Braves Briefing: It's Ronald Acuña Jr's birthday

It's sometimes hard to believe that Ronald Acuña Jr is, today, turning twenty-six years old. 

The Atlanta Braves outfielder has had quite a list of career accomplishments for someone who just completed their first quarter of life:

673 career games, 767 hits, 161 homers, 180 stolen bases, a Rookie of the Year award (2018), four All-Star selections, three Silver Sluggers, and a MVP title.  

And he did this with only 77% of possible games played, owed to his delayed call-up in 2018 and lost time in both 2021 and 2022 around his ACL tear, playing in 673 out of 870 MLB games since the start of 2018. 

Simply amazing. Happy birthday, Ronald. Hope it's a great one. 

How long until pitchers and catchers report?

57 days. Atlanta's expected to ask pitchers and catchers to report on Monday, February 12th, in advance of their first spring training game on February 24th against the Tampa Bay Rays. An official announcement of the reporting date will come in January.

Here's the odds for the top 10 teams to win the 2024 World Series according to FanDuel

With their recent additions of Shohei Ohtani and Tyler Glasnow, the Los Angeles Dodgers continue to improve their betting odds of winning the World Series.

Los Angeles Dodgers - +460
Atlanta Braves - +650
New York Yankees - +850
Houston Astros - +900
Texas Rangers - +950
Philadelphia Phillies - +1000
Baltimore Orioles - +1500
Toronto Blue Jays - +1600
Minnesota Twins - +2000
Seattle Mariners - +2000

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