ATLANTA -- Chris Sale quieted his doubters, resuscitated his bid for Cooperstown and finally gained the one award that had eluded him. Sale’s memorable year was further rewarded on Wednesday night, when he was named the National League’s Cy Young Award winner. The 35-year-old lefty is the first Braves pitcher

In what was effectively a procedural move, left-hander Max Fried on Tuesday formally declined his qualifying offer. The Braves can still negotiate with Fried in free agency and have expressed interest in doing so. The qualifying offer was a one-year, $21.05 million contract that Fried, who is seeking a multi-year

The 2025 Baseball Writers’ Association of America Hall of Fame ballot was released on Monday. It is headlined by one of baseball's best hitters (Ichiro Suzuki), one of its best starting pitchers (CC Sabathia) and one of its best closers (Billy Wagner), each of whom could be in the same

ATLANTA -- Chris Sale led the Majors in wins this year and he’s positioned to rank near the top in postseason awards victories. Sale was named to the All-MLB First Team presented by MGM Rewards during the All-MLB Awards show in Las Vegas on Thursday night. The announcement came shortly

The 6 p.m. ET deadline to add players to their 40-man rosters and protect them from the Rule 5 Draft has come and gone. We've listed every organization's ranked prospects who are Rule 5-eligible and whether they were protected or not. There were four Top 100 prospects who required protection

ATLANTA -- Chris Sale did more than prove he could resuscitate his career in 2024 -- he became just the fifth pitcher within the past 50 years to win the National League's Triple Crown Award. Sale earned an All-Star selection, accepted the honor of being the Braves’ nominee for the

With the Braves' season over, keep track of all their offseason roster moves and injury updates here. This page will be updated throughout the offseason.

For all 30 Major League teams, some of the biggest decisions of the offseason had to be made by Tuesday's deadline for setting 40-man rosters. Any player eligible for the Rule 5 Draft and not added to his organization’s roster by 6 p.m. ET now will be available to be

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PEORIA, Ariz. – When the Braves selected Adam Maier in the seventh round of the 2022 Draft out of the University of Oregon, they handed a hurler with just 34 2/3 collegiate innings under his belt a massive overslot amount of $1.2 million to forego his remaining eligibility and begin

NEW YORK -- Don’t look for Billy Wagner to go on a promotional tour during the next seven weeks to say why he belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame. His stats haven’t changed, and he is too busy coaching high school baseball at Miller School of Albemarle in Charlottesville,

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The World Series is over, the Hot Stove is warming up and there are pumpkins and turkeys everywhere you look. Every team’s roster is in a bit of flux, but we still have an idea of what they might look like, what they might be trying to add, and what

The best of the Arizona Fall League took the field at Sloan Park on Saturday night for the Fall Stars Game. A plethora of baseball's best prospect got their chance to showcase their skills, including Tigers No. 6 prospect Thayron Lirizano, who was named the game's MVP after delivering a

Call it the mid-autumn classic. The Arizona Fall League’s Fall Stars Game arrives Saturday at Mesa’s Sloan Park at 8 p.m. ET/6 p.m. local, placing some of the game’s best prospects and the circuit’s best performers on the same field. The game will be broadcast on MLB Network and streamed

ATLANTA -- Nathan Eovaldi ranks near the top of the Braves’ wish list, according to an industry source. Eovaldi became a free agent when he declined his $20 million option to stick with the Rangers through the 2025 season. The 34-year-old right-hander can now pursue a multiyear deal that would

After battling through injuries for much of the 2024 season, the Braves are already preparing to begin the '25 campaign shorthanded. President of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos told reporters on Tuesday at the General Managers Meetings that neither Ronald Acu?a Jr. nor Spencer Strider will be ready by Opening Day.

ATLANTA -- Braves top setup man Joe Jiménez will miss most, if not all of the 2025 season, while recovering from knee surgery. The Braves announced Jiménez is expected to miss 8-12 months after undergoing surgery to repair cartilage damage in his left knee. Dr. Brian Cole performed the procedure

ATLANTA -- It turned out that Marcell Ozuna was the only Braves player who could assume his contract option would be exercised. Along with announcing Ozuna’s $16 million option had been picked up on Monday, the Braves made the unexpected revelation that they had declined Travis d'Arnaud’s $8 million option.

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ATLANTA -- Max Fried received a qualifying offer from the Braves on Monday. The veteran left-hander will now await the much more lucrative offers that await him as a free agent. Teams must make a qualifying offer to position themselves for Draft pick compensation in the event the player ends