I can no longer blame those that have become worried, for this is no longer just a rough patch for the Braves, who on Sunday dropped their fourth-straight game. The weekend sweep at the hands of the Blue Jays really hurt, and as of Monday night, Atlanta’s postseason odds looked much different than they did
Monday was a big day for Minor League Baseball as most opening day rosters were released, including three of the four full-season affiliates for the Braves. Save for Triple-A Gwinnett, we now know exactly who will be where within Atlanta’s farm system this season, and some of these names may surprise you. With the minor
This weekend has not gone as we hoped. Entering Friday’s game between the Braves and Blue Jays, many in Braves Country — including me — felt as if the momentum was on Atlanta’s side after winning three of four versus the Cubs earlier in the week. Hell, even Chicago’s 9-3 drubbing on Thursday night couldn’t bring us
For the second-straight time, lefty Drew Smyly failed to get past the 4th inning in a start for the Braves as the 31-year-old was knocked around to the tune of six runs — five earned — in Atlanta’s 13-5 loss to Toronto on Friday night. Despite a solid start to the outing, featuring a pair
Just five days ago, the Braves were held to only one hit overall in their double-header against the Diamondbacks, in what many in Braves Country are now calling Black Sunday. Fourteen innings worth of baseball featuring 13 strikeouts by Atlanta’s batters, and of course, two losses… all in one day. Terrible. Now you may be
For the second night in a row, the Braves defeated the Cubs, winning 5-0 on Tuesday to inch just one game under a much more bearable .500 record — 11-12 — for the 2021 season. Last night’s victory had it all, featuring a 481-foot homer from leadoff hitter Ronald Acuna Jr., a pair of multi-hit
By my count, when including all players that logged at least one game in the majors during the 2020 campaign, 16 players — nine pitchers and seven hitters — from the Braves MLB roster last season are now no longer part of the organization. (I’m not counting former Braves pitchers, Patrick Weigel and Chad Sobotka, given they were
It felt all winter Braves fans waited for general manager Alex Anthopoulos to make one of the easier moves this past offseason. After belting a National League-leading 18 home runs and posting a 179 wRC+ during the 2020 shortened regular season, bringing back the lineup’s primary power source seemed like a no-brainer. So finally —
This is the second installment of our 2021 preview of the Braves four full-season minor league teams, where I discuss some of the changes that will impact each club and list the minor league players I believe we should follow the closest this coming season. Official rosters have not been set yet for the minors,
When a lineup’s first four hitters go just 1 for 21 (.047 AVG) with seven strikeouts over a 14-inning stretch that spans two games… it’s usually bad news. However, Sunday’s doubleheader with the Diamondbacks was about as bad as it could get as the Braves were shutout by a combined score of 12-0, losing two
