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Drake made a lot of progress on with making contact. His K-rate dropped from 35% in 2024 to 21% in 2025. Next step is making solid contact and increasing power. With a guy with Drake's speed, the old adage that "you can't steal first" is apt. Braves have been patient with him and I hope they...

I was following along on Gameday but it was alread 10-1 when I started. If today's pitchers were auditioning for next year, they may want to explore their options. I wasn't watching on television, but I wonder if the team has just given up and is going through the motions. Nothing worse than...

The positive I'm seeing is that there is a wave of reasonable talent coming through the lower levels and that's going to push out a lot of the hangers-on who were only there because the only option for the Braves would have been signing hangers-on from other teams' systems (which they sometimes...

They sold off Jax, Varland, Coulombe, and Stewart in additon to Duran so the Twins' bullpen is reduced to Cole Sands, a couple of retreads (incluing former-Brave Tonkin) and some AAAA guys. No lead is safe and if the starter falters, games become blowouts. They also moved Bader. Current...

Nepotism does run rampant and I agree with thewupk that it's not just in the announcing field. Of all the Caray's (and I've listened to three of them), I thought Skip was the best. I grew up in Southern Minnesota and on summer nights when the wind was blowing right, we could pick up KMOX...

The late-season rebounds of a bunch of guys is heartening, but unfortunately teams play 162 games and Iglesias looked cooked for the first few months of the season. It all depends on cost, but at his age I wouldn't be backing up the truck to the vault to sign him.

Good bench piece. Knows how to take a walk and has some pop. Not a good defensive OF, but if you team him with White you have a decent L/R OF combo on the bench.

I've seen Harris' arm action mentioned in the scouting report on him, but he will need more than that to be effective at the major league level. His velocity was a bit higher than advertised if the stats on the Gameday app are correct, but probably still not high enough to make a dent. I...

I'm surprised they brought him up. He's already on the 40-man so they are likely giving him an extended shot to see what he has and deciding what to do with him over the winter.

I see him as a bench option that hits the field when Acuna is the DH. I don't see Fraley as a regular.

That's where I think Fraley (or maybe someone else if the price is right) fits better. Rotate guys through the DH and have Fraley in the OF when Acuna is DHing.

Bench construction can be a challenge, but I don't see a guy like Allen belonging on the bench. Alvarez can't play SS for any length of time, but he (and Brujan) can man the position for a game or two. AAA has become the equivalent of the NFL practice squad so I think the goal should be to put...

I wondered why Brebbia was still on the team. He's tank-a-riffic!

Is Stratton's middle name "Tankathon?"

FA SS market is pretty threadbare. I'm of the impression that Anthopoulos does not want to trade any of the young pitchers (totally justified) so that probably limits what he can do on the trade market. Kim's a pretty big ticket but he's an upgrade if he can stay healthy. I still can't...

Player option at $16MM for 2026. Kim vs. Allen in a kal-if-fee to see who gets to be starting SS.

Not surprised that the Braves didn't put in a waiver claim on Kiner-Falefa (he ended up in Toronto), but he's someone I think they should look at in the off-season. Strong defense and versatile in the field. Not much of a hitter, but a better hitter than Nick Allen.

Any word on who might join the Braves' big league roster starting today? I think it's limited to three players. I can remember during the Braves' down years in the 1980s, they would call up six or seven guys. I think MLB put a stop to that practice because for teams out of the running, the...

Wasn't he a two-sport stud? I thought I read when he was drafted that he had a couple of scholarship offers to play QB at what are now FBS schools.

Curious to see how Rattler does. I thought he was a steal in the 2024 draft given where he was taken, but that doesn't always translate.