{"id":586354,"date":"2026-02-22T09:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/586354\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T09:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:58:17","slug":"atlantabravesnews-spring-training-opener-fanduel-sports-network-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/586354\/","title":{"rendered":"AtlantaBravesNews: Spring training opener, FanDuel Sports Network, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The wait is finally over, and the Atlanta Braves kick off play in the Grapefruit League this afternoon. Right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-spring-training\/126386\/starting-pitcher-probables-carlos-carrasco-mike-yastrzemski-jonah-heim-john-gil\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Carrasco has been named today\u2019s starter<\/a> against the Tampa Bay Rays. After just a few games with Atlanta last season, Carrasco looks to make an impression in his spring debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Mike Yastrzemski, Jonah Heim, Eli White and Jorge Mateo will also be getting in on the action and making an appearance in today\u2019s matchup. First pitch is slated for 1:05 ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The television broadcast saga continues, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/fanduel-sports-network-closing-atlanta-offices-laying-off-dozens-employees\/MWODDJDN7NHEPOR6FI3MQFHVC4\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel Sports Network<\/a> has officially announced the closure of its Atlanta office. The Braves have yet to announce their broadcast plan for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Pitcher Jared Gridlinger has reclassified for the 2026 draft, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/mlb-draft\/126364\/atlanta-braves-draft-targets-jared-gridlinger-reclassification\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here\u2019s<\/a> what that means for the Braves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The wait is finally over, and the Atlanta Braves kick off play in the Grapefruit League this afternoon.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2394],"tags":[191,46,4206,4166,5,192,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-586354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-braves","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-braves","10":"tag-atlanta-braves-news","11":"tag-atlantabraves","12":"tag-baseball","13":"tag-braves","14":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116113696571231391","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}