News and notes from Thursday
Yesterday was an off day, which means that there wasn’t a lot to discuss as far as the Atlanta Braves are concerned. With that being said, considering how some off days have gone during this season so far, sometimes “no news” qualifies as “good news” so I’d imagine that it’s best to just be grateful and hope that the Braves are focusing on figuring out a way to defeat the Diamondbacks over the weekend.
With that being said, yesterday was Chipper Jones’ birthday. Hopefully someone poured Larry a Crown last night. Let’s enjoy one of the many moments of Chipper Jones tormenting the New York Mets, shall we?
More Braves News
We talked about a story from The Athletic that had the Braves front office ranked as tied with the Phillies for being the sixth-best in all of baseball. The conversation’s been lively!
Considering the venue in Bristol Motor Speedway, it’s pretty clear that MLB is shooting on breaking an attendance record when the Braves meet the Reds there this August.
The bonus pools for the MLB Draft have been revealed. If you want to see how much the Braves are going to have available for this year’s draft, check out the link.
Take a quick look back at Atlanta’s most recent series, which was a successful one against the Cardinals.
MLB News
Rangers hurler Kumar Rocker is now on the IL after suffering what’s been called a “mild shoulder impingement.”
The NL West is full of threats. The Giants are trying to make sure nobody forgets about them after they swept the Brewers.
The Rockies are an NL West team that is not a threat. They got swept by the Royals but hey, at least Germán Márquez reached 1,000 career strikeouts — and all with Colorado, no less!
The Battle of the Beltway between the O’s and the Nats was an intense pitchers’ duel that resulted in Cade Povich getting the upper hand on MacKenzie Gore.