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Talking Chop (Kris Willis) —
Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images The 2024 season begins for the Atlanta Braves the way the 2023 season ended: with a series against the Philadelphia Phillies. Here is a look at the pitching matchups for the three-game set. The Atlanta Braves will begin the 2024 regular season where their 2023 postseason run ended. They’ll make the trip to Philadelphia Thursday where they will...
Talking Chop (Demetrius Bell) —
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Do I remember how the past two seasons ended? Yep! Is that stopping me from getting hyped? Nope! Folks, we’re here once again. It’s Opening Day (for real, this time) and I’m glad to report that on a personal level, both time and wisdom have yet to jade me when it comes to the optimism of baseball season getting underway. I felt...
Talking Chop (Kris Willis) —
Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Thursday is Opening Day around Major League Baseball Opening Day was pushed back to Friday for the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies , but there is a full slate of MLB regular season action scheduled for Thursday. The Los Angeles Angels and Baltimore Orioles will get things started at 3:05 p.m. ET and will be followed by 12 more games...
Talking Chop (DJourn) —
Ronald Acuña, Jr. | Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Ronald Acuña, Jr. stepped out of his own shadow with his recent article in The Players Tribue chronicling his personal journey on-and-off the baseball field. Last weekend, I made an early morning run to a big-box retailer to pick up a couple of things. As is habit, I walked the back of the aisles, looking for...
Talking Chop (Kris Willis) —
Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Everything you need to know about the Braves Opening Day roster. The Atlanta Braves finalized their roster for Opening Day Thursday morning when they selected the contract of veteran reliever Jesse Chavez . Below is our annual preview to you up to speed in case you are just coming back to baseball for the start of the regular...
Talking Chop (Kris Willis) —
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The addition of Jesse Chavez sets the Braves’ 26-man roster for Opening Day. The Atlanta Braves finalized their Opening Day roster with a pair of moves Thursday. The team selected the contract of reliever Jesse Chavez adding him to the 40-man roster. The Braves also placed left-handed reliever Angel Perdomo on the 15-day...
Talking Chop (Kris Willis) —
Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images Grant McAuley and Kris Willis catch up on all of the latest Atlanta Braves news in advance of Opening Day. The 2024 season is upon us and the Atlanta Braves get things started where last season ended, opening up with a rematch against the NL East rival Philadelphia Phillies . Spencer Strider gets the ball on Opening Day, which was shifted from...
Talking Chop (Cassidy Mcmahon) —
Photo by The Stanley Weston Archive/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1934 - Rabbit Maranville suffers a broken leg while sliding in at home on an attempted double steal in an exhibition game against the Yankees . He will miss the upcoming season and will play only 23 games the next season. 1988 - The Yankees waive Phil Niekro four days shy of his 47th birthday. MLB History ...
Talking Chop (Daniel Hutchinson-Kausch) —
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday The Braves and Phillies pushed back their Opening Day matchup due to an ugly forecast in Philly, with heavy rain expected. This delays the beginning of the Spencer Strider era for Atlanta’s rotation, as this Opening Day represents the full changing of the guard from Fried to the...
Talking Chop (Ivan the Great) —
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Opening Day delayed for the Braves, but not for... some teams Well, Opening Day is delayed for the Braves, but this open thread exists in the here and now.
Talking Chop (Kris Willis) —
Photo by Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Braves fans will have to wait another 24 hours for the start of the 2024 season after Thursday’s game was postponed due to rain. Thursday’s Opening Day matchup between the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies has been postponed due to expected rain. The game will take place on Friday, which was a scheduled off day in...
Talking Chop (Kris Willis) —
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images This week’s mailbag includes questions about the Braves rotation, Max Fried’s next contract, and sleeper candidates. Thanks to everyone that sent in questions for this week’s Atlanta Braves mailbag. We will be doing more of these throughout the regular season. Let’s get to it! The Braves’ offensive approach clearly works...
Talking Chop (Stephen Tolbert) —
Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports The Braves will have a new Opening Day Starter for the 2024 season. The impact of who the Opening Day starter is for a baseball team is largely overrated. After that first game, every team’s rotation schedule gets thrown out of whack by off-days, injuries, rainouts, 6-man rotations, 4-man rotations, bullpen games, etc, etc. This is not college baseball...
Talking Chop (AaronPledger) —
Photo by Malcolm W. Emmons/Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1973 - The Atlanta Braves release pitcher Denny McLain. Atlanta had acquired McLain from Oakland in exchange for Orlando Cepeda. MLB History 1948 - Hank Greenberg is named farm director of the Cleveland Indians. 1961 - Cardinals pitcher Larry Jackson suffers a broken jaw when he...
Talking Chop (Kaitlyn Monnin) —
Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. The Atlanta Braves are making their final roster decisions as the season is set to begin on Thursday in Philadelphia. On Tuesday, the club outrighted right-hander Jackson Stephens to Triple-A Gwinnett. The move cleared a roster spot for none other than fan-favorite Jesse Chavez. The Braves...