Braves Briefing: This summer, Ronald Acuña Jr. has chosen to rejoin the Venezuelan Winter League.
Ronald Acuña Jr. has an unwavering passion for baseball. The right fielder for the Atlanta Braves has regularly traveled back to his home country of Venezuela to take part in some This Day in Braves History: 1991 – The Braves lose Game 7 of the World Series to the Twins, 1-0 in 10 innings, featuring a battle between John Smoltz and Jack Morris. The difference is Gene Larkin’s single in the tenth. After throwing ten scoreless innings, Jack Morris wins MVP.
Pierce Johnson is one of the key relievers that the Atlanta Braves welcomed back after losing a few key ones this offseason. Joe Jiménez might come next. While the Braves made their first significant winter signing early in the off-season. The Braves unexpectedly announced on Wednesday that they had signed reliever Pierce Johnson to a two-year contract with a club option for 2026, in typical Alex Anthopoulos manner.
Dusty Baker’s announcement of his retirement following the Astros’ Game 7 ALCS loss to the Rangers created a managerial vacancy that will be highly sought after throughout the league.
The Athletic’s Jim Bowden developed his All-MLB Team for the 2023 campaign. Naturally, with three players participating, the Braves took the lead. WAR: Baseball America is analyzing and debating each MLB team’s 2023 draft class now that the Minor League season is over, and they have high praise ($) for the Atlanta Braves. Confusionously, they refer to it as a “report card” even though there are no real grades on it.
Ogans hits in three straight games to continue his strong fall. The Salt River Rafters are coming off of a losing two-and-won streak that is not particularly noteworthy in the win column.
keeping up with every development from the Atlanta Braves’ offseason The Atlanta Braves entered the summer with the intention of rebuilding a team that finished first in the league with 104 wins in 2023 but collapsed in the postseason after losing in the first round.
MLB Stats: in 26 games for the Braves,.277/.333/.369 with one home run, three doubles, and twelve RBI Although it is a small sample size, Lopez was 18-for-65 (.277) with three doubles, 12 RBI, and one home run in just 26 games while wearing an Atlanta Braves uniform.
This season, the Atlanta Braves selected two pitchers with Arizona Fall League experience, which is a little more aggressive than most organizations do.
1991: Kirby Puckett lights up Minnesota with a 4-3 victory over the Braves in 11 innings. In the third, Puckett stopped two runs with a diving catch against the plexiglass in left center.
Notes and news on the Atlanta Braves from Wednesday Signing a two-year deal with Pierce Johnson, which will keep the veteran reliever in Atlanta for $7 million annually with an Anthopoulos Special: 1% to the Braves foundation and a club option for an additional year at the end, was the big news of the day for Atlanta.
