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Updated: Braves trade for Lane Thomas, Bailey Falter
Update: It’s official. The Atlanta Braves are trading for Kansas City Royals outfielder Lane Thomas and pitcher Bailey Falter, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Thomas, who is from Knoxville, TN, is an eight-year big league outfielder who debuted with the St. Louis Cardinals and also spent four seasons with the Washington Nationals. He’s appeared in […]
Reynaldo Lopez scratched, Martin Perez to start Saturday
The Braves have scratched Reynaldo Lopez from his start Saturday night against the Nationals, announcing that Martin Perez will start in his place. This isn’t ideal for an already-taxed pitching staff and we will see what the ramifications are for the rotation. It is unclear the severity of Lopez’ injury, but we will cover that […]
Braves vs Nationals chat and discussion: Martín Pérez vs. Miles Mikolas
Join us and discuss tonight’s game in the comments below! Game Info Game Time: Saturday, August 1st, 7:15 pm EDT Location: Truist Park, Atlanta, GA Watch: BravesVision Radio/Audio: 680 AM / 93.7 FM The Fan
Drake Baldwin leads off again, facing the righty Miles Mikolas
The Braves are going for another series win at home against their division rival Nationals. Reynaldo Lopez is taking the mound, with Miles Mikolas starting for Washington, in a matchup of unconvincing righties. Drake Baldwin gets the nod at leadoff against the righty starter, as Walt Weiss continues to swap him and Acuna at the […]
Braves look to secure DC series win behind Reynaldo Lopez
With a comfortable win Friday, the Braves will have two chances to win the series against the Nationals ahead of the trade deadline Monday, with this first chance coming behind Reynaldo Lopez on the mound. Reynaldo has been serviceable since returning to the rotation but there are still weird inconsistencies in his arsenal and velocity […]
Braves Biweekly: With some luck, back on the horse
Past summaries: How did the Braves do recently? The post All-Star Break portion of July was a fun one for the Braves. You probably recall that June was terrible for this team, and the start of July was… okay, because the team played .500 ball instead of continuing to plunge through a June-esque abyss. Two […]
Braves designate Elieser Hernández for assignment and recall James Karinchak
The Atlanta Braves have once again activated the DFA Cycle and the latest passenger is none other than Elieser Hernández. Following another one-appearance stint with Atlanta, Hernández has been designated for assignment and reliever James Karinchak will be taking his place on the roster for the time being. Hernández has actually come up pretty big […]
Battery Power Atlanta Braves Top 30 Prospects: Biggest Risers
The 2026 season has been kind to the Atlanta Braves farm system. Some key players are fully healthy and exploding at the minor league level, and the Braves have had arguably the biggest breakout story across the minor leagues playing for them. The addition of the draftees to the midseason list makes it a bit […]
Battery Power Atlanta Braves Top 30 Prospects: Biggest Fallers
Unfortunately, not every path to the major leagues in a straight line up. Most of the time guys just never quite figure it out, and sometimes players with huge bonuses fall into the category of what-could-have-been. The Braves have had a phenomenal developmental season, but there are still some straggling guys who have not been […]
Braves Minor League Recap: Cam Caminiti puts in dominant performance
(54-50) Gwinnett Stripers 3, (48-56) Durham Bulls 4 Box Score The Stripers bats were held in check most of the night, in their narrow defeat to the Durham Bulls. Owen Murphy got the start for the Stripers and put together a solid, but not spectacular start. He danced around a lot of work on the […]
Bryce Elder, Game 2 starter?
