CINCINNATI – Ronald Acuña Jr. is no stranger to flirting with history. The Atlanta Braves ' right fielder has regularly found himself in the mix with things that no player before him has ever accomplished.
The Atlanta Braves have accomplished plenty through the first two months of the regular season. The first team to reach 40 victories will look to add a three-game sweep of the host Cincinnati Reds to the list on Sunday afternoon.
Just a year removed from a season which saw the Braves finish fourth in the NL East and 10 games below .500 with a 76-86 record. The Braves are now the first team to hit 40 wins in 2026.
Ronald Acuna Jr. launched a pair of home runs on Saturday night to help the visiting Atlanta Braves post a 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Acuna tallied his first multi-homer game of the year, hitting his third and fourth home runs in the last three games after he had just two in his first 42 games.
How many of the 53 Major League Baseball players not born in the United States of America with 250 or more career home runs can you name in seven minutes?
The Atlanta Braves are one of the best teams in baseball, and it takes some standout talent to make it happen. During the 2023 season, when they last won 100 games, they had eight All-Stars head to Seattle.
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.
We are slowly inching toward the trade deadline, and there’s no doubt the Braves will be buyers — potentially bigger buyers than we’ve ever seen under this regime.
In search of their major league-leading 40th win, the visiting Atlanta Braves will look to post another series win on Saturday against the Cincinnati Reds.
The Braves offense stayed hot against the Reds on Friday night, winning 8-3 behind big nights from Michael Harris II, Dominic Smith, and Ronald Acuña — who homered for the second time in as many nights.
The Atlanta Braves continue to hold the best record in the MLB. They moved up to 39-19 for the season after smacking the Cincinnati Reds 8-3 at the Great American Ballpark on Friday night.
Over the last couple of days, Ronald Acuña Jr. has seen the ball as well as anybody. The Atlanta Braves’ right fielder has homered in back-to-back games and has reached base six times. In Friday night’s win over the Cincinnati Reds, he smacked a lead-off home run off Chris Paddack to set the tone early.
Michael Harris II went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, Ronald Acuna Jr. homered and the visiting Atlanta Braves posted an 8-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in the first contest of a three-game set on Friday.
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 rest of Major League Baseball should be concerned. Ronald Acuña Jr. reminded everyone exactly who he is Thursday night, blasting a go-ahead grand slam as the Atlanta Braves crushed the Boston Red Sox 10-2 at Fenway Park.
Ahead of their series with the Reds, the Braves made a minor roster move, recalling Anthony Molina from Gwinnett. In a corresponding transaction, Carlos Carrasco has been designated for assignment.
The Braves announced Friday that veteran righty Carlos Carrasco has been designated for assignment yet again. His spot on the roster goes to righty Anthony Molina, who’s been recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett.
Most every Braves star looks like they’re headed to the All-Star Game — even Ronald Acuña Jr. snapped out of his mini-slump with a grand slam in yesterday’s win over the Red Sox — with one glaring exception: Austin Riley.
In about six weeks, the Atlanta Braves will welcome an entire draft class into an already vastly improved farm system — and it begins with two picks in the first round, No.
Chris Sale put in one of his best performances of the season at Fenway Park on Thursday. The veteran left-hander powered Atlanta to a 10-2 win over the Boston Red Sox while showing a noticeable jump in velocity throughout the afternoon.
Entering this season, the starting rotation looked to be the Atlanta Braves' biggest weakness, especially after it had plagued them much of last season.
Former All-Star and Rookie of the Year Bob Horner has passed away at 68. The Braves announced the news on Tuesday afternoon while sending their condolences to his family and friends.
The Braves have re-signed outfielder José Azócar to a minor league deal, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. He has been assigned to Triple-A Gwinnett.
His dominance in the closer role for the Atlanta Braves from 2011 to 2015 was among the greatest four-year stretches for any closer ever. Recently, though, it has been a rough go for the soon-to-be 38-year-old veteran.
Major League Baseball's best team by record keeps winning, as the Atlanta Braves picked up their league-leading 14th series win of the season on Thursday.