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Braves' Matt Olson: Gets back on track Friday
Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers.
It was Olson's first RBI since April 23, and he extended his on-base streak to 19 games Friday. During this streak, the star first baseman is batting a healthy .265 (18-for-68) with four home runs, two doubles, 10 RBI and 15 runs scored. Olson's pedestrian .418 slugging percentage in 2025 figures to see some positive regression at some point, as he entered the day with a top-notch 57.1 percent hard-hit rate on the season.
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Braves' Grant Holmes: Career-high nine strikeouts Friday
Holmes (2-2) took the loss Friday against the Dodgers after allowing two runs on four hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out nine.
Holmes established a career high with nine punchouts, generating 15 whiffs against a fearsome Dodgers lineup. The right-hander's two walks also tied a season low in his six starts this year. Holmes has a middling 4.24 ERA, 1.21 WHIP and 35:19 K:BB over 34 innings, but he's given up just three runs to go with a 22:10 K:BB across 15.2 frames at home this year. His favorable splits at Truist Park will be tested next week at home versus versus the Reds.
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Braves' Spencer Strider: Not cleared for mound work yet
Strider (hamstring) has yet to be cleared to throw off a mound, Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports.
Strider has been playing catch, but it's been two weeks since he's thrown off the bump and it's uncertain when he'll be cleared for that. Given that layoff, it figures to be at least another couple weeks before he's ready to rejoin the Atlanta rotation even in a best-case scenario. Strider has been sidelined since mid-April with a Grade 1 right hamstring strain.
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Braves' Ronald Acuna: Couple weeks away from rehab stint
Acuna (knee) is likely still a couple weeks away from beginning a rehab assignment, Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports.
Bowman notes that the timeline is a "best guess" on his part and that Atlanta still doesn't know exactly when Acuna will gain clearance to play in rehab games. The outfielder was cleared to ramp up activities a couple weeks ago but is still building strength in his quads as he works his way back from left ACL surgery. A season debut in late May for Acuna looks like the best-case scenario, but early June seems increasingly more likely.
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Braves' Zach Thompson: Returns to Atlanta
Atlanta signed Thompson to a minor-league deal Thursday, Lindsay Crosby of AthlonSports.com reports.
Thompson elected free agency Wednesday after clearing waivers upon being designated from assignment by Atlanta on Monday. The righty has logged two big-league appearances in 2025, throwing 3.2 scoreless and hitless innings.
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Braves' Jesse Chavez: Back with Atlanta again
Atlanta re-signed Chavez to a minor-league deal Thursday, Lindsay Crosby of AthlonSports.com reports.
Chavez cleared waivers Tuesday and elected free agency. This is the fourth time since the start of the 2024 season the right-hander has signed with Atlanta on a minor-league deal, with three of those occasions coming after the club also DFA'd him. So, it won't be surprising if the 41-year-old finds his way back onto the 40-man roster.
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Braves' AJ Smith-Shawver: X-rays clean on elbow
Smith-Shawver appears on track to make another start during Atlanta's four-game series versus Cincinnati that begins Monday after he was struck in the right elbow by a line drive during his start in Tuesday's 8-2 win over the Rockies, Lindsay Crosby of AthlonSports.com reports.
After getting the call back from Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday, Smith-Shawver stepped into the rotation and tossed 5.1 innings of two-run ball before leaving after 59 pitches when he was on the receiving end of a 105-mile-per-hour line drive. According to Wiley Ballard of FanDuel Sports Network South, Smith-Shawver said he was fortunate that the line drive caught him on the "meaty part" of the forearm, and follow-up X-rays on his arm revealed no fracture to his elbow. Atlanta has not yet officially confirmed Smith-Shawver for his next start, but he appears to line up for Monday's series opener with the Reds at Truist Park.
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Braves' Ian Anderson: Sticks in organization
Anderson cleared waivers Thursday and was sent outright to Triple-A Gwinnett.
