ROME, Ga – With the graduation of Athletics starting pitcher Luis Morales, Atlanta’s top right-handed pitching prospect, JR Ritchie, joins Cam Caminiti on baseball’s top 100 prospects list. The 35th overall pick in 2022 out of Bainbridge High School in western Washington state returned from his May 2023 Tommy John

Well, it wouldn’t be Stranger Things Night without a little mystery… and this one’s a doozy. Somewhere between Hawkins and Rome, our Chief Julius bobbleheads took a detour into the Upside Down and won’t make it to AdventHealth Stadium by August 30th. But don’t worry—we’ve got a plan that even

ROME, GA – With just two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Emperors entered Tuesday’s series opener just 3.5 games back of Hub City but conceded six early runs to Winston-Salem, falling 7-0 and dropping to 4.5 games back. Starter Cedric De Grandpre struggled with command across his three

Asheville, NC – With Rome five outs shy of yet another shutout, the Tourists banded together for a run in the eighth but dropped the series opener, 3-1, giving Rome its longest win streak since June 1st of last season. Now only 3.5 games out of first place (7.5 games

ROME, GA – The South Atlantic League, in conjunction with Minor League Baseball, today announced their weekly award winners for the week of August 11th through the 17th, which included Rome’s Logan Braunschweig. 35 days removed from being taken on day two of the Major League Baseball Draft and 18

Rome, GA - Ahead by as many as three runs Wednesday night, the Emperors saw Tampa’s no. 6 prospect, Aidan Smith, hammer a three-run shot to left field to tie the game in the fifth, and Parkview’s own Ryan Spikes drive in two in the eighth to secure a 6-4

The Rome Emperors are inviting fans to experience baseball in its purest form during Nothing Night on Wednesday, August 13th, at 7:00 PM, as they take on the Bowling Green Hot Rods at AdventHealth Stadium. Nothing Night is exactly what it sounds like—a night dedicated solely to the game of

Braunschweig Logs First Professional Hits, Emperors Take Tight Opener in Greenville GREENVILLE, SC – Staring up at a 3-0 deficit exiting the fourth inning, Rome’s offense flared up in the fifth, seeing all four of their runs cross the plate on three hits and three walks to effectively solidify a

WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY – Ahead for the majority of game one, the Renegades weathered a late push from the Emperors and took the series opener, 4-3. New York’s No. 18 prospect (MLB Pipeline), Kyle Carr, took elite form on Tuesday, tossing 6.2 innings of shutout baseball, striking out seven Emperors

ROME, GA – Hub City’s leadoff, Anthony Gutierrez, and nine-hole, Quincy Scott, left fingerprints on all six runs scored by the Spartanburgers on Thursday in their game three triumph. Gutierrez (3-for-5, RBI, R, 3SB) and Scott (3-for-4, 2B, 3R, RBI) paced the Spartanburg offense, as it was Scott’s double in

ROME, Ga – After the Emperors and the Spartanburgers traded zeros for the first five innings of game one, three extra-base hits, including Ambioris Tavarez’s seventh-inning solo homerun, financed Rome’s 4-0 win. For the second-straight series, right-hander Cedric De Grandpre opened the week on the mound for the Emperors and

ROME, Ga – Patrick Clohisy’s first four-hit game of his career helped fund Tuesday’s 3-0 shutout of the first-half champions, the Bowling Green Hot Rods. A National Stamp Day crowd of over 2,000 was on-hand for game one of Rome’s miniseries with the Bowling Green Hot Rods, 2024 South Atlantic

ROME, Ga – For seven innings Wednesday night, the Emperors and the Drive shared just two total bases with Greenville operating with a 1-0 lead, but their five-run ninth all but killed Rome’s chances in game two. Starter Jacob Kroeger’s evening went about as well as one could have hoped,

ROME, Ga – Ten starts had come and gone since Herick Hernandez’s last scoreless outing on April 15th, but Tuesday’s six-inning, one-hit masterclass against the Greenville Drive added to what has been his best month on the mound this season. Herick labored through some deep counts early in the game,

Rome, GA- Nine of Greensboro's ten hits came with two outs on Thursday night, and Kroeger's stellar High-A debut unfortunately came with a loss attached. Rome’s pitching staff continues to shine, and Kroeger’s performance only added to that reputation. He went 5.2 innings, striking out 11 batters—setting a new single-game,

ROME, GA – A fifth-inning, two-run homerun off the bat of Justin Janas put the Emperors in front, but Greensboro’s three-run eighth and four-run ninth buried them in the end. Starter Cory Wall and piggy backer Giomar Diaz worked three innings each, giving up a combined four hits and one

GREENVILLE, SC - Red hot Greenville secures tenth win of two-week homestand, putting them within a half-game of first-place and lowering Rome to three games under .500. Greenville threatened with two men on in the first and second innings, but Rome pitcher Cedric DeGrandpre was able to escape both jams

GREENVILLE, SC – Greenville's power continues to be separating factor between them and Emperors as Freili Encarnacion’s 6th inning blast broke the game open for the Drive. The first run to score belonged to the Emperors as E.J. Exposito took a 1-1 pitch from Noah Dean high and deep into

GREENVILLE, SC – Despite outhitting Greenville 13-9, Rome’s 9th inning rally fell one run short as they lost to the Drive 5-4. Garrett Baumann took the mound for Rome, looking for his first win of the season. Baumann faced traffic on the basepaths immediately as Yophery Rodriguez and Antonio Anderson

GREENVILLE, SC – For the second time in the series, three Greenville swings defined nine innings of baseball in 7-2 loss for the Emperors. Called up from Augusta on May 13, Logan Samuels made his fourth start for Rome on Thursday, seeking his first win for the Emperors. Miguel Bleis

GREENVILLE, SC - Luke Sinnard gave the Emperors five innings of one-run baseball Wednesday, relishing in the four-run advantage provided by Exposito and Tavarez's back-to-back doubles in the second and Espinoza's solo shot in the third. After scoring the final run in Tuesday’s game, Exposito and the Emperors picked up

GREENVILE, SC – Greenville overpowered Herick Hernandez and the Emperors on Tuesday night; three home runs combining for five of the Drive’s seven runs. Rome’s starting pitcher Herrick Hernandez, had little time to settle into Greenville before receiving a gut punch from the Drive by way of back-to-back longballs in

ROME, Ga – The South Atlantic League, in conjunction with Minor League Baseball, yesterday announced their weekly award winners, which included Emperors right-hander Cedric De Grandpre. For the second time in as many months, Horacio Ramirez’s staff celebrates a Pitcher of the Week nomination. This time, it’s Quebec, Canada’s own

ROME, GA – Rome’s pitching staff tallies 12 strikeouts, and the offense provides some much-needed power to propel the Emperors to a Sunday victory. The Sunday series finale kicked off with right-handed pitcher Cedric De Granpré on the mound for the Emperors. Cedric was making his first High-A start since

ROME, GA – Back-to-back two-out doubles in the second and Will Bush’s second home run of the series put the Emperors in an unconquerable five-run hole early in Thursday’s game. Left-hander Riley Frey breezed through the first and two-thirds of the second, facing the minimum through five batters, but a