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Braves vs. Pirates series recap: Hey look, a sweep!

I mentioned in the series recap for the Toronto Blue Jays series that the relative lack of sweeps for the Atlanta Braves in the midst of this excellent season so far was the definition of complaining about first-world problems as far as baseball was concerned. It’s difficult to complain about anything when Atlanta has both […]

Braves Minor League Recap: Eric Hartman Goes Yard Twice

Saturday’s big story in the Atlanta Braves system seemed like it would be Tate Southisene making his High-A debut after being promoted earlier in the day – but one of his teammates stole the show, as Eric Hartman knocked two home runs and stole a base to continue his impressive run in Rome. Southisene’s High-A […]

Do you remember the last Braves’ steal of home plate?

Yesterday was fun. The Braves won a game that Braxton Ashcraft started. Dom Smith hit a homer. Austin Riley chipped in with a double. Tyler Kinley pitched a scoreless eighth. And Mauricio Dubon stole home plate. It’s one of those “steal by association” ones, but stealing home can be difficult without doing that. So do […]

Braves News: Eric Hartman, series win, more

The Braves now have two top 100 position-player prospects in high-A Rome. Eric Hartman continues to hit the cover off the ball with a tantalizing power-hit-speed package as a 19-year-old who was taken in the 20th round of the 2024 draft. That seems like incredible value and frankly incredible luck that the Braves still signed […]

Dominic Smith continues to rake with a HR as Braves beat Pirates again

The Atlanta Braves took on the Pittsburgh Pirates this afternoon looking to win yet another series after only losing two series all season long up to this point. Spencer Strider came to the mound to face Braxton Ashcraft who has an ERA of 1.77 in away games. Strider was looking to continue to develop his […]

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Kim back in lineup, Harris out, and Wynns makes first start for Braves

The Atlanta Braves and their offense kept rolling last night as they defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates. They will attempt to do it again as Spencer Strider takes on Braxton Ashcraft. The one area that was concerning is that Michael Harris was removed near the end of the game last night with it being in question […]

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Spencer Strider gets the start as Braves contend with Braxton Ashcraft

Hey, you, reading this. Who is the Pittsburgh Pirates’ best starter? Paul Skenes, yeah? That’s an easy one. But, who’s the Pirates’ second-best starter? Well, if you read the title of this post, you probably have an inkling… it’s Braxton Ashcraft. The 26-year-old Texan was taken 51st overall in the 2018 MLB Draft. Despite a […]

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Could Mike Soroka keep Bryce Elder out of the All-Star Game?

Last year there were 12 starting pitchers selected to the MLB All-Star Game rosters. Guess who are number 10 and 11 by WAR right now? Mike Soroka is still 10th in WAR with one less start than Bryce Elder. Of course, WAR isn’t going to completely determine the selections, but they have had pretty similar […]

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Eddie Haas, former Braves player, coach and manager, dies at 91

Yesterday, it was reported that Eddie Haas, former Atlanta Braves manager – and long-time member of the organization – passed away on June 4 at 91. Eddie has had a brief MLB career, debuting with the Chicago Cubs in 1957 and then playing in 41 games with the Milwaukee Braves across the 1958 and 1960 […]

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Mauricio Dubón delivers again as Braves bop Bucs, 6-3

The adage goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but I’ll tell you this: I don’t know if your heart can grow fonder of Mauricio Dubon, but if such a thing is even possible, then said fondness has probably grown quite a bit this week. The Braves’ […]

Braves vs Pirates chat and discussion: Martín Pérez vs Mitch Keller

The Atlanta Braves are starting their weekend series against the Pittsburgh Pirates where it looks like they may have lucked out and not have to face Paul Skenes who pitched on Wednesday. Martín Pérez is easily having his best season since 2022 and will be facing Mitch Keller who is having his standard low fours […]

Martín Pérez takes the mound for the Braves against the Pirates

The Atlanta Braves were not able to get a sweep of the reigning AL champion Toronto Blue Jays yesterday, but they did win the series and look to take that momentum into the weekend series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates are having somewhat of a surprising season this year with a .540 record, and […]

Braves vs. Blue Jays series recap: Two out of three for the umpteenth time

Stop me if you’ve heard this before over the course of this excellent season, so far: The Atlanta Braves have won another series. Sure, they were definitely favorites to take another two-out-of-three games against a Toronto Blue Jays squad that had been spinning its wheels in the mud for a bit but the remarkable consistency […]

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MLB Pipeline’s newest mock draft has Braves taking two top talents

MLB’s prospect coverage site, Pipeline, released a new mock draft for the 2026 MLB Draft last night. In that mock draft they had the Atlanta Braves selecting two players whose names have been prominently discussed in and around the Top 10 prospects in the draft class dating back to last winter. With the first pick, […]