If you’ve been clicking Braves Journal regularly since 2019, when I took the reins from Rob, you’ll know that I’m a pretty positive person when discussing the works of Alex Anthopoulos. I do think he’s the best GM in baseball … Finish Reading
There is nothing less powerful than fulminating at a television screen. Indeed, people yelling at screens has been a rich source of futility humor since at least The Honeymooners and probably before.
One step up … Finish Reading
Orlando Arcia has always been a bit of a tease. Initially signing with the Brewers out of Venezuela, he was one of the highest rated international prospects in his class and got the 3rd highest bonus that year.He would go … Finish Reading
If you just look at regular season numbers, last year was probably the best of Max Fried’s career so far. This is particularly the case if you take out 2020, which I still have no idea what to do … Finish Reading
Austin Riley, Dansby Swanson, Michael Harris II, Spencer Strider, Kyle Wright, William Contreras (rip), Vaughn Grissom. The Braves received some expected and very unexpected breakouts in 2022 (27.6 fWAR of breakouts) to catapult them to … Finish Reading
Here’s a Tweet turned into a thread. My early thoughts on the Braves Opening Day Roster, if all are healthy and there are no trades.
Ronald Acuña Jr. has been nothing short of a superstar since he arrived to the big. With the ACL tear, he started the year on the shelf, but Braves fans were pleasantly surprised his rehab had progressed enough to debut … Finish Reading
The Braves and AA went into the offseason with 4 unknown salaries as A.J. Minter, Mike Soroka, Tyler Matzek, and Max Fried were all arb-eligible. Over the next few months, the Braves swung trades for Sean Murphy… Finish Reading
On August 19th, not even a full calendar year after being arrested for a domestic violence charge, Marcell Ozuna was charge with a DUI, and for a second consecutive season, Ozuna created more noise off the field than he would … Finish Reading
Foreword: This is my personal take on prospects and rankings. In general Atlanta’s system is not robust with talent at the moment because of what we have already taken to the Majors or traded. If Harris, Strider, and … Finish Reading
