LAS VEGAS -- The Braves' rebuild is over and they have the National League East Division title to prove it. But that doesn't mean their pipeline of top pitching prospects has gone dry.Atlanta entered the Winter Meetings with 10 of MLB.com's Top 100 prospects, tied with the Padres for the

The prospects are coming. The prospects are coming.Major League active rosters are set to expand Saturday, Sept. 1, allowing teams the opportunity to include any members of their 40-man rosters in time for the final playoff push. That means a good amount of MLB.com's Top 100 Prospects will pour into

Luiz Gohara hadn't pitched in a game since July 29 and he hadn't pitched to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ever.Atlanta's No. 6 prospect did both those things Thursday night at Coolray Field, with a single by the game's top prospect marking the only real blemish on the hurler's record.

It's Aug. 3, meaning one month from today, most Minor League circuits will be playing their final game of the regular season. Indeed, the clock is ticking on 2018.Of course, it's not over 'til it's over -- and that's a good thing for some big-name prospects who need these next

Credit Luiz Gohara for either being able to concentrate in the face of swirling trade rumors or stepping up in what amounts to an audition.Whatever it was, the Braves' sixth-ranked prospect recorded a season-high 10 strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings on Sunday as Triple-A Gwinnett defeated Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, 7-4, at PNC

Luiz Gohara's first start of 2018 has been pushed back.The Braves' fourth-ranked prospect sprained his left ankle during a fielding drill before Friday's Grapefruit League game against the Yankees. X-rays were negative, but the team said he won't be re-evaluated for two weeks.

This is the second in a six-part series that uses FanGraphs' Steamer600 projections to look at how prospects would fare over a full Major League season. The system bases its forecast on 600 plate appearances for position players, 450 plate appearances for catchers, 200 innings for starting pitchers and 65

It's quiet. Too quiet.Outside of some relatively minor deals the past couple weeks -- most of which involve the Mariners -- there hasn't been much to report in the way of completed trades since the World Series ended 27 days ago. Giancarlo Stanton's expected exit out of Miami seems like

CLINTON, IA (September 5, 2017) - Just one year removed from pitching at Ashford University Field, left-handed pitcher Luiz Gohara has been called up to the Major Leagues by the Atlanta Braves. Remembered in Clinton as a staff ace in 2016, the Brazilian native becomes the seventh former LumberKing to

At this point a year ago, Luiz Gohara was closing out his 2016 season at Class A Clinton in the Mariners system. On Tuesday, he'll become a member of the Braves' Major League club. Atlanta is calling up its No. 8 prospect (No. 91 overall) to make his first Major League

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - The Gwinnett Braves (67-64) got plenty of offense to back two good starts in a doubleheader sweep of the Charlotte Knights (55-77) on Friday night at Coolray Field. Gwinnett won by scores of 6-3 and 7-4 to open the four-game weekend series.With the wins, the G-Braves have

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - After letting a lead slip away in the eighth inning, the Gwinnett Braves (59-60) rallied to tie the game in the ninth and walked off to defeat the Louisville Bats (46-73) 8-7 in a 10-inning thriller on Sunday afternoon at Coolray Field. With Gwinnett trailing 7-3 and the

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - Two-run home runs by Eddy Rodriguez and Ji-Man Choi lifted the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (74-41) to a 7-2 win over the Gwinnett Braves (55-59) on Tuesday night at Coolray Field. Rodriguez's 381-foot shot to left snapped a 1-1 tie and gave Scranton/Wilkes-Barre a 3-1 lead in the fifth inning,

Braves LHP Luiz Gohara, Triple-A Gwinnett: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 88 pitches, 63 strikes -- Any Braves fan worried about Gohara's Triple-A debut last Friday -- in which he surrendered four earned runs and five walks in 4 2/3 innings -- can breathe

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - Behind a late offensive surge and a strong team pitching performance, the Gwinnett Braves (53-56) salvaged the finale of the three-game series against the Norfolk Tides (50-61) with a 5-2 win on Wednesday night at Coolray Field.With the game tied at 1-1 in the seventh, the G-Braves

SYRACUSE, NY- The Syracuse Chiefs (38-66) spoiled the Triple-A debut of 20-year-old left-handed pitcher Luiz Gohara  with a 10-6 win over the Gwinnett Braves (51-53) on Friday night in game one of the three-game series at NBT Bank Stadium. Syracuse plated its first run in the bottom of the first as Gohara

The Braves continued to get aggressive with their player moves, promoting 20-year-old left-hander Luiz Gohara, their No. 8 prospect, to Triple-A Gwinnett.

PEARL, MS -- Mississippi Braves infielder Dylan Moore  and LHP Luiz Gohara  have been named Mississippi Farm Bureau Player and Pitcher of the Week for the week ending Sunday, July 23.Moore, 24, played in six games during the week and posted a .318 batting average. He went 7-for-22 with a double and three

Luiz Gohara was so dominant on Saturday night that even the weather wasn't going to get the best of him. Despite dealing with a nearly one-hour rain delay, the ninth-ranked Braves prospect recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts, scattering five hits over six innings as Double-A Mississippi blanked Biloxi, 8-0, at Trustmark

PEARL, MS -- The Mississippi Braves (10-18, 44-54) continued its hot streak with an 8-0 win over the Biloxi Shuckers (11-18, 47-51) in game four of a five-game series at Trustmark Park Saturday night. The M-Braves have now won four in a row, and seven straight against the Shuckers.Lefty Luiz Gohara

Ronald Acuña Jr. left the yard Tuesday night and made sure it wasn't a cheap trip.Atlanta's No. 7 prospect blasted a mammoth solo home run in the second inning as Double-A Mississippi built an early 6-1 lead before falling to visiting Jackson, 8-7.

MOBILE, AL -- After Mobile put up one run in the first, Mississippi took a 2-1 lead after Joey Meneses scored on a forceout in the second and Jared James hit a RBI-double in the fifth. The Braves held that lead until the bottom of the ninth when Michael Hermosillo hit

BILOXI, MS -- It seemed the Shuckers had an answer every time the Mississippi Braves scored Sunday evening, but Biloxi didn't have a comeback left for the show in the 10th. With timely hits and aggressive baserunning, Mississippi (36-38) put Biloxi away in extra innings, defeating the Shuckers 7-3 to even

PENSACOLA, FL -- The Blue Wahoos pitchers stymied M-Braves hitters for the better part of all five games, only allowing a total of eight runs in the series. The finale was no different as Mississippi (32-33) only had five runners on base, two of those in the ninth, as Luis Castillo

Rays SS Willy Adames, Triple-A Durham: 4-for-5, RBI -- This was Adames' first four-hit game in nearly a year -- his last came with Double-A Montgomery on June 9, 2016 -- underlining just how better the Rays' top prospect has been of late. The 21-year-old shortstop's average was as low