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Posted on 1/31/25 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 1/31/25 at 1:37 pm
Last season was totally derailed by injuries. This year the Braves look to get healthy and win 100 games. I've got the Braves and Dodgers meeting yet again in an epic clash for a trip to the World Series.
Talking points entering spring training:
1. Will we get MVP Acuna, or Acuna light ? How many games can he play in RF, and how to manage DH when he needs a day off his legs ?
2. Will we get Cy Young candidate Strider, or second elbow surgery Strider ?
3. Will Jurickson Profar carry his success from last season into this season, or was last year an outlier / regression likely ?
4. Will the Braves find a SS of the future sometime in 25, or will they carry on with Arcia ? (Seriously who is the starting SS next season?)
5. Who wins the 5th starter job ? Can Ian Anderson make a come back ?
6. Will AA make another deal for a SP or BP arm ?
Sids Slide - Pure Baseball Bliss
Talking points entering spring training:
1. Will we get MVP Acuna, or Acuna light ? How many games can he play in RF, and how to manage DH when he needs a day off his legs ?
2. Will we get Cy Young candidate Strider, or second elbow surgery Strider ?
3. Will Jurickson Profar carry his success from last season into this season, or was last year an outlier / regression likely ?
4. Will the Braves find a SS of the future sometime in 25, or will they carry on with Arcia ? (Seriously who is the starting SS next season?)
5. Who wins the 5th starter job ? Can Ian Anderson make a come back ?
6. Will AA make another deal for a SP or BP arm ?
Sids Slide - Pure Baseball Bliss
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Posted on 1/31/25 at 1:38 pm to PowHound
Braves sign Jurickson Profar
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves today signed OF Jurickson Profar to a three-year major league contract worth $42 million, with the outfielder set to make $12 million in 2025 and $15 million in each of the following two seasons. Profar has agreed to donate 1% of his salary to the Atlanta Braves Foundation.
Profar, 31, batted .280/.380/.459 over 158 games with the San Diego Padres last season, setting career-high totals in all three triple-slash categories as well as hits (158), runs (94), home runs (24) and RBI (85). He started in left field for the N.L. All-Star team, the first such honor of his career, and garnered his first Silver Slugger award following the season. Profar earned a 14th-place finish in N.L. MVP voting, and his 4.3 fWAR were most by a primary left fielder in the National League. Profar ranked in the 90th percentile or better across baseball in expected batting average (92nd, .282), expected weighted on-base average (92nd, .364), chase percentage (90th, 21.9%) and whiff percentage (90th, 17.0%).
The 6-foot-0, 184-pound native of Willemstad, Curacao, has batted .245/.331/.395 over an 11-year major league career, with 111 home runs and 444 RBI over 1,119 games. Profar has appeared defensively at every position around the diamond except for pitcher and catcher, compiling 549 games in the outfield (499 in left, 33 in right and 21 in center), 219 games at second, 104 at shortstop, 89 at third base and 72 at first. A veteran of nine postseason series, he has hit .258/.340/.292 over 27 career playoff games, including an appearance in the NLCS in 2022.
Originally signed by the Texas Rangers as a non-drafted free agent in 2009, Profar was rated as the No. 1 prospect in baseball prior to the 2013 season by Major League Baseball, Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus. He debuted with the Rangers in 2012 and played five years with the club, and has also appeared with the Athletics (2019), Padres (2020-24) and Rockies (2023).
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves today signed OF Jurickson Profar to a three-year major league contract worth $42 million, with the outfielder set to make $12 million in 2025 and $15 million in each of the following two seasons. Profar has agreed to donate 1% of his salary to the Atlanta Braves Foundation.
Profar, 31, batted .280/.380/.459 over 158 games with the San Diego Padres last season, setting career-high totals in all three triple-slash categories as well as hits (158), runs (94), home runs (24) and RBI (85). He started in left field for the N.L. All-Star team, the first such honor of his career, and garnered his first Silver Slugger award following the season. Profar earned a 14th-place finish in N.L. MVP voting, and his 4.3 fWAR were most by a primary left fielder in the National League. Profar ranked in the 90th percentile or better across baseball in expected batting average (92nd, .282), expected weighted on-base average (92nd, .364), chase percentage (90th, 21.9%) and whiff percentage (90th, 17.0%).
