Welcome to ICYMI: Atlanta Braves Weekly Blog Recap. For ICYMI, we collect a sampling of the week’s best articles, podcasts, and other news about the Atlanta Braves. This is a way to get a weekly recap of all things Braves, from multiple outlets, all in one place. Enjoy!
Sunday
OFR’s own Andy Harris continues his weekly series covering the Atlanta Braves farm system. Mississippi Braves RHP Enderson Franco earned the OFR Pitcher of the Week award, while Gwinnett Striper OF Danny Santana earned OFR Player of the Week honors. He also looks at the performances of Braxton Davidson, Touki Toussaint, Kyle Muller, Max Fried, Alex Jackson, and others.
On the Knockahoma Nation podcast, Ken Hendrix and Josh Brown are giving out roses to Dansby Swanson and Brian Snitker. Or something.
Joel Walker and Joel Bronson of the High and Tight Podcast have interviews with Chip Caray and Dale Murphy.
Eric Cole joins the The Talking Chop Podcast to talk Julio Teheran, Ozzie Albies, Brian Snitker, Luiz Gohara, and more.
Monday
Brent Blackwell of OFR looks at what drove Sean Newcomb’s improvement from 2017 to 2018.
Dillon Cloud of Talking Chop looks at the tumultuous personal and professional season of Luiz Gohara.
Tuesday
Brent Blackwell takes a look at Tyler Flowers’ bat and how it is catching up to his incredible pitch framing.
Friend of OFR Doc Herbert of Talking Chop looks at how the Atlanta Braves have fared against top-tier pitching.
John Calvagno of the Notes From the Sally blog gives his Top 25 Prospects of the South Atlantic League, including several Rome Braves.
Wednesday
Grant McAuley of 92.9 The Game and Around The Big Leagues answers reader questions in his mailbag. Grant guesses as to when the Atlanta Braves may start making trades, speculates on if the injury to Austin Riley might spur a trade for a 3B, and looks at the options to follow Kolby Allard.
Richard Justice of MLB.com looks at 10 small offseason moves that have paid big dividends so far. The Atlanta Braves’ Anibel Sanchez may or may not be on that list.
Thursday
Alex Anthopolous joined David O’Brien of the AJC on O’Briens Truth, Lies, and Sacrifice Flies podcast. The to talked about the trade deadline strategy for the Atlanta Braves in 2018.
Sparhawk at Talking Chop previews the Atlanta Braves’ International Free Agent signing period, which begins July 2nd.
David Lee of Baseball Prospectus gives a scouting report on Rome Braves stand-outs Drew Waters and William Contreras.
Friday
On the Platinum Sombrero Podcast, Deputy Managing Editor Wayne Cavadi of Minor League Ball joins Talking Chop’s Doc Herbert and OFR’s Dylan Short to talk about Division II prospects, ATL v NY farm systems, and Ninja Turtles.
Stacy Marlow of Talking Chop talks with Phil Dahling of Player Direct LLC, a baseball memorabilia company. The two discuss Ronald Acuna’s innovative and exclusive game-used memorabilia deal.
Saturday
Alan Carpenter of Tomahawk Take looks at some potential SP trade candidates.
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