The 2026 season brings some new things for the Braves.
Walt Weiss is the new manager and the AJC has a new beat writer, Chad Bishop.
As spring training approaches, keep up with all the Braves news, big and small, in updates from Bishop and some of our other sports writers.
The Pirates plate five runs in the eighth at LECOM Park to beat the Braves 5-2.
Four of the runs charged to Braves reliever Blayne Enlow while Anderson Pilar gives up one.
Joel Payamps and Tayler Scott both worked an inning of scoreless relief after Grant Holmes pitched five no-hit innings and struck out nine.
The Braves (12-5-2) host the Yankees at 1 p.m. Friday and then the Red Sox at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Braves up 2-1 in the eighth here at LECOM Park.
Kyle Farmer's RBI single had put the Braves up 2-0 in the sixth, but Braves reliever Blayne Enlow walked in a run in the eighth and the bases are still juiced with one out.
Grant Holmes sharp tonight through four innings.
Righty walked the Pirates' second hitter, then retired 11 in a row and struck out seven. Holmes, who threw 50 pitches (32 strikes) Thursday, has not allowed a run yet in Graprefruit League play.
Braves catcher Jair Carmargo, in the DH spot, gives the Braves a 1-0 lead on the Pirates and Bubba Chandler (who had been nearly untouchable until that point).
Braves up 1-0 in the third after a 391-foot shot, off the bat at 112 mph, to left by Carmargo.
The Braves are in Bradenton this evening to face the Pirates. First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 p.m.
Some notes on the lineup as Michael Harris II made the trip to play center field. Grant Holmes will start on the mound, and reliever Joel Payamps is also scheduled to pitch.
The Braves beat the Rays, 5-3, on Wednesday at CoolToday Park.
Spencer Strider tossed four scoreless innings to start, closer Raisel Iglesias gave up a hit but nothing else in the fifth and Martín Pérez pitched the game's final four innings. Pérez allowed three runs on a three-run homer but also fanned six.
The Braves are now 12-4-2 and play the Pirates in Bradenton, Florida, at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Martín Pérez, a possible choice for the Braves as a starting pitcher to begin the season, gives up a three-run homer to Ben Williamson in the fifth.
Braves still leading 4-3.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Braves get a solo home run from Brett Wisely, an RBI double by Austin Riley and an RBI single from Mike Yastrzemski to go up 4-0 on the Rays.
Braves starter Spencer Strider gets through four scoreless innings Wednesday.
Strider allowed two hits and walked one. He fanned five and threw 61 pitches (43 for strikes).
The Braves are up 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth.
Braves first baseman Matt Olson crushes a 415-foot homer in the first off Rays starter Nick Martinez. It's the third home run of the spring for Olson, this one leaving the bat at 110 mph off the batter's eye in center field, giving the Braves a 1-0 lead in the first inning.
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