The 6-foot-0, 184-pound native of Willemstad, Curacao, has batted .245/.331/.395 over an 11-year major league career, with 111 home runs and 444 RBI over 1,119 games. Profar has appeared defensively at every position around the diamond except for pitcher and catcher, compiling 549 games in the outfield (499 in left, 33 in right and 21 in center), 219 games at second, 104 at shortstop, 89 at third base and 72 at first. A veteran of nine postseason series, he has hit .258/.340/.292 over 27 career playoff games, including an appearance in the NLCS in 2022.
Originally signed by the Texas Rangers as a non-drafted free agent in 2009, Profar was rated as the No. 1 prospect in baseball prior to the 2013 season by Major League Baseball, Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus. He debuted with the Rangers in 2012 and played five years with the club, and has also appeared with the Athletics (2019), Padres (2020-24) and Rockies (2023).
Posted on 1/31/25 at 1:43 pm to PowHound
Braves to host 2025 All-Star Game at Truist Park
Baseball’s brightest stars will shine bright in Atlanta in 2025.
Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Thursday that the 2025 All-Star Game and the accompanying All-Star Week events have been awarded to the Braves, the third time Atlanta will host the Midsummer Classic.
“I commend Terry McGuirk, Derek Schiller, the entire Braves organization and the Atlanta Sports Council for leading this effort,” Manfred said. “As a model of success on and off the field, the Braves deserve to host the All-Star Game. Truist Park and The Battery Atlanta will provide fans a world-class experience in 2025. We look forward to working with the Braves and local leaders to deliver a memorable All-Star Week that brings people together and benefits the community in many ways.”
The 2025 All-Star Game will be the 95th Midsummer Classic, the first held in Atlanta since 2000, when Derek Jeter earned Most Valuable Player honors at Turner Field. The city’s first All-Star Game took place in 1972 at Atlanta Stadium, highlighted by Hank Aaron’s two-run home run that helped pace an NL victory.
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Baseball’s brightest stars will shine bright in Atlanta in 2025.
Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Thursday that the 2025 All-Star Game and the accompanying All-Star Week events have been awarded to the Braves, the third time Atlanta will host the Midsummer Classic.
“I commend Terry McGuirk, Derek Schiller, the entire Braves organization and the Atlanta Sports Council for leading this effort,” Manfred said. “As a model of success on and off the field, the Braves deserve to host the All-Star Game. Truist Park and The Battery Atlanta will provide fans a world-class experience in 2025. We look forward to working with the Braves and local leaders to deliver a memorable All-Star Week that brings people together and benefits the community in many ways.”
The 2025 All-Star Game will be the 95th Midsummer Classic, the first held in Atlanta since 2000, when Derek Jeter earned Most Valuable Player honors at Turner Field. The city’s first All-Star Game took place in 1972 at Atlanta Stadium, highlighted by Hank Aaron’s two-run home run that helped pace an NL victory.
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Posted on 3/19/25 at 7:30 pm to PowHound
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2. Will we get Cy Young candidate Strider, or second elbow surgery Strider ?
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The Braves were happy to see him return to the bump on Monday against the Boston Red Sox. Strider pitched two and 2/3 innings, but most importantly his stuff was working as he notched six strikeouts against the eight batters he faced, including five straight punch outs. His fastball was up to 97 mph and he threw 23 strikes on his 27 pitches in his perfect outing.
Having Strider back makes this rotation nasty:
Sale, Strider, Shwetty ballz, Lopez, AJSS
Posted on 3/27/25 at 8:39 am to PowHound
It was nice of MLB to have the Braves opener lead into Bama’s S16 game…Roll Tide and Chop on today baws!!
Posted on 4/3/25 at 8:41 am to BamaBravesPackers
Welp, the Braves are 0-7, and look to have forgotten how to baseball.
No team has ever started 0-7 and made the playoffs.
You cant fire the players even when they get suspended for illegal substances, or beat the shite out of women, or whatever... so, I contend it's time to shake up this coaching staff from top to bottom.
No team has ever started 0-7 and made the playoffs.
You cant fire the players even when they get suspended for illegal substances, or beat the shite out of women, or whatever... so, I contend it's time to shake up this coaching staff from top to bottom.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 10:38 am to PowHound
A big chunk of this falls on Alex. They got complacent and didn't spend to improve the roster and one example was the ignorant decision to move Contreras out for another catcher that can't hit or stay healthy. People said his hitting would improve in a different ballpark. They said the park in Oakland was too big for him to hit well. Really? okay, maybe fewer home runs but a bigger ball park should result in many more base hits.
