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The Atlanta Braves made a minor move on Tuesday and added infielder Dominic Smith on their list of non-roster invites to spring training. Smith, 30, spent the 2025 season in San Francisco, where he appeared in 63 games. He spent the majority of his time at first base, but also appeared in right field and […]
From Talking Chop | 15 days ago | 1 read
The outfield figures to be a position of strength for the Atlanta Braves as they head into the 2026 season. The signing of Mike Yastrzemski could end up being a bit of a coup, as Yaz can provide some solid production at any part of the outfield. As a matter of fact, Yaz figures to […]
From Talking Chop | 16 days ago | 2 reads
Back on Friday, Alex Anthopoulos spoke with the media and I got the chance to ask him a couple of questions, which you can check out at this link. I also promised that I’d have some thoughts from Walt Weiss coming as well, since he spoke with the media right after AA got done talking. […]
From Talking Chop | 16 days ago | 1 read
“Please, no more Braves injury news,” you all collectively begged the Large Language Model in the sky that is in charge of simulating our collective existence. Well, it heard your entreaties, and has responded in kind: It’s a bombshell of a Tuesday morning news drop, but at least it’s not, “Matt Olson and Chris Sale […]
From Talking Chop | 16 days ago | 1 read
Prior entries: Ah, Sean Murphy. There’s a long tradition of guys being the guy to draw the most rancor debate-wise in Braves fandom, and, well, Sean Murphy bears that mantle now. No one was complaining about Murphy shortly into the 2023 season, or in the aftermath of that season, but things haven’t gone great for […]
From Talking Chop | 16 days ago | 4 reads
For once, the Braves were able to make it through a day without any further injury news (knock on wood that becomes the norm.) And while Monday was a slow news day overall, it was fun to see JR Ritchie and Didier Fuentes named in the top 100 prospects at Fangraphs. While it is surprising […]
From Talking Chop | 16 days ago | 3 reads
With real baseball games just around the corner FanGraphs released their Top 100 Prospect List for 2026. Only two Braves prospects make the list this year with JR Ritchie leading the way coming in at No. 68 overall, while Didier Fuentes comes in at No. 90 on the list. This is the highest we’ve seen […]
From Talking Chop | 17 days ago | 1 read
It has been less than a week since the start of 2026 Spring Training arrived, and the it feels like the 2025 bad injury luck for the Braves never ended. It feels like every day comes with a new injury update, and while some may be positive, the negative updates seem to always be of […]
From Talking Chop | 18 days ago | 2 reads
Well, at least you can file this one under “it shouldn’t theoretically affect the Braves in 2026, I guess,” if it makes you feel any better: This does seem more like a holdover from 2025’s injury woes than a continuation into 2026, but it is what it is. The notable thing here is that once […]
From Talking Chop | 18 days ago | 2 reads
There has been a decent bit of discussion around Alex Anthopoulos’ comments regarding essentially only looking to add a starter who would be a middle/top of the rotation guy and not really trying to add just a guy to fit into the back of the rotation. I have conflicted feelings on these comments. A guy […]
From Talking Chop | 19 days ago | 2 reads
As you may know, MLB will use an automated ball-strike system in nearly all games this season. Teams only get two of these in the first nine innings of a game, which isn’t nearly enough. If an umpire misses less than five ball-strike calls in a game, it’s a very good effort. So they probably […]
From Talking Chop | 19 days ago | 1 read
There has been a big media presence around the Atlanta Braves during this first week of Spring Training which means lots of player availability. Earlier today, Alex Anthopoulos met with the media, and you can read those highlights here. Braves starting pitcher Chris Sale made the media rounds as well, discussion a number of topics, […]
From Talking Chop | 20 days ago | 1 read
The Atlanta Braves will televise 15 live spring training games in February and March, with free over-the-air broadcasts through local Gray TV stations in 26 markets throughout the southeast. Fans with MLBTV will also be able to stream the games, per MLB’s Mark Bowman. Here are the spring training games the Braves will televise. It’s […]
