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Braves Sign John Danks to Minor-League Deal

Dec 13, 2016

Per Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports (tweet), the Braves have signed former White Sox starting pitcher John Danks to a minor-league contract. Normally, 31-year-olds earning minor-league deals don't warrant much ...

Spring Training Position Battles: Atlanta Braves

Adam Piede

Mar 3, 2016

Atlanta Braves, Opinions & Predictions, Spring Training

As spring training games kick off this week, position battles have started to move from “on paper” to on the diamond. While teams such as the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals have the majority of th...

Andrelton Simmons: A Eulogy

Aaron Lunsford

Nov 13, 2015

Atlanta Braves, Headlines, Los Angeles Angels, Offseason, Transactions

"Simba." That's what we so lovingly referred to Mr. Andrelton Simmons as in Atlanta Braves country. Well, I don't think I ever did, but I saw people on Twitter.com do it. Not a fan of nicknames really. Proba...

Love, Failure, and The Postseason

Aaron Lunsford

Oct 26, 2015

Atlanta Braves, Baseball History, Features, Headlines, San Francisco Giants

Ok, so this is my first piece for BBE and I have to start by saying how excited I am to contribute to the site. I write about some other things totally unrelated to baseball - which is fine and everything - but...

Reports: Mets close to acquiring Juan Uribe, Kelly Johnson

Jacob Fagan

Jul 24, 2015

Atlanta Braves, Breaking News, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League East, New York Mets, Rumors

Jim Bowden of ESPN is reporting that the Braves are close to sending Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson to the Mets. The Mets have been looking for bats and this would accomplish that to an extent. Joel Sherman of th...

UPDATED: Braves Trade Upton, Kimbrel to Padres

Ryan Witry

Apr 5, 2015

Atlanta Braves, Breaking News, Major League Baseball, National League, National League East, National League West, San Diego Padres

According to Kiley McDaniel of FanGraphs, the rebuilding Atlanta Braves have traded struggling outfielder, Melvin (formerly BJ) Upton and star closer, Craig Kimbrel to the San Diego Padres. In return, the Brav...

Eric Stults Agrees To Minor League Deal With Atlanta Braves

Tyler Milliken

Jan 30, 2015

Atlanta Braves, Major League Baseball, National League, National League East, Offseason

According to MLB.com's Mark Bowman, 35-year-old lefty Eric Stults has joined the Atlanta Braves on a minor league deal for the upcoming 2015 seas0n. The deal includes an invite to spring training for the lefty,...

Astros Acquire Evan Gattis

Niklas Jarvinen

Jan 14, 2015

Atlanta Braves, Headlines, Houston Astros

The Houston Astros acquired C/OF Evan Gattis and RP James Hoyt from the Atlanta Braves for 3B Rio Ruiz, P Michael Foltynewicz, and P Andrew Thurman on Wednesday. The trade was reported by David O’Brien of the A...

Every Team’s Offseason in One Sentence

Jack McNeil

Dec 29, 2014

American League, Headlines, National League, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

This offseason has been a historic one. From superstars being traded for lesser packages than expected, to the Yankees being left out on all major free agents, excuse me as I attempt to sum up every team's offs...

Dian Toscano signs for 4 Years, $6 Million

Andrew Miller

Dec 15, 2014

Atlanta Braves, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League East, Offseason

Last week, the latest player to come to the Major Leagues from Cuba, Dian Toscano, signed a contract with the Atlanta Braves. It is now being reported by Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com that the contract is worth $6 m...

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