Happy Thanksgiving everyone! From the entire Battery Power masthead, we hope you have a wonderful day celebrating however you choose and being thankful for whatever it is you feel thankful for, even if it is as simple as the beautifully profound gift of life itself.

From a Braves’ perspective, there is a lot to be thankful for, as this organization remains in a phenomenal spot, with a ton of talent, a brain trust under Alex Anthopoulos that warrants a tremendous amount of trust, and an ownership structure that honestly is pretty great for fans at this point. I think it is important that we take time to appreciate those things and be thankful to be able to watch all of these great players do cool stuff for half of every year and have a real chance at a World Series every season.

Braves News

Ray Kerr and Royber Salinas rejoined the organization on minor league deals, as both will miss significant time to injury.

DJourn took a look back at Chadwick Tromp’s 2024 season, as he may be in line for an expanded role in 2025.

Jon Morosi reiterated the Braves’ interest in starter Nathan Eovaldi, along with the Orioles.

MLB News

Longtime Giants’ shortstop Brandon Crawford announced his retirement on instagram. Congratulations to Brandon on a good career.

The Angels officially announced their signing of Japanese starting pitcher Yusei Kikuchi to a three year deal.

More details were reported on the deferrals of Blake Snell’s deal with the Dodgers, coming out to $13 million per year.

Juan Soto is reportedly expected to decide before or during the Winter Meetings where he will sign, which would be a welcome development to speed things up a bit, although the market has begun moving with Kikuchi and Snell signing recently.