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• Braves Minor League Recap: Spencer Schwellenbach strikes out 8

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Schwellenbach dominated early in a Rome win It was a solid day for the pitching prospects in the Atlanta Braves system, with a trio of talented arms taking the mound on Saturday. Hurston Waldrep pitched a gem for Mississippi, but it was Spencer Schwellenbach who led the system in strikeouts and whiffs. (9-11) Gwinnett Stripers 2, (10-10) Me...2024
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• Braves badly need someone to step up in Spencer Strider’s absence

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports The Braves’ rotation is off to a rocky start in 2024. The Braves confirmed the dreaded news we were all anticipating on Saturday morning: Spencer Strider had undergone surgery in his right elbow to repair a damaged UCL. He will miss the remainder of the season, a blow that the Braves will have to overcome and maneuver over the next 150 games and (presumably)...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy Ks 8

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Murphy is off to a hot start with two good outings in April It was a beautiful spring day for baseball on Saturday, but the Atlanta Braves affiliates didn’t have a ton of fun as they dropped three of four games. Hurston Waldrep struggled down in Mississippi, but there were still a handful of exciting performances. Owen Murphy and Adam Maier ...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Hurston Waldrep, Spencer Schwellenbach make season debuts

Hurston Waldrep | Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Two of the Braves top overall prospects made their season debuts on Sunday, with Waldrep in Double-A and Schwellenbach in High-A. Sunday looked to be a promising day with both Hurston Waldrep and Spencer Schwellenbach making their season debuts, though one was excellent and the other struggled. A pair of guys in c...2024
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• Braves News: Weekend sweep, 50th anniversary of Hank Aaron’s 715th and more

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The Braves get off to a great start in their first home series of the season. The Braves decided to take a more traditional route to a victory in their 5-2 win over the Diamondbacks on Sunday, completing an impressive sweep of one of the better squads in the National League. Chris Sale was solid on the mound while the Braves flexed their power bats to get thei...2024
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• Spencer Strider’s MRI reveals damaged UCL, further evaluations pending

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A pretty devastating blow to the organization, and the Braves will have to find a way to soldier on During a pretty somber Saturday afternoon press conference, the Braves held fast to the premise that no news is good news, and the presence of news, well, sucks: Spencer Strider today underwent an MRI that revealed damage to the ul...2024
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• Braves Mailbag: Playoff struggles, 2024 sleeper and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images This week’s mailbag includes questions about the Braves rotation, Max Fried’s next contract, and sleeper candidates. Thanks to everyone that sent in questions for this week’s Atlanta Braves mailbag. We will be doing more of these throughout the regular season. Let’s get to it! The Braves’ offensive approach clearly works during the re...2024
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• As Spencer Strider gets the Opening Day start, there’s likely a changing of the guard happening in Atlanta

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports The Braves will have a new Opening Day Starter for the 2024 season. The impact of who the Opening Day starter is for a baseball team is largely overrated. After that first game, every team’s rotation schedule gets thrown out of whack by off-days, injuries, rainouts, 6-man rotations, 4-man rotations, bullpen games, etc, etc. This is not college baseball where ...2024
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• Braves top 30 prospects assignment projections

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Where will your favorite prospect end up? The winter blues are thankfully drawing to a close, and minor league baseball is on the horizon. In ten days the Gwinnett Stripers will open their season, kicking off another season of Atlanta Braves minor league baseball. We should get official rosters sometime next week, but for now all I...2024
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• Battery Power TV: Adam Duvall returns to Atlanta Braves, who welcome Ronald Acuña Jr. back to lineup

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images It was an eventful week for the Atlanta Braves, who had a pair of returns on Thursday that should impact both the roster and the lineup to varying degrees. On the same day Ronald Acuña Jr. returned to the starting lineup following a two-week absence after an injury scare, the Braves also announced the signing of veteran outfielder, and familiar face, Ada...2024
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• Braves News: Shaky Sale, farm system ranking, more

