While the Braves offense has struggled as a whole, Marcell Ozuna has been the steady hand in the middle of the lineup, just as everyone expected when the season began. The Big Bear leads the league in homers, RBIs, slugging, OPS, and OPS+. A designated hitter has never gone on to win an MVP award,
Over the weekend, 2023 first-round selection Hurston Waldrep was promoted to Gwinnett, and on Sunday, he made his season debut for the Stripers, which went about as well as anyone could have possibly hoped. Waldrep was downright dominant, striking out 11 batters over six innings with just one walk. Hurston Waldrep's day is complete6IP 5H
With Ronald Acuña Jr. out for the season, everyone is anxiously awaiting to see what the Braves do next. The overwhelming expectation is that they will make some trades to bolster their outfield and other areas of need, but this far away from the trade deadline, it’s always extremely difficult to find the right deal.
The Braves pitching extends further than just the majors. All of their top prospects have been excellent through the first two months of the season. Unfortunately, Owen Murphy and AJ Smith-Shawver recently suffered injuries. Murphy is out for the season with a torn UCL, and Smith-Shawver will miss a couple of months with an oblique
The Atlanta Hawks are among the biggest wild cards of the upcoming NBA offseason. They own the #1 overall pick, are open to trading every player on the roster, and nobody is quite sure if they want to compete or rebuild moving forward. My guess would be that the Hawks want to make the roster
Due to a plethora of injuries, the Atlanta Braves now seem poised to be major players ahead of the 2024 MLB trade deadline. An upgrade in the outfield seems like an inevitability to replace the injured Ronald Acuña Jr. who is out for the season with a torn ACL. That’s the way Alex Anthopoulos handled
The Atlanta Braves offense has been the talk of the town over the last month, and unlike last year, it is for all of the wrong reasons. This is a group that set numerous records in 2023 but has performed among the worst lineups in baseball since late April. However, the Braves still sit nine
If the Braves offense is going to turn things around, most of the improvements will have to come internally. There are too many All-Star caliber talents severely underperforming. That natural positive regression could come at any moment, but the Braves do now also have substantial room for external improvement following the season-ending injury to Ronald
Alex Anthopoulos has made a plethora of outstanding decisions as Braves general manager, which is why they have six straight NL East titles under their belt as well as a World Series victory over the Astros in 2021. From small acquisitions, team-friendly extensions and blockbuster trades, he’s done a little bit of everything to get
Following a weekend in which three more key figures hit the IL, including the reining NL MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. who will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL, the Braves looked to take advantage of an opportunity against the Nationals. A team Atlanta has owned in recent years. Unfortunately, the same
