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With just over six weeks left in the season, Baldwin is favored to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award.

Baldwin was second in MLB.com's July’s Rookie of the Year poll with nine first-place votes to Brewers phenom pitcher Jacob Misiorowski, who tallied 19 first-place votes. Baldwin may surpass Misiorowski in the upcoming August poll as Misiorowski is currently on the 15-day injured list with a left tibia contusion.

Rookie Drake Baldwin hit two homers and drove in five runs as the Atlanta Braves erased a four-run deficit to beat the visiting Miami Marlins 8-6 on Thursday in the opener of a five-game series.

ATLANTA — In an eventful seven days for the Atlanta Braves that began with a win at the speedway in Bristol, Tenn., and ended with a series-clinching doubleheader sweep of the previously surging Miami Marlins, a pair of rookies gave Braves fans something to be excited about from the team’s woeful season.

Drake Baldwin has done nothing but impress in his rookie season. After going 3-for-4 yesterday, including an RBI single, in the Atlanta Braves’ series finale with the Washington Nationals ...

Atlanta Braves catcher Drake Baldwin reacts as he watches teammates during spring training workouts at CoolToday Park, Sunday, February 16, 2025, North Port, Florida.

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