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Saying that the opening week of the 2022 Atlanta Braves season has been a roller coaster is like saying that the sky is blue. It’s simple fact. On the one hand, multiple offensive components have shredded opposing pitching. On the other, multiple holes have appeared within the Braves starting pitching. It would be foolhardy to […] READ MORE
2022 Atlanta Braves Preview Here is the much-awaited 2022 Atlanta Braves season preview. The 2022 Atlanta Braves come into the season with a burden that few previous franchise iterations have had. Namely, as the defending World Champions. Much as this makes the average player and fan smile, it also comes with a bullseye. Everyone in […] READ MORE
The Atlanta Braves are the 2021 World Series champions, defeating the Houston Astros in six games. As someone who has followed this team essentially since the day he could walk, this writer has waited so long to call them champions. This article is intensely personal, as the tears of joy flow in immense fountains. Fans […] READ MORE
All season long, the Atlanta Braves have been searching for something. Sparks that see the light of day very often fizzle without a trace. It’s almost as if the mysterious and fickle baseball “deities”, whom so many fans believe in, have turned against the team. Many different occasions have seen the Braves rise to a […] READ MORE
In all the years this writer has followed the Atlanta Braves, nobody has quite been like Max Fried. He is poised and confident both on the mound and at the plate. His sizzling stick has brought him to the lofty heights of hurlers who hit. The popular hashtag “pitchers who rake” is singularly descriptive of […] READ MORE
Frank Mozzicato recently celebrated his eighteenth birthday and already has a fastball that sits in the low nineties. The lefty grew up in the family bakery but has obviously been putting a lot of work into baseball as his fastball velocity has risen by 13 MPH since 2018. The six-foot-two 175-pound lefthander is a recent […] READ MORE
The MLB Draft is quickly approaching on July 11th and one player to look out for is Matt Mikulski. Mikulski is a 22-year-old LHP from Fordham University. In his four seasons with Fordham, the lefty posted a 3.17 ERA with a 21-12 record. He is the 50th ranked prospect on MLB.com. In addition to pitching […] READ MORE
The 2020 MLB season has been difficult on everyone — players, owners, and fans alike. However, the Atlanta Braves have several things to be thankful for after finishing a win shy of a World Series berth. Place Setting In 2019, the Braves won the NL East division but fell short against the St. Louis Cardinals […] READ MORE
The Atlanta Braves have signed left-handed pitcher Drew Smyly to a one-year contract worth $11 million. The 31-year-old posted an 0-1 record with a 3.42 ERA in five starts and two relief appearances last season for the San Francisco Giants. In his seven-year career, Smyly has a 35-35 record, 4.13 ERA, 101 ERA+, and has […] READ MORE
Braves 5, Dodgers 1 NLCS Game One The Atlanta Braves scored four runs in the top of the ninth off Blake Treinen and Jake McGee, breaking a 1-1 tie. Mark Melancon then pitched a scoreless bottom of the ninth to seal the deal as the Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-1, in Game One […] READ MORE