Braves News: Opening Day history, Sean Murphy injury update, more

NORTH PORT, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 20: Sean Murphy #12 of the Atlanta Braves poses for a photo during Spring Training photo day at CoolToday Park on February 20, 2026 in North Port, Florida. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) | Getty Images Well the Braves are 2-0, on a breezy complete victory on Opening Day and an epic walk-off grand-slam on Saturday. Before the walk-off, it was reassuring to see Reynaldo Lopez’ velocity back up in the mid-90s and his stuff generally looking good.

I remain highly skeptical of his durability, but he looked the part of a solid starter on Saturday. On the offensive side, the bats were a little quieter on Saturday than on Friday, but they got some key contributions from new members of the team, such as Mike Yastrzemski and, of course, Dominic Smith, while also getting production from their incumbent contributors. This has been about everything you could ask for from two games for the Braves.

Braves News A few Braves achieved some various historical feats on Opening Day , including Ozzie Albies, Chris Sale, and Austin Riley. Sean Murphy is participating in all baseball activities and may start his rehap assignment soon , per Mark Bowman. Dominic Smith walked things off in game #2 on Saturday with an epic grand-slam , completing a comeback from a 2-0 deficit in the ninth inning.

MLB News The Brewers called up top catching prospect Jeferson Quero to make his MLB debut , sending Andrew Vaughn to the IL. The White Sox and Nationals made a minor depth trade . The Marlins are placing Christopher Morel on the IL and are expecting him to miss over a month with an oblique strain .