This story was excerpted from Mark Bowman's Braves Beat newsletter.

If you're reading this, congratulations -- you've just about made it through another offseason.

Spencer Strider didn’t match the utter dominance he had displayed in his Grapefruit League season debut on Monday.

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Ian Anderson’s days with the Braves came to a close on Sunday afternoon, when he was traded to the Angels in exchange for left-handed reliever José Suarez, the team announced.

Jesse Chavez has been given yet another chance to be part of the Braves bullpen.