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• Preseason Prep - March 4, 2025
Yankees Back Half of the Rotation is Suddenly Uncertain While the Top of the Yankees rotation looks as solid as ever, injuries have made for some opportunities at the back half. Clark Schmidt has yet to pitch in the spring due to a back injury and has been limited to bullpen sessions although he is expected to get into a game soon. Schmidt had a breakout half-season last year with a 2.85 ERA / 3....2025
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• Braves bench battle baffles

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Competition for the final position player roster spots is still wide-open. More than a week’s worth of Spring Training games are in the books for your Atlanta Braves. In less than four weeks, the Braves will be wrapping up their first regular season series with the San Diego Padres. With the team’s starting line-up pretty much a given...2025
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• Braves starting catcher Murphy out 4-6 weeks
Braves starting catcher Sean Murphy will miss the start of the season with a rib injury....2025
• Braves catcher Sean Murphy to miss 4-6 weeks with cracked rib

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Could it be Drake Baldwin time to open the season? The Braves were enjoying a mostly healthy spring up until Monday morning when it was announced starting catcher Sean Murphy suffered a cracked left rib and will miss 4-6 weeks. Sean Murphy will miss 4-6 weeks with a cracked left rib. Drake Baldwin will have a chance to begin the sea...2025
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• Sean Murphy Out Four To Six Weeks With Cracked Rib
Braves catcher Sean Murphy has a cracked rib on the left side of his ribcage and will be out for the next four to six weeks, manager Brian Snitker announced this morning (link via Gabe Burns of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution). He sustained the injury when he was hit by a pitch during a Grapefruit League…...2025
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Around the League Sean Murphy-Braves-C Sean Murphy is coming off arguably his worst season in the majors. He played in only 72 games due to injury and when he was on the field it was a struggle. Murphy hit .193 with 10 HR, 19 R, 25 RBI, and 0 SB. This was coming off the best season of his career in 2023 (.251 AVG, 21 HR, 65 R, 68 RBI, and 0 SB in 108 GP). He played the first game of the season...2025
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• Top 30 Braves Prospects Who could Debut in 2025

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Braves have a number of players, especially on the pitching end, who could make their debuts this upcoming season. The grind for pitching is a never-ending battle for any major league team, and the Atlanta Braves have now found themselves in a position where they have a large contingent of starters nearly ready to make the leap to earni...2025
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• Assessments of Arizona Cardinals’ 2023, 2024 Draft Picks

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The picks are talented, but the coaching plans are difficult to comprehend Arizona Cardinals Draft Picks Tracker by Round in 2023 Round 1 | Pick 6 (from DET) Paris Johnson Jr., OT, Ohio State Round 2 | Pick 41 (from TEN) BJ Ojulari, EDGE, LSU Round 3 | Pick 72 (from TEN) Garrett Williams, CB, Syracuse Round 3 | Pick 94 Michael Wilson, WR, Stanford Round 4...2025
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• Chris Sale pitches two strong scoreless innings as Braves start spring training action

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Exhibition baseball is still baseball! The Atlanta Braves got their spring training campaign for 2025 started in the same way that they likely intend to start their regular season campaign: With Chris Sale looking good on the mound. Sale pitched two clean innings that went by in the blink of an eye as the Braves began their Grapefruit League season with a...2025
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• Braves News: Grapefruit League opener, Spencer Strider update, and more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves play a baseball game today! The squad will make the trip to Fort Myers to take on the Minnesota Twins today at 1:05 ET. Chris Sale is slated to pitch two innings and Sean Murphy will be behind the plate. Bryce Elder is also set to make an appearance on the bump. Chris Sale ...2025
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"Braves catcher Sean Murphy has a cracked rib on the left side of his ribcage and will be out for the next four to six weeks, manager Brian Snitker announced this morning (link via Gabe Burns of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)."

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"Sean Murphy reached on an error by Turner and then moved to second on an infield single by Orlando Arcia."