Anderson was designated for assignment Tuesday -- just two days after being claimed off waivers from the Angels. No other team was interested in bringing in the 26-year-old righty this time around, so he'll stay put at Triple-A Gwinnett. Anderson will be looking to rebound from a poor start in the majors after giving up 12 runs in only 9.1 innings during his time in Los Angeles.
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Braves' Eli White: Hit streak at seven
White went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Wednesday's loss to the Rockies.
The 30-year-old had one of only three Atlanta hits on the afternoon. White has started seven straight games and collected at least one hit in all of them, going 10-for-28 (.357) with seven extra-base hits (four doubles, a triple, two homers), seven RBI and nine runs. The addition of Eddie Rosario to the big-league roster could cut into White's playing time in the short term, but he's forced his way into a significant role in the Atlanta outfield -- at least until Ronald Acuna (knee) is ready to make his 2025 debut.
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Braves' Craig Kimbrel: No timeline for promotion
Kimbrel is still building up his velocity at Triple-A Gwinnett, and there's no timeline for him to be added to Atlanta's 26-man roster, Gabriel Burns of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Atlanta's bullpen needs help behind closer Raisel Iglesias, but it's not clear when Kimbrel might be able to bolster the team's relief corps. The 36-year-old has thrown 7.1 innings over seven appearances between Gwinnett and Double-A Columbus, posting a 2.45 ERA, 0.82 WHIP and 9:3 K:BB, but his fastball velocity has mainly been sitting in the low 90s, a step back even from the 93.9 mph he averaged in 2024. "I learned last year when it comes to velocity, the velocity itself doesn't really matter as much as how I use my pitches, masking my pitches," Kimbrel said Wednesday. "I don't throw 100 mph anymore, so I can't just go out there and try to throw it by everybody. So it's taking the mindset of a pitcher and using my pitches to get guys out." Kimbrel sits fifth on MLB's all-time save list with 440, with the first 186 coming in an Atlanta uniform, but he's unlikely to add much to that total in his second stint with the team.
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Braves' Chris Sale: Fans 10 in tough loss
Sale (1-3) took the loss Wednesday, giving up two runs on five hits over seven innings as Atlanta was downed 2-1 by the Rockies. He struck out 10 without walking a batter.
The veteran lefty was undaunted by pitching at Coors Field, putting together his best performance of the season on 100 pitches (71 strikes), including a massive 24 swinging strikes. Sale appears to be finding his form after a bumpy beginning to 2025, and over his last four starts he's delivered a 3.48 ERA, 1.45 WHIP and 29:8 K:BB through 20.2 innings. He'll look to keep rolling in his next outing, which is scheduled to come at home early next week against the Reds.
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Braves' Alex Verdugo: Day off Wednesday
Verdugo is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's contest in Colorado.
Verdugo will get a routine day off for the matinee game after starting in each of the previous five contests. Atlanta will go with Eli White and Eddie Rosario as its corner outfielders in Wednesday's series finale.
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Braves' Sean Murphy: Sitting out matinee
Murphy is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game in Colorado.
After catching each of the first two games of the series, Murphy will begin Wednesday's finale on the bench. Drake Baldwin is behind the dish and batting seventh as Atlanta goes for the sweep.
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Braves' Matt Olson: Crosses plate three times Tuesday
Olson went 3-for-5 with a double and three runs scored in Tuesday's win over the Rockies.
The first baseman continues to put a slow start to the season behind him. Olson's hit safely in 11 of the last 13 games, slashing .298/.431/.532 over that stretch with three homers, seven RBI and 13 runs.
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Team Statistical Rankings
| Avg | R | HR | ERA | |
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.240 (17th) |
128 (17th) |
36 (12th) |
4.14 (18th) |
Injuries
| Player | Injury |
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| R. Acuna RF Ronald Acuna RF | Knee |
| S. Strider SP Spencer Strider SP | Hamstring |
| R. Lopez SP Reynaldo Lopez SP | Shoulder |
| A. Smith-Shawver SP A.J. Smith-Shawver SP | Elbow |
| I. Alvarez 3B Ignacio Alvarez 3B | Wrist |
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