{"id":621327,"date":"2026-03-13T05:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/621327\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T05:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:00:23","slug":"braves-news-grant-holmes-superb-starting-pitching-inventory-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/621327\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves News: Grant Holmes superb, starting pitching inventory, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Atlanta Braves continued spring play on Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-scores\/127322\/grant-holmes-spring-training-shutout-innings-highlights-sinker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:losing 5-2;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;losing 5-2&quot;}\" class=\"link \">losing 5-2<\/a> to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Despite the score, it was a fantastic day for Grant Holmes, who got the start and turned in a lights-out performance. Holmes threw five hitless innings, striking out nine and walking just one Pirate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This run continues a productive spring training for Holmes. While at camp, he\u2019s logged 12.1 innings, each of them scoreless. He\u2019s allowed just three hits and recorded 16 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">If this version of Grant Holmes shows up in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-analysis\/127219\/atlanta-braves-2026-opening-day-roster-projection-march-12-edition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:regular season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;regular season&quot;}\" class=\"link \">regular season<\/a>, he will be a nice piece in the Braves\u2019 starting rotation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">More Braves News:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Our positional preview series continues with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-analysis\/127277\/2026-atlanta-braves-positional-preview-starting-pitching-chris-sale-spencer-strider-reynaldo-lopez-bryce-elder-grant-holmes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:starting pitchers.\u00a0;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;starting pitchers.&amp;nbsp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">starting pitchers.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">MLB News:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Milwaukee Brewers right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48190408\/brewers-quinn-priester-wrist-open-year-il\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Quinn Priester will start the season on the injured list;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Quinn Priester will start the season on the injured list&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Quinn Priester will start the season on the injured list<\/a> due to a nerve issue in his shoulder. The injury presented itself as wrist soreness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Boston Red Sox agreed to a one-year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/danny-coulombe-signs-one-year-deal-with-boston-red-sox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:deal with left-hander Danny Coulombe.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;deal with left-hander Danny Coulombe.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">deal with left-hander Danny Coulombe.<\/a> The contract guarantees him $1M.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Atlanta Braves continued spring play on Thursday, losing 5-2 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Despite the score, it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2402],"tags":[46,5,7792,640,59,4,10,776,64,4297,2248,3377],"class_list":["post-621327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-baseball","tag-danny-coulombe","tag-grant-holmes","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-mlb","tag-pirates","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-pittsburghpirates","tag-quinn-priester","tag-rob-friedman"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116220108711871894","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621327","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=621327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}