{"id":520521,"date":"2026-03-13T04:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/520521\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T04:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:58:07","slug":"braves-news-grant-holmes-superb-starting-pitching-inventory-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/520521\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves News: Grant Holmes superb, starting pitching inventory, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Atlanta Braves continued spring play on Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-scores\/127322\/grant-holmes-spring-training-shutout-innings-highlights-sinker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:losing 5-2;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;losing 5-2&quot;}\" class=\"link \">losing 5-2<\/a> to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Despite the score, it was a fantastic day for Grant Holmes, who got the start and turned in a lights-out performance. Holmes threw five hitless innings, striking out nine and walking just one Pirate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This run continues a productive spring training for Holmes. While at camp, he\u2019s logged 12.1 innings, each of them scoreless. He\u2019s allowed just three hits and recorded 16 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">If this version of Grant Holmes shows up in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-analysis\/127219\/atlanta-braves-2026-opening-day-roster-projection-march-12-edition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:regular season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;regular season&quot;}\" class=\"link \">regular season<\/a>, he will be a nice piece in the Braves\u2019 starting rotation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">More Braves News:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Our positional preview series continues with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-analysis\/127277\/2026-atlanta-braves-positional-preview-starting-pitching-chris-sale-spencer-strider-reynaldo-lopez-bryce-elder-grant-holmes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:starting pitchers.\u00a0;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;starting pitchers.&amp;nbsp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">starting pitchers.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">MLB News:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Milwaukee Brewers right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48190408\/brewers-quinn-priester-wrist-open-year-il\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Quinn Priester will start the season on the injured list;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Quinn Priester will start the season on the injured list&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Quinn Priester will start the season on the injured list<\/a> due to a nerve issue in his shoulder. The injury presented itself as wrist soreness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Boston Red Sox agreed to a one-year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/danny-coulombe-signs-one-year-deal-with-boston-red-sox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:deal with left-hander Danny Coulombe.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;deal with left-hander Danny Coulombe.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">deal with left-hander Danny Coulombe.<\/a> The contract guarantees him $1M.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Atlanta Braves continued spring play on Thursday, losing 5-2 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Despite the score, it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[2111,218019,33292,2325,363,2240,61432,145880,99],"class_list":["post-520521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-danny-coulombe","tag-grant-holmes","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-mlb","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-quinn-priester","tag-rob-friedman","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520521","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=520521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}