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The Atlanta Braves have a lot of talent in their minor league system, including several potential top-tier performances. With the promotion of young players and numerous deals to upgrade the major league roster, the Atlanta Braves’ farm system is widely regarded as being in the lowest third of baseball in terms of quality and quantity.But here at Braves Today, we believe in both Atlanta’s minor league talent and the organization’s reputation for nurturing that talent. Here’s how we’d rank the top prospects in the farm system before the 2024 season. (The criteria for prospect eligibility are less than 130 at-bats,…

Lane Kiffin’s hire of tight ends coach Joe Cox has greatly aided the recruiting of 2025 tight end Micah Jones. The 6-5, 225-pounder was on the Ole Miss campus Saturday for Rebels junior day and to meet with potential position coaches. Kiffin hired Cox from Alabama when famed head coach Nick Saban retired.Jones is a three-star talent from Madison (Miss.) Central High School. He is ranked as the nation’s No. 25 tight end and the No. 15 player in Mississippi’s 2025 class.

Dejounte Murray’s name has been regularly in trade rumors throughout the 2023-24 season. The Atlanta Hawks are underperforming, Murray’s fit with Trae Young is clunky, and he’s ready to begin a four-year contract that is appealing to teams looking for backcourt help in the coming years. As a result, there have been near-constant rumblings regarding Murray’s future, but on Thursday, less than 15 minutes before the trade deadline, we heard that Murray is staying here. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, despite their efforts to make a trade, Murray will remain in Atlanta. Murray spent the first five years of…

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian responded to last week’s departure of Director of Player Personnel Billy Glasscock to the Ole Miss Rebels as Lane Kiffin’s General Manager by promoting four members of his support staff, the school announced Tuesday.The headline is the promotion of Brandon Harris into the newly-created General Manager role. Considered a rising star in the industry, Harris was the Director of Recruiting for nearly three years after assuming the role shortly after Sarkisian arrived on the Forty Acres, making enough of an impact that Texas sent him on the recruiting trail following the departure of defensive…

This is one of several daily pieces showcasing the most recent news and notes from the MLB offseason. The Pittsburgh Pirates were interested in signing catcher Gary Sánchez, but he ultimately chose to join a division opponent. According to Jon Heyman of the New York Post, Sánchez has agreed to terms with the Milwaukee Brewers. The 31-year-old will sign a one-year contract worth $7 million with a mutual option in 2025. Sánchez, a longtime New York Yankee, rejuvenated his career on both sides of the ball with the San Diego Padres last season. Sánchez hit 19 home runs and drove…

Georgia tight end Brock Bowers said Wednesday on NBC’s “Pro Football Talk” that if he could choose his NFL draft destination, the Tennessee Titans would be his top option. The two-time Mackey Award winner and three-time All-American is likely to be the first tight end picked in the April draft. Most mock draft experts believe Bowers will go somewhere in the top 15 — possibly as high as No. 5 to the Chargers. Tennessee currently has the No. 7 overall pick. “Whoever wants to take me? “It’s difficult to say,” Bowers replied when asked about his favorite team. “I would…

The third-ranked linebacker (No. 82 overall by 247Sports) is four-star Thomas Davis Jr. of Matthews (N.C.) Weddington. Davis (6-2, 205) tells Clemson247 that he will visit Clemson on March 9 for junior day. His offers include Auburn, Penn State, LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina, North Carolina State, USC, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, and Miami, among others. In January, South Carolina, North Carolina State University, and Duke University all got visits. He is the son of Thomas Davis, a former NFL Draft first-round choice and Pro Bowl linebacker who spent 16 years in the NFL, 14 of them…

Hawthorn ruckman Max Lynch will retire from football after the AFL Independent Medical Concussion Panel recommended that he stop participating in contact sports permanently. Lynch was put to the club’s long-term injury list in May of this year, after being subbed out of the Round 6 match against Adelaide due to concussion. The 24-year-old has been in frequent consultation with the club’s medical personnel and has recently taken on the role of AFLW Development Coach. Rob McCartney, General Manager of Football, stated that the recommendation was made in Max’s best interests for his future and that he would continue to…

On Wednesday, Day returned to training with his Hawks colleagues and ran few laps before leaving the track later in the session to have his foot scanned due to soreness. AFL.com.au can reveal that scans revealed the 22-year-old, who is Hawthorn’s reigning best and fairest winner after a breakout 2023 season, has a fracture and will spend many weeks in a moon boot. The club will next decide a schedule for Day’s recuperation and return, but with Hawthorn’s round one match against Essendon on March 16, the midfielder faces a race against time to be ready for the Hawks’…

With less than a month until the NHL’s March 8 trade deadline, we’ve got you covered at Daily Faceoff, with at least one trade-related story every day until Deadline Day. Today we continue our player profile series with Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Sean Walker, who is ranked seventh on our Trade Targets list. 2024 Trade Deadline Countdown: 31 Days SEAN WALKER Right Defense, Philadelphia Flyers. Shoot: Right Age: 29 Height: 5 feet 11 inches. Weight: 196 pounds. Cap Hit: $2.65 million. Term: Pending. UFA 2023-24 Stats: 51 games, 5 goals, 13 assists, 18 points, 19:33. TOI Career stats: 6th season (Los…