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Chris Sale did not have his greatest outing this spring, as the Braves’ pitching generally struggled. Elsewhere, the Braves are still climbing out of the basement of farm system rankings. While the Braves have been near the bottom of the rankings for a few years now, they have continued to both supplement their...2024
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• Braves News: Hurston Waldrep reassigned to minor league camp, college baseball watchlist, and more

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday The Atlanta Braves made a series of moves on Friday to trim the roster to 41. Most notably, right-hander Hurston Waldrep was reassigned to minor league camp. The #Braves reassigned top pitching prospect Hurston Waldrep to minor league camp, after he impressed again Friday. Move was expec...2024
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"com/lTHRyPySgo— Bally Sports South (@BallySportsSO) February 14, 2024 Hurston Waldrep will be one of the most watched Braves pitchers in spring camp."

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"Jesse Chavez looks ever more ready to return to Atlanta following another strong outing, and Hurston Waldrep ended his season with Mississippi on a strong note."

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• Braves Minor League Recap: Hurston Waldrep, Spencer Schwellenbach make season debuts
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• Braves News: Weekend sweep, 50th anniversary of Hank Aaron’s 715th and more
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• Braves Mailbag: Playoff struggles, 2024 sleeper and more
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• As Spencer Strider gets the Opening Day start, there’s likely a changing of the guard happening in Atlanta
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• Battery Power TV: Adam Duvall returns to Atlanta Braves, who welcome Ronald Acuña Jr. back to lineup
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• Braves News: Roster cuts continue, offense quiet against Pirates, and more

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday The Atlanta Braves trimmed the roster by three on Tuesday as an outfielder and a pair of infielders were reassigned to minor league camp. The #Braves today reassigned INF Nacho Alvarez Jr., INF Luke Waddell and OF Luis Liberato to minor league camp. Atlanta now has 36 players in camp.— ...2024
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• Braves News: Shaky Sale, farm system ranking, more
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Hurston Waldrep, Spencer Schwellenbach make season debuts
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• Braves Spring Training Prospects Update

Credit: Garrett Spain - Battery Power Recapping the performance of Braves prospects in camp so far With opening day inching closer and closer, we take a look at how some of the Braves prospects of note are faring during spring training. Nacho Alvarez Jr. Alvarez got off to a hot start this spring, establishing himself as one of the Braves better prospects over the first week of camp. Since...2024
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• Hurston Waldrep impresses, and the B-Squad stay hot as Braves tie Pirates

Luis Liberato had himself a day | Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Luis Liberato played hero with his bat, Fried struggled in the fourth, and Waldrep showed his tenacity The Atlanta Braves and former Cy Young Award runner up Max Fried took the field against the Pittsburg Pirates today. The Atlanta Braves are down to forty-two players left at camp and the back-up position battles are still go...2024
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• Braves Roster Projection: Bench spots still up for grabs

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Forrest Wall is off to a torrid start during the spring, but will it be enough to earn a spot on the Braves’ Opening Day roster. The Atlanta Braves have 11 games under their belts in Grapefruit League action and are enjoying their first off day of the spring Wednesday. The team has also made a series of roster cuts over the last few ...2024
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• Braves Spring Training Prospects Update

Credit: Garrett Spain - Battery Power Recapping the performance of Braves prospects in camp so far We are well underway with spring training now, and as always Atlanta Braves prospects have had their opportunity to show out in big league camp. Many of the top names in the system have gotten a good chunk of playing time to preview Atlanta’s future. Nacho Alvarez Jr. Nacho Alvarez has been t...2024
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• Quick thoughts on every Braves pitcher and catcher heading to camp

Photo by Zac BonDurant/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Some quick thoughts on every Braves pitcher and catcher heading to camp. The Atlanta Braves will hold their first workout with pitchers and catchers on Wednesday, February 14, in North Port, Florida. Position players are scheduled to follow on February 19, but many are already in camp and have joined their teammates in beginning thei...2024
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• Braves farm system ranks 26th in Keith Law’s updated rankings

