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The Atlanta Braves (39-50) visit the Athletics (37-55) for the start of a 3-game series Tuesday at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. First pitch is scheduled for 10:05 p.m. ET (MLB Network). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's MLB odds around the Braves vs. A's odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.

Play-by-play action for the Atlanta Braves vs. Athletics MLB game from July 8, 2025 on ESPN.

At 39-50 entering play on Monday, the Braves are 9 1/2 games out of a potential playoff spot. They're running out of time to make any sort of push up the standings, and they'd have to do so without their two best starting pitchers, Chris Sale and Spencer Schwellenbach.

The Los Angeles Dodgers could look to poach a relief pitcher from the Atlanta Braves to fill a hole in their bullpen.

We’re barreling toward the 2025 MLB trade deadline, and the Atlanta Braves? They’ve got needs, and they’re not small. Sure, on paper this team still flashes that championship pedigree — Spencer Strider firing darts,

Atlanta native Butler, an alum of Westlake High, led off the game in electric fashion after hitting a long fly to right center that took a sharp bounce off the wall, as he sprinted around the full diamond for the inside-the-park homer. The Braves have now lost five straight and seven of eight.

Lawrence Butler homered twice and Nick Kurtz belted his first career grand slam to lead the Athletics to a 10-1 trouncing of the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night in West Sacramento, Calif.