The entire Braves pitching staff has been excellent to begin the season. The starters have picked up the slack with Spencer Strider down for the season, and Brian Snitker couldn’t ask for much more out of his bullpen.
With a relatively calm 5-2 victory on Sunday, the Braves closed out a sweep of the reigning National League champions. Here's what we learned after a wild weekend in Atlanta.
Max Fried had his worst outing ever, assisted by an egregiously bad umpiring call, but the Braves cruised to a blowout anyway thanks to the bats, the gloves, and the bullpen In the preview for this game, I noted that Max Fried and Aaron Nola were: (1) pretty similar to one another in many respects; and, more importantly, (2) really good.
The addition of Jesse Chavez sets the Braves’ 26-man roster for Opening Day. The Atlanta Braves finalized their Opening Day roster with a pair of moves Thursday.
Grant McAuley and Kris Willis catch up on all of the latest Atlanta Braves news in advance of Opening Day. The 2024 season is upon us and the Atlanta Braves get things started where last season ended, opening up with a rematch against the NL East rival Philadelphia Phillies.
When the Braves signed Jesse Chavez late last week, it likely meant bad news for somebody currently on the roster. That person was Jackson Stephens, who was outrighted to Gwinnett in favor of Chavez yesterday.
Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. The Atlanta Braves are making their final roster decisions as the season is set to begin on Thursday in Philadelphia.
Ahead of Opening Day on Thursday against the Phillies, the Braves made one final tweak to their roster, optioning Jackson Stephens to Gwinnett in favor of Jesse Chavez.
A feel-good story for the Braves on and off the field on Monday. Uncle Jesse is back! The Braves signed the experienced and well-traveled Jesse Chavez to a minor league deal on Monday.
The Braves did the most predictable thing ever on Monday, inking Jesse Chavez to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. Chavez was recently released by the White Sox after he agreed to a minor league contract with Chicago last month.
The veteran reliever makes his way to the Twins Cities. The Twins reportedly reached an agreement with veteran reliever Jesse Chavez early this morning.
The Minnesota Twins have no money left in their shrunken budget for the 2024 baseball season. That much has become clear, given the holes they still have, along with their refusal to fill said holes, no matter how big of a bargain the price-tag might be.
The White Sox announced that veteran reliever Jesse Chavez has been released.
Following a plethora of additions to the bullpen, it felt like the Braves decided to move on from fan favorite Jesse Chavez. Today, that reality became official as he inked a minor-league contract with the Chicago White Sox.
To say Jesse Chavez has revived his career in Atlanta would be an understatement. The 40-year-old journeyman has played for nine different teams over his career, and his best work has come over the last few years in several different stints with the Braves.
The 40-year-old revealed that he will likely be retiring after one more season.
The Atlanta Braves are in a spot where they shouldn't have to make many changes this offseason to remain competitive, but they will potentially have a different-looking bullpen in 2024.
According to a report from Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, reliever Daysbel Hernandez has made the NLDS roster, but Jesse Chavez and
On June 14, 2023, Jesse Chavez got hit in the left leg by a Miguel Cabrera comebacker and had to leave the field. The Braves later found out that Chavez's left shin was fractured by that hit.
Atlanta's potentially lost one of their most impactful relievers to an injury. Reliever Jesse Chavez, the 39 year-old veteran with a 1.55 ERA, took a 99mph groundball off of the side of the shin in the bottom of the 6th inning in today's game.
Just one night following a blunder from home plate umpire Laz Diaz, the Los Angeles Angels were the unfortunate victims of another missed call that benefitted the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.
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