Touissant among top 20 impact rookies for 2019
Here are the top players in each league who could get the opportunity to show what they can do at the highest level this year, perhaps even contending for Rookie of the Year honors
Braves unwilling to meet Marlins’ ask for J.T.
The Braves made it clear that, individually, each of their prospects was available in exchange for J.T. Realmuto. But they were not willing to provide the volume of prospects or the MLB-experienced asset sought by the Marlins, who ended an offseason-long saga by dealing the All-Star catcher to the Phillies on Thursday.
Here’s your guide to Braves Spring Training
Here are answers to some of the primary questions you may have as the defending National League East champs prepare to begin Spring Training next week.
Minter wants to be Braves’ high-leverage option
As Braves manager Brian Snitker evaluates who might serve as his closer, A.J. Minter has made it clear he wants to be the guy who is consistently called upon to handle high-leverage threats that develop in late innings.
Braves’ Top 30 prospects list
Who do the Braves have in the pipeline? Get scouting reports, video, stats, projected ETAs and more for Atlanta’s Top 30 Prospects on MLBPipeline.com’s Prospect Watch.
Reasons for optimism for each MLB club
On this opening week of Spring Training, all 30 Major League teams have one thing in common: optimism. Here’s an optimism cheat sheet for each of them.
Acuna: ‘I’d like to stay in the leadoff spot’
When the Braves re-signed Nick Markakis in January, they began leaning toward putting Ender Inciarte in the leadoff spot and moving Ronald Acuna Jr. to the cleanup role. But manager Brian Snitker said Acuna may still get his wish to stay at the top of the lineup.
Freeman pleased with Braves’ offseason deals
Freddie Freeman spent the offseason sharing excitement about the possibility that Josh Donaldson would not end up being the Braves’ only significant offseason addition.
Uniform patch to mark 150 years of pro baseball
All 30 Major League teams will wear special “MLB 150” patches on their uniforms for the entire 2019 season in honor of the 150th anniversary of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first openly all-salaried professional baseball team.
30 low-key acquisitions who could pay off big
Fans and analysts spend the entire offseason speculating where the top free agents could go, but sometimes an under-the-radar pickup can end up making a world of difference. As positional competitions begin to heat up at Spring Training camps this month, MLB.com’s beat writers were asked to identify one potentially overlooked acquisition for each of […]