Despite commissioner Rob Manfred’s 100% confidence in a season happening just a week ago, it may be time to pump the brakes. On Monday, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported that Manfred now says he’s “not confident” there will be a season this year. BREAKING: MLB commissioner Rob Manfred tells @Espngreeny that he’s “not confident” there will
The 2020 MLB Draft is all over, and with just four picks during the event, it shouldn’t be too difficult to track the Braves’ selections from last week. However, given all the undrafted free agents left to sign, there could be more than 30 players picked up by the Braves when it’s all said and
Following the two-day 2020 MLB Draft, Sunday marked the beginning of an unprecedented period. All 30 MLB teams can sign undrafted free agents, although at a maximum of only $20,000. A few days ago, I looked at several top-end players left undrafted, which may have been a mistake considering the signings we’ll take a look at
A while back MLB determined that hosting a draft only an eighth of its original size was a nice way to cut costs during this unique season, slashing the 2020 MLB Draft down to just five rounds instead of its usual 40 (which reportedly saves teams roughly $1 million this year). Of course it’s not
The Braves entered Day 2 of the 2020 MLB Draft on Thursday having caused quite a ruckus from the night before. Twitter featured numerous tweets of dissatisfaction from those that reside in Braves Country, as the team decided to go in an unexpected direction by selecting Wake Forest lefty Jared Shuster 25th overall — a
With 23 picks down and the Rays on the clock at no. 24, I thought I was certain who the Braves would take for their first pick of the 2020 MLB Draft. Instead, though, Tampa Bay selected high school righty Nick Bitsko… and I quickly turned my attention to guys like pitcher Clayton Beeter and
We may or may not have a 2020 MLB season, but this year’s draft is coming regardless (no matter how much different it will be than usual). Day 1 of the two-day, five-round event will start on Wednesday, June 10th at 7:00 p.m. ET — covering the first round solely — with both MLB Network
For four-straight years — until 2019’s MLB Draft — the Braves have used their first overall pick on pitching. Starting with lefty Kolby Allard in 2015 — chosen 14th overall — the list goes on and on, featuring Ian Anderson in 2016 (third overall), Kyle Wright in 2017 (fifth overall), and the unsigned Carter Stewart in
I mixed things up for this week’s mock draft preview, deciding to skip Kiley McDaniel’s mock draft 2.0 at ESPN and instead check out Eric Logenhagen’s first mock of the year at FanGraphs. We’ve already looked at two pitchers thus far, and honestly, I’m ready to look at some potential bats. We’ll circle back and detail McDaniel’s pick
Twenty-five years ago, the Braves didn’t start the 1995 campaign until April 26th, thanks to the infamous player’s strike the season prior that slashed the 1994 season by 48 games and didn’t officially end until days before Opening Day of the ’95 campaign — pushing back the start of the regular season by three weeks.
