Truth, Lies and Sacrifice Flies – Atlanta Braves

After three seasons of 90 or more losses, the Braves have turned things around in their first season with Alex Anthopoulos as general manager. He talked with the AJC's David O'Brien about the team's encouraging performance and whether it changed the short- and long-term plans including next month's trade deadline.

Jeff Francoeur, retired outfielder and one of the most popular Braves of the past couple of decades, sat down with David O'Brien to discuss what "Frenchy" is doing now, what made Chipper so special, the current team and the future.

Kris Medlen was one of the most popular Braves of the past decade, an undersized underdog of a pitcher drafted in the 10th round who went on to briefly become a budding Atlanta ace before a second Tommy John surgery changed his career arc. He discusses his career with the AJC's David O'Brien.

The Braves scored six runs in the ninth inning, including five runs with two outs, to beat the Marlins 10-9 and maintain the National League's best record.

The Braves got swept in three games against the Giants in front of huge crowds at SunTrust Park over the weekend, but they won five in a row and seven of eight before that and were still in first place in the National League East on Monday. Listen to David O'Brien explain why he wrote last week that this team is for real.

The Braves' offense kept rolling as they won their first two games since the arrival of heralded prospect Ronald Acuna, who had three hits including a homer in his second game.

While Braves fans await the arrival of phenom prospect Ronald Acuna, second baseman Ozzie Albies, who's only 11 months older, is putting on quite a show at the start of his first full major league season.

The Braves scored a majors-leading 27 runs while winning two of three games in their season-opening series against the Phillies, and came within one slide at the plate of sweeping.

The Braves reassigned phenom Ronald Acuna to minor league camp near the end of spring training despite an overwhelming performance that showed baseball's consensus No. 1 prospect is ready for the big leagues and has no real flaw in his game. AJC Braves writer David O'Brien discusses why the Acuna move made sense and what other decisions the Braves face in the final week of spring training as they narrow their roster toward the 25-man group they'll have for 2018 opening day.

Braves' elite prospects are making covering this spring training camp quite interesting. Will Luiz Gohara hampered by injury still compete for a spot in rotation?

After first week of games, Braves veterans have taken a back seat to prospects Ronald Acuna, Austin Riley, Mike Soroka, Max Fried and Kolby Allard.

After three consecutive seasons with at least 90 losses, the Braves are aiming for more in the fourth year of their rebuilding project and there is legitimate reason for optimism.

Atlanta Braves icon Dale Murphy chats with David O'Brien about the current makeup of the team and locker room chemistry.

join Atlanta Journal-Constitution Braves beat writer David O'Brien to learn what is really going on in Braves Country.