Atlanta Braves News & Updates

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Five days after opening Spring Training by revealing Spencer Schwellenbach will miss significant time, Braves manager Walt Weiss said Sunday that Hurston Waldrep is the team’s latest starting pitcher with a potentially significant health concern. Waldrep drew rave reviews after flashing some 99 mph fastballs and

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Having already missed nearly all of the regular season’s first half while serving a performance-enhancing drug suspension, Jurickson Profar chose to endure the discomfort he felt while playing in September. But lingering limitations led him to undergo sports hernia surgery in November. “I was playing through

It has been less than a week since the start of 2026 Spring Training arrived, and the it feels like the 2025 bad injury luck for the Braves never ended. It feels like every day comes with a new injury update, and while some may be positive, the negative updates seem to always be of […]

If you’re having a long weekend then congratulations on avoiding the Sunday scaries this week. The floor is now yours and here’s a random clip:

Braves right-hander Hurston Waldrep is dealing with soreness in his throwing elbow, and will visit Dr. Keith Meister tomorrow in Dallas for a consultation, manager Walt Weiss told reporters (including MLB.com’s Mark Bowman).  Waldrep has already undergone an MRI that didn’t reveal any structural damage, though the scan did reveal some “loose bodies,” as Weiss…

Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar told reporters (including Mark Bowman of MLB.com) this morning that he underwent surgery for a sports hernia back in November. The procedure required six weeks of recovery time and he enters camp without any restrictions. Per Bowman, Profar indicated he first felt discomfort due to the issue back in September and…