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"The Braves started off hot as their first four batters all hit a ball over 100 MPH, but it was a single from Austin Riley and a double from Sean Murphy that put the Braves on the board in the top of the first."

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"The Braves have acquired catcher Sean Murphy from the A’s, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN."

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"Tampa Bay announced that receiver Scotty Miller and cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting have been designated to return from injured reserve."

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"Sean Murphy’s the lone member of last season’s group still remaining, and the promising 25-year-old figures to get the most playing time…"

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"Top prospect Sean Murphy may not be far from MLB readiness after a strong showing in Double-A in 2018, but the only two catchers on the 40-man roster at the moment are Josh Phegley and Chris Herrmann."

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"The Oakland A's future battery of left-hander Jesus Luzardo and catcher Sean Murphy took center stage Monday in Double-A Midland's 7-1 win against Frisco."

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"Two of their prized prospects, Logan Shore and Sean Murphy, were in fine form Friday afternoon in Arizona Fall League action."

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"Oakland Athletics minor league pitcher Sean Murphy died Monday at the age of 27."

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• Ian Anderson and Grant Holmes both deliver pristine performances in spring action

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images They both pitched three innings and the Marlins couldn’t touch either of them today. Both Ian Anderson and Grant Holmes brought the heat to the ballpark today — they both looked very good as each of them pitched three great innings for the Atlanta Braves against the Miami Marlins in spring training action today. Anderson got the ball to start today’s contest and i...2025
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• Top catching prospect Drake Baldwin knocking on the door in 2025

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Baldwin discussed his rise from third-round pick to becoming Atlanta’s top prospect. Despite no longer ranking among the top farm systems in the game, the Atlanta Braves continue to produce prospects with significant upside on a regular basis. Many of those players have become important cogs in the machine on a perennial postseason c...2025
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• Which Braves non-roster Spring Training invitee has the best chance to make the Opening Day roster?

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

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images There is no shortage of intrigue as baseball returns for the 2025 season. The Super Bowl is now more than a week in the rear view mirror and, for Eagles fans like myself, I’m still not done re-watching the highlights of their beatdown of the Chiefs. Not even close. But this week, full squad spring training workouts began around Major League Basebal...2025
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• A look at shortstop trade options for the Braves

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It’s not Orlando, but I hear Tampa is nice... I’ve spent the last couple of summers learning how to grill. Of course, I had grilled before all of that, but I was like I really want to learn how to grill. So I bought this nifty book to learn more about the science behind grilling, and I started finding a few things a month to spend the...2025
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• Ian Anderson and Grant Holmes both deliver pristine performances in spring action
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• Three more bounce-back candidates for the 2025 Braves

Harris is primed for a great year | Denis Poroy-Imagn Images The Braves had a down year last year, but there was more in play than injuries. Some players are primed for serious bounce backs when we look at their underlying numbers. There is no sugar coating it, the Atlanta Braves did not reach the win total that many had hoped for last season. Of course, injuries played a major role in off...2025
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• Braves have second-best odds of winning World Series, according to FanGraphs

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Here’s another projection model that paints a lovely picture for the Braves in 2025. Earlier this week, Baseball Prospectus released their annual preseason PECOTA projections and their numbers painted an appealing picture for the Atlanta Braves as far as their chances go in 2025. Now, it’s FanGraphs’ turn to get in on the projection ...2025
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• Ranking the best trades in Milwaukee Brewers history

Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images Something to ponder while we wait for spring As we wait to see whether the Brewers make any moves to improve their infield before spring training, I thought it would be an interesting time to go back through team history and look at some of the team’s best trades. I’ve ranked the top five trades with the following considerations in mind: What did they get? What...2025
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• Atlanta Braves Bounce Back Candidate: Sean Murphy

