Brian Snitker and the rest of the Atlanta Braves organization are left looking for answers. They just lost Ronald Acuna Jr. which meant that their outfielder rotation just got a little bit more thin.
The Braves recorded their 9th shutout of the season last night against the Nationals with a 2-0 victory behind another gem from Max Fried. In the win, Fried threw 8.0 innings of no-run ball, allowing seven hits and issuing just one walk while striking out six, dropping his ERA below 3.00 and extending his record to 5-2.
The Braves sit 5.0 games behind the Phillies, and the offense is the driving factor in that deficit. Atlanta’s historic offense from a year ago has been a shell of itself thus far.
The 29-year-old righty-hitting was just recently released by the Cleveland Guardians after spending parts of the last two seasons with them.
The Atlanta Braves would love to take a lead in this four-game series. Atlanta avenged the series-opening loss with a win last night, with Max Fried going full Maximus - eight scoreless innings, offsetting his seven hits and a walk with a pick-off and four double plays.
The Atlanta Braves signed free agent outfielder Ramon Laureano to a minor league contract and called up top pitching prospect Spencer Schwellenbach to start Wednesday night against the visiting Washington Nationals.
The Atlanta Braves are losing one of their best young pitchers. And it’s a shame, too, because he was on a heater. MLB Pipeline’s Jonathan Mayo broke the news this afternoon that pitching prospect Owen Murphy is set to have Tommy John surgery and will miss the reaminder of 2024 plus some time in 2025.
The Braves have signed outfielder Ramón Laureano to a minor league deal, reports Robert Murray of FanSided on X. The outfielder was recently released by the Guardians and will presumably now head to Triple-A Gwinnett.
The Atlanta Braves franchise is represented among baseball by one of the all-time greatest players to ever do it, Hank Aaron. Long considered baseball’s home run king, “Hammerin’ Hank” passed the longtime career homer record of 714 owned by New York Yankees great Babe Ruth in 1974, finishing his career with 755 career homers.
Despite being 10 games over .500 at 31-21, Braves Country has been beaten down this season. It’s primarily been two things — a terrible offense and injuries.
The Braves find themselves amid a lengthy offensive slump. Nobody other than Marcell Ozuna has found consistent success at the plate, but thanks to some of the best pitching in baseball, Atlanta owns a 31-21 record.
The Kentucky left fielder has 13 home runs this season ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel has posted his first mock draft of the season, and at 24th he has the Atlanta Braves taking a college bat in Kentucky’s Ryan Waldschmidt.
The Atlanta Braves think they may have figured something out. The revolutionary book “Moneyball”, later made into a movie starring Brad Pitt, was a fascinating look into the front office of the Oakland Athletics and executive Billy Beane.
The Atlanta Braves shut out the Washington Nationals, 2-0, on Tuesday night to move to 31-21 on the season. The loss dropped Washington to 24-29 on the year.
The Atlanta Braves have been dealt a devastating blown with Ronald Acuna Jr. suffering a season-ending ACL injury. But in the middle of a playoff chose, rival executives don’t expect the Braves to go down quietly.
The Atlanta Braves made it official today, calling up another prospect straight from Double-A Mississippi. And this one’s even more surprising than some of the others. The Braves officially called up pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach from Double-A for tonight’s start against the Washington Nationals in Truist Park.
Max Fried pitched eight scoreless innings and Marcell Ozuna blasted his National League-leading 16th home run of the season to help the Atlanta Braves defeat the visiting Washington Nationals 2-0 on Tuesday.
The Atlanta Braves injury report has taken some big hits at the start of the 2024 MLB season. Two of the latest additions are outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr.
The Braves are calling up pitching prospect Spencer Schwellenbach for his major league debut.
Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr.’s season-ending injury was crushing news not just for him, but for his teammates. That includes second baseman Ozzie Albies, who is particularly close to Acuna.
He was just signed three days ago to serve as a depth infielder for the club.
Reigning National League MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. tore the ACL in his left knee on Sunday and will miss the rest of the season. This is a major setback for the Atlanta Braves, who have already lost ace Spencer Strider for 2024.
The Braves were hopeful that the injury Ronald Acuna Jr. suffered on Sunday afternoon during their 8-1 win over the Pirates would not be severe. Unfortunately for them and Acuna, it is.
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