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Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Kevin Seitzer’s departure was a bit of a shock, but the addition of Tim Hyers seems somewhat obvious in retrospect I’ll be honest, I thought the Braves’ axing of Kevin Seitzer early this offseason was one of the more unexpected, shocking things to happen to this team in its current, post-rebuild, contending era. If you … [Read more...] about What do you get when you hire Hyers?

Photo by: Diamond Images/Getty Images For the next few years, the Braves become the Bees until they decide to become the Braves again. Got it? Braves Franchise History 1936: The new owners of the Boston Braves conduct a survey of newspaper reporters, asking them to come up with a new nickname for the franchise. The reporters select the Bees, which will be used … [Read more...] about This Day in Braves History: Boston Braves become Boston Bees

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday It was a good day for Drake Baldwin, as he got a spring training invite and landed on ESPN’s top 100 prospects list. It does appear that he will start the season at AAA, especially after The Athletic’s David O’Brien reported that Sean Murphy is expected to start roughly 80% of the Braves’ games … [Read more...] about Braves News: Drake Baldwin, bullpen, spring training invites, more

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Braves have announced the non-roster invitees to spring training and their top prospect is among the names. It’s January 29, which means we’re at the end of this month and getting perilously close to February — which means that spring training is right around the corner. As such, this is a good time for the … [Read more...] about Drake Baldwin among 16 non-roster invitees to Braves spring training

Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Good evening, everyone! Here’s the random clip: … [Read more...] about Wednesday 1/29 Open Thread