Being a baseball manager is one of the most thankless jobs in sports. There aren’t a ton of X’s and O’s, most of the decisions are the same from game to game, and there are a million-plus couch managers with a beer in their hand saying they could do your job better on a nightly basis.
Monday is was a nice rebound day for the Braves. Monday featured two of the best National League pitchers so far this season facing off against each other in Shota Imanaga of the Cubs and Reynaldo López of the Braves.
The Braves’ four-game win streak was snapped last night, as Brandon Nimmo hit a two-run walk-off blast in the bottom of the ninth off A.J. Minter to give the Mets a 4-3 victory.
It was not AJ Minter’s finest hour in the 9th inning and the lineup continued to slump. It’s not every night you get dueling no-hitters for six innings at the ballpark, but that is exactly what Max Fried and Bryce Miller did on Monday night in chilly Seattle.
The Braves are an MLB best 19-7, winners of 11 of their last 13 games, and coming off a series win against the team with the second-best record in baseball.
This weekend's series between the Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Guardians features the top team in both the American and National Leagues, but it was the home team that came out swinging in Friday night's heavyweight battle.
The Braves-Marlins game on Wednesday night probably shouldn't have gone into extra innings, but the Braves persevered after a weird error to walk it off in the bottom of the 10th.
Now the franchise leader in holds, Minter joins other long-time Braves relievers with elite career availability. What’s that old trope people love to throw around in sports and business?
Nov. 30 is an important date in the Lone Star State and apparently, the Atlanta Braves clubhouse. Texas and Texas A&M will share a football field for the first time since 2011, renewing the rivalry at Kyle Field.
Atlanta hasn’t been terribly shy about spending on relief pitching recently.
Spring Training kicked off yesterday for the Braves, as pitchers, catchers, and several position players reported. Here’s three things we learned from the first day of camp: The two key pieces set to hit free agency at the end of the 2024 campaign are Max Fried and A.J.
The Braves have a couple of massive pieces to their club on the cusp of free agency in less than a year’s time. Most notably, Max Fried is entering the final year of his contract, and there have been no reports suggesting the Braves are close to keeping him in Atlanta long-term.
Braves pitchers and catchers reported to Spring Training today, and there were also a few positional players that decided to show up a few days early.
The Dodgers have won the offseason, spending north of a billion dollars in free agency, acquiring the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and more.
The Atlanta Braves will conclude their offseason without having to take any of their own players to arbitration after coming to terms on new deals with both Max Fried and A.J.
Earlier this month, Braves chairman Terry McGuirk and president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos both said the club would increase payroll relative to 2023, but it’s unclear exactly how much it will go up.
The Atlanta Braves reinstated left-hander A.J. Minter from the 15-day injured list on Monday and added newly acquired infielder Nicky Lopez to the active roster.
The Atlanta Braves are getting some reinforcements. After going a few days without a lefty in the bullpen after Taylor Hearn was optioned to Gwinnett
The Atlanta Braves placed left-hander A.J. Minter on the 15-day injured list on Saturday due to shoulder inflammation in his pitching shoulder. The move is retroactive to Wednesday.
The Braves announced that left-hander A.J. Minter has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to left shoulder inflammation. The placement is backdated to July 12, and right-hander Dereck Rodriguez was called up from Triple-A to take Minter’s spot on the active roster.
Owners of the best record in the National League, the Atlanta Braves are currently on a seven-game winning streak and are taking control of the NL East. Here are four players whose stock is either rising or falling as the Braves look to continue their strong start to the season.
Following Saturday's news that free agent shortstop Dansby Swanson would be leaving the Atlanta Braves to sign a seven-year, $177 million contract with the Chicago Cubs, one of Swanson's former Braves teammates became the first to publicly acknowledge Swanson's departure.
The Philadelphia Phillies didn't clinch a playoff spot until the last series of the regular season. It was the final playoff spot in the National League. Now they're one win from making the NLCS.
The Philadelphia Phillies will hope to maintain their momentum when they host the Atlanta Braves again on Tuesday night.
The win is big for the Phillies, who are currently 0.5 games out of a Wild Card spot in the NL — an impressive feat given how downtrodden the team was at the start of the season.
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