Atlanta Braves vs Miami Marlins Game Thread: April 15
The Braves try to win another series, and avoid their first series loss of the season, in a rubber game with the Marlins.
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Dubon flip-flops with Harris at bottom of lineup as Braves go for another series win
Well, first these two teams took forever to get the lineups posted, and then I got snowed under by work, so now, I get to dump the Statcast graphic here for both lineups. Yay. The “big” change for the Braves is flip-flopping Mauricio Dubon and Michael Harris II. This is the first time that’s happened […]
Luke Williams elects free agency
The NL East leading Atlanta Braves sent Luke Williams to Gwinnett today. Luke said no dice. Luke Williams elected free agency today. He was brought up on April 11th when Michael Harris II welcomed Michael the third into the world. This move exposed Luke’s tenuous grasp on a Atlanta Braves 40-man roster spot. When this […]
Bryce Elder looks to get pitching back on track in rubber game
Braves’ run prevention was really good coming into this series. Through Sunday’s win over Cleveland, the Braves had a league-best 59 ERA-, a sixth-in-MLB 89 FIP-, and a pedestrian 99 xFIP-. The pitching performance was just okay, but a combination of favorable HR/FB stuff (yay, the universe owes them for last season) and top-three defensive […]
Dominic Smith delivers big moments for the Braves in April
If you do it once, it’s a fun (and in this particular case, heartwarming) story that we get to enjoy in the moment before moving on to the next thing. If you do it twice, then we’ve gotta talk about it. That’s what Dominic Smith has forced us to do after he did the daggone […]
Martín Pérez returns to Braves on a minor league deal
Ah, the veteran DFA process for a player without minor league options has come and gone full circle. In the case of Martín Pérez and the Braves, this situation felt like it went from “Huh? He got DFA’d?” to “Okay, maybe he’ll go through the entire waiver wire and not get claimed” to “Oh. He […]
Braves Minor League Recap: Didier Fuentes struggles early but bounces back
The story of Tuesday had to be a rough first inning for Atlanta Braves top prospect Didier Fuentes. More importantly the way he bounced back in a big way after facing that adversity to give Gwinnett seven solid innings. We also saw Sean Murphy start his rehab assignment, Aiven Cabral pitch a gem, and Herick […]
Will the legend of Dom Smith exceed that of Pablo Sandoval?
Dominic Smith is on quite a run. Through April 14, he has both a wOBA and xwOBA well in excess of .400… but let’s not kid ourselves, what I really mean here is that he is currently third among position players, and fifth in MLB, in WPA. When he hit that walkoff grand slam, it […]
Braves News: Hayden Harris recalled, Dom delivers, and more
The Atlanta Braves began the day with a roster move that recalled southpaw Hayden Harris to Atlanta and simultaneously optioned right-hander Rolddy Muñoz to Triple-A Gwinnett. The move is a classic bullpen shuffle, and an underwhelming one at that. Muñoz made his first appearance of the season on Monday night, and in two innings, he […]
Dominic Smith gets Braves win in clutch come-from-behind fashion
The Atlanta Braves’ series win-streak isn’t over yet. Applying offensive production was the key to this matchup, and that’s exactly what the team was able to pull off in a clutch performance to win the game 6-5 against the Miami Marlins. The Marlins capitalized in the beginning, starting off the bat (no pun intended) after […]
Martín Pérez clears waivers but elects free agency
Former Atlanta Braves starter pitcher Martín Pérez has cleared waivers after the team designated him for assignment on April 12, 2026. The team optioned him to Triple-A Gwinnett, but the veteran lefty elected free agency. Pérez, who made two starts and three appearances with Atlanta after his contract was selected in the first week of […]
Braves vs. Marlins game thread: April 14
After allowing a season-high 10 runs in yesterday’s matchup against the Miami Marlins, the Atlanta Braves are looking to approach tonight with a redemption and a momentum boost to push them into the finale tomorrow. Both pitchers are making their first start; a few of the Braves are familiar with Marlins’ Max Meyer’s game, but […]
Spencer Strider will join Sean Murphy on rehab assignment in High-A Rome
As it turns out, Thursday night will be a very good day for local fans in Rome to show up to the ballpark and for Braves fans in general to keep an eye on the Rome Emperors. Walt Weiss spoke with the media before Tuesday’s night middle game between the Braves and the Marlins and […]
