Here is Friday's edition of The North Port Report, with details on Reynaldo López and Martín Perez facing the Twins in Ft. Myers and a roundup of how Braves players performed in the WBC
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Replacing Jurickson Profar might not mean finding a new left fielder.
The Braves could instead upgrade the Smith/Farmer DH platoon with a late-spring free agent or a trade target like Ryan Mountcastle.
Breaking down the options:
#Braves lineup for today's road game versus the Twins
SS Jorge Mateo
1B Dom Smith
C Jonah Heim
DH Brewer Hicklen
3B Kyle Farmer
RF DaShawn Keirsey Jr
LF Luke Williams
2B Aaron Schunk
CF Jose Azocar
Reynaldo López gets the ball in Ft. Myers at 6:05 PM ET on Gray TV
It's pretty rough, yeah.
NEW POD: Spencer Strider continues to improve, while Mike Yastrzemski looked good against some MLB-caliber lefties on Thursday and Dom Smith's fighting for the DH spot
From Braves Today contributor Taylor, is Jurickson Profar going to go down as one of the worst contracts in team history? Let's talk about the contenders for the 'honor'.
Happy to do it!
Oh of course not, because they're working on vibes over there and those aren't good ones
To be fair to Taylor, there were some people who were being VERY smug and saying Strider was washed last Saturday because he was throwing 92 in his first start of spring
Taylor's audience was the Braves fans who were in twitter fights last week with bad faith actors about it
Is hasn't been above 50k since February 11th! That's like a million years ago in this new hellscape we live in
Is the DOW that's at 50,000 in the room with us?
Here is The North Port Report from Thursday, with details about Mike Yastrzemski and Dominic Smith having big games and today's most recent roster moves
Dom Smith's home run wasn't measured by Statcast, so I'm going to argue it was 120 mph and flew 525 feet
Is this Atlanta's Opening Day DH?
I genuinely didn't even know two of those guys
The #Braves Spring Breakout roster pool is out. They'll narrow down this 40-man pool to just 23-27 on March 18, for some reason
They kept JR Ritchie when they sent the pitchers down and now have kept John Gil when they sent the infielders down.
The #Braves today optioned RHP Jhancarlos Lara to Triple-A Gwinnett, and reassigned RHP Austin Pope and INFs Jim Jarvis, Alex Lodise and Luke Waddell to minor league camp. Atlanta now has 54 active players in camp.
NEW POD: There are several prospects impressing in spring training, plus the league's leaked cap and floor proposal for the upcoming CBA negotiations is a non-starter
Blue Jays have pulled Dylan Cease from today's lineup vs Atlanta in favor of LHP Eric Lauer
Lauer, who returned from injury last season to put up a 3.18 ERA in 104.2 innings as a swingman, was reportedly going to go on the trade block if Max Scherzer signed. Is this a showcase by Toronto?
Spring stats don’t matter. Process does.
New Prospect Development Notes: what we’re actually seeing from John Gil, Alex Lodise, Diego Tornes, JR Ritchie, Owen Murphy, and Garrett Baumann — and why it matters for 2026 and beyond.
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Here is Wednesday's edition of The North Port Report, recapping some of the roster's comments about Jurickson Profar, intel on a new pitch added by a Braves reliever, and top-level notes of the exhibition against Colombia today
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Oh hi, Tyler Kinley's new sinker
Yeah, this is a pretty even split so far. Had someone ask me so I figured I'd write it up
Yes, a recurring back issue that put him on the IL twice, the second one took long enough where he didn't make it back before the season ended
From what I can find, he hasn't been in the majors since 2024 and is on the reserve list of a Mexican League team. He might have retired
One potential solution both to find an outfielder that can mash lefties and to man the DH spot a majority of the time is trading for former Braves Jorge Soler. Good or bad idea?
The #Braves today optioned RHP Rolddy Muñoz to Triple-A Gwinnett, and reassigned RHPs Garrett Baumann and Owen Murphy to minor league camp. Atlanta now has 59 active players in camp.
NEW POD: As we get even more details on Jurickson Profar's PED use, it's clear that he intentionally chose to cheat and it's left the Braves in a bad place roster-wise for the 2026 season
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The Atlanta Braves have released their lineup for today's exhibition against the Colombia national team. Youngster Elieser Hernández is on the bump at 1:05 PM ET, with coverage on Gray TV and the Atlanta Braves Radio Network
