Braves Briefing: Who was Atlanta's favorite MLB Draft selection?

The Atlanta Braves spent a ton of draft capital on right-handed pitchers in the MLB Draft earlier this week.

MLB.com highlighted their favorite pick from each team. When they got to the Atlanta Braves, they gave some love and attention to Atlanta first-round pick Hurston Waldrep, the right-handed pitcher from Florida.

Here was the brief write-up:

From a pure stuff standpoint, the Braves may have gotten a top 10 talent at No. 24 overall. Waldrep has a fastball that he can crank up to 99 mph and one of the best secondary offerings in the class with his split-change. He also has a slider that flashes plus at times and it might be his ability to command the arsenal that determines his ceiling.

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Braves Today's Will Moon wrote up a summary on the first-half attendance and viewership of the 2023 MLB season. Unsurprisingly, things are trending up for the Braves.

For the Braves, they've seen a jump from an average home attendance of 38,641 last season to 39,076 a little over halfway through this season. (The club got in all 81 home games last season and have played 45 of their 81 home games so far this year.) It's a modest gain - 435 people extra per game on average, about a 1.1% increase - but an increase nonetheless. Obviously, the team is off to a ridiculously good start this year, even compared to last year's 101-win defending world champs, who famously didn't really get going until June. But what about the whole league? Are the high-flying Braves simply an outlier based on their tremendous level of play?

Check out the full report here.

Atlanta Braves 2024 Schedule

Next year's schedule was released. Be sure to check it out.

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How to watch the Atlanta Braves vs the Chicago White Sox

First pitch for the series is at 7:20 ET. The game can be seen on ESPN+. The radio call, with Ben Ingram, is available locally on 680 AM/93.7 FM The Fan or outside the Atlanta market on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network or MLB.com.

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