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The Braves top draft pick will debut at Triple-A tonight. | Photo by Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Atlanta’s top draft pick from this year’s draft will start at Triple-A tonight. The Atlanta Braves chose Hurston Waldrep in the first round of the year’s draft and seven weeks later, the right-handed pitcher out of the University of Florida will make his debut at Triple-A tonight a when he starts for the Gwinnett Stripers. Four levels in seven weeks. Hurston Waldrep is rising.Join us in welcoming the Braves No. 2 prospect and 2023 first-round pick to Gwinnett as he...

Photo by Mitchell Layton/ The Atlanta Braves were supposed to continue a four-game series in Washington Saturday, but Tropical Storm Ophelia had other ideas. The Nationals and Major League Baseball went ahead and cancelled Saturday’s game late Friday and rescheduled it for a doubleheader Sunday. The forecast for Sunday is iffy as well, but we will just have to wait and see how it turns out. The Braves and Nationals have off days on Monday. The big news we are waiting on is an update for Charlie Morton, who left Friday’s game with a finger issue. The Braves placed...

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/ The 20-year-old righty struck out four in the brief start for the Stripers. The only game for Atlanta’s minor league team in action came away with relatively disappointment as Gwinnett fell by a 3-0 final on Wednesday. A couple of bright spots were Luis De Avila — who hasn’t made his Triple-A debut yet — and Drake Baldwin getting the call-up to the Stripers prior to the end of the season. (68-78) Gwinnett Stripers 3, (88-60) Durham Bulls 0 Ehire Adrianza, 2B: 1-4, 2B AJ Smith-Shawver , SP: 2 IP, 3 BB, 4 K Nick Anderson,...

Photo by George Gojkovich/ Braves Franchise History 1933: The Phillies and Braves, split a twin bill, each winning 5-4. Chuck Klein has three hits in each game, including his National League-high 28th homer in the opener. Boston’s Wally Berger, second in homers with 26, is out of action and doesn’t play today. 1948: The Braves clinch the National League flag by defeating the Giants, 3-2. They will finish 6.5 games ahead of the Dodgers. Two days before the season is over, the Braves will lose their best hitter, OF Jeff Heath, who breaks an ankle sliding home against...

Photo by Greg Fiume/ Plus the latest on Max Fried and Charlie Morton. Plenty of History has already been made by many Braves and the team as a whole this season. But the moment many have been waiting for above all to start the game on Friday night, as Ronald Acuna Jr. hit his 40th home run of the season to become the 5th member of the 40 HR/40 SB club. And of course, the sole member of the 40/50, 40/60. and likely 40/70 club by the end of the season. Beyond Acuna Jr.’s accomplishments, Friday was also significant as Max Fried was placed on the 15 Day IL due to a...

Photo by Greg Fiume/ Friday was a busy day on the news front for the Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves won their 99th game on Friday night in a 9-6 defeat of the Washington Nationals. With quite a few notable happenings, Ronald Acuña Jr.’s 40th home run headlines the night. 40/40 club? Ronald Acuña Jr. has his sights set higher than that.With this homer, he’s now just two steals away from 40/70. pic.twitter.com/5NyTtE94BX— MLB (@MLB) September 22, 2023 Acuña’s long ball came in the first inning off of Patrick Corbin and entered him into the 40/40...

Photo by Greg Fiume/ Tropical Storm Ophelia has caused an early postponement The Braves and Nationals were set to play a third game of their four-game set on Saturday, but that game has been rescheduled as part of a doubleheader on Sunday... for now. Tomorrow’s game has been postponed and will be played as part of a doubleheader on Sunday ⤵️ https://t.co/9yJRY2qsSB— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) September 23, 2023 Of course, it remains to be seen whether it ends up being feasible to play one or two games on Sunday, but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to...

Photo by Greg Fiume/ Ronald Acuña Jr. connected for his 40th homer of the season, and the Braves mashed a couple of other longballs to support a de facto bullpen game. As has happened again and again during this powerhouse Braves season, Atlanta’s offense struck lightning-quick and never looked back during Friday night’s win over the Washington Nationals. Ronald Acuña Jr. led off the game with his 40th longball of the season, and despite Charlie Morton having to leave the game after just an inning of work, the Braves mostly cruised to a 9-6 victory. The big news...

Amber Searls-USA TODAY Sports Morton tossed an inning before giving way to the bullpen. On the day the Braves placed Max Fried on the injured list with a blister, the club saw veteran righty Charlie Morton exit the game after one inning with what is being called right index finger discomfort. RHP Charlie Morton was removed from tonight’s game with right index finger discomfort.— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) September 22, 2023 Morton threw 24 pitches in the first inning and his pitch velocity was normal, but he lacked command of his fastball. That hasn’t been an...

Photo by Greg Fiume/ Acuña is the first player ever with 40 home runs and 60 stolen bases. Ronald Acuña Jr. continued his remarkable season on Friday night, when he became the fifth player in major league history to join the 40 homer, 40 stolen base club. The only other players with 40 homers and 40 steals are Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez and Alfonso Soriano. Acuña is the only player in major league history to have 40 home runs and 60 stolen bases. He is just two stolen bases away from a 40/70 season. Acuña’s homer came off Patrick Corbin, and for...

Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Charlie Morton vs. Patrick Corbin Let’s do this. Will number 40 happen tonight?

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/ Orlando Arcia hits sixth, Michael Harris II moves to seventh, and Kevin Pillar hits ninth As the Braves take aim at southpaw Patrick Corbin on Friday night, Sean Murphy is back in the lineup but all the way down at the eighth spot. Friday night lights ⚡️#ForTheA pic.twitter.com/gluvLdkk1x— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) September 22, 2023 The last time Murphy hit eighth was back on April 2, also in Washington. He hit fifth on Opening Day, didn’t start the second game of that series, and then dropped to eighth in the third...

Photo by Megan Briggs/ Charlie Morton’s roller-coaster season continues If you thought Charlie Morton was inconsistent earlier this season, try this on for size: In four starts from July 19 through August 8, he had a 17/15 K/BB ratio with all ERA and ERA estimators above 6.00. He followed up that struggle-filled stretch with a bizarre, seven-walk-but-no-run outing against the Mets. And then, seemingly on a dime, he was briefly reborn anew. In his next three starts, he put together a 29/4 K/BB ratio; his highest ERA estimator in any of those outings was a 3.48 xFIP....

Rhona Wise-USA TODAY Sports Are the Braves going to have to make a tough call on Bryce Elder’s postseason contributions? There was a point this season where, outside of Ronald Acuńa Jr, you could argue Bryce Elder was the most valuable player on the team. When Max Fried and Kyle Wright both went down for extended periods of the season, there was a real question of how the Braves were going to manage the next 2 or 3 months of the season without two of their best pitchers, or probably more accurately, if they could manage it. Well they did manage it and even excelled...

Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports Seven Braves are headed to Salt River, including Dodd and top prospect David McCabe It’s been a long wait for the Arizona Fall League rosters, and on Friday morning we finally found out which Atlanta Braves were going to be heading out this November. Among them were seven total prospects, two of which fell in our top 25 in the preseason. Announcing the 2023 Salt River Rafters! #AFL23 pic.twitter.com/JqQtnWBbMr— MLB's Arizona Fall League (@MLBazFallLeague) September 22, 2023 The roster Dylan Dodd is the most well-known name from...