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Braves provide injury updates on a quintet of players
Prior to tonight’s game against the Chicago Cubs, the Atlanta Braves provided injury updates on numerous players via manager Walt Weiss. A summary of updates on five of the players is listed below. Yesterday, the Braves provided an update on Sean Murphy, who is expected to miss two months with a broken finger. The positive […]
Braves vs Cubs chat and discussion: JR Ritchie vs Shota Imanaga
The stage is set, and the Chicago Cubs are looking for a get -back against the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves. As leaders of the central themselves, they’re not going to be an easy team to keep at bay, especially if they can get some early runs. The Braves, however, are known to find their ways […]
Sandy León enters Braves lineup in Cubs game 2
After ending yesterday’s game against the Chicago Cubs with a one-hitter, the Atlanta Braves are looking to secure an early series win and a whole new offensive plan with rookie JR Ritchie on the mound. Let’s look at who we have. The one question that’s been surfacing is, “Where’s Dominic Smith on the starting lineup?” […]
JR Ritchie looks for series win against Cubs in game two
The Atlanta Braves pulled off a win against the National League Central-leading Chicago Cubs in yesterday’s matchup and are now looking at rookie JR Ritchie to continue their winning streak to capture an early series win. Ritchie, who’s boasting a 3.63 ERA and 1.50 WHIP, didn’t appear in his usual rotation during the Los Angeles […]
Walt Weiss says Braves need to make baserunning adjustment to address pickoff issues
It’s hard to find too much to gripe about with the 2026 Atlanta Braves through 42 games. At the plate, they lead the majors in batting average (.272), slugging percentage (.452), wOBA (.347), wRC+ (121), and have scored the most runs of any team (233). On the mound and with the gloves, they’re tops in […]
Looking at the History of the 9th Pick in the modern MLB Draft
With the MLB Draft only about two months away I thought it would be good to examine the history of the players selected with the picks the Atlanta Braves have in the 2026 MLB Draft. With the Braves picking ninth overall for their first selection, I decided to start by looking at the history of […]
Braves Minor League Recap: Tate Southisene homers
Tate Southisene has had about the best start to his career that the Atlanta Braves could have dreamed of, putting together a monster campaign through a month and a half for Augusta and living up to his first round selection. His two RBI and home run led Augusta to a win to start their series. […]
Are the Braves going to find another backup catcher?
In the offseason, the Braves knew that there’d be some issues with Sean Murphy’s availability. They signed Jonah Heim on February 10. That move turned into 45 PAs for Heim, where he ended up barely above replacement thanks to A) one big game at Coors Field in his final outing with the team and B) […]
Walt Weiss and Jeff Francoeur discuss the impact that Bobby Cox had on their careers
Despite the fact that the Braves were back in town and riding high following a successful road trip out West, there was still a bit of a somber feeling at the ballpark ahead of their series opener against the Chicago Cubs. That’s because this was the first time where the organization would be able to […]
Braves News: Sean Murphy to miss significant time, Mike Yastrzemski delivers, and more
The Atlanta Braves announced a series of roster moves on Tuesday, and most notably, Sean Murphy is headed to the injured list with a fractured finger. Though he was just placed on the 10-day IL, skipper Walt Weiss said his time out would surpass the 10-day period and likely be around eight weeks. Murphy suffered […]
Atlanta Braves take down red hot Cubs in one-hitter
The Atlanta Braves were riding high after a road trip out west that saw them win a series with the Dodgers. They were faced with a new test when the Chicago Cubs came to town. It just so happens that MLB ranked the Cubs as number one in the power rankings over the Braves even […]
Braves vs Cubs chat and discussion: Grant Holmes vs Colin Rea
The Atlanta Braves are in the midst of one of their best starts in franchise history. They are on pace for a 110-52 record while leading MLB in run differential after defeating the pre-season World Series favorites and having shown they are clear favorites in a division that has the high spending Mets and Phillies […]
Walt Weiss provides updates on Ronald Acuña Jr., Ha-Seong Kim, Sean Murphy, and a six-man rotation
