Atlanta Braves News

The Atlanta Braves simply cannot win a one-run game. Felipe Lopez’s bases-loaded hit to left with no outs in the 12th lifted the Washington Nationals to a 3-2 victory over the Braves on Wednesday, dropping Atlanta to 0-9 in games decided by the slimmest possible margin. The Braves are the first team since the 2000 [...]

John Smoltz is likely headed back to the Atlanta Braves’ bullpen.

Atlanta Braves second baseman Kelly Johnson was scratched form Wednesday’s contest against the Washington Nationals due to lower back soreness.

Bobby Cox prefers having John Smoltz in Atlanta’s rotation. That doesn’t mean the Braves manager isn’t open to talking about having the right-hander return to the bullpen after his stint on the disabled list. Asked Wednesday whether Smoltz could go back to being a closer, Cox said: “We are always thinking about it.” In the [...]

Atlanta Braves lefthander Mike Hampton, who has not pitched in a major-league game in more than two years, suffered yet another setback Wednesday.

The Atlanta Braves are shorthanded in the bullpen, and John Smoltz said he might be willing to help out.

Slumping Ryan Zimmerman spent some time working with Barry Larkin before the game, and then had a season-high three hits, including a homer and tiebreaking two-run double, to lead the Washington Nationals past the Atlanta Braves 6-3 on Tuesday night. Zimmerman and Nick Johnson hit consecutive solo shots in the third inning off Tom Glavine, [...]

Major League Baseball’s new investigative unit is at work on several probes that could lead to discipline while also dealing with the burgeoning business of player identity theft. The department of investigations, established in January at the recommendation of former Senate majority leader George Mitchell, already uncovered evidence that Jordan Schafer, the top prospect in [...]

Atlanta pitcher John Smoltz went on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with an ailing right shoulder, though the Braves were told he can get over the problem without surgery. Smoltz was examined in Birmingham, Ala., by Dr. James Andrews, who diagnosed a severely inflamed biceps tendon and inflammation of the rotator cuff in the right [...]

The Atlanta Braves placed pitcher John Smoltz on the 15-day disabled list but activated Tom Glavine, who will start Tuesday’s contest against the Washington Nationals.