Games that mean something started this week, the Braves welcomed an old enemy into the fold, and top pitching prospects were pushed to challenging assignments. Welcome to the first week-in-review of the regular season. Atlanta [READ MORE]
4/6/17 – Signed 1B Ryan Howard to a minor league contract (worth $750K if called up). 4/9/17 – Signed RHP Jason Motte to a minor league contract. I think we all expected Ryan Howard to [READ MORE]
For the burgeoning multitudes of Braves fans keenly following the minor leagues, today is just as big a day as Monday’s big league opening day. This post will look at the major story lines through [READ MORE]
IT’S HERE! IT’S HERE! Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, children of all ages….welcome to Atlanta Braves Opening Day. Opening Day is the only official, unofficial, federally recognized holiday that allows employees to miss work [READ MORE]
On Sunday, the Atlanta Braves finalized their Opening Day 25-man roster for the 2017 season. After spending much of the spring considering opening the season with an eight man bullpen and a four man bench, [READ MORE]
The 2017 Atlanta Braves – Optimizing the Sub-Optimal A year ago, I posted an article theorizing how best to optimize the 2016 Braves lineup. Fredi Gonzalez didn’t listen to me. Fredi Gonzalez is no longer [READ MORE]
The Atlanta Braves and the rest of Major League Baseball enter the final week of spring training and the Braves roster looks just about set. However, manager Brian Snitker warned that last minute changes are [READ MORE]
It’s two weeks until the start of the regular season, and the excitement and anticipation of the start of camp as given way to most fans, and no doubt the players, to the drudgery of [READ MORE]
With eighteen days before Opening Day, the Braves made another round of cuts today to bring the roster a little closer to the 25-man limit. This round of cuts featured several top prospects. Pitching LHP [READ MORE]
The Braves played six games this week with 2 wins, 3 losses, and 1 tie in 10 innings against St. Louis on Sunday. The Braves made their first cuts of the spring, and some Braves players [READ MORE]
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