19+ hour, 50+ min ago (106+ words) Let's not even bring up Hector Neris Even on a sleepy pre-Thanksgiving Sunday, the Braves found a way to make minor news by signing Joel Payamps to a one-year, $2.25 million major league deal. The Braves claimed Payamps from the Brewers late in the 2025 season, gave him a couple of appearances before the season ended, and then outrighted him before the non-tender deadline, with Payamps electing free agency in response. Will the Braves make a surprise move this Saturday night? The Braves could also non-tender a non-arbitration-eligible guy, but that seems mean-spirited The stove's finally lit....

16+ hour, 50+ min ago (833+ words) Is there something here? We all got pretty excited about Dylan Dodd a few years ago. 2024 was better (derogatory), and the Atlanta Braves seemed committed to him as a starter. But the outlook remained the same - he looked like a depth piece. Dodd was drafted in the third round in 2021. A casualty of the COVID-affected season, he was already 23 years old. Dodd was a depth piece at this point. Everything screamed pedestrian at this point when you looked at him from a rotation perspective. Dodd crashed and burned in both the minors and the majors as a starter in 2023, and again, wasn't much better in the minors in 2024 (he made one relief appearance for the big-league Braves that year). But the immediate usage showed that Atlanta no longer saw him as a rotation piece. They moved him to the bullpen,…...

14+ hour, 50+ min ago (684+ words) A 20th round draft pick, not much was expected of Hartman. But he showed up and showed out in 2025 How was he acquired? Hartman was selected with Atlanta's 20th round pick in the 2024 draft, using the 611th overall selection on the outfielder from Holy Trinity Academy out of Alberta, Canada. He was given a signing bonus $337,500, which was understandably significantly higher than his slot value. What were the expectations in 2025? When it was announced the Braves had actually signed all 20 selections in their 2024 class " including Hartman " it came as a bit of a surprise. Simply put, the odds of signing a young, talented position player in the final round of a draft are incredibly slim as most opt to go the collegiate route and improve their draft stock. However, through some crafty financial maneuvering, the Braves were able to lure Hartman away from…...