ATLANTA -- Even the best starting rotations are bound to encounter a rough night. Such was the case for the Braves, who saw Charlie Morton last just three innings in a 7-1 loss to the Cubs on Wednesday night at Truist Park. A three-run first quickly erased Atlanta’s bid to

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If Wednesday night's Mississippi doubleheader is any indication, the future on the Braves' hill looks scary good. As in the opposition should be scared. Two of Atlanta's top three prospects, Hurston Waldrep and Spencer Schwellenbach, dominated their respective starts en route to the Double-A Braves' sweep of visiting Biloxi at

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The late innings of lopsided contests are often times for things to get weird. But David Fletcher slinging unhittable knuckleballs? You can add that to the completed part of your baseball-watching bucket list. With Triple-A Gwinnett having played a doubleheader Tuesday and falling behind 10-2 through seven-and-a-half frames just hours

ATLANTA -- To get a better sense of how impressive Chris Sale has been this year, it seemed prudent to ask Matt Olson to compare Sale’s current slider to the one that he faced back in 2018. “It might be a little better right now,” Olson said. “I’m not in

Six weeks into the Minor League season, we have witnessed plenty of pleasant prospect developments. Athletics 2023 first-rounder Jacob Wilson is batting a sizzling .438 and already has reached Triple-A. Mets right-hander Jonah Tong has been a revelation with elite fastball characteristics and a Minors-best 0.33 ERA. As one Chourio

ATLANTA -- Reynaldo López constructed yet another scoreless start and Zack Short introduced himself to Braves fans by tallying the game-winning double in a 2-0 win over the Cubs on Monday night at Truist Park. But the most important developments were provided during Braves manager Brian Snitker’s postgame address, when

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NEW YORK -- Losing an All-Star third baseman who has been providing Gold Glove-caliber defense is far more destructive than losing one game in the middle of May. So, until the Braves get to re-evaluate Austin Riley’s left oblique on Monday, they won’t know if the damage incurred on Sunday

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ATLANTA -- Wiley Ballard was introduced to Braves manager Brian Snitker’s wife, Ronnie, while attending a get-together with his Bally Sports co-workers after the final game of the 2023 regular season. “I was introduced as, ‘Hey this is Wiley, he’s the stat guy from the truck,’” Ballard said. “I said,

The Statcast era of baseball research has reached another milestone: bat speed is live on Baseball Savant. You can check out this page for more thorough details on what bat speed entails and how it’s calculated. But in the meantime, we’re kicking things off by breaking down the best of

Break out the caps and gowns. It’s time for a whole bunch of graduations and an updated Top 100 Prospects list. Young players who began the 2024 season on a Major League Opening Day roster with zero MLB service time exhausted their prospect status Sunday by way of the 45-day

We do not, unfortunately, have a comprehensive database of every single MLB.com Power Rankings since we started doing these more than a decade ago. Sorry about that. Maybe we’ll make an intern figure it out this offseason. But it seems a pretty safe bet that the Orioles, even during their

NEW YORK -- Raisel Iglesias might have initially been more upset about allowing J.D. Martinez’s home run had he actually known he was just one out away from what would have been the Braves’ first no-hitter in 30 years. “To be honest, I didn’t know the no-hitter was happening,” Iglesias

NEW YORK -- Watching Ronald Acuña Jr. and Matt Olson homer in the same game seemed commonplace while they were constructing two of the greatest seasons in Braves history last year. But there was certainly reason to take notice when they accounted for two of the three third-inning homers that

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There has been no shortage of surprising developments in the 2024 season. Whether they are good or bad developments, or on the player or team-wide level, there are plenty of trends that have already shifted the arc of this season. With the help of each club's MLB.com beat writer, here

ATLANTA -- It might have been Chris Sale's night. But this has been Marcell Ozuna's year. Ozuna regained the MLB lead in home runs (12) and RBIs (38) as he enjoyed his second multihomer game of the season in the Braves’ 5-0 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday night

ATLANTA – No matter what uniform Chris Sale wears, the following is indisputable: When his fastball is powerful and his slider is in full dive mode, he is dominant. Pitching for his new team (the Braves) while facing his most recent former team (the Red Sox), Sale had his two

Big league closers can come from all areas of the pitching world. Some are guys who have always been relievers, from college all the way up to the big leagues. Some were starters whose power stuff (and perhaps lack of command) were better suited for shorter stints coming out of

ATLANTA -- Marcell Ozuna delivered the go-ahead single in the decisive two-run eighth and Jarred Kelenic homered for the first time this year. But Aaron Bummer's damage control in the sixth inning may have been the most important contribution in the Braves’ 4-2 win over the Red Sox on Tuesday