Braves News: Opening Day roster, Grapefruit League champs, more

NORTH PORT, FLORIDA - MARCH 24: Ronald Acuña Jr. #13 of the Atlanta Braves celebrates with teammates in the dugout after scoring in the third inning against the Tampa Bay Rays during a Grapefruit League spring training game at CoolToday Park on March 24, 2026 in North Port, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) | Getty Images Well we now have a waiting game for the Braves’ regular season to start.

We did get to see Max Fried have a good start in the first game of the regular season (which was on Netflix and was weird). The Braves’ roster is really rough compared to what we thought it would look like two months ago. The path to this team being what we wanted it to be is getting a ton of production out of the offense, the bullpen being nails, and the team getting a bunch of pitching talent back off the IL and pitching well.

It’s not exceedingly likely, but the path is still there for a very good season. Braves News The Braves announced their Opening Day roster and there were no surprises , as late acquisition Osvaldo Bido took the last roster spot that would have been occupied by Spencer Strider, who is now on the IL. The Braves won the Grapefruit league , which is pretty fun and has made Spring Training more enjoyable, but also has very little predictive effect on their regular season.

MLB News The Royals DFA’d former Braves’ top prospect Drew Waters , as the Braves clearly did well to get the pick that turned into JR Ritchie for him when he still had prospect value. The Cardinals placed outfielder Lars Nootbar on the 60-day IL, enabling them to carry top prospect JJ Wetherhold on their Opening Day roster . Max Fried and the Yankees routed Logan Webb and the Giants in the first game of the regular season on Netflix.