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Braves' Drake Baldwin: Takes home NL ROY Award
Drake Baldwin was named the Jackie Robinson National League Rookie of the Year on Monday.Baldwin won the award comfortably, receiving 21 of 30 first-place votes to beat out Cade Horton, who got nine first-place votes. Baldwin was a valuable bat for Atlanta throughout the 2025 campaign, slashing .274/.341/.469 with 19 home runs, 80 RBI and 56 runs scored in 124 games. He becomes the first catcher to win Rookie of the Year since 2010 when Buster Posey took home the hardware, per Grant McAuley of the Marietta Daily Journal.
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Braves' Drake Baldwin: Closing rookie season strong
Drake Baldwin went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI, two runs scored and a walk in Monday's win over the Nationals.Baldwin reached base three times in Monday's win, highlighted by a two-run single in the third inning. He's stayed hot at the plate down the stretch, slashing .370/.433/.778 over his last seven games. For the season, the 24-year-old is batting .275/.344/.462 with 16 doubles, 18 homers and 78 RBI in 119 games as he makes a strong push for National League Rookie of the Year.
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Braves' Drake Baldwin: Plates four in rout
Drake Baldwin went 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBI in Monday's 11-3 victory over the Nationals.The rookie backstop notched his third career performance with four or more RBI, upping his season total to 68. Baldwin topped Atlanta's scoring with a 378-foot, two-run shot off reliever Orlando Ribalta in the ninth. The 24-year-old is now slashing .268/.337/.439 with 16 homers across 395 total plate appearances.
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Braves' Drake Baldwin: Resting Sunday
Drake Baldwin is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Astros.Baldwin had started in each of the last nine games -- eight at catcher, one at designated hitter -- but he'll get a well-deserved breather for Sunday's matinee. Sandy Leon will step in behind the plate in the rookie's stead.
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Braves' Drake Baldwin: Makes impact off bench
Drake Baldwin went 1-for-1 with a two-run home run and a walk in Sunday's 3-1 win over Philadelphia.Baldwin gave way to Sean Murphy behind the plate to start this game. In the end, Baldwin was part of Atlanta's build-up to tie the game in the eighth inning before he swatted the decisive homer in the top of the ninth. This was the rookie's 100th game, and he's up to 15 homers on the year while adding 62 RBI, 41 runs scored and a .280/.351/.462 slash line. He was right in line with those marks in August, batting .284 (23-for-81) with 21 RBI over 23 games for the month.
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Braves' Drake Baldwin: Receiving Sunday off
Drake Baldwin is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Phillies.Baldwin went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 3-2 loss, which ended a stretch of 11 straight starts without a multi-hit performance. Sean Murphy will catch for rookie righty Hurston Waldrep in Sunday's series finale.
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Braves' Drake Baldwin: Taking seat Tuesday
Drake Baldwin isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Marlins.Although he's collected a base hit in each of his last four games and six of his last seven, Baldwin will ride the bench Tuesday while he continues to share duties behind the plate with Sean Murphy, who will bat seventh against Sandy Alcantara.
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Braves' Drake Baldwin: Slugs solo homer in narrow loss
Drake Baldwin went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Monday's 2-1 loss to Miami.The rookie catcher has now logged at least one hit in eight of his last 10 outings, and he crushed his 14th homer of the year. With Sean Murphy falling out of manager Brian Snitker's favor in 2025, Baldwin has capitalized on the opportunity as Atlanta's primary backstop. Baldwin is slashing a promising .278/.343/.458 with 12 doubles, 36 runs scored and 58 RBI over 329 trips to the plate.
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Braves' Drake Baldwin: Idle for series finale
Drake Baldwin is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mets.Baldwin started the first two games of the series, but he'll head to the bench Sunday while southpaw David Peterson takes the hill for New York. Sean Murphy will handle catching duties for Atlanta.
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Braves' Drake Baldwin: Resting against lefty
Drake Baldwin is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the White Sox.With lefty Martin Perez toeing the rubber for the White Sox, the left-handed-hitting Baldwin will cede catching duties to Sean Murphy in the series finale. Baldwin was behind the dish for the first two games of the three-game set with Chicago and went 1-for-9 with a walk, three RBI and one run.
Drake Baldwin
#30 C / Atlanta Braves / EXP: 0YRS Height: 6-1 Weight: 225 lb Age: 24 College: None Bats/Throws -/-Fantasy Points by Week
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- 40%
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- 10