ATLANTA – Austin Riley expressed frustration about his prolonged struggles as he spoke to reporters after the Braves’ suddenly slumbering offense was once again silenced in a 2-1 loss to the Nationals on Sunday afternoon at Truist Park. “Let’s see some consistency,” Riley said. “This game is about being consistent.

ATLANTA -- Tallying a high strikeout total is a good thing for most pitchers, at least those not named Grant Holmes. Holmes experienced an all-too-familiar result as he recorded his third double-digit-strikeout total, but he also allowed two solo home runs in a 2-0 loss to the Nationals on Saturday

ATLANTA -- Chris Sale is an early Cy Young Award favorite and Spencer Strider is once again pitching like a frontline starter. As for Bryce Elder, he has positioned himself to earn his second All-Star selection within a span of four seasons. Elder allowed just one run on five hits

ATLANTA -- How great are things going for the Braves? Well, the guy who entered the season as the fifth catcher, Chadwick Tromp, on their depth chart proved to be the hero in the eventful 5-4 win over the Nationals on Friday night at Truist Park. “That was a good

This story was excerpted from Mark Bowman’s Braves Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

ATLANTA -- Austin Riley isn’t a stranger to slow starts. This year’s early stretch might have been more frustrating than some previous ones. But it hasn’t been drastically different from what he experienced during the first seven weeks of his great 2023 season. Riley’s history shows that, when healthy, one

ATLANTA -- Bryce Elder gave the Braves what they needed, and the two-out, two-run homer he allowed in the eighth inning of a 3-2 loss to the Red Sox on Saturday night would have been inconsequential had the Atlanta offense performed like it regularly has while totaling MLB’s second-most runs

ATLANTA -- Growing up in suburban Boston as the grandson of Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski, Mike Yastrzemski adopted the Braves as his favorite National League team. His fandom was so strong that he went through a portion of his childhood sleeping with a baseball glove that Bobby Cox gave

ATLANTA -- Instead of saying Drake Baldwin homered off Connelly Early, it would be more accurate to say Baldwin homered against the Red Sox starter and off center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela’s glove.

ATLANTA -- Chris Sale will forever be recognized for the intensity he has shown while constructing an impressive Hall of Fame resume. But when the time is right, the Braves' ace has a comical, lighthearted spirit that creates laughter -- sometimes unintentionally. Sale recorded eight strikeouts while allowing just one

This story was excerpted from Mark Bowman’s Braves Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

ATLANTA -- The Braves have become World Series favorites with the help of underdogs like Mauricio Dubón and Martín Pérez. Manager Walt Weiss once again pushed all of the right buttons as the Braves became MLB’s first team to reach 30 wins with a 4-1 victory over the Cubs on

ATLANTA -- When Bobby Cox’s wife, Pam, returned to their suburban Atlanta home for the first time after the Hall of Fame manager had a massive stroke in April 2019, she found a box of signed balls on a table and one ball on the floor that was signed “Bobby

LOS ANGELES -- Braves center fielder Michael Harris II was running toward right field when he saw his teammate Eli White slam into the right field wall immediately after making a game-saving catch in a 7-2 win over the Dodgers on Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium.

ATLANTA -- Shortstop Ha-Seong Kim will be in the lineup when the Braves begin a three-game series against the Cubs on Tuesday night at Truist Park. The Braves activated Kim from the injured list and placed outfielder Eli White on the seven-day concussion IL on Monday. White made a game-saving

This story was excerpted from Mark Bowman’s Braves Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

LOS ANGELES -- The Braves exited Atlanta with MLB’s best record. Nine games and three cities later, they returned home looking to be even more formidable.

LOS ANGELES -- Spencer Strider never had the pleasure of meeting Bobby Cox. But with his most impressive start in more than two years, the rejuvenated pitcher gave the Braves and their fans a chance to celebrate a win on a day reserved to honor the beloved Hall of Fame

LOS ANGELES -- Hall of Fame manager Bobby Cox died on Saturday at the age of 84. His passing stirred a lot of emotions from many of the legendary Braves figures he impacted since first joining the organization as Atlanta’s rookie manager in 1978.

• Bobby Cox, Hall of Fame

Bobby Cox played with Mickey Mantle, managed Chipper Jones and established his own legend as he spent more than a half-century devoting himself to the game he loved and to a distinguished career that will be forever honored within Baseball’s Hall of Fame. Sadly, the baseball world lost another of

LOS ANGELES -- Chris Sale is 37 years old and he is two years removed from what he and many others thought might be his final season. But despite not getting a desired result in a 3-1 loss to the Dodgers on Friday night at Dodger Stadium, the Braves’ veteran

This story was excerpted from Mark Bowman's Braves Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

SEATTLE -- The Braves have been the National League’s most successful team through this season’s first six weeks. The Dodgers are the two-time defending World Series champions. Regardless of what happens this weekend at Dodger Stadium, both teams will enter next week with legit World Series aspirations. But that doesn’t

SEATTLE -- Now that Martín Pérez has once again shown he can be a dependable starter, there’s further reason to ask some questions about the Braves’ rotation. Will JR Ritchie show better command his next time out and increase the likelihood of remaining within Atlanta’s rotation?

Ted Turner never threw a pitch or swung a baseball bat. But he will forever be remembered as one of the most legendary figures in Braves history. Turner revolutionized the satellite and cable television industries and brought the Braves into living rooms across the United States on a nightly basis