own set of challenges hitting at Coors Field

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images It’s not as easy as it looks at Coors Field! Colorado — When folks talk about Coors Field, they typically discuss two things: how far the ball flies and how difficult it is to throw breaking pitches. They also often talk about how difficult it is for pitchers to adjust to their stuff not placing as well as they’d like it to (Mario DeGenz wrote an excel...2024
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 19

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images The Braves stood pat with all four teams winning on Wednesday It was undoubtedly a big win for the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday evening, but they did nothing but come up scratch against their competition in the National League wild card race. Each of the three teams they trail had commanding wins of their own, though the road for the Diamondbacks and Met...2024
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• Rockies 6, Cubs 5: This space intentionally left blank

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The Cubs had this game won. And then, suddenly, they didn’t. As most of you know, I generally try to take the optimistic view of the Chicago Cubs. Even recently, when it seemed like any postseason chance was nearly impossible, I kept thinking, “Well, if they can just go on a run here...” But after Saturday’s 6-5, 10-inning loss to the Rockies, even I h...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Colorado’s youth movement in 2024 has been underwhelming.

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, September 5, 2024 Brenton Doyle has been awesome this season, quietly producing as a genuine start-level player while continuing his elite defense in the toughest center field in all of baseball. Ezequiel Tovar has also continued to progress as a bonafide starting MLB shortstop, adding streaky production with the...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 16, Sam Hilliard
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Goodbye Charlie
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• Lifeless Brewers fall to Rockies 4-1

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Rockies pitchers are perfect for last 7 2⁄3 innings Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers took an early lead today in their rubber match with the lowly Colorado Rockies, but after Isaac Collins electrified an enormous home crowd with his first career hit in the second inning, the Brewers’ offense packed it in. They were done for the day, as Rockies starter Kyle Freeland a...2024
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• Jarred Kelenic crushes a three-run homer as Braves clamp down on Colorado, 5-2

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images All the Braves do is win — on Ludacris Night, at least. Southern hospitality was not on the cards for the Colorado Rockies tonight. The Atlanta Braves rode a big first inning all the way to a 5-2 series win over the Rockies as their rude welcome to Atlanta continued for another night. As I mentioned in the opening sentence, the Brav...2024
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• The Braves took "rock bottom" as a challenge in the wrong way this past week

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports What on earth is going on with this team?! Yeah, let’s not beat around the bush here. This is quite easily the worst stretch of baseball that the Atlanta Braves have played since returning to relevancy back in the 2018 season. In every way that the Braves could fail at playing big league baseball this, they found a way to do so this past week. Sometimes i...2024
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Rockies have an outfielder problem

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, May 27th, 2024 The Colorado Rockies are now 52 games into the 2024 season and are once again locked into an all-too-familiar situation: the outfield is crowded, an under-performing veteran is getting far too much playing time, and there are tough decisions to make when it comes to this organization’s futur...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies new confidence and win streak in jeopardy with roster changes

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 17, 2024 It turns out that Yogi Berra was right all along: “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.” The Rockies were beaten down. At 8-28, they were the worst team in baseball. Their confidence was down and the mental mistakes were up. Then came the breakout game. On May 9, the Rockies st...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: The beauty of batting around

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Rockies news and links for Friday, May 10, 2024 A rare and beautiful thing happened on Thursday. Yeah, a decisive 9-1 win over the Giants was great, but that’s not exactly what I mean. In an even rarer occurrence, the Rockies rallied and batted around in the fourth inning in a seven-run frame. Of course, it had to come after the Giants struck first an...2024
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• For the 2024 Atlanta Braves’ offense it is deja vu all over again

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How soon we forget that at this point in the season, the 2023 Braves were playing a lot like the 2024 Braves are this year. That provides reasons for optimism for the team’s offense. After being swept in Los Angeles by the Dodgers, the Atlanta Braves hold a 20-12 record with one-fifth of the 2024 season in the books. Ignoring the ...2024
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• Braves reinstate Max Fried from injured list, designate Dalton Guthrie for assignment