Can Murphy bounce back? | Brett Davis-Imagn Images Can Sean Murphy bounce back? There are some promising signs. The Atlanta Braves have had a slow offseason. There are likely multiple variables in play as to why the offseason has been slow, but one of them is likely that the front office has faith that players that underperformed last season will bounce back. One of the most obvious bounce...2025
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• 2025 is a big year for Sean Murphy

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Reviewing the catcher’s first two years in Atlanta and looking ahead to what we can expect from him in 2025 Picture this – you wake up. It’s March 29th, 2024. After yesterday’s Opening Day was rained out, your Atlanta Braves are set to begin the 2024 season in Philadelphia. Fresh off a 104-win 2023 campaign backed by the greatest offense ...2025
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• Braves add Curt Casali for catching depth, per report

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The 11-year veteran adds additional organizational depth. Yesterday, a report indicated that former San Francisco Giants catcher Curt Casali as agree to a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves. Casali is an 11-year MLB veteran backstop who has served mainly as a reserve since debuting in 2014. The 36-year-old began his career with the Tampa Bat R...2025
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• Top catching prospect Drake Baldwin knocking on the door in 2025
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• A look at shortstop trade options for the Braves
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: 1-6

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Number one is exactly who you though number one would be We have come to the final installment of our 2025 top Atlanta Braves prospects, and the first thing I would like to do is thank everyone who followed along and who has contributed to the list. Without the staff here we couldn’t give you guys such in depth coverage of the Braves system, and with...2025
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• Braves News: Drake Baldwin, bullpen, spring training invites, more

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday It was a good day for Drake Baldwin, as he got a spring training invite and landed on ESPN’s top 100 prospects list. It does appear that he will start the season at AAA, especially after The Athletic’s David O’Brien reported that Sean Murphy is expected to start roughly 80% of the Braves’ games this season, which ...2025
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• What if the Braves stand pat heading into the regular season?

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images There’s a non-zero chance that the way the Braves look right now is the way they’re going to look once this thing gets rockin’-and-rollin’ again in late-March. So here we are, folks: It’s January and the biggest move of the offseason for the Atlanta Braves has been the one where they stick their hand up and wave “bye-bye” to to a bunc...2025
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• A Bingo card of Braves resolutions

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Bingo, That’s It! Every New Year’s Eve, my wife and I have a conversation about the past year – name the top three and the worst three things from the past year. We had a lot of good things this past year, but I had trouble coming up with what my top three were. My gallbladder exploding, however … well, that was top worst thing of the year (I’m clearly f...2025
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• Braves decline options on Travis d’Arnaud and Luke Jackson, per report

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Earlier on Monday afternoon, the Atlanta Braves completed a no-brainer of a move when they exercised the club option for Marcell Ozuna and locked him in for another season. It sure seemed like Travis d’Arnaud would also be locking in as well, especially considering that it had been reported and assumed that d’Arnaud would be having his op...2024
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• Atlanta Braves clinch Wild Card spot with 3-0 win over Mets

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It wasn’t easy and they certainly took the scenic route but the Braves eventually got the job done! As usual for the Atlanta Braves in 2024, they did it the wacky, wild, and hard way. Just moments after losing the craziest game of the season to the New York Mets, there will now be two champagne celebrations in the Truist Park locker r...2024
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• Sean Murphy powers Atlanta to a 9-3 victory
Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Braves’ new catcher raked in big moments for the Braves. With Bryce Elder on the mound, the Braves looked to seize a series victory in game 2 against Kansas City. The Braves started off hot as their first four batters all hit a ball over 100 MPH, but it was a single from Austin Riley and a double from Sean Murphy that put the Braves on ...2023
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• Sean Murphy makes his presence felt in 5-4 walk-off Braves win over Reds
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta's new catcher had two doubles and a home run, with the dinger giving the Braves the extra-innings win in the 10th inning. Have yourself a night! Sean Murphy brought his A-Game to the plate tonight. The newest catcher for the Atlanta Braves had two doubles in the first nine innings of this game and then capped it off with a hom...2023
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• Braves bash Cubs in Max Fried’s return to the mound

