Cory McCartney
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Catch me on @prepbaseball & @LakePointSports . Previously: @BatteryPowerSBN , @FOXSports and @SInow . Author of #Braves , #Heisman books.
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Adam Duvall leaves Braves, signs with Marlins and is traded back to Braves.
Jorge Soler leaves Braves, signs with Marlins … and now
#Braves
fans are hoping history repeats itself.
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Not here to knock Ingrid Andress at
#HRDerby
(she was probably nervous as hell), but we should just play this anthem at every sporting event going forward.
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Max Fried, the last pitcher to ever win a Silver Slugger.
#Braves
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Lose Acuña. Lose Soroka. Lose All-Star Game. D’Arnaud injury. Ozuna injury/arrest.
This
#Braves
season has been blow after blow after blow.
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Freeman’s rep gives Anthopoulos the option of two deals and an hour ultimatum. Then Freddie is ultimately blindsided that the
#Braves
traded for Olson. It’s clear this was an agency that thought they had a level of leverage that didn’t exist.
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Charlie Morton, Max Fried and Ian Anderson had a combined 1.77 ERA in the Division Series. Only two
#Braves
rotations have ever been better in that round.
You might recognize these names.
Glavine/Maddux/Smoltz: 0.79 in 1996
Glavine/Maddux/Smoltz: 1.69 in 1998
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Austin Riley told me he did winter hitting camps so he could buy hunting gear.
With $212 million, Cabela’s better watch the hell out.
#Braves
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Dansby Swanson on being called The Sheriff by younger players: “I don’t think I run a tight ship. I think I’m the biggest lover on the team. … But I do get on the (younger players), because they’re young and stupid.”
Yes, insert laughter at the end.
#Braves
#Postseason
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Ozzie Albies, your winner of the Heart and Hustle Award, who also has comedic chops.
#Braves
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It's my book release day. To celebrate, I'm giving away signed copies of Tales from the Atlanta
#Braves
Dugout.
To enter:
✔️ Follow
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✔️ Reply with your all-time favorite Braves player
*Winners will be notified by DM
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Snitker: Travis d'Arnaud and wife had a baby boy yesterday during the game. Will play tonight, then back to the hospital.
#Braves
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At 19-20,
#Braves
exactly where they were at this point in 2019, when they won 97 games and the NL East by four games.
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The only players to homer off Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer and Chris Bassit this season.
#Braves
@BatteryPowerSBN
@929TheGame
✔️ Matt Olson
✔️ Austin Riley
✔️ Dansby Swanson
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If the
#Braves
can win 90-plus games in a 60-game season, then Yasiel Puig is truly magic.
Yasiel Puig is reportedly signing with the
@Braves
.
Puig has played 7 MLB seasons, and the team he finished the season with has won 90+ games in all 7.
Only one other player in the expansion era has played on a 90-win team in each of his first 7 MLB seasons: Chipper Jones.
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The timing...
Matt Olson at the plate, while Freddie Freeman is shown striking out in the World Series. Know it's not intentional, but ... man.
#Braves
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Hank Aaron
Eddie Mathews
Dale Murphy
Chipper Jones
Andrew Jones
That’s the list of
#Braves
that Freddie Freeman joins with HR No. 250. Pretty damn incredible.
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ESPN putting Suzy Kolber, Booger McFarland and Adam Schefter in a horrible spot. They shouldn’t have to fill air time trying to talk through the emotions of this.
Just roll commercials. Air past programming. Anything.
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If the events of the past year (blocking Tigers reporter from clubhouse, handling of taunting of female reporter, this sign-stealing scandal presser) have taught us anything, it's the
#Astros
PR staff is an absolute mess.
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Josh Tomlin has CC on the tongue of his cleats. Told me it’s for former
#Indians
teammate Carlos Carrasco as he fights his way back from leukemia.
#Braves
@FOXSportsBraves
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Regarding the Austin Riley deal, Matt Olson said it’s refreshing to see a team lock up so many pieces for the future (him, Riley, Acuña, Albies) compared to what he lived through in Oakland.
#Braves
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Anthopoulos on adding Kenley Jansen: “My son fell in love with his song, California Love by 2Pac. … I told him he’s going to have to change his song.”
#Braves
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If you were born in 1991, the
#Braves
have won 21 division titles in your 32 years of existence.
A 65 percent division title rate in your time on Earth is pretty, pretty good.
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The furor on
#Braves
Twitter is understandable, but please take a collective breath.
A 97% chance of making playoffs (per FanGraphs), Austin Riley’s an MVP candidate and Ronald Acuña Jr. is getting his mojo back.
