The Atlanta Braves designated right-hander Elieser Hernández for assignment on Saturday, one day after he earned his first major league win since 2022 in an extra-inning victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
Grant Holmes’ starts this season are getting to be a bit like a choose-your-adventure book where no matter what choices you make, the story ends up the same.
The vibes around the Atlanta Braves are a lot different than they were just a couple of weeks ago. Three straight wins and six wins in eight games have pushed their lead over the Phillies back to 5.5 games, and the sheer number of potential upgrades coming to this roster over the next month or so is honestly a little alarming.
If you were a new Braves fan who just started watching the club about a month ago and heard about Atlanta’s star bullpen, you’d probably be wondering what in the hell everybody else was watching before you joined the bandwagon.
Professional sports can be a brutal occupation. What’s the reward for tossing three scoreless innings in a tie ballgame to send the game to extras, in your season debut, no less?
The MLB Draft doesn’t get the same attention as the NFL Draft…or the NBA Draft…or even the NHL Draft. There’s the element of a stay in a farm system, the general lack of immediate impact for MLB draft picks, and the fact that it’s tougher for one MLB player to turn a franchise’s fortunes around.
For close to two months, whatever could go wrong went horribly wrong for the Atlanta Braves. The offense would show up, only for the starting pitcher to go three innings while allowing eight runs.
The Atlanta Braves have found ways to boost their stock recently, even as they wait for one of their key players to return to the lineup. The Braves will visit the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night in the second game of a three-game series.
A fresh arm is on his way to the Atlanta Braves bullpen. The team announced on Saturday morning that they have recalled left-hander Connor Thomas from Triple-A.
The Braves announced that right-hander Elieser Hernandez has been designated for assignment, and left-hander Connor Thomas was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett in the corresponding move. Thomas was already on the 40-man roster, so Atlanta now has two open spots on its 40-man.
Ronald Acuña Jr could be back with the Atlanta Braves as soon as today. Ronald is returning to the Braves after straining his left hamstring in consecutive months.
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With each passing game, the sample size grows. There is further confidence that this latest stretch can be for real. Austin Riley picked up another two-hit night as the Atlanta Braves outlasted the Baltimore Orioles in extra innings, 7-6.
It took a week longer than it should have, but Bryson DeChambeau and Lucas Herbert are going head-to-head in the UK. When DeChambeau walked off the 18th green after his second round of The Open Championship, this promised to be the final pairing on Saturday.
Matt Olson hammered a three-run home run with two outs in the 10th inning and the visiting Atlanta Braves held on to beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-6 on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.
The Atlanta Braves currently lead the National League East standings. While they hold a respectable 4.5 game lead over the second place Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta would still prefer to improve its roster before the MLB trade deadline.
There aren’t many things that can be guaranteed in this world, but in about 10 days, the Braves will have a reshaped organization of some sort. That much is for certain.
As the second half of the MLB season gets underway, teams across the league are preparing for the Aug. 3 trade deadline. As a first-place team, the Atlanta Braves are in a position to buy at the trade deadline and improve their roster ahead of the playoffs.
Ronald Acuna Jr. gave the Atlanta Braves a scare Thursday night, just one day before the outfielder's potential return from the injured list. MLB.com's Mark Bowman reassured fans that it was not anything more serious than slight discomfort for the 28-year-old.
The Atlanta Braves announced an injury update on catcher Sean Murphy on Friday. The Braves have been without catcher Sean Murphy since May 10. He is currently on the 60-day injured list with a fractured left middle finger.
The Atlanta Braves made it through a good week since the All-Star break, but there is no letup for them in this stretch of the season. They face the Orioles on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series at Baltimore.
Atlanta Braves star Chris Sale continues to make his Hall of Fame case without saying a word. Sale has battled back from injuries to have a late-career resurgence, and he is performing like one of the best pitchers in the sport at 37 years old.
The Braves have spent the bulk of the season in first place in the National League East, but a once-comfortable lead has dwindled to three games over the resurgent Phillies (six and eight over the upstart Marlins and Nationals, respectively).
The injury bug has seemed to make a living in the Atlanta Braves clubhouse this season. It has bitten the lineup, starting rotation and bullpen all so far this season for the Atlanta.