If you would have told any Major League Baseball fan that the Atlanta Braves would be the only winless team in baseball one week into the 2025 season, they woul
The Braves have now gone 18 innings without scoring a run, with their last tally coming in the fifth inning of Friday's game. In total, they've managed just seven runs across the four games—an offensive output not seen in a series since June 9-11, 2017, when they posted a meager six runs over four games against the Mets.
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Battery Power on MSNBraves Minor League Recap: Spencer Strider steals the show on Opening DayIn hopefully the last the Stripers will ever see of him, Spencer Strider was masterful in their tight win over the Sounds. You can hardly even tell Strider is coming off of injury
The biggest issue for the Braves (and there are a lot to choose from) has been their hitting, or more accurately, their inability to do so. Exhibit A of this issue has been third baseman Austin Riley, who has suffered through a horrid start to the year at the plate.
Not only are the Braves the one remaining winless team in the league, in the past few days, they've had to watch All-Star pitcher Reynaldo Lopez (shoulder) hit the IL and free-agent acquisition Jurickson Profar receive an 80-game suspension for PED use.
This decline in performance indicators is a stark deviation from their established standards over the past few seasons. In 2021, the Braves exhibited an impressive xwOBACON of .407 while the Yankees, who were second, trailed significantly behind at .392. This discrepancy indicates a broad gap in offensive production that has yet to be addressed.
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Shohei Ohtani crushed the hearts of the Atlanta Braves, their team, their fans, and the radio broadcasters with a walk off home run on Wednesday night.
The Braves believe they’ll be able to use López on regular rest more frequently than in 2024, when he did it in just five of his 25 total starts. He had a stingy 1.52 ERA in those regular-rest outings, compared to 2.53 on five days’ rest and 1.81 on six or more days’ rest.
As top catching prospect Drake Baldwin continues to struggle, the Atlanta Braves added more organizational catching depth Thursday. The Braves also announced th
Spencer Schwellenbach carried a perfect game into the fifth inning, Marcell Ozuna and Matt Olson hit back-to-back homers and the Atlanta Braves<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More