The Braves made their first cuts of the spring before Sunday’s afternoon exhibition, a 5-2 win over the Miami Marlins. Right-handers Jason Hursh and Akeel Morris were optioned to AAA Gwinnett while non-roster invitee Kyle Wright was re-assigned to [READ MORE]
See also: Best Brave By Uniform Number Index The best Brave to wear #27 is the greatest mid-season buyer’s acquisition in Braves history (that way you can’t argue for Smoltz in ’87). On July 17, [READ MORE]
If you’ve noticed, as the numbers get lower, the Best Braves just keep getting better and better. We’ve crossed off several of our retired jerseys, and we’ve re-visited some real stars. It’s startling, then, to [READ MORE]
The best Brave to wear #29 should be rather obvious – it’s Hall of Famer John Smoltz, for whom the #29 jersey is retired. The only member of every division champion in the 14-season [READ MORE]
#30 hasn’t had a star-studded history with the Braves. Two great pitchers wore it as they concluded careers which were better elsewhere – Denny McLain and Wes Ferrell, and the tradition of handing #30 [READ MORE]
There were a handful of choices for #33, and several have a strong case. A couple of others may have been better season-by-season, but one #33 was a Brave longer than the others, and [READ MORE]
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 [READ MORE]
In an earlier piece I wrote about Marvin Miller, I mentioned briefly the Seitz decision. This decision was a ruling by independent arbitrator Peter Seitz late in 1975 that essentially killed the “reserve clause”, which tied [READ MORE]
Kevin Millwood wasn’t really supposed to be that good. An 11th round pick in 1993 out of HS, Millwood didn’t make prospect lists in the minors. Heck, he wasn’t even all that impressive statistically. [READ MORE]
Josh Collmenter. Jim Johnson. Ian Krol. Eric O’Flaherty. Chaz Roe. These are the names of members of the 2017 Opening Day relief corps that will not be in the 2018 version. Regardless of who takes [READ MORE]
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