Am I getting ahead of myself talking about the playoffs on August 1st? Maybe. The Braves likely need to win 90 games to enter the postseason tournament. So they need another 25 wins across the next 52 games to get there. Atlanta has plenty of time to mess this up, but the good people over […]
Braves News: Spencer Schwellenbach update, Bryce Elder solid, and more
Mark Bowman of mlb.com provided several updates on the Atlanta Braves ahead of Friday’s contest at Truist Park. Most notably, Spencer Schwellenbach is in Atlanta and will throw a couple bullpens. Though just now ramping up baseball activities, he is hopeful for a return this September. Bowman also provided updates on Ha-Seong Kim and Hurston […]
Four-run sixth inning fuels Braves in win over Nationals
The Braves racked up hits early and often in this one, and two big swats in particular from Matt Olson and Michael Harris II gave the Braves the push they needed to pick up what’s becoming a somewhat rare occurrence lately: A comfortable win. From the outset in this one, the Braves were in control […]
Braves vs. Nationals chat and discussion: Bryce Elder vs. Foster Griffin
The game starts at (around) 7:00 p.m. Friday, it’s nearly 90 degrees and Truist Park is the place to be as the Braves are taking on the Nationals once more. Will the Braves take the 2-0 lead and at least ensure a split with a win tonight? Will Washington’s bats make Bryce Elder their latest […]
Spencer Schwellenbach throwing bullpens and targeting September return, per report
A watched stove eventually gets hot, folks. Join us in scratch/hug watch and other trade deadline speculation here as we approach Monday, August 3 at 6 pm ET. In the meantime, here are some updates coming out of Truist Park per Mark Bowman. Spencer Schwellenbach Spencer Schwellenbach is with the team in Cobb County today […]
Austin Riley returns to the lineup for the Braves against the Nationals
During Thursday night’s 5-4 win for the Atlanta Braves over the Washington Nationals, Austin Riley spent the entirety of that contest watching from the dugout as Mauricio Dubón came down from the outfield to play third base. Walt Weiss stated in Thursday’s pregame press conference that “the best way to slow the game down is […]
Bryce Elder looks to pick up where he left off in latest start against Nationals
After the Atlanta Braves ended up winning the impromptu home run derby to start this four-game series against the Washington Nationals, the Braves will now be looking to ensure a split as Bryce Elder will be getting the ball to start Friday night’s contest. In more ways than one, Elder will be looking to pick […]
Projecting the 2031 roster for the Atlanta Braves
As we wrap up the updated Atlanta Braves Top 30 prospect list, I thought now would be a good time to project out what the Braves might look like five years from now, which takes us to 2031. With the added prospect depth within the last year there are some arguments to be made for […]
2026 Battery Power Braves Midseason Top 30 Prospects: 6-1
After a long week, we are entering the final day of our top 30 roll out. As always it has been an absolute pleasure for us to put together this list, even though it was one of the hardest ones we’ve done in quite some time. There has been another massive infusion of talent to […]
Braves Minor League Recap: Offense Everywhere on Thursday
Thursday saw an offensive outburst in the Atlanta Braves system. Although the DSL team lost, all four of the full season affiliates won with three of them scoring 11+ runs and the other scoring seven runs. Conor Essenburg, Alex Lodise, Eric Hartman, Patrick Clohisy, and Luis Guanipa were among the prospects to have notable days […]
When will Trade Deadline action pick up?
At this point, I think I’ve seen more coverage of why the Trade Deadline isn’t lit than actual content involving Trade Deadline deals. There are some teams that do need to move guys because there’s just no benefit (not even a Qualifying Offer) to not moving the players on expiring contracts they have, so things […]
Braves News: Sneaky win over Nationals, midseason prospect rankings, and more
After a tough series with the New York Mets, the Atlanta Braves returned to Truist Park for a four game set with the Washington Nationals. Though a close one, the Braves came out on top during game one, defeating the Nats 5-4. Grant Holmes turned in a shaky start, allowing three runs through 4.2 frames. […]
Mike Yastrzemski and Ronald Acuña homer as Braves slip past Nationals
The Atlanta Braves opened a four game series against the Washington Nationals at home in a clash of two of the top three scoring offenses in MLB this month. The Braves went 9-4 against the Nationals last season but are not doing quite as well against them this season being 4-3 against them thus far. […]
Braves vs Nationals chat and discussion: Grant Holmes vs Jake Irvin
The Atlanta Braves are opening up a series at home against the Washington Nationals where they hope to get some momentum going before the trade deadline on August 3rd. Grant Holmes will be facing Jake Irvin for the second time this season. In that game both pitchers performed well, but it was Irvin who came […]
Mauricio Dubón starting at 3B as Braves face Nationals
The Atlanta Braves will be facing the Washington Nationals this evening and it will be a clash between two teams that are in the top three in runs scored for the month of July. A lot has gone wrong with star players for the Braves this year, and the month of June as atrocious, but […]
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