Atlanta Braves
Hall of Fame 2017: Brent’s Ballot
It’s wrong to call this a Hall of Fame ballot. I don’t have a Hall of Fame ballot. I’m not allowed to vote (I should be, but they tend to ignore me despite this absolute [READ MORE]
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Atlanta Braves
Hot Stove: Atlanta Braves Week-In-Review, December 18
It was a quiet week on the transaction front for the Braves, but GM John Coppollela took time out of packing his Turner Field office to interact with fans on Twitter, prospect Ronald Acuña got [READ MORE]
Atlanta Braves
Get to Know a Prospect: Demeritte, Pache, Minter, Sims, and Wentz
16. Travis Demeritte, 2B Age: 22 Bats: R 2016 Level: A+ Carolina .266/.361/.554 142 wRC+ 28 HR 17 SB 12.6 BB%, 33 K% (stats from class A+ High Desert and Carolina) The History: Demeritte was a 1st-round [READ MORE]
Atlanta Braves
Get to Know a Prospect: Riley, Peterson, Ruiz, Weigel, and Jackson
Continuing my charge through the Braves minor league prospects, here’s my #11-15 rankings, including a relative newcomer at #15. 11. Austin Riley, 3B Age: 20 Bats: R 2016 Level: Rome .271/.324/.479 128 wRC+ 22 HR, [READ MORE]
Atlanta Braves
Hot Stove: Atlanta Braves Week-In-Review, December 11
The Winter Meetings came and went without the Atlanta Braves making a huge trade or signing, but there was plenty of player movement thanks to the Rule V Draft and a couple of minor trades. [READ MORE]
Atlanta Braves
Braves Transactions: We’re Goin’ To Jackson
12/8 – Atlanta Braves trade RHP Tyrell Jenkins & LHP Brady Feigl to the Texas Rangers for RHP Luke Jackson. After the morning events, which involved releasing Williams Perez to make room for Rule V [READ MORE]
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Atlanta Braves Transactions: Braves select Armando Rivero From Cubs
On the last day of the 2016 Winter Meetings, the Atlanta Braves continued their pursuit of low-cost/high-reward players by selecting RHP Armando Rivero from the Chicago Cubs in the Rule 5 Draft. The Braves made [READ MORE]
Atlanta Braves
Get to Know a Prospect: Ronald Acuña
The Player Ronald Acuña, OF Age: 19 Bats: R Rank: 10 2016 Level: A Rome The Results .311/.387/.432 139 wRC+ 4 HR, 14 SB 10.5 BB% 16.4 K% The History Acuña was a 2014 international amateur [READ MORE]
Atlanta Braves
Braves Transactions: Peanuts for O’Flaherty
12/6 – Atlanta Braves sign Eric O’Flaherty to a 1 year, minor league contract. (Setting the scene) EXT: TURNER FIELD: OCTOBER: PLAYER PARKING COPPY and ERIC are loading rosin bags and stretch bands into [READ MORE]
Atlanta Braves
Get to Know a Prospect: Ian Anderson
The Player Ian Anderson, RHP Age: 19 Rank: 9 2016 Level: Rk Danville The Results 2.04 ERA 2.93 FIP 5 G, 5 GS 39.2 IP 2.72 BB/9 8.17 SO/9 (stats from two rookie league levels) The [READ MORE]