Atlanta Braves ride Chris Sale, three homers to blank Royals
Chris Sale threw six scoreless innings and the Atlanta Braves hit three home runs to defeat visiting Kansas City 6-0 on Friday and give Walt Weiss a win in his managerial debut.
Chris Sale threw six scoreless innings and the Atlanta Braves hit three home runs to defeat visiting Kansas City 6-0 on Friday and give Walt Weiss a win in his managerial debut.
The Atlanta Braves will start the new season with a new manager, but with a familiar face atop the rotation when they open on Friday night at home against the Kansas City Royals.
The Braves opened Spring Training by revealing projected No. 2 starter Spencer Schwellenbach was dealing with right elbow discomfort.
Didier Fuentes might just spend a couple weeks in Atlanta’s bullpen.
In a matchup of left-handed Opening Day starters, Chris Sale got the better of Garrett Crochet as the visiting Atlanta Braves defeated the Boston Red Sox, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon in Fort Myers, Fla.
Jurickson Profar’s appeal of his 162-game suspension for a second positive test for performance-enhancing drugs was rejected, and he will miss the entire season for the Atlanta Braves, ESPN reported Thursday.
“He just barrels baseballs one after another,” Braves manager Walt Weiss said.
Ha-Seong Kim wasn’t willing to confirm he’s aiming to join Atlanta’s lineup during the first half of May. But the Braves shortstop arrived at Spring Training on Monday looking to further distance himself from the patch of ice that led to surgery.
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