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2025 Atlanta Braves Prospect Reviews: Drue Hackenberg
How Acquired The Braves drafted Drue Hackenberg in the second round of the 2023 MLB Draft. Not only was he a slight surprise coming off the board that early in the draft, but he came significantly overslot at a $2M signing bonus with a $1.36M slot value due to being sophomore eligible out of Virginia […]
2025 Atlanta Braves Player Review: Stuart Fairchild
We take a quick look back at a depth outfielder I was once moderately excited about, but who performed as a replacement level depth option. How Acquired Fairchild was acquired right at the beginning of the season, as the Braves traded cash to the Reds for him. He was a nice depth option for what […]
How many starts at shortstop will Mauricio Dubon make for the 2026 Braves?
It’s fun when the Braves make it easy for me to come up with a question. They traded for Mauricio Dubon. He’s the correct definition of a utility guy: not only can he play all over the diamond and has played all over the diamond, he’s actually good enough defensively to warrant the usage. This […]
This Day in Braves History: Andres Galarraga inks three-year deal
Braves History 1979 – The Atlanta Braves sign relief pitcher Al Hrabosky, a reentry free agent formerly with the Kansas City Royals, to a five-year pact worth $2.2 million. 1997 – Free agent first baseman Andres Galarraga signs a three-year $24.8 million contract with the Atlanta Braves, ending a five-year stint with the Colorado Rockies […]
Alex Anthopoulos: “We’re very open” to adding at positions of need
After getting done with a busy Wednesday evening consisting of a pair of important deals, Atlanta Braves President and General Manager Alex Anthopoulos took some time to speak with the media after all the smoke cleared. The first major deal that went down on Wednesday was Raisel Iglesias signing on for another season. We all […]
Braves News: Mauricio Dubon trade, Raisel Iglesias signing, more
The Braves had a fascinating day on Wednesday. The first move they made was to trade cash for a flier pitcher from the Rockies, in the former first rounder Ryan Rolison. The second move was to bring Raisel Iglesias back on a one year $16 million dollar deal. The third deal was to trade Nick […]
Braves acquire Mauricio Dubón from Astros in exchange for Nick Allen
Shortly after the Atlanta Braves announced that they had brought back Raisel Iglesias on a one-year deal, it turns out that Alex Anthopoulos wasn’t done for the night. Indeed, the Braves have once again brought out the “white text on a blue background” social media post to announce another deal. This time, it’s their second […]
Braves set to re-sign Raisel Iglesias
The Atlanta Braves have been busy trying to figure out their bullpen situation for next season and maybe beyond as well. Earlier today, they made a minor deal where they acquired Ryan Rolison from the Rockies in exchange for cash considerations. This next deal is a bit bigger, to say the least. Raisel Iglesias will […]
Braves acquire Ryan Rolison from Rockies
The Atlanta Braves made a minor roster move today. They’re getting a early start on acquiring lots of relievers. In an alliterative move today, Ryan Rolison of the Rockies was acquired from the Braves for cash considerations today from Colorado. The 28-year-old Rolison appeared in 31 games for the Rockies last season. His line of […]
Braves will play in 2026 Little League Classic
This past season, the Atlanta Braves got to take part in one of those MLB special event neutral site games, as they ended up beating the Reds in the ill-fated, rain-delayed 2025 Speedway Classic at Bristol Motor Speedway. The rain (and MLB’s inexperience with holding such an event at a speedway) made for a bit […]
Arizona Fall League Recap: Desert Dogs season ends for Nacho Alvarez Jr., Patrick Clohisy and others
With their loss to the Javelinas in the Division Series, the Arizona Fall League has officially come to an end. Let’s dive into last week performance and take a glance at what each Braves prospect did over the league. Patrick Clohisy2 Games2-for-10, 3B, 2 R, RBI, SB21 Games.284/.389/.383, 13 BB, 12 K, 22 SB Patrick […]
2025 Atlanta Braves prospect review: Jeremy Reyes
How was he acquired? Signed out of Venezuela as part of the 2023 international signing class, Reyes received a bonus of $250,000 to join the Braves organization. What were the 2025 expectations? Coming into the 2025 season, Jeremy Reyes received plenty of hype — and rightfully so. All the 19-year-old has done since he came […]
2025 Atlanta Braves Player Review: Davis Daniel
Picked in the seventh round of the 2019 draft, Davis Daniel beat the odds by even making it to the major leagues. Beginning his career with the Los Angeles Angels, he sped through the minors in 2021 after everyone spent the 2020 season doing whatever it was that they were doing in the minors. He […]
Braves Fest set to return for 2026
Earlier this year, winter came and went without the Atlanta Braves hosting their annual Braves Fest event. The reasoning back then was that they were making some serious renovations to the ballpark in order to get the place ready for the upcoming season (and the 2025 MLB All-Star Game festivities, in particular). As such, the […]
Starting today, comments and Feed posts on Battery Power will have activity notifications
When you post on SB Nation, we don’t want you to miss all the conversations and responses that follow. So starting today, whenever a user replies to your comment or to your post on the Feed, you’ll see a notification at the top right corner of the page. And of course, this means that when […]
Will the Braves regret not protecting Blake Burkhalter (and friends) from the Rule 5 Draft?
