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With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Braves’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Drake Baldwin (MLB No. 61), C -- Atlanta (MLB)
2. Cam Caminiti (MLB No. 87), LHP -- Extended spring training
3. A.J. Smith-Shawver, RHP -- Atlanta (MLB)
4. Hurston Waldrep,

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No team ever wants to head into a new season with its starting catcher on the shelf, especially one who is a former All-Star and Gold Glove Award winner like Sean Murphy. Luckily for the Braves, they have top prospect Drake Baldwin ready, willing and able to step in until

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- It’s been assumed Drake Baldwin will serve as the Braves’ primary catcher while Sean Murphy misses the first week or two of the regular season with a cracked left rib. But the intention to place Baldwin on the Opening Day roster became official on Friday, when

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Drake Baldwin acts like a north star in North Port. The Braves’ farm system is notably pitching-heavy, especially at the top. Ten of Atlanta’s top 13 prospects in MLB Pipeline’s rankings are hurlers. But the prospect story of the spring has been one of the organization’s

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NORTH PORT, Fla. -- As Terry Pendleton prepared to serve as the manager of the Braves prospect team that played the Tigers prospect team in a Spring Breakout game on Sunday afternoon, he said fans should be patient with John Gil and Luis Guanipa, a pair of teenagers who have

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Spencer Schwellenbach pitched in last year’s Spring Breakout game and ended up being one of the most important pitchers in Atlanta’s rotation. Will there be another Braves prospect who travels a similar path this year? What is Spring Breakout? MLB Spring Breakout is a four-day event

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Eddie Perez was nearing the end of his playing days when he recommended the Braves bring a Double-A catcher named Brian McCann to the big leagues. Twenty years later, he is mentoring someone who has a chance to become Atlanta’s next great catcher. “[Drake Baldwin] reminds

This story was excerpted from Mark Bowman’s Braves Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. NORTH PORT, Fla. -- JR Ritchie’s connection to the Braves actually extends back a decade to his fandom of the great Vanderbilt University teams

NORTH PORT, Fla. – Drake Baldwin has no choice but to believe he would be ready if he begins the upcoming season as the Braves’ primary catcher. But an even greater reassurance can be found via the compliments 2024 National League Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale and other veteran

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NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Sean Murphy’s bid to bounce back from a frustration-filled injury-marred season will be delayed by yet another ailment. Murphy will miss four to six weeks with a cracked left rib he suffered when he was hit by a pitch in Friday’s game against the Marlins in

The name of the game in the Braves' system is still pitching, with 21 of their new Top 30 prospects on the mound. But if you wanted a microcosm of the risk/reward world of pitching prospects, you’ve come to the right place. Atop the list of hurlers is 2024 first-rounder

This is an exciting time of year at MLB Pipeline. The new Top 100 prospects list is out, Spring Breakout is right around the corner, and prospects across baseball are making their presence felt in big league camps. The smell of the new season hangs in the air. And that

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Exactly one week before starting Game 1 of the National League Wild Card Series in San Diego, AJ Smith-Shawver was among the Braves fans who gathered at Truist Park to watch Spencer Schwellenbach beat the Mets on Sept. 24. “Yeah, that was one of the crazier

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2025 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 24, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position. MLB.com has produced top 10

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