ATLANTA -- Remember when the Braves lost 19 of their last 28 games before the All-Star break? How about when they didn’t land a frontline starting pitcher before Monday’s Trade Deadline? While that latter issue might prove problematic in October, there is currently plenty of reason to be excited about

ATLANTA -- Matt Olson has played more consecutive games than all but seven players in Major League history. Olson passed Hall of Famer Stan Musial and gained sole possession of eighth place on the all-time list when he played in his 896th consecutive game in the Braves' 4-1 win over

ATLANTA -- Had the Braves added the frontline starter their fans were seeking before Monday’s Trade Deadline, Grant Holmes would have likely been going to the bullpen within the next week. So as Holmes spun six scoreless innings in a 4-2 win over the Marlins on Tuesday night at Truist

ATLANTA -- Matt Olson has played more consecutive games than all but seven players in Major League history. Olson moved into a tie for eighth place with Hall of Famer Stan Musial when he played in his 895th consecutive game in Tuesday night's 4-2 win over the Marlins. The Braves'

ATLANTA -- The Braves’ clubhouse had a different look before Tuesday night’s series opener against the Marlins at Truist Park. Catcher Sean Murphy and shortstop Ha-Seong Kim both returned from injured list stints. As for outfielder Lane Thomas, right-handed pitcher Tyler Mahle and left-handed reliever Brent Suter, they got acquainted

ATLANTA -- Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos made three acquisitions over the past few days. But it was the one he didn’t make that highlighted the chatter when this year’s Trade Deadline arrived on Monday at 6 p.m. ET. Anthopoulos landed a right-handed bat in Lane Thomas, added

ATLANTA -- Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos continued to bolster his pitching staff when he acquired left-handed reliever Brent Suter from the Angels in exchange for Nacho Alvarez Jr. Atlanta also traded for right-hander Tyler Uberstine (now their No. 26 prospect) from the Red Sox in exchange for

ATLANTA -- Tyler Mahle isn’t the top-flight starter Braves fans are hoping to land before Monday’s Trade Deadline. But the veteran will be given a chance to bring some stability to Atlanta’s rotation. Mahle was acquired from the Giants in exchange for Minor League reliever Anthony Molina on Sunday night,

ATLANTA -- As Braves fans anxiously await the acquisition of a playoff-caliber starting pitcher, the team’s president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos is trying to bolster his pitching staff as a whole. Along with pursuing the frontline starters, Anthopoulos made a back-of-the-rotation move by trading for right-hander Tyler Mahle from

ATLANTA -- Matt Olson needs to homer 19 times over the final 50 games to secure his second 50-homer season within the past four years. That’s a little optimistic, right? “He’s done it before,” Braves center fielder Michael Harris II said. “He knows how to get there. He’s homered in

ATLANTA -- Reynaldo López suffered what may have been the oddest of the long list of injuries suffered by Braves starting pitchers this year. But it doesn’t appear to be a significant ailment.

ATLANTA -- When a starting pitcher is a late scratch around this time of year, there’s reason to wonder if the decision is tied to a pending trade. The same goes for any pitcher who is abruptly called to the manager’s office. It’s safe to say Martín Pérez was concerned

ATLANTA -- Braves fans are hoping to celebrate the acquisition of a frontline starting pitcher before Monday’s 6 p.m. ET Trade Deadline. But they at least got to satisfy their trade itch with the news that outfielder Lane Thomas is coming to Atlanta. Thomas and left-handed pitcher Bailey Falter were

ATLANTA -- Jim Jarvis is expected to remain Atlanta’s primary shortstop. But the Braves still chose to keep Ha-Seong Kim to serve as a backup infielder. Kim’s Minor League rehab assignment expired with the conclusion of Triple-A Gwinnett’s doubleheader against Durham on Saturday. He went 1-for-4 in the first game

ATLANTA -- The Braves have lost more than half of their past 45 games, and there is a need for them to add a playoff-caliber starting pitcher before Monday’s 6 p.m. ET Trade Deadline. Yet, they possess a comfortable division lead, at least two players who will draw their fair

ATLANTA -- Having been sidelined more than a year because of two right elbow injuries, Spencer Schwellenbach knows it’s not wise to look too far ahead. But the Braves right-hander has at least reached a point where he can think about the possibility of being activated from the injured list

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NEW YORK -- AJ Smith-Shawver experienced the thrill of pitching for the first time in more than a year. Now, he can simply focus on doing whatever he can to help lessen the Braves’ rotation concerns. Smith-Shawver expressed relief after making a successful return to the Majors in a 3-2

NEW YORK -- How good has Chris Sale been through this season’s first four months? Well, his first 20 starts have conjured memories of some of those fantastic seasons Greg Maddux had during the 1990s. Sale strengthened his Cy Young Award resume with a dominant effort against the Mets in

NEW YORK -- Sean Murphy has notched a multi-hit effort in two of the first three Minor League rehab games he has played for Triple-A Gwinnett. Murphy tallied three hits and caught all seven innings in Gwinnett’s 7-3 win over Durham in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday.

NEW YORK -- Ronald Acuña Jr. was healthy enough to rejoin the Braves’ lineup last week. But by extending his Minor League rehab assignment by a few additional days, he was able to gain the confidence that his swing and timing are where they need to be for him to

NEW YORK -- Chris Sale might not be logging 200-plus innings and tallying 200-300 strikeouts per season like he did in his most dominant days. But when it comes to run prevention, the 37-year-old Braves ace is faring as well as he has in every season but one. Sale enters

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Andruw Jones looked out at the crowd at his induction Sunday at the Clark Sports Center and saw his number everywhere. “We see all these beautiful people with the ‘25’ hat,” he said. That’s because Braves Country was out in force to welcome the latest Hall of

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ATLANTA -- Chris Sale experienced 14 Major League seasons before winning his first Cy Young Award. If he extends his current success over the next two months, he may experience the thrill of winning this honor twice in three years. Left fielder Mauricio Dubón’s apparent misread on a fly ball