From Talking Chop | 20 days ago | 1 read
The fun continues in North Port, Florida, as Ronald Acuña Jr. and some other Atlanta Braves have been participating in live BP. Gabe Burns of the AJC has given an inside look at camp all week; Acuña stepped in against Chris Sale, and the veteran lefty got the better of him, punching him out twice. […]
From Talking Chop | 20 days ago | 2 reads
The good news for the Atlanta Braves as we continue to progress through the early portions of spring training is that two days of camp have come and gone and the Braves haven’t had anybody else go on the 60-Day IL. Here’s hoping that this continues long into spring training, the World Baseball Classic and […]
From Talking Chop | 21 days ago | 1 read
Spring training is the time to hear about who is in the best shape of their life, which teams might be cursed with injuries (not a great start for the Braves), and potential adjustments players make. While the narrative is that the Phillies are “running it back” and that everything will remain static year to […]
From The Good Phight | 21 days ago | 4 reads
I’m shamelessly stealing from the comments, here. Unless there’s a move on the rotation side, Bryce Elder will probably begin the year in Atlanta’s rotation. Joey Wentz is out of options, as is Elder. Seems reasonable — unless you’re willing to roll the dice on the Braves going in a very different direction at this […]
From Talking Chop | 21 days ago | 2 reads
The Atlanta Braves got some more bad news when it was discovered that Spencer Schwellenbach will need arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow. This leads to wondering what the way forward. It was widely expected that the Braves would try to land a playoff caliber starting pitcher this off-season, which obviously has not happened yet. […]
From Talking Chop | 22 days ago | 1 read
For best tools when it comes to pitchers, click here. Best Hitter – John Gil It was quite the first full season for John Gil, as he was the catalyst at the top of a young and exciting Augusta GreenJackets lineup and showed advanced ability at the plate at just 19 years old. Early in […]
From Talking Chop | 22 days ago | 1 read
Walt Weiss gave the press some more injury news today. To no Braves fan’s surprise, it’s not good news. Oy. It’s the song that never ends. Jimenez, already having lost the 2025 season with a left articular cartilage injury and further surgery in November, may be out for 2026. The Braves, after placing Spencer Schwellenbach […]
From Talking Chop | 22 days ago | 1 read
Phillies pitchers and catchers report to Clearwater today, effectively ending one of the dreariest off-seasons since team president Dave Dombrowski took over as head of baseball operations prior to the 2021 season. Yes, he re-signed Kyle Schwarber, far-and-away the franchise’s primary goal over the winter, added free agent reliever Brad Keller to set up closer […]
From The Good Phight | 22 days ago | 9 reads
Tuesday made for a busy day for the Atlanta Braves, as pitchers and catchers reported to the spring training facility in North Port, Florida. There were several storylines from the day, and in 2025 fashion, not all of them were great. Most notably, it was announced that starting pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach has some inflammation in […]
From Talking Chop | 23 days ago | 1 read
The Atlanta Braves have been hyper-active on this first day of Spring Training, with the teaming making a late-night announcement that infielder Brett Wisely, who appeared with the team late in the 2025 season, has been re-acquired by the team in a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays for cash considerations. The Braves traded Wisely […]
From Talking Chop | 23 days ago | 3 reads
Atlanta Braves reliever Dylan Lee has reportedly won his arbitration case over the team, according to a report by MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. Per the report, Lee will make $2.2 million for the 2026 season. The club had filed at $2 million. Lee was the Braves’ only arbitration-eligible player this offseason to go to arbitration. Lee […]
From Talking Chop | 23 days ago | 0 reads
The Cubs are adding some starting pitching depth: Kyle Wright was the Braves’ first-round pick (seventh overall) in 2017 out of Vanderbilt and was a Top 100 prospect three years in a row (2018, 2019, 2020). He made his MLB debut with the Braves in 2019 and joined their rotation full-time in 2022, when he […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 23 days ago | 2 reads