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• Smith-Shawver looks back on whirlwind final week of '24
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• Braves bullpen strategy so far this winter has been more about quantity

Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK The Braves have attacked their bullpen questions this off-season by embracing the variance. When it was announced on November 4th that Joe Jimenez underwent surgery to repair cartilage damage in his left knee and that he would miss most (maybe all) of the 2025 season, it became crystal clear the Atlanta Braves would be making a significant add...2025
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• What’s Hurston Waldrep going to do in 2025?

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Another guy who doesn’t have to contribute right now, but flew through the system last year anyway We talked about AJ Smith-Shawver yesterday. Let’s talk about Hurston Waldrep today. In some ways, there’s less to say about Waldrep. He flew through the system last year, but was downright horrible at the MLB level. He was also hurt, and didn’t do anything ...2025
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• What’s AJ Smith-Shawver going to do in 2025?

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Is he going to continue stalling, or break out? Or, something in between? By this point, everyone is probably on board with Drake Baldwin being the pride and joy of this minor league system. But, AJ Smith-Shawver, who was maybe the pride and joy before Baldwin, is still kicking around, falling into the top 50 of the recently-released FanGraphs prospect ...2025
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• Braves News: Drake Baldwin, Orlando Arcia, Alex Anthopoulos, more

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Some more news and notes as we are one day closer to Spring Training Games beginning. If you continue to see Drake Baldwin more and more in articles on Battery Power in recent weeks, it is both for good reason and a good sign. In the midst of the time of year where many outlets are revealing their top 100 prospects lists across baseball, Baldwin conti...2025
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• What’s Hurston Waldrep going to do in 2025?
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• What’s AJ Smith-Shawver going to do in 2025?
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• Battery Power Top 30 Prospects: Best Tools, Pitchers

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Hurston Waldrep’s splitter is one of many standout pitches in the Braves system Yesterday we gave you our best tools amongst the position player prospects in our top 30 Atlanta Braves prospects list, and today we’re going to flip it around and look at pitchers. While the lack of depth led to many of the best tools being shared between the same handful of...2025
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• “The confidence is still there,” but “no statements” from the Braves as spring training begins

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves once again have high expectations but the squad isn’t doing the grand proclamation of “World Series or bust” here in 2025. Today is the day that keeps a lot of people warm during the long and cold winter that is baseball’s offseason. That’s because today is the day in particular where pitchers and catchers for the Atlanta B...2025
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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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• POLL: What type of starter should the Braves target?

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves could use an innings eater, but they could also use another postseason-caliber arm should one of their top four pitchers sustain an injury heading into October for what would be the fourth straight season. The Atlanta Braves rotation, as currently constructed, is very good. Here are the numbers for each of their top 6 pitch...2025
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• Baseball Prospectus ranks Drake Baldwin as Braves top prospect

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images Another ranking and another top spot for the 23-year-old catcher. Baseball Prospectus is the latest organization to release their top prospect list this month, with their 2025 preseason Top 10 list featuring Drake Baldwin as the Atlanta Braves’ top prospect. Drake Baldwin's breakout 2024 season leads him to the top of our new look @Br...2025
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• After the longest month ever, Braves Spring Training is almost here

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images What do we know, and what we don’t, about the upcoming season as the Braves get ready to head to North Port. January 2025 was the longest month ever. But we made it. February is here and that means pitcher and catchers will be reporting in less that two weeks with full squad workouts starting for the Atlanta Braves a few days after that...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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"Smith Shawver (or a handful of others) as the fifth starter."

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"Braves’ offense slugs four homers to complete sweep of Milwaukee"

• Braves bullpen strategy so far this winter has been more about quantity
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• Braves News: Drake Baldwin, Orlando Arcia, Alex Anthopoulos, more
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: 1-6
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• POLL: What type of starter should the Braves target?
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• Baseball Prospectus ranks Drake Baldwin as Braves top prospect
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• Braves farm system ranked 28th by Baseball America

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images There is life in a farm system that has been ravaged by promotions and sanctions Baseball America has published their farm system rankings and the Atlanta Braves find themselves....closer to the bottom than last year. The Braves come in at 28th overall in baseball, down two spots from 26th last year. It’s important to note some of the reasoning behind the ranking ...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: Honorable Mentions

Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Braves have started to build out depth in the system, with multiple top 30 honorable mentions with helium heading into 2025 The long offseason is finally drawing to its close, with football fans outside of Kansas City and Pennsylvania begging for better days to look forward to. Well, if you like the Atlanta Braves you should be in ...2025
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• After the longest month ever, Braves Spring Training is almost here
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• What’s left for the Braves after signing Jurickson Profar?

