The Braves still start the season at home, hosting the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, March 26. There will be an off day, and then the series will resume on Saturday, March 28. They’ll have an interleague-heavy slate to start the year.

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Spencer Strider features the ceiling of a Cy Young candidate. The 2025 season has been difficult for the right-handed hurler, however. His start on Monday against the Miami Marlins — despite a 2-1 defeat — was a big step in the right direction. Strider allowed only one run over seven innings pitched.

MIAMI -- Edward Cabrera has had the Braves’ number as of late. After turning in perhaps his best outing of the year -- with season highs in K's (11), pitches (109) and innings (8) -- in a 5-1 win at Atlanta on August 8, “Cabby” dominated the Braves again in Monday night’s 2-1 win at loanDepot park.

Former Marlins infielder Vidal Brujan slapped a go-ahead RBI double in an explosive ninth inning, and Ozzie Albies homered twice, leading the Atlanta Braves to an 11-2 win over the host Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.

Hall of Fame manager Bobby Cox was honored as the Braves celebrated the 30-year anniversary of their 1995 World Series title.

By the time the league expands – most likely by two teams – it will have been 30 years or more since the last time MLB expanded when the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays came online in 1998. That’s the longest stretch in the post-expansion era that began in 1961.

CF Jakob Marsee is the third player since 2000 to record at least 29 hits and 24 RBI in his first 25 career games, joining HOU's Yordan Alvarez (2019) and STL's Albert Pujols (2001).