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Outfielder Guillermo Heredia, who spent the 2021 and 2022 season with Atlanta has re-signed with SSG Landers in the KBO according to MLB Trade Rumors. Heredia, who became an fan favorite with the Braves while welding pink swords in the dugout while serving in a reserve role, has excelled in South Korea with a two-year combined slash line of .343/.393/.502 with 33 combined home runs.
Ray Kerr and Royber Salinas return to the Braves on minor league deals
The two pitchers are both injured with questionable returns for 2025.
2024 Braves Season In Review: Chadwick Tromp
The team’s third catcher in 2024 could see a bigger role in 2025.
2024 Season in Review: Luke Williams
Serving as one of Atlanta’s deep position player reserves, Williams also took the mound three times in 2024.
Overnight, word came out that the Seattle Mariners have hired former Atlanta Braves hitting coach Kevin Seitzer for the same role with the big-league club. Bobby Magallanes, the ex-Braves assistant hitting coach who was let go by Atlanta with Seitzer and now-Los Angeles Angels coach Sal Fasano, is also joining the Mariners in the same role he had in Atlanta. For Seattle, the move came about as Edgar Martinez - who was the interim hitting coach last season - moved to a position overseeing hitting but not as a full-time member of the coaching staff.
The Atlanta Braves announce the signing of outfielder Carlos D. Rodriguez to a non-guaranteed contract for 2025. According to ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel, he is a plus runner and strong defender with an excellent batting approach but with more hit tool than power. He was previously with the Milwaukee Brewers organization.
Braves add two coaches to staff
Atlanta promotes one coach and hires one to outside the organization to assist new hitting coach Tim Dyers.
2024 Braves Season In Review: Ronald Acuña, Jr.
It was another injury-shortened season for the reigning 2023 National League MVP.
In an article for The Athletic, Evan Drellich detailed numerous points related to MLB’s broadcasting future. It is an excellent read those those interested in the topic. One of the notes he shared was that the Atlanta Braves were one of only three teams that did not take a pay cuts from Diamond Sports Group who will retain the Braves broadcast rights for 2025.
Billy Wagner only spent one season with the Atlanta Braves - his final season in 2010 - but he is remembered fondly for more than just his 37 saves and and All-Star selection that season. On the baseball Hall of Fame writer’s ballot for the 10th and final time, Wagner looks to take one final leap to get across the 75-percent voting mark required for enshrinement. Last year, he was agonizingly close, with 73.8-percent of the vote.