The Braves are back in town following a nine game swing out West and there’s no west for the weary as the Braves will now have to deal with the Cubs. It’s a showdown between the two top teams in the National League and while the Braves will be happy to get Ha-Seong Kim back […]
Ha-Seong Kim makes season debut for Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves have had one of the best offenses in MLB, and they will need to lean on it tonight with Grant Holmes struggling as of late. The Braves are third in MLB in barrel percentage, and batted ball events. When you hit the ball with quality combined with hitting it often, it generally […]
UPDATED: Braves place Sean Murphy on the IL (fracture), Sandy León and José Azócar return to the team
What baseball god has it out for Sean Murphy? After a long and windy road that includes his season-ending hip surgery and rehab after, Murph has played four (4) games since returning on May 4. The initial X-rays were fine per Mark Bowman, and Walt Weiss seemed optimistic. But the the catcher’s interference play in […]
Braves ticket sales and real estate revenue remain excellent
There’s not a ton to be gleaned from the Atlanta Braves’ first quarter release, especially since they did not report revenue from BravesVision. No matter. There were a few nuggets in the earnings release and call. There was also confirmation of some items that, if you were reading Battery Power, you should already expect. But […]
Grant Holmes looks to bounce back against Chicago Cubs
Coming off the high of a successful west coast trip capped off by winning the series against the Dodgers, the Atlanta Braves will once again play one of the hottest teams in MLB when the Chicago Cubs come to town. The Cubs have had two separate ten game win streaks and a fifteen-game win streak […]
Do you use Stream Finder to watch non-Braves games?
This post is, I suppose, only really relevant to the subset of you that has MLB.tv and has interest in watching non-Braves games. If that’s you, how do you decide what non-Braves game to watch? My answer is Stream Finder, which was once called Game Changer and was created by folks associated with Baseball Gauge, […]
Braves News: Ha-Seong Kim Back To Braves, Big Series with Cubs, More
After winning the weekend series in Los Angeles versus the Dodgers in one attempt to prove they are the National League’s best team, the Braves get a chance to further validate that claim against the Cubs to start the week. The Cubs have been the hottest team in baseball, and will likely prove to be […]
Braves 5/11 off day Chat and Discussion
What a week for Braves country, huh? Two major deaths, almost back-to-back, of notable icons, starting with Ted Turner and shortly after, Bobby Cox. The Braves took the series win against the two-time national champs, the Los Angeles Dodgers. And, surprise surprise, their pitching is holding up solid. There’s a lot to talk about regarding […]
The Week Ahead for Atlanta: Another showdown looms large for the Braves
It’s out of the frying pan and into the fire for the Atlanta Braves. Despite today being an off-day, they’ll have little time to come down from their big statement series-win in Los Angeles against the Dodgers. They’ll be coming home to welcome in the high-flying Cubs who have also gotten off to a very […]
UPDATED: Ha-Seong Kim activated ahead of Cubs opener, Eli White to IL
After an an eventful and emotional week for Braves Country, we’ve arrived at a well-deserved off day. The Braves will be back in action tomorrow night, kicking off the homestand with a series versus the Chicago Cubs. Tuesday’s shaping up to be an eventful opener. Ha-Seong Kim set to return to the majors, updates to […]
Braves Minor League Recap: System flexes power
(24-15) Gwinnett Stripers 1, (15-24) Norfolk Tides 4 Box Score It was a rude return to the Stripers for starting pitcher Carlos Carassco who was greeted with a three run home run in the first inning, along with an RBI single in the second for a grand total of four runs – which is more […]
Atlanta Braves Best and Worst MLB draft picks of the “modern” format
The modern MLB Draft format only really started in 1987, as there used to be multiple drafts in each year, with January and June drafts plus secondary drafts for each. That means we are entering the 40th draft under the current format, though the number of days and rounds has changed at times in those […]
Which Elder God is Bryce Elder?
Admittedly, this post would’ve made, arguably, more sense had Bryce Elder continued to wreak havoc on the Dodgers in, and past, the sixth inning of yesterday’s game. But, he didn’t. And, if you think about it, isn’t the unknowable mystery of why he can go from Full Bamboozle to Has to be Removed from the […]
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