The weekend was lost, but all is not.
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Austin Riley named Brave of the Year by Atlanta
@officialBBWAA
chapter.
#Braves
(Full disclosure: I voted for Riley.)
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Between Ozzie Albies, Kenley Jansen and visits from Andruw Jones,
#Braves
have cornered the market on elite Curaçao products.
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Raisel Iglesias with a scoreless seventh. He's now allowed one earned run in 23 1/3 innings since being dealt to
#Braves
.
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Vaughn Grissom has scored in each of his first six games.
He’s the first player to do so since Sam Horn for the Red Sox in 1987.
#Braves
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Dansby Swanson has seven homers since June 10. The only player with more: Mike Trout.
Not bad company.
#Braves
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🔊 Guillermo Heredia's interruption set to Ron Swanson + Snake Juice music.
You're welcome.
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Got a new contract. Homered. Caught a Maddux. Now a baby. Travis d’Arnaud out here having the best 24 hours EVER.
#Braves
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Huascar Ynoa now has five starts this season in which he’s allowed one run or less. The only pitcher with more? ...
#Braves
castoff Kevin Gausman (6).
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Raisel Iglesias had a 0.34 ERA with 30 strikeouts and five walks in 26 1/3 innings after the
#Braves
acquired him at the deadline.
The closer role looks to be in very good hands.
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Anthopoulos on Iglesias deal: “Came together really late, with like two minutes to go.”
#Braves
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Cubs’ trying to lure Dansby Swanson from
#Braves
has to include suggestion it would be an added bonus to be in same city as fiancée Mallory, who plays for Chicago Red Stars.
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Matt Olson with the first home run Shohei Ohtani has allowed on a splitter this season.
Opponents were hitting .167 against the pitch.
#Braves
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What makes no sense here is why Joe Kelly? Not only was he not on the Dodgers team the Astros cheated against, he was a member of the 2018 Red Sox team that got busted for the exact same thing.
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Alex Anthopoulos just said on
@MLBNetwork
that he only talked to Freddie Freeman once in the offseason, which was the day after the championship parade.
#Braves
@BatteryPowerSBN
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Snitker on lineup tweaks: “When you get in the batter's box, they don't know where they're hitting. No, I don't (think it made the less comfortable). You know what, you get in there, and it doesn't matter. No.”
Then why change record-setting lineup if it doesn’t matter?
#Braves
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Matt Olson has hit 14 home runs, eight of which have given the
#Braves
a lead.
That 57.1 percent go-ahead HR rate is third in the majors. Only Byron Buxton (60.9%) and Manny Machado (60%) have been better.
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Anthopoulos on bringing back Duvall: "The real appeal is that he doesn't have to play against us now."
#Braves
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How can Freddie Freeman get better in 2019? Smiled and said after stealing 10 bases that he’s eyeing 15. Says he’ll be a 4 1/2 tool player.
#Braves
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Homers off Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer on consecutive days.
Who does Trent Grisham think he is, Matt Olson and Dansby Swanson?
#Braves
#Postseason
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Ozzie Albies is coming off a 4.2 fWAR season, Ketel Marte 2.9.
One of them is about to make $15M per, the other $5M.
Man, that Albies deal looks crazier every time a peer signs a new deal.
#Braves
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While
#Braves
won’t be at full strength vs. Mets, they’re getting close.
Ozzie Albies was in clubhouse before series finale vs. Phillies. No boot and seeing him walk around, there was no limp, no sign of injury.
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So, in the last six hours, the
#Braves
have:
• Added a penguin to their farm system
• Added an MVP to the trophy case
• Pulled off a 40-man-roster clearing trade that is only fueling speculation about big offseason spending
This winter is going to be epic.
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Six
#Braves
are wearing that uniform for the first time today.
Matt Olson
Kenley Jansen
Collin McHugh
Tyler Thornburg
Manny Piña
Alex Dickerson
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There have been three starts by
#Braves
pitchers at Coors Field with at least eight innings and no runs allowed.
Tom Glavine: 4/18/1997
Tom Glavine: 6/16/1995
Max Fried: tonight
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There's just something magical about this
#Braves
team. There's no analytics for that.
They just keep delivering these moments that make you say "Damn, these guys are going to pull this off. They could care less about history."
#WorldSeries
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McDonalds had a Travis Scott Meal. Chipotle now has the Shawn Mendes Bowl.
Eagerly awaiting the most logical of these collabs: the
@BurgerKing
@HumptyFunk
Meal.
