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Andrew McCutchen is hoping to play an 18th season in the bigs. The 39-year-old outfielder/designated hitter signed a Minor League deal with an invite to big league Spring Training with the Rangers on Friday.
Braves manager Walt Weiss says he's disappointed following Jurickson Profar's suspension, but remains confident "someone's gonna step up" in the outfielder's absence.
Who is the best designated hitter in MLB right now? Now a four-time MVP, Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani […]
Outfielder Andrew McCutchen signed a minor-league deal with the Texas Rangers on Thursday. McCutchen, 39, is a candidate to platoon at designated hitter with Joc Pederson, the Dallas Morning News reported.
The Atlanta Braves must consider making the following move after news of Jurickson Profar’s 2026 season suspension surfaced on Tuesday.
As we get into the offseason, a tricky question comes up again: What are the Atlanta Braves to do about the designated hitter position? Before the 2025 season, there wasn't a debate. It was Marcell Ozuna. However, things started to go south for the 2024 ...
Spring training camps are underway, which means it is time to look at the state of baseball. As part of our 2026 MLB season preview, ESPN's Buster Olney surveyed those around the industry to help him rank the top 10 players at every position as part of his annual positional ranking series.
Winn (arm) will start at designated hitter and bat leadoff in Thursday's Grapefruit League contest versus the Pirates. Winn has been held out of action for the past few days after feeling some arm soreness as a result of a heavy workload on the backfields this past weekend.
This has all the makings of a fun offseason for the Atlanta Braves — the complete opposite of last winter, when Alex Anthopoulos essentially sat on his hands for five months. A disappointing season can light a fire under any front office, and with the ...
Georgia sports personality Bill Shanks argued the Atlanta Braves shouldn't use the combination of Drake Baldwin and Sean Murphy at catcher and designated hitter next season. Out of the playoff race, the focus around the Atlanta Braves has turned to what ...
The Atlanta Braves have not had the season that they hoped for, and MLB.com Insider Mark Feinsand has their designated hitter, Marcell Ozuna, as the best available at the trade deadline. Ozuna was once perceived to be an MVP-type candidate type of player.
The Atlanta Braves are in danger of losing their designated hitter for the entire 2026 season. Jurickson Profar faces a 162-game ban after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug for the second time in the last year,