{"id":638916,"date":"2026-03-23T13:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/638916\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:33:19","slug":"atlanta-braves-news-reynaldo-lopez-last-spring-start-opening-day-power-rankings-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/638916\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Braves News: Reynaldo Lopez Last Spring Start, Opening Day Power Rankings, More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Results were not kind to Reynaldo Lopez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-scores\/127859\/reynaldo-lopez-struggles-in-final-spring-tune-up\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:in his final Spring start on Sunday.;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;in his final Spring start on Sunday.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">in his final Spring start on Sunday. <\/a>His velocity was down while the Twins production at the plate was up. Lopez has seen mixed results this Spring, including less than ideal velocity on his fastball. While there are no reports of injury, it is fair to wonder how effective Lopez can be as the season starts. Hopefully results will be better once the games start to count.<\/p>\n<p>Braves News<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In the initial Opening Day Power Rankings from MLB.com, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/mlb-power-rankings-before-opening-day-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Braves are ranked 13th.;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;the Braves are ranked 13th.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">the Braves are ranked 13th. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Braves and Delta Airlines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/sports\/mlb\/atlanta-braves\/atlanta-braves-delta-introduce-new-perks-skymiles-members\/AKDXERYOKNFIFGYH25K6YJDAAI\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ironed out a new extension to their partnership.;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;ironed out a new extension to their partnership.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">ironed out a new extension to their partnership. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>MLB News<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Christopher Sanchez and the Phillies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/cristopher-sanchez-extension-with-phillies-through-2032\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:agreed to a new six-year contract extension.;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;agreed to a new six-year contract extension.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">agreed to a new six-year contract extension. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Blue Jays Extended<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2026\/03\/blue-jays-extend-ross-atkins-john-schneider.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:both manager John Schneider and Ross Atkins.;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;both manager John Schneider and Ross Atkins.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> both manager John Schneider and Ross Atkins. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Results were not kind to Reynaldo Lopez in his final Spring start on Sunday. His velocity was down&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2394],"tags":[191,46,4166,5,192,182,4,42242,40,5171,4304,151],"class_list":["post-638916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-atlanta-braves","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-atlantabraves","tag-baseball","tag-braves","tag-florida","tag-mlb","tag-north-port","tag-phillies","tag-reynaldo-lopez","tag-spring","tag-spring-training"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116278750030268754","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638916","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=638916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}