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Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday I have been wondering recently if this will be the year that the Alex Anthopoulos Braves will make a big free agent splash. Under his tenure, the biggest splashes he has made in free agency for multiple years have been Will Smith and bringing Marcell Ozuna back on $64 million plus a … [Read more...] about Braves News: Chris Sale wins Cy Young, Manfred talks expansion and ABS, more

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Sale was the favorite and he takes home the hardware for the first time in his career. BBWAA Awards week continued on through Wednesday night, as the spotlight switched from the managers to the pitchers as MLB announced the Cy Young Award winners for each respective league. The Atlanta Braves had a vested interest in the proceedings … [Read more...] about Chris Sale wins 2024 NL Cy Young Award

Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Somehow, this is Sale’s first Cy Young Award while he definitely took a long and winding road to get there, he’s grateful to have made it this far. 2024 NL Cy Young Award winner and Atlanta Braves star Chris Sale spoke with the media shortly after being named the winner and as you can imagine, he was very excited and grateful … [Read more...] about Chris Sale talks first-career Cy Young Award

Jesse Franklin | Image Credit: Mills Fitzner Jesse Franklin’s health struggles continued in 2024, preventing him from playing any games. A third round pick by the Atlanta Braves back in 2020, Jesse Franklin has had issues staying on the field since his final college season. How acquired Franklin was the Braves third rounder in the shortened 2020 MLB Draft out of … [Read more...] about 2024 Braves Prospects Season in Review: Jesse Franklin

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images You can probably count on one hand the number of players in baseball who had a weirder year than David Fletcher. When the Atlanta Braves picked up David Fletcher in a trade with an Angels, it seemed pretty safe to assume that they figured they were just picking up a run-of-the-mill bench option as part of salary … [Read more...] about 2024 Braves Season in Review: David Fletcher