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Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports They will attempt to play a doubleheader Sunday. Saturday’s game between the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals has been postponed due to inclement weather. With rain moving into the Atlanta area and storms expected throughout the evening, they acted quickly in postponing. Saturday’s game will be made up Sunday as part of a split … [Read more...] about Braves, Cardinals game Saturday postponed due to inclement weather

Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images Atlanta has won two straight. Drew Smyly will take the mound for Atlanta on Saturday, as the Braves look to extend their winning “streak” to three and keep the embers of their playoff hopes alive. Smyly has had a very rough reason, due in no small part to an inexplicable insistence to have him face the third time through the order, … [Read more...] about Braves, Drew Smyly look to clinch series win over Cardinals

Adam Hagy-USA TODAY Sports Saturday’s game between the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals has been postponed due to inclement weather. The two teams will try to play a split doubleheader on Sunday with Game 1 slated to begin at 2:10 p.m. ET. Following that game, Truist Park will be closed and cleaned with gates reopening around 5:30 p.m. Game 2 is slated to begin at … [Read more...] about June 19: Cardinals vs Braves (Rained Out)

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Atlanta continues to shuffle arms in the bullpen The Atlanta Braves announced Saturday afternoon that they have optioned reliever Jacob Webb back to Gwinnett. Webb rejoined the bullpen on Thursday and threw a scoreless in the Braves’ series opening win over the Cardinals. The #Braves today optioned RHP … [Read more...] about Braves option Jacob Webb to Gwinnett

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Wilson will get the nod in Game 1 with Smyly pitching in the nightcap. With Saturday’s game getting washed out, the Atlanta Braves now have doubleheaders scheduled for Sunday in Atlanta and Monday in New York. The Braves announced their plan for how they will cover Sunday’s doubleheader Saturday afternoon with Bryse Wilson slated to … [Read more...] about Braves will start Bryse Wilson, Drew Smyly in Sunday’s doubleheader

Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images We will find some baseball somewhere. The Braves and Cardinals are already rained out Saturday night and storms will no doubt be impacting plenty of other games along the way. Still there is a full slate of action in the Majors, Minors and College World Series which also got underway Saturday afternoon. College World Series 7:00 p.m. … [Read more...] about Rainout MLB/MiLB/College World Series watch thread

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images It was an interesting night down in the minor leagues as Braden Shewmake had a big game while Spencer Strider had one of the more impressive pitching performances of the year. It was a good night overall for the Atlanta Braves’ minor league affiliates as they went 2-2 overall and they got some good performances from … [Read more...] about Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: Braden Shewmake goes off, Spencer Strider strikes out 12

Henry Davis | George Walker IV / Tennessean.com As usual the annual MLB Draft rankings start out with catcher. It’s already time our the annual MLB Draft position rankings, and the 2021 MLB Draft rankings start out where we’ve always started and that’s at catcher. This is a very strong catching class, particularly on the high school side, and it’s not out of the … [Read more...] about Atlanta Braves 2021 MLB Draft Preview Position Rankings: Catcher

Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta exploded for nine runs in Friday’s win over the Cardinals. Hey this winning thing is pretty nice! The Atlanta Braves exploded for nine runs in support of a good performance by Max Fried in a 9-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. It was the second straight win for the Braves who improve to 32-35 on the season. Ozzie Albies finished a … [Read more...] about The Daily Chop: Ozzie Albies, Max Fried carry Braves over Cardinals, Spencer Strider interview and more