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2026 Battery Power Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: 18-13

As if the last part of our list wasn’t fun enough, we begin to see a major influx of tools as we enter our top 18 prospects. After adding the likes of Isaiah and Guanipa back in 2023, the Braves made serious changes to what kind of players they were looking to add which is […]

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Braves top prospects and hopeful veterans make up 2026 Non-Roster Invitee list

With spring training on the somewhat immediate horizon, there’s been a bit of anticipation surrounding the annual list of non-roster invitees to camp. The Atlanta Braves have now revealed that list and as expected, there’s a decent mix of top prospects looking to make a splash and veteran longshots looking to latch onto a roster […]

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What will be the main storyline of Braves Spring Training 2026?

Well, Truck Day has come and gone. Spring Training action, though, is still some weeks away. That gives us ample time to speculate: with an unsettled 2025 season, there’s all sorts of opportunity for the narrative to take hold while the games don’t matter. My memory goes back to “Shuise Control” and the time Jared […]

5 days ago | 1 read

Braves News: MLB Network’s Top 10 Right Now, Live Q&A, and more

Tuesday made for a slow day on the news front for the Atlanta Braves. Though the offseason feels like it has dragged on, we are now officially less than a week away from pitchers and catchers reporting to camp. The Braves have yet to announce their non-roster invites, but until then, we’ve got a couple […]

6 days ago | 1 read

Battery Power Minor Leagues Live Q&A set for Friday, February 6

With our minor league crew going through all of the trouble of doing their annual preseason prospect rankings, this seems like the perfect time for y’all to ask questions about it. So this Friday, February 6 at 7:30 p.m. ET, we’ll be having another one of our Live Q&A sessions where our very own Gaurav […]

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2026 Battery Power Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: 19-24

We are starting to hit the stretch of the campaign as we enter the top 20. With a couple of the safer picks rounding out the top 30, we have begun to enter the part of the list that caters to some high upside prospects. Compared to recent years there is a lot more upside, […]

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2026 Battery Power Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: 25-30

🎶It’s the most wonderful time of the year.🎶 The drolls of the everlasting January are finally over and we enter the month of February with hope in the air as players begin to collect in Florida as Spring Training is right around the corner. Yesterday we saw who just missed out on top 30 list […]

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How excited are you about a Braves-specific network?

Quickly piggybacking on yesterday’s news, the question is simple. What’s your excitement level? In theory, it doesn’t have to be very different. MLB.tv is still MLB.tv for out-of-market folks like me, though this may offer you a cheaper monthly option than A) buying all teams through MLB.tv or B) whatever FanDuel direct-to-consumer option previously existed, […]

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Braves News: Future of Braves TV, Battery Power Top 30 Propsects, More

One of the of the biggest off the field stories over the past year or so for the Braves and many other MLB teams has been the uncertain future of their TV Broadcasts. On Monday, several MLB teams decided to take the next step forward as they will have their broadcasts directly linked to MLB […]

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Offseason open thread: February 2

Busy day, huh? The week’s off to an exciting start so far, what with the news about the future of the Braves on TV/streaming, the Braves having their annual Truck Day and our minor league crew getting their preseason prospect rankings underway. Which one was the most exciting part for you so far? The floor […]

7 days ago | 1 read

Atlanta Braves begin to move operations to Florida with 2026 Truck Day

It’s officially February now, which means that we don’t have too much longer to wait until we start hearing the crack of the bat and baseballs hitting mitts under the Florida sun. Before that can happen and before even pitchers and catchers can report, all of the equipment needs to get down to the spring […]

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2026 Battery Power Preseason Top 30 Prospects: Honorable Mentions

Welcome all to another year of Braves baseball, and with it comes one of our favorite things to do – our Top 30 rankings. After another strong draft that saw the Braves go heavy on position players, we are starting to see these players rise up the ranks and fill out what has been a […]

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Which year permanently changed how you watch baseball?

So, I don’t know if I have been doing daily questions for over a year, but it feels like I have. Meanwhile, a few days ago, the powers that be put together a set of generic questions that can be used throughout the month of February, and shared them with us. Some are redundant with […]

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7 days ago | 1 read

Braves News: Free Agency, More

This week could be a fun week for the remaining MLB free agents. With the start of Spring Training less than two weeks away for nearly all of baseball, many notable names remained unsigned. As a result, we could see several signings this week, and teams will continue to fill needs for 2026 and beyond. […]

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How would you change MLB All-Star Weekend?

The NFL’s Pro Bowl is on Tuesday. Or I should say the NFL Pro Bowl Games. Pro Bowl games used to be full contact affairs. Then they slowly started removing some of the contact elements for injury concerns. It started to resemble non-contact football, especially across the line of scrimmage. So they decided to replace […]

8 days ago | 1 read

Braves News: Framber Valdez rumors, player panels, more

The offseason may almost be over, but the Braves have widely been rumored to still be looking to add a starting pitcher and there are plenty left on the open market, as well as some presumably available via trade. The biggest fish in free agency is Framber Valdez and there has been some buzz about […]

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Offseason open thread: January 31

We’re officially one sleep away from entering into February, which means that spring training will be here before you know it. Excited yet? I know, it’s just spring training but that’s one step closer to the regular season so every little bit needs to be celebrated at this point, right? Anyways, I hope y’all are […]

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Why are the Dodgers paying for bad baseball?

The Los Angeles Dodgers are on track to pay at least 160 million dollars of MLB competitive balance tax in 2026. In all, ten teams will be charged close to 500 million dollars in 2026. And it’s only January 31st. There are some big free agents still available. We’ve been over the salary cap and […]

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Offseason open thread: January 30

I hope everybody has a lovely start to their weekend. Please stay warm and safe out there if you’re in the path of the second winter storm in as many weekends! Here’s a random clip for you:

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Braves add veteran starter Martin Perez on minor league deal, per report

Well, it’s not really a solution to a perceived need for additional heft in the starting pitching department, but it’s a move anyway: A 14-year MLB veteran, the Venezuelan left-hander has 17.1 career fWAR across over 1,630 career innings. His career pitching line (ERA-/FIP-/xFIP-) is 100/103/107 — basically a fourth-ish starter over the arc of […]

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Braves players primed for an offensive boost in 2026

There is no sugar coating it: The Atlanta Braves largely underperformed last season. There were unforeseen circumstances like injuries and a suspension, but pure underperformance played a role for some players on the roster. There are some players on the roster that also fell victim to some bad luck with the bat. What is meant […]

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2026 Braves Fest cancelled due to forecasted inclement weather

In Thursday night’s open thread, I discussed the weather forecast that was a bit concerning for Saturday. Saturday was important because that was when this year’s edition of Braves Fest was scheduled. Well, the weather forecast for Metro Atlanta hasn’t gotten any better since Thursday and as such, the Braves have officially made the decision […]

10 days ago | 1 read