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images A big addition leaves the Braves with a few more holes to fill before spring training. The Atlanta Braves finally — finally! — made an offseason splash on Thursday, signing outfielder Jurickson Profar to a three-year, $42 million deal. Profar solidifies the Braves’ outfield picture heading into 2025, where he could form one of the game’s top outfields ...2025
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• Braves bullpen strategy so far this winter has been more about quantity
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• Battery Power Top 30 Prospects: Best Tools, Pitchers
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• Braves farm system ranked 28th by Baseball America
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: Honorable Mentions
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• Will the Braves roll the dice with their bullpen?
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• Atlanta Braves fall to the San Diego Padres as offense could not produce.

Ozuna struggled tonight against the Padres | Denis Poroy-Imagn Images As feared, the Braves offense was once again anemic in a big game. The Bullpen was fantastic as they carried the game for 6.2 innings The Atlanta Braves faced the San Diego Padres in game one of the Wild Card Series at Petco Park. The Braves just squeezed into the playoffs as they clinched on the final game of the season...2024
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• Braves News: Ozzie Albies could return this week, Grant Holmes to start Tuesday, more

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Braves finish with a series split with Dodgers in disappointing fashion. On Monday, many MLB teams had multiple hits with runners in scoring position during their games. This includes both the Dodgers and Mets, who both won their respective games. One team that did not have any hits with runners in scoring position on Monday was the Atl...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out 11

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Smith-Shawver got ten whiffs with his changeup while Drake Baldwin went deep in a Stripers loss It’s the final full Saturday on the farm system, and there were a few exciting pitching prospects in action in the Atlanta Braves system. AJ Smith-Shawver wielded his splitter to great effect in Triple-A, striking out 11 batters over seven innings. Lucas Brau...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Gwinnett swept their series last week behind the bats of Alvarez and Drake Baldwin The minor league season is quickly coming to a close, as the two lowest level Atlanta Braves affiliates will be playing their final regular season home series of the season this week. At the upper levels the near-MLB players are starting to find their stride, as Nacho Alvarez and...2024
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• Braves begin pivotal(?) road trip with three game series at Coors Field

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Atlanta will carry a five-game losing streak on the road for a matchup against the Rockies After a disappointing homestand where they were thoroughly outplayed and knocked out of playoff position for the first time in the regular season since June 2022, the Atlanta Braves will head out on a 10-game road trip that could prove to be critical for their po...2024
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• Braves have two prospects in 2025 FanGraphs Top 100 Prospect List

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images FanGraphs thinks really, really highly of Drake Baldwin in particular. Prospect ranking list season is still going and today FanGraphs released their Top 100 Prospects list for 2025. As you would expect, the Atlanta Braves have at least one representative on this list with the obvious name of Drake Baldwin. The promising catcher is joined ...2025
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• Will the Braves roll the dice with their bullpen?
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• What’s left for the Braves after signing Jurickson Profar?
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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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• Atlanta Braves fall to the San Diego Padres as offense could not produce.
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out 11
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• Braves Minor League Recap: JR Ritchie filthy on a stormy Saturday

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Ritchie was once again dominant in an Augusta win It was a muddy day on the Atlanta Braves farm, with three of the four levels being significantly impacted by rain. Still, all four games got played to some extent at least and we saw a few intriguing performances. The best of these came from JR Ritchie, who has exceeded all hopes with such a short rec...2024
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• Spencer Strider might be out for a long time and that sucks

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The Braves are still big-time favorites to make some noise this season but losing their top starter is truly horrible. Well, this sucks! We’re only one week into the season and the Atlanta Braves are already dealing with their first bit of serious adversity as Spencer Strider’s UCL in his throwing arm has been damaged. We still don’t know what the extent of th...2024
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• Spencer Strider’s MRI reveals damaged UCL, further evaluations pending