The deadline to add players to the 40-man roster to protect them from being selected in the Rule 5 Draft came and went on Tuesday. The Braves didn’t make any moves, leaving Blake Burkhalter, Ian Mejia, and David McCabe, among others that are even longer shots to get picked in the Rule 5 Draft, unprotected. […]
This Day in MLB History: Barry Bonds wins his fourth N.L. MVP Award
MLB History 1900 – American League President Ban Johnson says that the AL has chosen not to renew the National Agreement with the National League, but sees no need for friction between the two sides. 1939 – The National Professional Indoor Baseball League begins play. The league has 10 clubs, one in each major league […]
Braves News: Rule 5 protection deadline, Rafael Montero review, and more
Tuesday marked a deadline-heavy day for not just the Atlanta Braves, but all of Major League Baseball. In addition to the start of the Winter Meetings and the Qualifying Offer deadline, Tuesday also marked the deadline for clubs to add any eligible players to the 40-man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft. […]
Braves make no changes to 40-man roster ahead of Rule 5 Draft protection deadline
Today was an important day on the baseball offseason calendar, as 6:00 p.m. ET today marked the deadline for teams to add players to their 40-man roster in order to protect them from selection in the upcoming Rule 5 Draft. Plenty of teams got busy with making moves and additions to their 40-man roster but […]
2025 Atlanta Braves prospect review: Eddys Leonard
How was he acquired? Signed as a minor league free agent on March 29, 2025, Leonard previously had stops with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers. He has yet to make his MLB debut. What were the 2025 expectations? As he was on a minor league deal, the expectations were for Leonard to serve […]
2025 Atlanta Braves prospect review: Nick Montgomery
How was he acquired? Drafted out of Cypress High School (Ca.) by the Braves in the fifth round of the 2024 draft, Montgomery was given a signing bonus of $997,500 to forego his commitment to Arizona State University and begin his professional career. What were the 2025 expectations? Montgomery did not make his professional debut […]
2025 Atlanta Braves Player Review: Rafael Montero
Rafael Montero was actually somewhat familiar with pitching in Truist Park. After all, he was part of the 2021 American League Champion Houston Astros squad who squared off against the eventual 2021 World Series Champions Atlanta Braves in that year’s World Series. Four years later, Montero found himself in Truist Park as part of the […]
Will anyone accept the Qualifying Offer today?
After yesterday’s debacle (and then the Ohtani one last week), I’m gonna try to do this without needing a mid-day edit to the post. Probably won’t succeed, but them’s the breaks. Today is (not non-tender day…) accept/reject Qualifying Offer day. 13 players were tagged with the QO a couple of weeks ago, which you can […]
This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Fred McGriff to Rays
Braves Franchise History 1958 – Milwaukee Braves second baseman Red Schoendienst is diagnosed as having tuberculosis and will appear in just five games in 1959. 1997 – The Braves trade Fred McGriff to the expansion Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for a player to be named later. 2002 – The Florida Marlins send recently-acquired pitcher […]
Braves News: 2026 Hall of Fame Ballot, MLB Free Agency, More
The big announcement on Monday was the 2026 MLB Hall of Fame Ballot. Of course, Andruw Jones was a part of the group, which also included 12 first time players. Many of these players are also former Braves. While the group has some name power for sure, there certainly is plenty of opportunity for Andruw […]
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