Braves ready to start 2024 MLB season

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Orlando Arcia No. 11 of the Atlanta Braves hits Ronald Acuña Jr. No. 13 after both score in the bottom of the sixth inning against the Miami Marlins on September 15, 2023 at Lorne Depot Park in Miami, Florida. and bless. (Photo by Rich Story/Getty Images)

atlanta – After nearly six months, the Atlanta Braves are back and ready to have an even better season than last year.

The Braves’ first game of the season will be played in Philadelphia on Friday afternoon after Thursday’s game was postponed due to rain.

“For me, there’s this idea of, ‘Can you honestly evaluate yourself? How good are you?’ I don’t want to be super mental here, but if you try as hard as you can, If we mess up, we’ll honestly know,” Braves pitcher Spencer Strider said.

There is no better place to test yourself than playing in the same place and against the same team where you finished a great season last year. The team won 104 games over the season, but lost to the Phillies in Game 4 of the NLDS. This year, the Braves said they are working to prevent that from happening.

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“We hold ourselves to a different standard and that separates us, and I think at the end of spring training we’ve got to be more focused,” Braves pitcher AJ Minter said. , it’s like, this is the World Series or we lose.”

While the team is in Philadelphia, fans will be cheering from the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium during the opening day block party. There will be live music, food and drinks from local restaurants, performances and more.

The first pitch will be thrown at 3:05 p.m., and the block party will begin at 3 p.m. Learn more about.