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Anthopoulos on status of Freddie Freeman: At 5:01 p.m. today, free to sign with anyone, and will get a qualifying offer from
#Braves
.
"Can't get into any specifics ... our goal is to sign him and keep him a Brave."
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Awkward moment at Manny Machado/
#Yankees
dinner as he stepped on back of Brian Cashman’s ankle as he was walking to bathroom.
May mean nothing. May mean everything.
Yankees contingent dined with Manny Machado, his wife and agent tonight in Manhattan. Yanks are interested and in the game, along with Chisox and Phillies. Tour was believed to be those 3 teams, no mysteries.
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Austin Riley’s deal compared to the highest-paid third basemen. In Atlanta, they refer to AAV as Alex Anthopoulos Value.
That’s ALWAYS in the
#Braves
’ favor.
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The Boras take that other teams tanking paved way for
#Braves
title is only in play because every bat Anthopoulos picked up delivered.
So instead of blaming Cubs, Indians, Marlins and Royals, shouldn’t we be in further awe of AA’s magic that it’s earned Boras’ ire?
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Three youngest players in MLB:
✅ Ronald Acuña Jr.: 20 years, 134 days
✅ Mike Soroka: 20 years, 270 days
✅ Ozzie Albies: 21 years, 114 days
#Braves
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If you’re watching someone do something no one has ever done, it’s Acuña.
Voice your opinion with a vote, not marginalizing history. This is a messed up take by Bill Plaschke, someone who, as a young journalist, I looked up to.
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Sean Murphy is the 10th
#Braves
player since 1900 to hit walk-off as first homer with team. The last was Charlie Culberson.
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When you realize Buzz McAllister grew up to be a two-time All-Star first baseman.
#Braves
#HomeAlone
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If he doesn’t get that double for the cycle, Eddie Rosario is still in very elite company. Only 13 players have had a home run, triple and single in a
#Postseason
game.
The lone
#Braves
player is Fred McGriff in Game 7 of the 1996 NLCS.
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This is just sad. Tickets to the
#Braves
' celebration and concert were FREE, and after selling out in seconds on Ticketmaster, you can find them on eBay.
Have to hate the reseller market. Even more for a free event.
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D'Arnaud is donating 1% of his earnings to the
#Braves
Foundation. Anthopoulos says Travis isn't alone. Others do it as well, but not public.
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"I maybe could do that. That's a good idea."
Brian Snitker on whether he's going to get his wife Ronnie pearls for Christmas.
#Braves
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MLB and
#Braves
will play a 2:30 video tribute to Hank Aaron before Game 3 tonight, followed by on-field recognition for Billye Aaron and children.
Hank Jr. will throw out first pitch, with Freddie Freeman catching.
#WorldSeries
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With Sean Murphy and Travis d’Arnaud, the
#Braves
now have two of the game’s top five catchers in Defensive Runs Above Average last season, and two of the top six in fWAR.
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#Braves
are 21-16 when Fried, Morton, Anderson or Wright start. They are 2-9 with any other pitcher on the mound.
It’s Spencer Strider’s chance to try and change that.
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Anthopoulos says still moves to be made. Wants to get as much done as possible by time
#Braves
start spring games.
“We have to get guys in game shape.”
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Since his 2017 debut, Ozzie Albies has 216 extra-base hits, four more than any other second baseman and 33rd overall.
#Braves
@TalkingChop
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Number of Austin Riley’s
#Braves
teammates, including A.J. Minter, Max Fried and Matt Olson in the room for Riley’s press conference.
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This is worst-case scenario for
#Braves
.
Won’t match Cubs for Dansby Swanson (can’t blame them at that price), don’t add another SS, then 10 days before Opening Day decide the guy they spent the winter trying to prep isn’t ready.
Orlando Arcia is fine, but it’s a bad look.
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Anthopoulos says Will Smith was on board from the start with adding Kenley Jansen. Says the two relievers talked tonight.
#Braves
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For those attributing Adam Duvall’s power to playing in Cincy (thanks, I got the mentions):
Since 2016, he’s hit 43 HRs on the road. That’s equal to Mike Trout, one more than Bryce Harper and George Springer, and two more than Paul Goldschmidt.
#Braves
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Game 2 of
#Braves
-Phillies will reportedly start between 7:30-7:45 p.m.
That's good for the Braves, because, as we know, night time is the right time (they went 77-34 at night).
#Postseason
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Please don’t let this be the only meaningful pitch Kyle Wright throws this month.
#Braves
Braves’ Kyle Wright throws out the first pitch for Vanderbilt on Opening Day!
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