The NL East division will most likely come down to three teams this season — the Braves, Phillies, and Mets. And with just over 40 games to go on the regular-season schedule, this race could become very dependent on each team’s remaining matchups. According to a post by The Ringer’s Zach Kram this morning, Atlanta, Philadelphia,
For those that follow the Braves prospects and minor league system, this time of the year can be a bit overwhelming. Midseason rankings have just been completed, and following the MLB Draft, an entire class of new players has recently joined the organization. Although sometimes, you just have to keep things simple. Evaluating young players
The Braves 2021 draft class is beginning to get its feet wet in pro ball. The most recent debut came on Thursday when Atlanta’s top pick from this year’s draft — righty Ryan Cusick — made his first pro start with Single-A Augusta, working three scoreless innings and allowing just one hit to go with
There’s no shame in wanting to hold on to Wednesday night’s exciting walk-off win over the Reds, in which the Braves jumped out to a strong lead early, lost said lead, and then proceeded to fight their way back in the 11th inning via a three-run homer off the bat of second baseman Ozzie Albies.
The 2021 season has featured its share of turmoil for the Braves. There’s no questioning that. However, once you get past the unfortunate injuries and the disappointing performance of the team overall, there’s at least one takeaway we should all feel good about: Dansby Swanson is Atlanta’s shortstop… now AND for the future. For the
Because I’m just chomping at the bit to update my Braves Top 30 prospect list, I’m going to go ahead and wrap up this month’s check-in series. Over the last few days, I’ve covered nos. 30-11, so now it’s time to examine how the organization’s top 10 prospects performed during the month of July. But
Today, we’re going to keep the series rolling with the second installment. On Monday, I looked at the back-ten of my Braves Top 30, so now it’s time for the middle-ten – nos. 20-11. This is probably my favorite group of prospects, given it features several of the more-recently drafted pitchers as well as some
Seemingly every week, at least one Braves minor leaguer is featured at MiLB.com as one of the winners of either batter or pitcher of the week. Well, on Monday, 23-year-old righty Darius Vines did just that as he took home an award for his performance with High-A Rome. https://twitter.com/TheRomeBraves/status/1422229454290620416?s=20 Vines, who recently was promoted
It may surprise you, but the Braves did really well during this year’s MLB trade deadline. According to ZiPS at FanGraphs, Atlanta experienced the second-largest bump in its overall playoff chances, going from 11.4% up to 18.1% immediately following the team’s many trades, a positive difference only bested by the Yankees who went from 36.4%
We’ve made it to August of the 2021 minor league season and all four of the Braves full-season farm clubs have now played nearly 80 games, or roughly 66% of the regular season schedule. The annual MLB trade deadline has passed, and though Atlanta did trade a few minor leaguers on deadline day, really only
