{"id":412495,"date":"2026-01-17T07:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/412495\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T07:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:39:07","slug":"braves-news-austin-riley-2026-predictions-hot-stove-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/412495\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves News: Austin Riley 2026 predictions, hot stove, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Though a quiet day for the Atlanta Braves, it was a pretty active day for other clubs in the NL East. The Braves may not have made any blockbuster moves on Friday, but the slow day did give us a chance to look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/community\/125043\/what-will-austin-riley-produce-in-2026-daily-question\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Austin Riley\u2019s 2025 season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Austin Riley\u2019s 2025 season<\/a> and gear up for a (hopefully) successful 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">MLB News:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The New York Mets and infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/47631398\/sources-mets-bo-bichette-agree-3-year-126m-contract\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bo Bichette have agreed to a three-year, $126M deal.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bo Bichette have agreed to a three-year, $126M deal.<\/a> The contract does not contain any deferred money. The Philadelphia Phillies reportedly made a seven-year offer to Bichette.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Catcher <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/breaking-news\/article\/phillies-reportedly-re-sign-catcher-jt-realmuto-to-3-year-45-million-deal-after-mets-land-bo-bichette-183821287.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:J.T. Realmuto is off the board;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">J.T. Realmuto is off the board<\/a> after the Philadelphia Phillies re-signed him to a three-year contract worth $45M.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Miami Marlins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/fantasy\/baseball\/news\/marlins-osvaldo-bido-scooped-up-by-miami\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:claimed right-hander Osvaldo Bido;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">claimed right-hander Osvaldo Bido<\/a> off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays. The New York Mets also claimed a player off waivers from Tampa in infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2026\/01\/mets-claim-tsung-che-chen-waivers-rays.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tsung-Che Cheng.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tsung-Che Cheng.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Minnesota Twins agreed to a two-year, $14M <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/47634130\/twins-add-catcher-victor-caratini-2-year-deal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:deal with catcher Victor Caratini.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">deal with catcher Victor Caratini.<\/a> Minnesota\u2019s 40-man roster is full, so a corresponding move is required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Though a quiet day for the Atlanta Braves, it was a pretty active day for other clubs in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[2111,142455,382,28641,2324,2326,363,140860,1189,95569,175188,480,99,624,974,180940,153012],"class_list":["post-412495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-austin-riley","tag-bo-bichette","tag-j-t-realmuto","tag-miami-marlins","tag-minnesota-twins","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-news","tag-new-york-mets","tag-nl-east","tag-osvaldo-bido","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-sports","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-tsung-che-cheng","tag-victor-caratini"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}