ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta Braves left-hander Cole Hamels is feeling good as a long layoff has helped him recover from a sore left shoulder. Hamels hopes he'll be ready for the start of the 60-game season i less than three…
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball has issued a 60-game schedule that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks as the sport tries to push ahead amid the coronavirus following months of acrimony. This will be MLB's…
(press release) ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves tonight selected left-handed pitcher Jared Shuster of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. with the 25th overall pick in the 2020 First-Year Player Draft. Shuster, 21, made four starts for Wake Forest during…
NEW YORK (AP) - A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press that Major League Baseball owners have given the go-ahead to making a proposal to the players’ union that could lead to the coronavirus-delayed season starting around…
NEW YORK (AP) - A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press that Major League Baseball owners have given the go-ahead to making a proposal to the players’ union that could lead to the coronavirus-delayed season starting around…
ATLANTA (AP) - Tom Glavine and Ryan Klesko still have fond memories of the Atlanta Braves' only World Series title. They look forward to reliving them next week, when regional network Fox Sports Southeast will air the 1995 series in…
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball has pushed back opening day until mid-May at the earliest because of the coronavirus. The move came Monday after the federal government recommended restricting events of more than 50 people for the next…
NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) - Freddie Freeman hopes to return to the Atlanta Braves lineup next week after his surgically repaired right elbow swelled and forced him out of action a few days ago. The four-time All-Star had three loose…
NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) - Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman wasn't in the Braves' starting lineup because of irritation in his right elbow. Freeman felt discomfort Monday and again Tuesday. Braves manager Brian Snitker says he is not sure how…
NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) - Atlanta Braves outfielder Nick Markakis has become the latest big leaguer to tee off on the scandal-ridden Houston Astros. Markakis talked about the Astros on Tuesday at spring training, saying he feels that “every single…
ATLANTA (AP) - Braves manager Brian Snitker and his coaching staff were given one-year contract extensions through the 2021 season. Atlanta general manager Alex Anthopoulos was extended for three years through the 2024 season and given the additional title of…
NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) - Atlanta Braves newly acquired starting pitcher Cole Hamels won't be ready for the start of the season. General manager Alex Anthopoulos says Hamels hurt his left shoulder while throwing a weighted ball during an offseason…
ATLANTA (AP) - Free agent outfielder Marcell Ozuna and the Atlanta Braves have reached an $18 million, one-year deal. The deal puts Ozuna on the team he helped beat in the playoffs last October. Ozuna hit .429 with two home…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Former major league pitcher Tim Hudson is Auburn's new pitching coach. Hudson will be a volunteer assistant and pitching coach for the program where he once starred as a two-way player. Hudson played 17 years in…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Twins and 2015 AL MVP Josh Donaldson have agreed to a four-year contract, a person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press. The contract includes an $8 million club option for 2024. The…
ATLANTA (AP) - Truist Park is the new name of the Atlanta Braves' stadium. It's been know as SunTrust Park the past three seasons. The change follows SunTrust bank's merger with BB&T to form Truist Financial Corp. The new stadium…
ATLANTA (AP) - Shortstop Dansby Swanson and right-hander Mike Foltynewicz were among six Atlanta Braves who agreed to one-year contracts and avoided salary arbitration. Swanson agreed at $3.15 million and Foltynewicz at $6,425,000. Also reaching deals were outfielder Adam Duvall…
(AP) -- The Chicago White Sox and left-hander Dallas Keuchel have agreed to a $55 million, three-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The 31-year-old Keuchel won the AL Cy Young Award with the Houston…
(press release) ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves today signed LHP Cole Hamels to a one-year contract worth $18 million. The Braves now have 38 players on the club’s 40-man roster. Hamels, 35, spent last season with the Cubs and went…
(press release) ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves have declined to tender a 2020 contract offer to INF/OF Charlie Culberson, C John Ryan Murphy and OF Rafael Ortega. Culberson, Murphy, and Ortega are now free to negotiate with any Major League…
ATLANTA (AP) - Pitcher Chris Martin and the Altanta Braves have agreed to a $14 million, two-year contract, a deal that brings back the right-hander after he closed 2019 with the club. The 33-year-old Martin was acquired by Atlanta from…
(press release) ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves today signed LHP Will Smith to a three-year contract worth $39 million, with a 2023 club option for $13 million. The club option includes a $1 million buyout that guarantees Smith $40 million…
(press release) ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves today signed C Tyler Flowers and OF Nick Markakis to one-year contracts after declining both players’ team options for the 2020 season. The club also declined RHP Julio Teheran’s team option for 2020,…
ATLANTA (AP) - Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow after a nagging injury that limited him late in the season and into playoffs. The team announced Friday that Freeman underwent the procedure in…