The Atlanta Braves are preparing for a tough series as the Los Angeles Dodgers come to town for a three-game set. When these teams met last, the Braves were swept and dropped to 0-7 on the season.
Things have improved since then but it won’t be a cake walk. While we wait for that series to begin, a few noteworthy things have been released on Atlanta’s end. Let’s check out some of that news below.
Braves News: 2025 MLB All-Star Village revealed
The Braves are excited to host the 2025 MLB All-Star Game at Truist Park. Featured during that week will be an All-Star Village that will be composed of 500,00 square feet throughout the Cobb Galleria Centre.
Capital One All-Star Village will feature over 50 unique activities, including Capital One PLAY BALL PARK and a Rookie Leagues area for young fans. More than 40 Braves alumni are expected to attend, as well as MLB Hall of Famers and Olympic softball stars.
All-Star Week will be July 12th through July 15th and fans can purchase tickets at AllStarGame.com for $35. MLB is offering a limited-time offer for $10 with the code PBPO.
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) April 30, 2025
MLB All-Star Week includes the 95th MLB All-Star Game and Red Carpet Show on July 15th, the Gatorade All-Star Workout Day featuring the T-Mobile Home Run Derby on July 14th, the 2025 MLB Draft on July 13th, All-Star Saturday featuring the All-Star Futures Game and All-Star Celebrity Softball Game on July 12th, and the HBCU Swingman Classic presented by T-Mobile on July 11th.
Braves News: Jesse Chavez and Zach Thompson sign minor league deals
Atlanta has continued its revolving door of relievers as they outrighted Jesse Chavez and Zach Thompson, who both elected free agency a few days ago.
Surprise, surprise, the Braves re-signed Jesse Chavez (again, again) (and Zach Thompson) pic.twitter.com/X6T7ceA2Bb
— Min Sub (Mitchell) (@MinSub4) May 1, 2025
Both have returned on minor league deals with the Braves according to the team’s transaction page. Chavez has a 6.00 ERA over three MLB innings and he just continues to return to Atlanta no matter what happens. Just when you think he’s ready to hang up the cleats, he keeps going.
Thompson has seen limited action but he was decent for the Braves over 3.2 innings. He had one walk to three strikeouts. Both relievers returning allows Atlanta to keep their pitching depth, which has proven to be important this season.
Braves News: Reliever Chasen Shreve released
Veteran lefty reliever Chasen Shreve was released by the Braves on Thursday. He signed a non-roster deal with the team in January and he started four of his five outings with the Stripers. Things did not go well as he allowed 11 earned runs through 17.1 innings with five walks and 12 strikeouts.
His fastball velocity averaged 89 mph and that was a career-low for Shreve. I’m sure he had hoped his second stint with the Braves went better than it did. However, things went poorly and he’s now in search of a job.
