{"id":672180,"date":"2026-04-10T04:27:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/672180\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T04:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:27:31","slug":"atlanta-braves-news-guardians-on-deck-city-connect-uniforms-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/672180\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Braves News: Guardians on deck, City Connect uniforms, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Atlanta Braves return to Truist Park and kick off the weekend with a three-game set against the Cleveland Guardians. The Braves enter play with an 8-5 record and are coming off a series win in Anaheim, where the run column was high, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-scores\/128990\/los-angeles-angels-series-recap-grant-holmes-drake-baldwin-austin-riley-highlights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">emotions even higher.<\/a> The Guardians come to town with the same record after a recent series win over the Kansas City Royals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The series gets underway tonight at 7:15 ET, with Bryce Elder getting the nod against fellow right-hander Slade Cecconi. Game two is set for the same time Saturday night, as Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez faces Parker Messick. The series will conclude Sunday night with Chris Sale starting things off at 7:20 ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Braves haven\u2019t dropped a series yet this season, and they\u2019ll aim to keep that perfect streak intact this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The City Connect uniforms have officially been unveiled, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-news\/129093\/past-meets-present-as-braves-introduce-new-city-connects-uniforms-dale-murphy-tbs-superstation-powder-blue\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here\u2019s<\/a> everything you need to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">BravesVision analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-analysis\/129022\/peter-moylan-interview-chat-conversation-bravesvision-tv-australia-czechia-baseball-abs-system\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Moylan<\/a> spoke with us earlier this week to talk about all things coaching, ABS, the big brawl, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Didier Fuentes threw a shutout and recorded eight strikeouts during Wednesday\u2019s start. More in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-prospects\/129090\/braves-minor-league-recap-didier-fuentes-strikes-out-eight-in-gwinnett-shutout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">minor league recap.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There are several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/mlb-draft\/128559\/braves-2026-mlb-draft-high-school-prospect-update\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">high school prospects<\/a> the Braves may explore this year, so take a look at potential selections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2026\/04\/nationals-have-not-yet-made-extension-offer-to-daylen-lile.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Nationals<\/a> have yet to make an extension offer to outfielder Daylen Lile. The Nats currently have just one player on a guaranteed contract past 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/post\/QNMw6Pod7Ywn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brawl<\/a> has been the biggest Braves headline all week, and now it\u2019s time to hear from you. Which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/post\/zLu---Ru7JCx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Braves brawl<\/a> do you think is most memorable?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There\u2019s been plenty of reflection of the past this week after the City Connects were unveiled. So, let\u2019s hear your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/post\/gT6S4rMpZfW3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">favorite player<\/a> as a kid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Atlanta Braves return to Truist Park and kick off the weekend with a three-game set against the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672181,"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-672180","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\/116378524174938958","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672180","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=672180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}