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JR Ritchie recalled, James Karinchak selected to major league roster

Prior to tonight’s game in Chicago, the Braves have made a few bullpen-bolstering moves. The expected: after last night’s blown save versus the White Sox, Carlos Carrasco re-enters the DFA spin cycle. Let’s see if the fourth go-around looks a lot like the last three and if we’ll be seeing him soon enough. In his […]

Braves Minor League Recap: Carter Holton Returns to Augusta

It’s been a year and a half since Carter Holton last pitched in a GreenJackets uniform, and the long wait for Braves fans was rewarded with a terrific first outing. Holton led the team with his five scoreless innings. Adam Zebrowski had a monster day for Gwinnett by driving in six of their seven runs, […]

How many Braves relievers will exceed 65 IP this year?

I could make this one a scoring one, but doing anything score-wise that pertains to relievers seems kinda gross. So, nah. This question is, of course, prompted by whatever happened last night that led Carlos Carrasco to face six batters in high leverage. (The lone remaining batter he faced was just short of the cutoff […]

Braves News: Ronald Acuña Jr. update, Hurston Waldrep rehabbing, and more

The Atlanta Braves suffered another blow on the injury front, and yet again, Ronald Acuña Jr. is the subject. Acuña exited Tuesday night in the fourth inning after limping on his way to first base.  The club later reported that he exited the contest with hamstring tightness. Best case scenario for Atlanta is that he […]

Ronald Acuña Jr. exits game with apparent leg ailment

Ah, jeez. The frustrations continue for Ronald Acuña Jr. and his wheels, as he had to exit Tuesday’s game against the Chicago White Sox with an apparent lower leg injury. With one out in the top of the fourth inning, Acuña hit a ground ball deep to the left side of the infield. Chicago third […]

Grant Holmes takes the mound for the Braves at the White Sox

After a sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates where they were able get through without facing Paul Skenes, the Atlanta Braves are headed to Chicago where the Acuña brothers will be facing off. Grant Holmes will be taking the mound, and as we have seen, he tends to run out of gas after going through the […]

Braves Minor League Recap: Diego Tornes, Edelson Cabral star

Monday saw the teams in the Atlanta Braves system lose both games while allowing 23 combined runs. However there was a lot of positive, as all of the bigger named prospects in the lowest levels had big games – particularly Diego Tornes and Edelson Cabral. FCL Twins 10, FCL Braves 3 Box Score Starter Brody […]

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It’s June 9. Which team’s performance has surprised you the most?

You’ve certainly got choices in what’s turning out to be a weird (weird good and/or weird bad) season for quite a few teams so far. You can even pick the Braves, especially if you were pessimistic about their chances — though the projections weren’t, so that would be a very personal-adjustment-over-baseline-expectations take. The reason why […]

Braves News: Trade Thoughts, 2026 Draft Prospect Rankings, More

Mark Bowman of MLB.com tackled the subject that has grown more popular over the past few weeks: a potential trade of Tarik Skubal by the struggling Detroit Tigers. For the Braves specifically, Bowman concluded that while the Braves would obviously love to acquire Skubal, the high prospect cost for a rental likely does not make […]

Atlanta Braves off day chat and discussion: June 8

Good evening, folks! I hope everybody’s had a lovely start to their day. The Braves may not be in action but sometimes it’s just nice to take some time to look at the standings and relax a bit. Things are looking good for the Braves and days like this are nice to just take it […]

2026 MLB Draft: June Consensus Top 200 Rankings

As we get down to just over a month until the 2026 MLB Draft I thought now would be a good time to do a refresh on the Consensus Rankings for this class. As a reminder there are seven different rankings included in this consensus rankings – though now we are expanding from a Top […]

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Will 2026 be the greatest Braves pinch-hitting season?

When Michael Harris II pulled off another heroic feat in hitting a game-winning pinch-hit double yesterday afternoon, I remarked that it felt pretty unfair to just be able to plop in a guy having one of the better offensive performances in MLB in lieu of Sandy Leon in a key spot. That also brought to […]

Braves News: Sweep of Pirates, Michael Harris II Heroics, More

Sunday was an extra fun day for the Braves. Heroics from Michael Harris II played a huge part in the Braves 3-2 victory very over the Pirates. This resulted in a sweep of the Pirates, which is notable as the Pirates look to be a playoff contender. Timely hitting and excellent bullpen work continue to […]

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 […]

Pinch-hit heroics from Michael Harris II secure series sweep over Pirates

For the first six innings, the Atlanta Braves were looking like they were going to be denied another sweep as the Pirates did just enough to Bryce Elder to salvage a win. But a huge theme of this season is how this team continues to find different ways to win from different contributors, and the […]

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 […]