The Braves have a number of success stories currently going on in the minor leagues. Spencer Schwellenbach has already made it to the majors after beginning the season in High-A Rome. Owen Murphy, who was Schwellenbach’s teammate with the Emperors, flashed some incredible stuff before going down with Tommy John surgery. And, of course, 2023
Last night, the Braves looked a bit like the Braves the league has become accustomed to over the last seven years. Max Fried was brilliant once again, setting a career-high in strikeouts with 13 of them over seven innings, and the offense hung a couple of crooked numbers on the board. Led by Ozzie Albies,
Two offseasons ago, the trade that brought Dejounte Murray to Atlanta had the city buzzing with excitement. The Eastern Conference Finals was still fresh in the minds of the Hawks faithful, and now Trae Young had the first All-Star teammate of his career. It felt like a potential turning point in franchise history; unfortunately, it
With Ronald Acuña Jr. out for the season, the Braves have an obvious need for an outfielder leading up to the trade deadline, and we’ve seen the blueprint before. In 2021, Acuña went down with the same injury, and Anthopoulos addressed the issue by bringing in Jorge Soler, Eddie Rosario, and Joc Pederson for basically
Per the Braves official X/Twitter account, the Braves have signed infielder Brian Anderson to a major-league contract. He will join the active roster. In a corresponding move to make room on the 40-man roster, Tyler Matzek has been transferred from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. The #Braves today signed INF Brian Anderson to
The story of the 2024 Atlanta Braves — if we’re looking at things positively — has been the pitching. Atlanta’s rotation has been one of the best in baseball — led by Max Fried, Chris Sale, and Reynaldo López — and the bullpen has been equally as reliable. Without the pitching, the Braves wouldn’t even
As we get into the thick of June, trade deadline talk around the league really begins to heat up, and around this time next month, we may even see some deals starting to come to fruition. Expecting anything sooner than that is rather foolish. Most teams have zero interest in selling this early in the
The Braves offense is amid a shockingly abysmal stretch since the end of April in which they’ve been among the worst lineups in baseball. If it weren’t for Marcell Ozuna, an argument could be made that this team might not even be .500, let alone nine games over. However, there are signs of improvement; most
When the Braves traded for Joe Jimenez a couple of offseasons ago, it wasn’t a deal I was particularly fond of because of who went back to Detroit in return, outfielder Justyn-Henry Malloy. At the time, I had Malloy as my top ranked prospect, far and away the best offensive prospect in the system. He
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,