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Athletic’s Keith Law released his updated farm system rankings for the 2024 season Friday and the Atlanta Braves are in the lower third coming in at No. 26. It isn’t that surprising given that the Braves had just one prospect on Law’s Top 100 list in 2023 first round pick Hurston Waldrep. Atlanta has traded everyone, almost. There’s ...2024
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• Battery Power 2024 Preseason Top 30 Braves Prospects: 1-6

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images AJ Smith-Shawver repeats as the top prospect in the Braves system Finally we have reached the pinnacle with the top six prospects in the Atlanta Braves system. After a season in which no players were ranked in the top 100 nationally there is near unanimous agreement that there are now two, and they both come in at the top of the system. F...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Spencer Schwellenbach strikes out 8
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• Spencer Strider’s MRI reveals damaged UCL, further evaluations pending
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuna Jr. injury, Chris Sale sharp again and more

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Monday could turn into a waiting game off the field. As another week begins for the Braves in Spring Training in Florida, the eyes of Braves country will actually be fixed on Los Angeles in nervous anticipation. Ronald Acuna Jr. is scheduled to receive further evaluation on his right knee from the same doctor who repaired his torn ACL in 2021. While irritati...2024
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• Spring Training storylines for the Braves as they head to North Port

Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images The fifth starter spot, the bench, and the revamped coaching staff will all be a focus in February and March Atlanta Braves pitchers and catchers will report to North Port on Wednesday, with position players scheduled to join them by next Monday, February 19. The first full squad workout will take place on February 20, and believe it or ...2024
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• Braves News: Spring Training invites, Kevin Pillar to White Sox, and more

Photo by Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday With the 2024 season just around the corner, the Atlanta Braves announced their Spring Training invites on Friday. The Braves extended 23 non-roster invites, including Hurston Waldrep and Ignacio Alvarez. Atlanta Braves Announce 2024 Spring Training Non-Roster Invitees: pic.twitter.com/NgbH6KH5q...2024
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• Braves Mailbag Part 2: Marcell Ozuna’s trade value, A.J. Minter and more

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images The second part of this week’s mailbag explores Marcell Ozuna’s trade value, thoughts on A.J. Minter and more. Below is the second part of this week’s Atlanta Braves mailbag. If you missed the first part, you can find it here. Again, thank you to everyone who took the time to submit questions. We will do this again soon. How do you think the Braves wil...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Michael Soroka strikeouts out nine

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Soroka was efficient with his pitches and struck out nine batters in 4 2⁄3 innings. The Atlanta Braves love to draft pitching, and that focus paid off on Saturday evening as the affiliates all had fantastic pitching performances (if you choose to ignore the GreenJackets existing tonight). Michael Soroka was on the mound for Gwinnett and struck out ni...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Chavez dominates again in rehab outing

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Jesse Chavez is looking ready to make his return to Atlanta’s bullpen, and has six strikeouts in 3 1⁄3 innings in Gwinnett The day was not flush with offensive performances, as the Atlanta Braves affiliates combined for one run in three games outside of extra innings, but the pitching at both levels had its upside. Jesse Chavez looks ever...2023
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• Sights and sounds from the first day of Braves Spring Training

Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images Spring Training has begun for the Atlanta Braves Atlanta Braves pitchers and catchers held their first workout of the spring Wednesday in North Port. There is no better time of the year for a baseball fan. Up the steps from the #Braves dugout at CoolToday Park. First workout of Spring Training happens on Thursday. Should be just a few...2024
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• Braves promote top pick Hurston Waldrep to Rome

Photo by Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images The Braves sent their top pick in the draft to High-A after just one start with Augusta. After just one start in Augusta the Atlanta Braves have promoted their top pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, Hurston Waldrep, to High-A Rome. Waldrep was the headliner to this news, but he is being joined by Jared Johnson and Cory Acton in Rome. ROSTER MOV...2023
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• Braves reportedly willing to pay for free agent starter

Lucas Peltier-USA TODAY Sports No Braves player currently makes more than $22 million annually, but the team is reportedly willing to go above that for the right free agent starter. MLB Free Agency is off to a slow start, but that shouldn’t be terribly surprising. Unlike the NBA and the NFL, Major League Baseball’s offseason is a more deliberate affair and the free agent market won’t like...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Michael Soroka strikeouts out nine
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Michael Soroka throws a shutout

