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Max Fried beats Braves in arbitration, gets $6.85 million
Read full article: Max Fried beats Braves in arbitration, gets $6.85 millionPitcher Max Fried won his salary arbitration case against the World Series champion Atlanta Braves and was given his $6.85 million request instead of the teamās $6.6 million offer.
Max Fried, Braves go to salary arbitration $250,000 apart
Read full article: Max Fried, Braves go to salary arbitration $250,000 apartPitcher Max Fried became the fifth member of the World Series champion Atlanta Braves to go to salary arbitration, asking for $6.85 million while the team argued for $6.6 million.
Nicky Lopez loses to KC Royals in salary arbitration
Read full article: Nicky Lopez loses to KC Royals in salary arbitrationKansas City infielder Nicky Lopez lost his salary arbitration case with the Royals on Friday and will get $2.55 million instead of his $2.9 million request, a decision that clinched managementās third straight winning record.
Yanks' Judge, 5 Braves among players headed to arbitration
Read full article: Yanks' Judge, 5 Braves among players headed to arbitrationNew York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge and five players from the World Series champion Atlanta Braves are among the players who are headed toward salary arbitration hearings that will occur during the regular season after failing to agree to contracts for 2022.
New deal for Freeman top priority for Series champion Braves
Read full article: New deal for Freeman top priority for Series champion BravesAtlanta first baseman Freddie Freemanās future is the most pressing offseason issue facing the Braves, who beat the Astros to cap an improbable run to their first World Series title since 1995.
With pitchers fried, Braves' Fried tries to win World Series
Read full article: With pitchers fried, Braves' Fried tries to win World SeriesThe Atlanta Braves lead the World Series three games to two and will try to win the championship Tuesday night when Max Fried starts against the Astros in Houston.
Braves throw 2-hitter, blank Astros 2-0 for 2-1 Series lead
Read full article: Braves throw 2-hitter, blank Astros 2-0 for 2-1 Series leadRookie starter Ian Anderson and the Braves' bullpen took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning, Austin Riley and Travis dāArnaud drove in runs and Atlanta beat the Houston Astros 2-0 to grab a two games to one lead in the World Series.
Soler, Braves overcome Morton injury, top Astros in Game 1
Read full article: Soler, Braves overcome Morton injury, top Astros in Game 1Making his first start since testing positive for COVID-19, Jorge Soler became the first player to begin a World Series with a home run and the Atlanta Braves, despite the loss of pitcher Charlie Morton to a broken leg, hushed the Houston Astros 6-2 in Game 1.
Bellinger, Betts rally Dodgers, cut Braves' NLCS lead to 2-1
Read full article: Bellinger, Betts rally Dodgers, cut Braves' NLCS lead to 2-1Cody Bellinger hit a tying, three-run homer and Mookie Betts then lined an RBI double as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied in the eighth inning, beating Atlanta 6-5 and cutting the Bravesā lead in the NL Championship Series to 2-1.
Riley's game-winning single in 9th lifts Braves past Dodgers
Read full article: Riley's game-winning single in 9th lifts Braves past DodgersAustin Riley homered and drove in the winning run with a single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series.
Fried sharp, Braves blank Brewers 3-0 to tie NLDS at 1-all
Read full article: Fried sharp, Braves blank Brewers 3-0 to tie NLDS at 1-allMax Fried pitched six sharp innings and Atlantaās bullpen held on after manager Brian Snitkerās quick hook, sending the Braves over the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0 to tie their NL Division Series at a game apiece.
Braves top Orioles 3-1 for Baltimore's 18th straight loss
Read full article: Braves top Orioles 3-1 for Baltimore's 18th straight lossJorge Soler homered, Touki Toussaint pitched effectively into the sixth inning, and the surging Atlanta Braves beat Baltimore 3-1, extending the Oriolesā losing streak to 18 games.
Schwarber, Bradley, Duvall among 59 cut in pandemic fallout
Read full article: Schwarber, Bradley, Duvall among 59 cut in pandemic falloutThe total cut was one more than the previous high at the tender deadline, ahead of the 2004 season. Schwarber earned $2,596,296 in prorated pay from his $7.01 million salary last season but hit .188 with 11 homers in 59 games, down from 38 homers, 92 RBIs and a .250 batting average in 155 games in 2019. Schwarber returned from a serious knee injury and hit .412 with two RBIs in the 2016 World Series as the Cubs won their first championship since 1908. Fifty-nine players agreed to one-year contracts ahead of the deadline, many of them facing a threat of being cut. Minnesota reached deals with five players, including pitcher JosĆ© BerrĆos ($500,000 signing bonus plus $5.6 million salary) and center fielder Byron Buxton ($5,125,000).
Ozuna homers off Daz, Braves beat Mets in new extras format
Read full article: Ozuna homers off Daz, Braves beat Mets in new extras formatAtlanta Braves pitcher Max Fried fields a ground ball by New York Mets' Jeff McNeil during the third inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 25, 2020, in New York. Ozuna, signed to an $18 million, one-year free agent deal in January, energized Atlanta's struggling offense with his opposite-field drive against Daz. Ozuna went with a 3-2 fastball just off the outside corner and roped it out to right field for his first home run with the Braves. McNeil countered with a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the fifth, but Daz couldn't make it stand. An All-Star with Seattle in 2018, Daz labored through a brutal 2019 with a 5.59 ERA and seven blown saves.