He was already the strong favorite, but Mackenzie Gore should be named the Opening Day starter tomorrow. Gore was dominant in his second start of the spring, going 5.1 scoreless innings while striking out 6. The 26 year old southpaw is looking to build off of what was a mostly successful 2024 campaign. While Davey … Read more
Michael Soroka has had a crazy journey to the Washington Nationals. I wrote about that earlier this month. However, after two dominant Spring Training starts, it is time to write about his stuff and how he can have a massive impact on the field for the Nats. In seven spring training innings, Soroka has allowed … Read more
Garrett Cooper got one on the board this Spring, with a deep two-run shot in the fifth inning. But … that was about it for the offense for the Atlanta Braves in the afternoon. The other offense was supplied a few innings earlier with some patient at-bats, but it ultimately only led to one run … Read more
Entering play on Friday, Curtis Mead has been the best offensive player in all of Spring Training. He is hitting .778/.810/1.000 with a MLB leading 382 wRC+; Mead has a 14.3 BB% and 4.8 K%, both are staggering differences from his career norms, as is his 5.1 WHIFF%, which is half of what his WHIFF% … Read more
One of the more fun ideas the MLB has come up with over the past couple of years is the Spring Breakout games. They give fans a chance to see their top prospects live in the flesh. Most casual fans don’t follow Minor League baseball super closely but know who the teams top prospects are. … Read more
We are officially less than three weeks away from Opening Day for the Atlanta Braves, who begin play on March 27 in San Diego. It was a rather slow day for news and notes, but those will likely pick up as we inch towards Opening Day. Until then, we’ve got a look at the Spring … Read more
MLB has announced each team’s prospect participants for the annual Spring Breakout games. Carson Williams headlines the Rays group of prospects. Williams is considered a top ten prospect in the game by multiple publications; MLB has the superb defender ranked as the 9th top prospect entering the season. Nathan Flewelling, C Kenny Piper, C Xavier … Read more
10 days from now, the Atlanta Braves will participate in the now-annual Spiring Breakout series of games, where each team plays one spring training game where the focus is placed squarely on the top prospects on each organization. Each tea has officially released their rosters and that includes the Braves, so let’s take a look … Read more
Yet another Spring Training game is in the books as Kansas City took down Seattle 9-6. What happened? Michael Lorenzen worked three innings in his Spring Training debut. He struck out three batters, all on changeups while garnering four whiffs on the pitch. He threw it six times so that’s a meaty whiff rate. His … Read more
The Atlanta Braves and Chris Sale took on the Minnesota Twins in their daytime spring training matchup. Time is ticking for players to claim available roster spots, and it is was a fun one to see these players compete. It is always an interesting dynamic in spring training. Players are more concerned with working on … Read more