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Fried tossed six scoreless innings while Atlanta launched three more homers. Max Fried made a triumphant return to the mound to help the Atlanta Braves to a big 8-0 win over the Chicago Cubs Friday at Wrigley Field. The Braves waited three months for the return of Max Fried and he got off to a good start with a perfect first inning. Fried’s first strike...2023
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• Fried and Strider both have scoreless outings as Braves sweep split squad games
Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Matt Olson, Austin Riley and Michael Harris II each went deep as well. Simply put, it was exactly what you want to see from your regulars during spring training Both Max Fried and Spencer Strider had a productive day on the mound in their respective outings. The top two pitchers in Atlanta’s rotation each racked up three scoreless innings as the Braves f...2023
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• Braves Acquire Sean Murphy, Brewers Acquire William Contreras In Three-Team Trade
The Braves have acquired catcher Sean Murphy from the A’s, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN. It’s actually a three-team trade, per Passan, with William Contreras going to the Brewers and Manny Pina to the A’s. Right-handed pitching prospect Freddy Tarnok will be going from Atlanta to Oakland, per Robert Murray of FanSided. The A’s will…...2022
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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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• Sean Murphy, Travis d’Arnaud ready to get to work for the Atlanta Braves
Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Sean Murphy and Travis d’Arnaud should give the Braves one of the best catching tandems in the league. The Atlanta Braves shook up their catching ranks this offseason with a big three-team trade whey they landed Sean Murphy from Oakland. While catcher was an area of strength for the team in 2022, Murphy is regarded as one of the best defensive catch...2023
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• Austin Riley, Travis d’Arnaud lead Braves past Phillies
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta scored Austin Riley homered twice and Travis d’Arnaud came through with a big hit late to help the Atlanta Braves outlast the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5. The Braves’ offense got started quickly against Aaron Nola in the first. Matt Olson singled and then came all the way around when Austin Riley lined a 459 foot home run to l...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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• Braves starting catcher Murphy out 4-6 weeks
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• Ian Anderson and Grant Holmes both deliver pristine performances in spring action
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• Friday spring training game thread

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Atlanta Braves are back at it again. It’s another road game which means that we’re not going to get any type of stacked lineup today. With that being said, Sean Murphy and Drake Baldwin are in here and batting back-to-back, so there’s that. Also, I finished off last night’s post by saying that Grant Holmes would be starting today’...2025
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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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• Braves provide tl;dr of 2024 season with 9-0 loss to Dodgers

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Look, I’m just sayin’ — the Braves out-xBAed the Dodgers by .070 and had the only four barrels in the game, and lost 9-0 The Braves played a baseball game on Monday night, which they lost 9-0, to once again drop them out of a playoff spot (for the time being?). The flow of the game itself is, at this point, largely irrelevant. I’ll be...2024
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• Michael Harris II homers and puts the winning ball in play as Braves walk off Nationals, 3-2

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images You're not going to want to watch this one again but nobody around here is going to complain about another Braves win. A win's a win! The Atlanta Braves didn't exactly look like worldbeaters for long stretches of this game but they were able to keep the train on the tracks long enough for the Washington Nationals to eventually throw the ...2024
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• This might end up being the best Braves lineup in franchise history
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Atlanta Braves as a franchise have had some fantastic offenses dating back to their days in Boston. This might be the best in that long, long line. Yesterday afternoon, the Atlanta Braves walloped the Los Angeles Angels 12-5. This included a six-run barrage in the fourth inning that ultimately put the game out of reach at 9-1 at that point. The baseba...2023
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• Braves Unlikely To Trade Travis d’Arnaud
Atlanta’s acquisition of catcher Sean Murphy in a three-team trade with the A’s and Brewers led to some speculation about the possibility of trading veteran Travis d’Arnaud, whom Murphy ousted as the starting catcher the moment he was acquired. However, David O’Brien of The Athletic writes that Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos has…...2022
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