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Who ya got in the WBC?

Of all the things I wish were better than they are, the World Baseball Classic is definitely one of them. The ongoing insurance-as-a-bar-to-participation debacle only underscores that missed potential. The roster reveals from yesterday, are, well… you get the idea, I think. Anyway, a short one since it’s Friday: who ya got? Japan has won […]

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Braves News: World Baseball Classic, 2026 Playoff odds, and more

The World Baseball Classic is starting up next month, and the Atlanta Braves will be well-represented. Ronald Acuña Jr., Ozzie Albies, Jurickson Profar, and Chadwick Tromp are participating. While Acuña Jr. will be suiting up for Venezuela, the remaining three Braves are on the Netherlands’ roster and will be led by Andruw Jones.  Team USA […]

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FanGraphs has lofty expectations for 2026 Braves

Quiet as kept, FanGraphs has released their updated MLB Playoff Odds for the upcoming 2026 season. As of right now with the offseason beginning to transition into the ever-optimistic days of spring training, FanGraphs’ projection model feels like the Atlanta Braves should have very good reason to feel optimistic heading into the regular season. While […]

2026 Battery Power Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: 12-7

We are now entering the stretch where pretty much every player on the list has legitimate MLB potential because of their skill set. With the exclusion of Luke Sinnard who, one author had a bit higher on their list, there was unanimous agreement on who the top 12 prospects in the organization are. Youth, and […]

What will be the 2026 Braves’ Achilles’ heel?

I don’t mean, Michael Soroka’s Achilles’ heel. Just, you know, in general. The set of questions we received for February included, “What weakness will doom the team if nothing changes?” — but I twisted it around a bit. I have an answer to the former, and it’s also the answer to this question, but “doom […]

Braves News: Top prospects, Spring Training invites, more

It was a good day for people interested in prospects, as our prospect team continues to roll out their best-in-industry Braves top 30 prospects list and we got Atlanta’s list of non-roster Spring Training invites. I will say that I was a bit disappointed at the absence of Cam Caminiti on the non-roster invites list, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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