Following the Braves much-needed off day on Thursday, Atlanta was back in action Friday for the team’s first live broadcast on FOX Sports against the Twins. With 12 games left in Spring Training, the unofficial second-half of camp has begun, and there were plenty of moments of note from last night as the Braves went
I’ll admit, when I saw that the Braves had signed soon-to-be 34-year-old Jason Kipnis to a minor league contract back on February 15th, I was as skeptical as you could be about his potential for the 2021 season. For the last four years, Kipnis hasn’t exactly done much with the bat, and given how long
Back in February, I wrote about the upcoming rebranding of FOX Sports and FOX Sports South, a naming-rights change that was originally announced back on January 27th. Older story… but interesting nonetheless @SportsTalkATL Braves: Bally's to replace Fox Sports starting in 2021 https://t.co/opVjIHByMf via @SportsTalkATL — Clint Manry (@clint_manry) February 17, 2021 At the
Until 2019’s NL Rookie of the Year runner-up — righty Mike Soroka — returns from his Achilles injury, the Braves will begin the coming season with one of these four pitchers as their fifth starter: Kyle Wright Bryse Wilson Touki Toussaint Huascar Ynoa I purposely ordered them above by how likely they were to win
In another transaction meant to provide organizational pitching depth, the Braves signed 31-year-old righty Chasen Bradford on Tuesday night to a minor league contract. The deal was first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Right-hander Chasen Bradford and Atlanta are in agreement on a minor league deal, sources tell ESPN. Bradford pitched for Mets and Mariners
It’s truly remarkable just how quickly some players “figure it out” once in the big leagues. There are Mike Trout and Bryce Harper from years ago and, more recently, Ronald Acuna Jr., Juan Soto, and Fernando Tatis. Well, you can go ahead and add Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies to that list as well. Entering the 2021 regular season, Albies currently ranks third all-time in bWAR
For the second-straight day, Ronald Acuna Jr. homered, when he pulled a bomb over the left-center wall on Monday in the Braves 5-1 win over the Twins. https://twitter.com/Braves/status/1371519993033195525?s=19 His three homers in four days gives RAJ three dingers overall for this spring as the 23-year-old outfielder is starting to heat up at the plate.
The Braves bullpen is going through some changes this offseason. Darren O’Day went north to the Yankees, Mark Melancon went back west to the Padres (for $3 million guaranteed!), and as of today there’s absolutely no indication that Atlanta is interested in re-signing Shane Greene. Two of those three relievers have something in common: both
Perhaps the longest-tenured player in the Atlanta Braves organization, the 36-year-old Sean Kazmar Jr. has been a noble member of the Gwinnett Stripers since the 2013 season, his fourth big league affiliate since being selected in the 5th round by the Padres in the 2004 MLB Draft (yah… that draft). Entering his 17th professional season, incredibly Kazmar has logged
A man of very few words, outfielder Nick Markakis — or better known in Atlanta as “Kakes” — has played his final game with the Braves as the 37-year-old announced his retirement from baseball on Friday, ending an MLB career that spanned 15 seasons and featured 2,388 hits. After 15 years and 2,388 hits, Nick