Braves lineup ready to redeem themselves in game 2 vs Marlins
A brand new day for another game of baseball. This time, the Atlanta Braves are looking to bounce back from an embarrassing low-run loss in yesterday’s matchup. The rosters have been released. No changes to today’s lineup, as it’s an exact reflection of yesterday. You know what this could tell us? The same roster is […]
Braves Minor League Update: Who’s hot, Who’s not, April 14 edition
Continuing our series from last week, let’s take a look at who showed up the most last week and who stands to gain this week. Who’s Hot Ethan Bagwell – 7IP 7H 3ER 0BB 5K Building off of a great season debut, Ethan Bagwell continued his good work – this time against the Delmarva Shorebirds. […]
Reynaldo López returns from suspension and ready to face the Marlins in game 2
He’s back! And just in time, yesterday was not the opener the Atlanta Braves were looking for to start this homestead against the Miami Marlins. The early pulling of Grant Holmes initially raised concerns until Walt Weiss’ reasoning behind his decision was later explained. Let’s look at these pitching matchups to gear up for game […]
Braves option Rolddy Muñoz and call up Hayden Harris
The Atlanta Braves are officially doing the bullpen shuffle. It’s not nearly as glamorous as the Super Bowl Shuffle (kids, YouTube is free) but it’s the type of thing that has to happen in order to keep a season going sometimes. This time, the focus is on two pitchers: Rolddy Muñoz is going down and […]
Will the Braves flip Munoz and/or another reliever off the roster?
Last night was blah. We haven’t seen a “total failure of run prevention” from this team yet, but that’s what it was nearly was last night: two homers, some poor defensive positioning that helped lead to a .452 Marlins BABIP, counterbalanced “only” by a 9/3 K/BB ratio where the strikeouts were mostly accrued when the […]
Atlanta Braves News: Braves drop series opener, Michael Harris II returns, Sean Murphy gets rehab assignment (for real this time)
A busy day in the world of the Atlanta Braves culminated with the team getting rocked on the field Monday night by the Miami Marlins. Despite the Marlins having scored three runs total across the entire three-game series in Detroit, they eclipsed that mark in just five innings in Atlanta. The offense did show signs […]
Atlanta Braves pitching rocky and bats can’t catch up in loss to Marlins
The Atlanta Braves took on the Miami Marlins in at Truist Park in a game that looked to be in the home team’s favor. Grant Holmes and his sterling ERA backed by an offense that leads the NL East in run differential by a large margin. The Marlins starter, Eury Pérez, has a career ERA […]
Atlanta Braves vs Miami Marlins Game Thread
The Atlanta Braves and their scorching hot offense are taking on the surprisingly good Miami Marlins tonight as they look to extend their division lead. The Braves are scoring runs at a pace that only three teams in MLB are doing at a higher rate, and only the Dodgers have hit more HRs. No Braves […]
Michael Harris returns to lineup as red hot Braves offense looks to beat Marlins
It was a win-win for Michael Harris as he was on paternity leave to be with his family, and the Atlanta Braves were able to score a large number of runs while he was out. The Braves’ offense now averages 5.62 runs per game behind only three other teams after the massive 13-1 blowout yesterday. […]
Grant Holmes takes on Miami Marlins as Atlanta Braves look to stay hot
The Atlanta Braves take on the Miami Marlins this evening after riding the high of having yet another offensive explosive game. The Braves are now the only team in MLB left to have not lost a series yet. The Guardians were the other, and thanks to the Braves, that is no longer the case. It […]
Braves reinstate Michael Harris II, DFA Luke Williams
After missing the last two games of the series against Cleveland, Michael Harris II will return to the Braves a presumably proud papa. We’ll hope that in addition to getting enough sleep, something about the addition to the Braves family changes Harris’ luck. Harris is rocking a yummy-yum-yum .401 xwOBA, but a very sad .287 […]
Sean Murphy will now begin rehab assignment with High-A Rome Emperors
Last week, we got the news that Sean Murphy would be beginning his rehab assignment on Friday with the Gwinnett Stripers. That rehab stint ended up getting postponed for a while after Murphy had some family matters to attend to before he could focus on baseball. The good news is that things appear to have […]
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