The Braves have designated right-hander Hunter Stratton for assignment and transferred righty Spencer Strider to the 60-day injured list, according to the club’s transactions tracker at MLB.com.
As Ha-Seong Kim has been perhaps the worst player to play as much as he has in baseball this season, Walt Weiss made a number of changes including Matt Olson playing right field to avoid Kim hitting in the eighth.
The Braves’ offense waited a little too long to wake up on Wednesday. After they managed just two runs in the first 16 innings against a San Francisco Giants pitching staff which entered the day 22nd in ERA (4.52), they found themselves in a 7-2 hole entering the ninth inning staring down another series loss.
The Braves turn to JR Ritchie on the mound as they look to earn a split from a virtual doubleheader on Wednesday night after 7.5 innings of Tuesday’s game played were played Wednesday afternoon.
Similarly to how it seemed likely that the Braves were going to be without Ronald Acuña Jr. for a bit, it seemed inevitable that Spencer Strider would be put on the longer-term IL eventually once it got out that he’d be shut down for at least a month.
Not every all-timer has instant success at the next level. For many baseball players, it takes a few bumps in the road out of the gate before they ever reach stardom.
The Atlanta Braves have not made it easy on themselves lately. A Bo Bichette grand slam powered the New York Mets to a 7-5 win over Atlanta on Friday night, and the Braves dropped two more games: Sunday’s series finale and Tuesday’s game to the San Francisco Giants 6-2 as they opened a new series at Truist Park.
The Braves are firmly mired in their first extended skid of the 2026 season. After an uncompetitive 7-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants — who have the second-worst record in the National League —in a game concluded Wednesday after it was delayed a few innings in on Tuesday, the Braves have lost five of their last six games.
As expected, the Atlanta Braves are likely going to take things very cautiously with Ronald Acuña Jr. and his most recent Grade 1 hamstring. Walt Weiss spoke with the media following Wednesday afternoon’s tough loss against the Giants and he was asked about Acuña’s status at the moment.
The Atlanta Braves are making some changes to the active roster ahead of their evening game on Wednesday. Manager Walt Weiss said that Anthony Molina would be optioned and Carlos Carrasco would be brought up to provide the team with innings.
The Braves are going to select right-hander Carlos Carrasco and catcher Jair Camargo to the roster between games of their semi-double-header today. One of them will be the “27th man” for the contest.
The only two things rarer in modern-day baseball than the four-homer game is the Triple Crown and the unassisted triple play. The former is, of course, done over an entire season, while there's a large level of lucky in the unassisted triple play.
The current rough patch for the Atlanta Braves continued on for another game as they simply got outclassed by the San Francisco Giants over the course of a rain-delayed/suspended contest in Cobb County.
The Atlanta Braves have been one of the best teams in baseball this year, well on their way toward returning to the MLB playoffs. However, there have still been plenty of disappointing players this year, none more so than shortstop Ha-Seong Kim.
With the 2026 Trade Deadline quickly approaching on August 3, speculation is ramping up about who could be dealt elsewhere. One team that has a lot of decisions to make at this upcoming deadline are the Houston Astros.
Hurston Waldrep made his return to Triple-A Gwinnett when he took the mound for his latest start on Tuesday night. Due to heavy rain, the Atlanta Braves right-hander only managed to throw three innings and 53 pitches.
For a long time, the Atlanta Braves held the best record in the MLB this season. However, their recent loss has pushed them to the second spot while the Los Angeles Dodgers have triumphed.
The Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants will play almost two games on Wednesday. With the Giants leading 3-2, the opener of a three-game series in Atlanta was suspended because of rain on Tuesday night in the middle of the second inning.
The game Tuesday between the visiting San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves was suspended because of rain and will be resumed on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET.
The Braves have brought Carlos Carrasco and Maverick Handley back to the organization on minor league contracts, according to the MLB.com transaction log.
The Braves revealed the plan for Spencer Strider moving forward. He’ll be shut down for the next four weeks, then take another MRI. If everything checks out, he’ll resume throwing.
The Atlanta Braves' starting rotation has been battered and bruised this season, but it remains a top-five starting staff in Major League Baseball (fifth in ERA, 3.61).
The Braves are experiencing a type of adversity they haven’t faced much all season. Arguably their two best players are on the IL in Drake Baldwin and Ronald Acuña Jr., Spencer Strider just went down with what looks to be a season-ending injury, and they’ve lost four of their last five.
Atlanta Braves outfielder Mike Yastrzemski made the strangest error of the MLB season so far thanks to some flukishly bad luck. Yastrzemski was in left field Sunday at Citi Field in New York, N.Y.