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A pretty devastating blow to the organization, and the Braves will have to find a way to soldier on During a pretty somber Saturday afternoon press conference, the Braves held fast to the premise that no news is good news, and the presence of news, well, sucks: Spencer Strider today underwent an MRI that revealed damage to the ul...2024
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• Braves’ offense slugs four homers to complete sweep of Milwaukee
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Olson, Ozuna, and Riley use the long ball to lift Atlanta over the Brewers The Atlanta Braves clinched their first series sweep since the All-Star break with an 8-6, come-from-behind win against the Milwaukee Brewers. AJ Smith-Shawver got the start and found himself in some early trouble in the first. Christian Yelich walked to start the game and then advance ...2023
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• Eddie Rosario slams Diamondbacks as Braves take series
Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Late game heroics along with A.J. Smith-Shawver debut gets Atlanta the series win Late game heroics from Eddie Rosario helped seal the series win for Atlanta as they took down the Diamondbacks 8-5. Ozzie Albies got things going in the top of the second with a line drive single. Albies followed his hit with excellent baserunning as he would steal second and ...2023
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• Kyle Wright debuts, Vaughn Grissom collects three hits as Braves beat Rays
John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Wright allowed four runs over 2 2/3 innings in his first action of the spring. Vaughn Grissom had three hits while Matt Olson homered again to help the Atlanta Braves grab a 6-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Kyle Wright made his spring debut and retired Yandy Diaz and Wander Franco before allowing a solo home run to Brandon Lowe on a 3-0 pitch. He then a...2023
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• Braves 6, Cubs 5: Jameson Taillon has an outstanding outing, but it’s not enough

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Once again, the Cubs’ bullpen failed. ATLANTA — The summary of the Cubs’ September in one tweet: The Cubs have now lost 5 games this month after holding a lead in the 8th inning or later.That's tied for their most such losses in any single month over the last 50 seasons (June 1991 & September 1992).— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) September 28, 2023...2023
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• Braves News: Shortstop turbulence, wild win, more
Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday The shortstop spot continues to be an issue for the Braves with Orlando Arcia out hurt, even as they have been one of the best teams in the league this season. Vaughn Grissom has been downright awful defensively since being called up and has been quite bad offensively as well. Braden Shewmake has a much better ...2023
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• Matt Olson breaks single-season franchise record in RBIs as Braves sweep Cubs, 5-3

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Olson continued to rewrite the Braves record books as his 54th home run of the season helped push Atlanta to a series sweep over the Cubs. The Atlanta Braves continued to look strong heading into the Postseason with another solid performance tonight. This time, the offense kept on producing and the pitching staff performed well as a collective as the Bra...2023
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• Braves recall Allan Winans, AJ Smith-Shawver

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Atlanta shuttled out two more pitchers. As expected, the Atlanta Braves announced Sunday morning that they have recalled right-hander Allan Winans from Gwinnett. He will start Sunday’s series finale against the Pirates. The team also recalled righty AJ Smith-Shawver to the active roster. Dylan Dodd and Darius Vines were optioned to Gwinnett after Saturday’...2023
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• Braves top prospect AJ Smith-Shawver promoted to Triple-A
Credit: Mills Fitzner Smith-Shawver continues a rapid ascent through the system after just two Double-A appearances. Just two weeks ago we saw Atlanta Braves prospect AJ Smith-Shawver get promoted to Double-A Mississippi. It was an aggressive move that made him one of the youngest players in the league, but it apparently wasn’t enough. Two games, totaling seven innings, was all it took for...2023
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• What’s AJ Smith-Shawver going to do in 2025?
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• Braves have two prospects in 2025 FanGraphs Top 100 Prospect List
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• “The confidence is still there,” but “no statements” from the Braves as spring training begins
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• POLL: What type of starter should the Braves target?
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• Baseball Prospectus ranks Drake Baldwin as Braves top prospect
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs
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• Hurston Waldrep, Ignacio Alvarez among Baseball Prospectus’ Top 101 prospects

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Hurston Waldrep makes a huge leap into the Top 30 of Baseball Prospectus’ annual Top 101. Prospect list season officially began Tuesday with the release of Baseball Prospectus’ annual top 101 list. The Atlanta Braves were shutout in last year’s offering, but had two prospects make the cut this time around. 2023 first round pick Hurston Waldrep debuted...2024
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the Division Series

Jason Heyward reacts after hitting a single against the Giants. | John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports Who are you cheering for as playoff baseball continues? Four Wild Card Series and four sweeps later the bracket is set for four best of five Division Series. One division winner, the Milwaukee Brewers, has already been eliminated, the other five remain. These series have everything, including lots...2023
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• Braves Mailbag: Roster decisions, Michael Soroka, playoff rotation and more

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images This week’s mailbag is full of questions about the rotation and some of the bullpen decisions that the Braves are going to have to make. A huge thank you to everyone that sent in questions for this week’s Atlanta Braves mailbag. I couldn’t get to all of them, but we are going to try do these more frequently over the final month of the regular season...2023
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