Photo Credit: Jeff Morris Soroka took advantage of a shortened contest to get a complete game in a dominant performance It was a solid day on the farm for the Atlanta Braves top prospects, and while no longer a prospect Michael Soroka led the way with a complete game shutout in a Stripers win. Vaughn Grissom also continued to show out for Gwinnett, and down in High-A Rome Hurston Waldrep m...2023
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• Braves Minor League recap: Waldrep strikes out eight in Augusta debut

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images The 2023 Braves first-rounder showed up and showed out in the full-season professional start of his career. Waldrep struck out eight batters, Drew Lugbauer homered three times and Augusta split two games on Friday in what was a full day for Atlanta’s minor league affiliates. (48-58) Gwinnett Stripers 5, (50-56) Indianapolis Indians 1 Daniel Robertson,...2023
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• Hurston Waldrep to debut with the Gwinnett Stripers tonight

The Braves top draft pick will debut at Triple-A tonight. | Photo by Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Atlanta’s top draft pick from this year’s draft will start at Triple-A tonight. The Atlanta Braves chose Hurston Waldrep in the first round of the year’s draft and seven weeks later, the right-handed pitcher out of the University of Florida will make his debut at Triple-A tonight ...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Spencer Schwellenbach strikes out 8
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy Ks 8
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• Mississippi Braves release Opening Day roster featuring Hurston Waldrep

Hurston Waldrep | Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Braves #2 prospect and 2023 1st round pick is set to open in Double-A. The Mississippi Braves have just released their Opening Day roster. The headliner for the Atlanta Braves Double-A team is Hurston Waldrep, the team’s first round pick in 2023 and the #2 prospect in the organization according to MLB Pipeline...2024
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• Braves vs Blue Jays Spring Training game thread

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Reynaldo Lopez will make his second spring start and Hurston Waldrep is expected to make his spring debut following Lopez. Reynaldo Lopez gets the start today, as the reporting seems to indicate that the fifth starter job is his to lose to start the season as long as he looks solid. Reynaldo allowed 1 run over 2.0 innings with 0 Ks in his first spring ...2024
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• Braves farm system ranks 26th in Keith Law’s updated rankings
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• Braves have two prospects eligible for prospect promotion incentive

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Atlanta Braves have two chances to claim extra draft capital if either AJ Smith-Shawver or Hurston Waldrep were to win the 2024 Rookie of the Year Award. Looking at the big picture, that seems unlikely given that neither have a clear path to a meaty enough role in the majors at this juncture, but as they say, there is a chance. This ...2024
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• Hurston Waldrep, Ignacio Alvarez among list of Braves’ spring training invitees

Photo by Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images The Braves announced Friday a list of 23 players that will be going to big league camp this spring. Prospects Hurston Waldrep and Ignacio Alvarez are among a list of 23 players that will take part in big league camp with the Atlanta Braves. The group also includes veteran reliever Ken Giles, who has appeared in a total of nine games since...2024
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• Braves Mailbag Part 2: Marcell Ozuna’s trade value, A.J. Minter and more
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• Hurston Waldrep, Ignacio Alvarez among Baseball Prospectus’ Top 101 prospects

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Hurston Waldrep makes a huge leap into the Top 30 of Baseball Prospectus’ annual Top 101. Prospect list season officially began Tuesday with the release of Baseball Prospectus’ annual top 101 list. The Atlanta Braves were shutout in last year’s offering, but had two prospects make the cut this time around. 2023 first round pick Hurston Waldrep debuted...2024
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• Brian Snitker on Braves’ offseason, coaching staff and more

Kyle Schwab-USA TODAY Sports Brian Snitker discussed the Braves offseason and the departures from his coaching staff Tuesday at the Winter Meetings. Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker met with the media Tuesday at the Winter Meetings in Nashville and discussed the team’s offseason and the outlook heading into the spring. The Braves began the Winter Meetings by acquiring outfielder Jarre...2023
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