Braves Opens Grapefruit League Schedule with a “W” Saturday marked the start of the Grapefruit League spring training game schedule for Atlanta, and the Braves got off on a good foot with a 7-4 win over [READ MORE]
The mid-level minor league affiliates are awash in relievers taken in the middle to late rounds of the 2015 and 2016 drafts as the Braves have done a really nice job scouring smaller colleges to [READ MORE]
Welcome to the first Spring Training Week-in-Review for 2017! Tuesday, February 14 was the mandatory reporting deadline for Braves pitchers and catchers, and Friday, February 17 was the reporting deadline for position players, though most [READ MORE]
It’s the bottom of the ninth for my review of Braves system depth leading up to the start of Grapefruit League action. Next up I’ll be looking at the Braves relief pitchers, and Part 1 [READ MORE]
We don’t want a window, we want waves. -John Coppolella, General Manager of the Atlanta Braves This is the third and final part of my look at the Braves organizational starting pitching depth, this time [READ MORE]
Definition of a good problem to have: the Braves have so much talent in the minor leagues that it’s difficult to find spots for everyone. As the saying goes, these things have a tendency to take [READ MORE]
Moving on from the position players, we go to the area of the most tremendous depth of any team in the league, the Braves pitching organizational depth. Starting pitching should be a strength up and [READ MORE]
Answers On The Fly: A Reader Mailbag Welcome to Answers On The Fly. Answers On The Fly is our reader mailbag feature in which our writers give insight into questions fans are asking. After a lengthy absence [READ MORE]
Despite being the beneficiaries of Tyler Flowers‘ best offensive season of his career and a surprisingly effective late-season contribution from Anthony Recker, the catcher position amassed only 0.9 fWAR in 2016, good for 21st out [READ MORE]
While the addition and emergence of Dansby Swanson has solidified shortstop, the other side of the double play pivot has a few more questions around it going into 2017, but also prospect with a tremendous [READ MORE]
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