Instead of spending money on proven players or keeping good ones like Max, they continue to bring in retreads past their prime or reinvest in guys like Bummer, Elder, etc. They should have seriously looked at moving Arcia and Ozzie too.
It's been 7 games and their team leader in hitting is Ozuna at .188. Yes, .188. WTF
I'm not saying throw out money like Soto but there have been multiple guys they've passed on. Alex told us money wasn't going to keep the team from competing with the Dodgers, Phillies, Mets,.... but that wasn't true at all apparently.
Cheap and ignorant and the results are showing.
Instead of spending money on proven players or keeping good ones like Max, they continue to bring in retreads past their prime or reinvest in guys like Bummer, Elder, etc. They should have seriously looked at moving Arcia and Ozzie too.
It's been 7 games and their team leader in hitting is Ozuna at .188. Yes, .188. WTF
I'm not saying throw out money like Soto but there have been multiple guys they've passed on. Alex told us money wasn't going to keep the team from competing with the Dodgers, Phillies, Mets,.... but that wasn't true at all apparently.
Cheap and ignorant and the results are showing.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 12:22 pm to PowHound
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This year the Braves look to get healthy and win 100 games. I've got the Braves and Dodgers meeting yet again in an epic clash for a trip to the World Series.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 11:15 pm to TiderNAL
So ?
Vegas said the same thing.
Vegas said the same thing.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 4:44 am to PowHound
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Welp, the Braves are 0-7, and look to have forgotten how to baseball.
People out here setting records daily with the new bats. I’m not sure they’d even help us as you have to make contact
but it’s worth a shot.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 8:28 am to RumHam
Braves out here playing so bad I'm considering giving back my free MLB.TV season subscription .
. Posted on 4/4/25 at 1:37 pm to Carlton
I was glad they were in LA so I couldn’t stay up to watchPosted on 4/4/25 at 11:18 pm to RumHam
Braves win, Braves win!
Posted on 4/5/25 at 12:03 am to PowHound
Go Cubs Go! Am I allowed to have my own Cubs corner in here if the Bama board is endorsing the Braves?
Posted on 4/5/25 at 7:19 am to Carlton
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Braves win, Braves win!
They are on the board!
Let’s go make history
first 0-7 to playoffs, and first 0-7 to win da ring Posted on 4/5/25 at 10:40 am to _Hurricane_
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Go Cubs Go! Am I allowed to have my own Cubs corner in here if the Bama board is endorsing the Braves?
Alabama is Braves country. Probably the only thing Bama and Auburn fans can agree on.
If you want to participate in this thread you're more than welcome. We already have a couple mets fans that show up sometimes.
(Edit* they're the ones that do all the downvoting in here
) You can keep us up to date on Dansby. How's he doing ? How's that contract aging with Cubs fans ?
This post was edited on 4/5/25 at 10:49 am
Posted on 4/5/25 at 10:47 am to PowHound
I think the biggest story for the Braves right now isn't the 0-7 start- it's the emergence of a legit elite Ace in Spencer Swollenballs.
As a kid I never missed a Maddux start. That was literally must see TV every week in my household. Spencer's command, elite precision, movement on every pitch, and overall athleticism reminds me of Maddux. Even his delivery reminds me of Maddux.
Not saying he's gonna win 350+ games, but I do believe we have a legit Ace no.1 to go with Strider and Sale. Sneak into the playoffs with those three healthy and Braves have a chance to beat anyone.
As a kid I never missed a Maddux start. That was literally must see TV every week in my household. Spencer's command, elite precision, movement on every pitch, and overall athleticism reminds me of Maddux. Even his delivery reminds me of Maddux.
Not saying he's gonna win 350+ games, but I do believe we have a legit Ace no.1 to go with Strider and Sale. Sneak into the playoffs with those three healthy and Braves have a chance to beat anyone.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 6:24 pm to PowHound
Speaking of the Mets. Wherever Soto plays is my most hated team. So it was a good fit for my psyche.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 7:34 pm to RumHam
Bryce Elder is not an MLB pitcher. Guy can barely throw 90mph. This season is hard to watch
Posted on 4/18/25 at 1:46 pm to BamaBravesPackers
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Bryce Elder is not an MLB pitcher.
I think he would be a serviceable long relief / bullpen arm.
Do you have any idea why they would keep Elder in the rotation and send AJSS down ? AJSS has potential, and they just used his last option to send him down.
This is the most doubt I've felt about AA (our GM) in a while.
Snitker is not good.
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