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images It is official! As expected, the Atlanta Braves have reinstated Max Fried from the 60-day injured list. He will make his first start since May 5 in Friday’s series opener against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Braves designated outfielder Dalton Guthrie for assignment. The Braves opened up a spot on the active ...2023
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• Braves hit five homers in 10-3 romp over Royals
Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Matt Olson and Austin Riley hit back-to-back homers in the first inning and the Braves never really looked back as they easily took Game 1 of their weekend series against the Royals. If you tuned in tonight wanting a close, competitive baseball game, like the kind the Braves played three nights in a row when sweeping the Reds earlier this week... this game ...2023
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• Sam Hilliard could be the hidden gem of the offseason for the Atlanta Braves
Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Hilliard has done a nice job filling in for the injured Michael Harris. The Atlanta Braves are hot out of the gate with 13-4 record have an early two-game lead over the Mets in the NL East. A fast start has not been the norm for this team over the last few seasons, but is a welcome change and doesn’t come without adversity, as the ...2023
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• Braves activate Michael Harris from injured list
Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Harris returns as the Braves get set for a four-game series in New York. The Atlanta Braves are getting a key player back in time for Friday’s series opener against the New York Mets. The Braves announced Friday morning that they have activated Michael Harris from the injured list. The team also reinstated Eli White from the pat...2023
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• Ozzie Albies, Ehire Adrianza homer as Braves blowout Phillies
Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta’s offense rakes in Tuesday’s game against the Phils The Atlanta Braves jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in a 15-5, Grapefruit League win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The bats came alive early for the Braves in the first as Marcell Ozuna doubled off the top of the wall in center, bringing home Ozzie Albies and Vaughn Grissom f...2023
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• Recap: Kyle Wright with a shaky first start, offense carries team to 7-6 win
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Offense picks up Kyle Wright, carries team to 7-6 win. It was unlikely that Kyle Wright was going to comeback and immediately look like the guy that was so impressive for all of the last season. So a slow start isn't necessarily a surprise. And that's what tonight was. A slow start. Wright got through the first two innings without muc...2023
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• Orlando Arcia delivers as Braves walk-off Padres
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta’s bullpen allowed three runs in the win. Orlando Arcia delivered a walk-off single in the ninth to help the Atlanta Braves to a 7-6 win over the San Diego Padres. The Braves got to work quickly against Padres lefty Blake Snell and once again, it was Ronald Acuña Jr. who set the table. Acuña jumped on a 2-1 fastball from Snell and hooked it into t...2023
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• Elder stops getting away with it, but wacky eighth gives Braves a thrilling comeback win over Marlins, 6-4
Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Miami defense was anything but in a decisive four-run eighth for Atlanta For tonight, at least, Bryce Elder did not keep getting away with this. The right-hander, who had yielded zero homers through his first four starts of the year, yielded three in one game. With reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara on the hill for the visitors, it see...2023
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• Jarred Kelenic crushes a three-run homer as Braves clamp down on Colorado, 5-2
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• Preseason Prep - February 29, 2024
Jhoan Duran, RP (MIN) Duran was knocked around in his Grapefruit League debut, allowing four runs on three hits and a walk in two-thirds of an inning. The fireballer topped out at 100.5 mph, which is about a mile per hour less than his average from 2023. These details should be ignored at this point in the preseason as he will likely work his arm into increased velocity. Duran is entering his firs...2024
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• The Hilliards Are Alive With The Sound of Boomstick
Yesterday, Sam Hilliard went 1-for-4 with his 7th homer, and 3rd homer in the last 4 games. It's no coincidence his hot streak started this week. Last weekend, Hilliard was dealing with a hitch in his swing and striking out even in batting practice. He saw Trevor Story (2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 14th and 15th homer) walking by and asked him for some help. Trevor responded, "Listen to me, I hate this...2021
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 16, Sam Hilliard
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• Jake Cave, Dakota Hudson, and Peter Lambert elect free agency
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, August 2024

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images How does the Rockies farm system look after another year? In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 72 players across 35 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who missed a few write-ups or even w...2024
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• The Braves took "rock bottom" as a challenge in the wrong way this past week
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• Rox: 7, Sox: BAD

Starter-not-starter Michael Kopech had himself another miserable spring outing. | Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Maybe the org is secretly doing us a favor not letting us watch? In a game that none of us could see or hear, probably for the better, the White Sox put on another indefatigable display of atrocious baseball. Unfortunately, I don’t foresee much of anything changing when the calendar...2024
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, February 2024

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images After revealing the Top 30 PuRPs over the past few weeks, what does the system look like as a whole? In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 57 players across 23 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who mis...2024
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• Despite rallies, Braves’ win streak snapped at nine with 6-5, extra-inning loss
Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images The Braves couldn’t quite eke out a win on Independence Day despite two homers from Ozzie Albies Well, you can’t win ‘em all, though the Braves certainly tried to do so. The result: a 6-5, extra-inning loss in Cleveland, despite Ozzie Albies hitting two key homers, and the Braves electing to pitch Raisel Iglesias a third straight day to hang in there and ...2023
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• Braves snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in 6-5 loss to Tigers
Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images Yes, that really happened. The Braves really lost that game. Despite spending most of the game in clear control of this one, a bad outing from Raisel Iglesias in the ninth inning and some bad defense in the tenth inning helped contribute to the Atlanta Braves coughing up a four-run lead on their way to a stunning loss at the hands of the Detroit Tigers....2023
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• Marcell Ozuna has got to go
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images He’s gotten off to another slow start. He looks like he did in 2022, which is exactly how he looked to start 2021. This can’t keep going on if the Braves want to be as good as they can be. The Atlanta Braves are about to embark on a quick road trip that'll take them to Kansas City and San Diego, and they'll be hitting the road while c...2023
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