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With Opening Day looming, the Braves are fine-tuning their lineup and assessing the early spring performances. Ronald Acuña Jr. is set to lead off, but it's the emerging talent and the players under scrutiny that could dictate Atlanta's fate this season.
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Acuña set to lead off, but how will rest of lineup shake out for Opening Day?
NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Making jovial remarks about Spring Training lineups has been a common practice during the social media era. When the regulars need a rest or choose not to make a road trip, you encounter things like Jorge Mateo serving as the leadoff hitter in the Braves’ Grapefruit
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Yastrzemski has a blast in first trip to plate with Braves
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Mike Yastrzemski was born into the Red Sox family. But while growing up the grandson of a Boston legend, he idolized two other Hall of Famers -- Chipper Jones and Andruw Jones -- and considered the Braves to be his National League team.
So, the first-inning
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Braves’ starters look good in second Spring Training game
The first home Spring Training game started very promising for Atlanta, with the Braves’ stars looking good. Chris Sale struck out his first two batters and ended up with three strikeouts over 2.0 innings, no walks, and only one hard-hit ball in the form of a 95.9 MPH grounder. Chris Sale looked like Chris Sale […]
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Ronald Acuña Jr. will bat lead-off this season
The question as to where in the 2026 Atlanta Braves batting order outfielder Ronald Acuña, Jr. will hit can come to an end. Braves manager Walt Weiss told reporters this morning that Acuña, Jr. will reclaim his spot at the top of the order, batting lead-off for the team this season. Despite some questionable line-up […]
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Braves' Drake Baldwin picked up right where he left off in first spring training game
Atlanta Braves catching phenom Drake Baldwin wasted no time showing he's picking up right where he left off last season.
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3 Braves players who are simply no longer worth defending anymore
The Atlanta Braves have a few players that fans should stop trying to defend until they prove their doubters wrong for a change.
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