Talking Chop

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A trade! But the more significant news is unfortunate. The Atlanta Braves have acquired veteran starter Erick Fedde from the St. Louis Cardinals. Unfortunately, to make room for Eric Fedde, the Braves placed starter Grant Holmes on the 60-day IL. The #Braves today acquired RHP Erick Fedde and cash … [Read more...] about Braves Acquire Starter Erick Fedde from Cardinals, Grant Holmes is placed on 60-Day IL

Photo by Natalie Buchanan/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images McCabe had three hits in the double header, has a 28% line drive rate this season, and has a .922 OPS in July There was some terrific baseball played on the Atlanta Braves farm system on Saturday night. David McCabe had another awesome couple of games with plenty of hard hit balls, JR Ritchie gave up no … [Read more...] about Braves Minor League Recap: David McCabe has another hot day

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images All of Atlanta’s Opening Day starting pitchers are now injured. This morning the Atlanta Braves made official that starting pitcher Grant Holmes is going on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation. Holmes was the last remaining Opening Day starting pitcher left in Braves’ rotation. The corresponding move was the return of reliever … [Read more...] about Grant Holmes hits 15-day IL, Daysbel Hernandez returns to Atlanta

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Maybe they can ignite the offense with some Leiter fluid ... which sounds worse when you say it out loud. Let’s take a look at how Bryce Elder has recen … Okay, let’s not. It’s been bad. Over the course of July, his xFIP is close to 5 as his strikeouts have plummeted and his walks have stayed high. His 4.86 ERA isn’t as bad as his … *opens eyes … [Read more...] about Braves look for Leiter touch in Sunday finale

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images I’ll try to avoid more innuendo Jurickson Profar has been fine since he came back. A 105 wRC+ against his 110ish expectations isn’t too bad, and especially coming back from suspension and facing pitchers who are basically literally in mid-season form, he’s acclimated fairly well. His walk and strikeout rates are a little worse than … [Read more...] about Braves to try to Jack some home runs