This is the latest installment of our Braves Extension Series, a sequence of posts detailing each player currently deserving of a long-term contract by the Braves. For an introduction to this topic, check out my brief overview published in January, here. Earlier this month, I started this series by declaring what’s most likely NOT a shared view
Major League Baseball and the MLBPA are in heated discussions, as both parties hope to work out an official proposal for bringing back baseball, although, as often is the case, money seems to stand in their way. Fighting over money during a pandemic may seem rather petty, but it’s no longer just a squabble; we
Even as critical details have started emerging from MLB’s official return-to-play proposal, and last week’s massive changes to the upcoming 2020 MLB Draft (slashed from forty rounds to five), there’s still a thick layer of uncertainty regarding the 2020 season. We’ll find out soon enough what will become of all of this, and from Chase’s update
This is the latest installment of our Braves Extension Series, a sequence of posts detailing each player currently deserving of a long-term contract by the Braves. For an introduction to this topic, check out my brief overview published in January, here. We’ve reached the month of May, and the current COVID-19 situation has progressed enough that
I guess you could say the third time’s a charm, as Tuesday brought forth another plan to bring baseball back… and at first glance, the layout looks encouraging, at least schedule-wise, for the two-time NL East champion Braves. MLB discussing plan to start season with three 10-team divisions, and expanded postseason, with hopes of playing
This is the latest installment of our regular series covering the Braves’ season from Baseball Reference’s 2020 MLB Simulated League (powered by Out of the Park 21). Each post recaps the previous “week” of games, with each week consisting of 10 games. All stats and results from BR’s simulated league can be found at Baseball-Reference.
We’re still left without baseball, now roughly a month into what was supposed to be the 2020 MLB season. Talking points and topics have begun to run extremely thin, and other than the conclusion of Rob Manfred’s investigation into the Red Sox sign-stealing scandal and Thursday’s news that the MLB The Show player’s league will be broadcasted nationally,
It’s a little deep into 2020, but now is as good a time as ever to revisit some of the best Braves’ players in each decade. Of course, given this is Year 1 of the 2020s, the Braves’ All-2010s lists have come out in droves over the last several months, but here at SportsTalkATL, we’re
Earlier this month, I took a look at how the currently suspended season could ruin Braves’ outfielder Nick Markakis’ quest for 3,000 career hits. Considering Markakis is no longer an everyday regular and the fact that he’s nearing his late-30s (36-years-old), the odds are stacked against the old fashioned contact-hitter. With 645 hits until he reaches
Many of us opposed GM Alex Anthopoulos and the Braves’ decision to let free-agent third baseman Josh Donaldson go this past offseason. After nearly earning top-10 votes in the NL MVP race in 2019, and posting 4.9 fWAR with 37 homers and 94 RBI, it didn’t seem right to let one of the team’s leaders
