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The Atlanta Braves will begin their quest for a second-straight World Series Championship Tuesday night when they host the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the NLDS at Truist Park. The Phillies ended the St. Louis Cardinals' season in the Wild Card Series winning two straight while the Braves have enjoyed five straight off days. As we wait for…

The Atlanta Braves host their first World Series game since 1999 on Friday evening. The Braves welcome the Houston Astros to Truist Park for Game 3 of the 2021 World Series, and the best-of-seven clash is knotted at 1-1. Atlanta struck first, picking up a Game 1 win on the road. Houston evened the score with a win in Game 2 on Wednesday, picking up…

Happy 2021 to all. A new year calls for a new batch of entertainingly dubious and dubiously entertaining baseball predictions. Ordinarily, the difficulty of such predictions comes down to the results. But in these unusual circumstances we find ourselves in, you'd have just as much difficulty predicting whether fans will be able to attend, the…

Aaron Judge is staying put, Trea Turner is headed back to the National League East, Jacob deGrom and Justin Verlander are switching state income taxes and Willson Contreras is changing sides in a heated National League Central rivalry... that's just a taste of the flurry of moves. MLB's first in-person Winter Meetings in three years was a veritable…

Feel free to forgive yourselves if you find MLB All-Star Game voting just a bit confusing. This seasons' balloting is a multi-phase affair with more than one deadline and, as always, doesn't result in the selection of a complete roster. And although voting remains incomplete for several more days, one thing is certain for the KC Royals and their…

We asked PressBox's Phil Backert, Stan "The Fan" Charles and Glenn Clark and 105.7 The Fan's Jeremy Conn to share their favorite World Series futures bets. All odds are from FanDuel entering play June 14. Phil Backert: New York Mets (+750) The new MLB playoff format gives a clear advantage to the top two division winners in each league. The Mets…

The 2022 MLB season is over, and the Astros have been crowned World Series champions. Now, the only thing left to hand out is the hardware for the top players and managers. This year, the awards could carry some extra significance for a few players in particular. AL MVP finalist Aaron Judge and AL Cy Young finalist Justin Verlander are both free…

Award season is here. These are the biggest storylines to watch. The 2022 Rookies of the Year, Managers of the Year, Cy Young Award winners and Most Valuable Players will be announced this week, one each day from Monday through Thursday. Here are the four biggest questions for Awards Week 2022 -- one for each award. 1) Will Paul…

Embrace the chaos of the 2022 MLB postseason. Enjoy the upsets, the unlikely heroes, and seeing 100-win teams going down in a October inferno. Your attitude on this topic probably depends on your personal rooting interests. So I wouldn't expect much cherish-the-postseason sentiment from fans of the Dodgers, Braves, Mets and Cardinals. Their teams…

Xander Bogaerts made perhaps the easiest decision of his career on Monday afternoon, when he officially opted out of his team-friendly contract with the Red Sox to become a free agent for the first time. Bogaerts, 30, has been the most productive offensive shortstop in baseball for the last five years. Since 2018, his.880 OPS is clear and away the…

The Atlanta Braves won 101 games in the regular season compared to 87 for the Philadelphia Phillies. They are sitting on relatively even footing heading into Game 3 of the NLDS on Friday, though. The Phillies dispatched of the NL Central champion Cardinals in the Wild Card Series and then stunned the Braves with a Game 1 victory in Atlanta against…

ATLANTA (WPVI) -- Nick Castellanos had already carried quite a load with his bat. When the Philadelphia Phillies needed his glove in the ninth inning, he didn't let them down. Castellanos drove in three runs and made a potentially game-saving catch, lifting the Philadelphia Phillies over the reigning World Series champion Atlanta Braves 7-6 in the…

Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt and Albert Pujols were sent packing. Bo Bichette has plenty of time to play tennis. Tee time or tea time? Plenty of baseball's greatest stars can make that choice after their teams failed to make it past wild-card weekend. See, it's often not the biggest names that prove most indispensable once Major League…

ST. LOUIS - It was a season where teams were either really, really good, or were really, really bad. There were four 100-victory teams this season, tying a major-league record. There were four 100-loss teams, also tying a major-league record. The expanded postseason took the drama of races, but if not for the third wild-card spot, the Philadelphia…

The reigning champs enter this year's postseason with an improved and deeper squad than the one that won it all in 2021. Needing all of their 101 wins to run down the Mets in the race for the NL East crown and a first-round bye, the Braves enter October as one of the favorites to win it all. Unlike in the championship 2021, Ronald Acuña Jr. is…

In search of one final victory to seal what's been an exciting NL East division race, we're going back to the basics and are backing the Atlanta Braves on the moneyline. We break it all down in our MLB betting picks below. The Atlanta Braves and the Miami Marlins will play their penultimate game of the season at LoanDepot Park on Tuesday night. The…

The National League is filled with blossoming young stars, and we have seen the next generation's talent as a handful of these candidates have made their MLB debuts. Still, it remains to be decided which one has separated themselves for this year's award. Here are the leading candidates in 2022 NL ROY odds (as of September 21) This week: It's no…

Who: Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves When: Tuesday, Sept. 20 Time: 7:20 p.m. EDT Where: Truist Park (Atlanta, GA) Betting Odds Summary Moneyline: Nationals+280, Braves -350 Runline: Nationals+1.5 (+136), Braves -1.5 (-164) Total: Over/Under 8.5 Runs (-110/-110) The Braves are looking every bit the part of defiant defending world champions.…

Who: Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves When: Friday, Sept. 16 Time: 7:20 p.m. EDT Where: Truist Park (Atlanta, Georgia) Betting Odds Summary Moneyline: Phillies+160, Braves -190 Runline: Phillies -1.5 (+112), Braves+1.5 (-134) Total: Over/Under 7.5 Runs (-114/-106) The Braves and Phillies are on a possible collision course to meet in the…

Contrary to what you might hear from alarmists, baseball's stretch run has retained some of its magic even with an expanded field of postseason teams. Be it issues of pride, home-field advantage, a first-round bye in the playoffs or the threat of not making the postseason at all, the final month of the regular season has multiple notable division…