The current COVID-19 pandemic has already shaken things up for the Braves, as well as the rest of the majors. On Thursday — which would’ve been Opening Day of the 2020 season — we found out that MLB and the MLBPA had agreed on a wide variety of details, including service-time, salaries, and the upcoming
There’s a long line of incredible pitching performances that have come from the Braves, and even in the early days (especially in those early days), the franchise was a powerhouse when it came to starting pitchers. Joe Osechger, Art Nehf, and Dana Fillingim — all pitchers from the 1920s — lead the way with the
In case you forgot, Thursday was supposed to be Opening Day for the 2020 MLB season, and the Braves were supposed to be in Phoenix to kick off a campaign against the Diamondbacks… where presumably Mike Soroka was poised to go seven clean innings in a shutout win as the Braves start strong in their
For at least the last four seasons, the Braves’ minor league system has featured some of the best talent in baseball as well as several top-5 prospect classes. The organization has drafted well and developed even better — two must-haves for a mid-market franchise usually hesitant to hand out the big contract. And the results
As of late Thursday night, the current coronavirus pandemic surpassed the 230,000 mark in human infections worldwide, including roughly 10,000 total deaths and a whopping 4,000 new COVID-19 cases in the US in the last 24 hours alone. Unfortunately, I’m afraid a mid-May MLB Opening Day is becoming more and more unrealistic with each passing
Now exactly a week away from what would’ve been MLB’s Opening Day on March 26, Braves baseball has now been nonexistent for seven whole days — unfortunately with a very way ways to go, as the earliest MLB can return is mid-May (which looks extremely doubtful at this point). But, for those of us currently
On Tuesday, Chase Irle and I looked at which Braves impressed during this year’s shortened Spring Training, so it’s only natural that today we check out who struggled. Like before, Chase will tackle the major-league side and me the prospects. I’ve also included each prospect’s rank, per our most recent top-30 prospect list here at
The latest report from MLB on Monday confirmed what most of us probably already suspected — that baseball will still have to wait, but more precisely… the 2020 season won’t begin until at least mid-May at the earliest, as the US government has now recommended restricting all events of more than 50 people for the
Our Braves 2020 Position Ranks took a small breather over the last 5-7 days as the country’s focus has predominantly turned towards the current global pandemic impacting not just sports but everything and everyone. The COVID-19 virus has been and will be the dominating storyline — as it perhaps should be, but I also think
On Tuesday here at SportsTalkATL, Chase Irle relayed ESPN’s newly-released Top-100 list for the upcoming season, a ranking that featured outfielder Mike Trout at the top and four Braves’ players scattered within, including 22-year-old righty Mike Soroka at No. 42. Here’s a portion of Chase’s excerpt regarding Soroka: “Some may believe he’s in store for
