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2025 Atlanta Braves Prospect Reviews: Tate Southisene

How Acquired Tate Southisene was selected with the Braves first round pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, 22nd overall. What Were Expectations?There weren’t many expectations for Tate because high school seniors don’t often make their full season debut in the year that they were drafted! It’s safe to assume Braves coaches considered Tate shattered their […]

3 months ago | 3 reads

2025 Atlanta Braves Player Review: Connor Seabold

Say it with me, folks: The Atlanta Braves used 46 pitchers in 2025. They used 71 players overall (a MLB record for a single season) and of those 71, 28 of them weren’t around for more than five games. Connor Seabold is one of those players, as he was only here for a brief period […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

Blast from the past: Ted Turner transforms Braves franchise into “America’s Team”

Before we jump into the transformation in 1976, when Ted Turner signed a deal to broadcast Braves baseball nationally, it’s important to first understand how it all started. Beginning in 1966, the Milwaukee Braves franchise was transferred to Atlanta. Although the franchise initially thrived after moving from Boston to Wisconsin, attendance began to decline around […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

What are you most looking forward to this offseason?

Monday is a day to replace the suffering of the weekend with the suffering of the workweek. Let’s think about something other than suffering. On Saturday, Mark Bowman helpfully reiterated the list of key dates for this offseason. Combine that with the Braves needing to make a managerial hire and potentially reshuffling their coaching staff, […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

This Day in Braves History: Max Fried wins his first Gold Glove Award

Braves Franchise History  1928 – Voters in Massachusetts approve Sunday baseball in Boston, provided that Braves Field is more than 1,000 feet from a church. This leaves Pennsylvania as the only state with no Sunday baseball in the major leagues. 1960 – Warren Spahn finishes second in Cy Young voting to Vern Law, who finished […]

3 months ago | 1 read

Braves News: Matt Olson, Position Prospect Player Profiles, More

As you know by now, the off-season is here. Many dates over the next few weeks are important in shaping the the next several months for every MLB team. The first significant date is Thursday, with club and player options and qualifying offers being determined for the 2026 season. For the Braves specifically, it also […]

3 months ago | 3 reads

Braves 1B Matt Olson wins third career Gold Glove Award

For the third time in his career, Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson has won the Gold Glove Award. It’s the first time the slugger has taken home the hardware since winning the award in 2018 and 2019 with the Oakland Athletics. Olson also took home the Fielding Bible Award this past week. While Gold […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

Offseason open thread: November 2

Well the bittersweet part about watching that absolute classic of a World Series Game 7 last night is that it means we’ve officially entered the offseason. The bad news is that there’s no more Major League Baseball until next season. Blah. The good news is that everybody is now 0-0 again so it’s time to […]

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3 months ago | 1 read

2025 Atlanta Braves Prospect Reviews: Jose Perdomo

How Acquired Jose Perdomo was the prize signing of the Braves 2024 International Free Agent signing period. He was signed for nearly the entire pool, coming in at a start $5m. What Were Expectations? Expectations were sky high for Jose Perdomo with a lot of people hoping he would find his way to full season […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

2025 Atlanta Braves Prospect Reviews: Diego Tornes

How Acquired Diego Tornes was the prize signing of the 2025 International Free Agent period. He was considered a unanimous Top 20 international prospect and was signed for right around $2.5M. What Were Expectations? Expectations were a bit high for someone that came into the season at 16 years of age. Nobody expected him to […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

2025 Atlanta Braves Player Review: Erick Fedde

The Atlanta Braves had one of the more unfortunate seasons in recent memory, especially with regard to injuries to their rotation. In fact, there was a point where all five members of the Opening Day rotation were on the Injured List at the same time. This resulted in quite a few roster moves to bring […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

What is the first order of business now?

Okay, now that we have that silly Game 7 out of the way, let’s get back to the important things. The Braves have some important spots to fill. They have identified shortstop, starting pitching and bullpen as the most pressing needs. They also need a manager. Sources tell me than Quincy, Ivan’s cat is available, […]

3 months ago | 1 read

This Day in Braves History: Braves win 2021 World Series

Braves Franchise History 1927 – Boston College baseball coach Jack Slattery agrees to manage the Boston Braves for a year.  1972 – The Braves acquire Gary Gentry and Danny Frisella from the New York Mets in exchange for second baseman Felix Milan and pitcher George Stone.  1974 – Atlanta trades Hank Aaron to the Milwaukee […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

Braves News: Offseason begins, option decisions, more

Well the offseason has officially begun and we will see decisions on a bunch of player and team options in the next five days, as well as likely a managerial hire and some roster churn. Mark Bowman seemingly reported that Pierce Johnson and Tyler Kinley’s team options would be picked up, which both seemed likely […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

World Series open thread: Game 7

This is it. The winner gets a trophy, a ring, and a parade. The loser gets to be sad like all the rest of us. The Dodgers forced this game in dramatic fashion following an exciting game-ending double play and now it’s up to Shohei Ohtani to help lead them to the promised land for […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

2025 Atlanta Braves Prospect Reviews: Jhancarlos Lara

How was he acquired? The Braves signed Jhancarlos Lara back in 2021 as an international free agent. The team was still dealing with their international sanctions from the John Coppolella era at the time, significantly limiting what they could spend. So getting a real prospect in this time would require finding a diamond in the […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

2025 Atlanta Braves Prospect Reviews: Herick Hernandez

How was he acquired? The Braves selected Miami lefty Herick Hernandez in the fourth round of the 2024 MLB Draft. It was a slight surprise at the time for a kid who put up a 6.14 ERA and 1.58 WHIP in his lone season with the Hurricanes, but the team believed in his fastball – […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

2025 Atlanta Braves Player Review: Héctor Neris

It was a grand opening followed almost immediately by a grand closing when it came to Héctor Neris’ time with the Atlanta Braves. The former high leverage reliever for the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies ended up latching on with the Braves just in time for Spring Training and ended up pitching (or existing?) his […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

How much will Ha-seong Kim get paid?

Ha-seong Kim has a player-only option at 16 million dollars for 2026. Everything right now suggests that he will opt out and search for a new contract. In 2025, Kim picked up 0.3 WAR through 191 PAs. He had a .234/.304/.345 line with a 82 wRC+ overall. However, most of that was injury-riddled. In 98 […]

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This Day in Braves History: November 1

Braves Franchise History 1999 – Braves coach Don Baylor is named as the new manager of the Chicago Cubs.  MLB History 1894 – Charlie Sweeney, who pitched for the Providence Grays, St. Louis Maroons and Cleveland Blues is convicted of manslaughter in San Francisco, California.  1909 – The Boston Red Sox hire former Senators skipper […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

World Series open thread: Game 6

The only thing we know for sure at this point is that the baseball season is going to end in Canada. What we don’t know yet is who’ll be lifting the trophy once it’s all said and done. Old friend Kevin Gausman could potentially put himself in a position to where he’ll never have to […]

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3 months ago | 0 reads

2025 Atlanta Braves Prospects Reviews: Garrett Baumann

How was he acquired? The Braves took Baumann out of Hagerty High School in Florida in the fourth round of the 2023 draft, using the 126th overall pick on the righty. Baumann received a signing bonus of $747,500, which was enough to lure him away from his commitment to the University of Central Florida. What […]

3 months ago | 1 read

2025 Atlanta Braves Prospect Reviews: Luke Sinnard

How was he acquired? The Braves drafted Sinnard in the third round of the 2024 draft, using the 99th overall pick to take the righty out of Indiana University. When the Braves took Sinnard, there was a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to reactions. On the one hand, his 6’8, 250-pound frame […]

3 months ago | 5 reads