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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Battling through hip issue

  Rotowire Jun 2, 2025

  Ozuna is playing through a hip injury that he'll likely need to manage throughout the season, 680 The Fan Atlanta reports. Ozuna's hip issue doesn't appear to be an immediate threat to him playing in the team's upcoming series against Arizona, but it's worth noting that he'll presumably receive more days off than usual as the campaign unfolds. "It's one of those things he is going to have to manage and get to the offseason," stated general manager Alex Anthopoulos. The veteran slugger has only sat out of three matchups this year, so it appears he's been successful in managing the injury to this point.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Slugs homer No. 10

  Rotowire Jun 2, 2025

  Ozuna went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's loss to the Red Sox. The veteran DH accounted for Atlanta's only run of the day when he took Garrett Crochet deep in the first inning. It was Ozuna's 10th homer of the season, while the multi-hit performance was his fifth in the last 13 games -- a blistering stretch in which he's slashing .362/.483/.617 with four long balls, seven RBI and nine runs.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: On base five times in twin bill

  Rotowire May 30, 2025

  Ozuna went 2-for-7 with three walks and two runs scored across both games of Thursday's doubleheader split with the Phillies. The veteran DH reached base multiple times in each contest, extending his on-base streak to 11 games in the process. During that stretch, Ozuna's slashing .333/.480/.564 with three homers, six RBI and eight runs, and his current .428 OBP on the season would shatter his previous career high over a full campaign of .378, a mark he set last year. Ozuna did post a .431 OBP over 60 games in the abbreviated pandemic season of 2020.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Goes yard, reaches four times

  Rotowire May 22, 2025

  Ozuna went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk, two total RBI and two runs scored in Thursday's 8-7 extra-inning loss to Washington. Ozuna went back-to-back with Matt Olson in the first inning. This was Ozuna's third homer in the last four games, a span in which he's gone 7-for-15 (.467) with six RBI and a 4:4 BB:K. The designated hitter struggled for power in late April and early May with a 14-game homerless stretch, but he seems to have bounced back. He's now batting. 278 with a .913 OPS, nine homers, 24 RBI, 24 runs scored, six doubles and no stolen bases across 46 contests.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Homers again in win

  Rotowire May 18, 2025

  Ozuna went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, three RBI and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-4 win over the Red Sox. Ozuna drove in a run on a single in the third inning and crushed a 430-foot two-run homer in the eighth. The long ball was his second in as many days, and the 34-year-old has produced five extra-base hits and nine RBI over his past 10 contests. On the year, he's slashing .267/.420/.467 with eight home runs, 22 RBI and 22 runs scored across 193 plate appearances.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Goes deep in loss

  Rotowire May 18, 2025

  Ozuna went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, an additional run and two walks in Saturday's loss to the Red Sox. Ozuna entered Saturday having gone hitless over his past two games, but he snapped that stretch with a 417-foot solo homer in the first frame. The veteran DH added two walks and has now drawn an MLB-high 39 free passes this season. Ozuna's batting average is down a bit at .260 so far this season, but his OBP sits at .415 -- which is on pace for the second-highest mark of his career.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Smacks solo homer

  Rotowire May 12, 2025

  Ozuna went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and an RBI single in Monday's 4-3 win over Washington. Ozuna put Atlanta on the board with an RBI single in the third inning and extended the lead to two runs in the fifth with a solo homer off Jake Irvin. It was Ozuna's sixth home run of the season and first since April 26 against the Diamondbacks. He's gone 9-for-37 with two runs scored, one home run and three RBI since the beginning of May.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Opens scoring with homer

  Rotowire Apr 27, 2025

  Ozuna went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in Saturday's 8-7 extra-inning win over Arizona. Ozuna took Merrill Kelly deep in the first inning. This was Ozuna's fifth homer of the season, and he also drew a walk for a sixth straight game. He has nine free passes and just three strikeouts in that six-game span while batting .375 (6-for-16). The designated hitter is batting .311 with a 1.031 OPS, 10 RBI, 14 runs scored and two doubles across 100 plate appearances so far in 2025, as he's been the most consistent producer of a largely underwhelming Atlanta lineup.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Draws four walks Tuesday

  Rotowire Apr 23, 2025

  Ozuna went 0-for-1 with four walks in Tuesday's loss to the Cardinals. Ozuna never crossed home plate despite reaching base four times Tuesday. It was his third straight game with a walk and his third game this season drawing at least three walks. Ozuna has now reached base 11 times over his last four games, and he's hitting .317/.500/.540 with four homers, nine RBI, 13 runs and a 23:18 BB:K in 86 plate appearances this season.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Back in lineup Friday

  Rotowire Apr 18, 2025

  Ozuna (hip) will start at designated hitter and bat third in Friday's contest versus the Twins. Ozuna missed the entirety of this week's series in Toronto because of hip inflammation, but he's apparently feeling better after a few days of rest. The 34-year-old has cracked three homers while putting up a 1.008 OPS in his first 15 games this season.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Out until Friday with inflamed hip

  Rotowire Apr 14, 2025

  Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said Monday that Ozuna will be unavailable for the team's three-game series in Toronto due to hip inflammation, Barrett Sallee of 680 The Fan reports. Ozuna was sent back to Atlanta to undergo an MRI, which showed inflammation in the hip but no other serious concerns, per Justin Toscano of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He is considered day-to-day but will remain in Atlanta until the team returns home Friday. Bryan De La Cruz will start at designated hitter in Monday's series opener in Toronto.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Nursing minor leg injury

  Rotowire Apr 14, 2025

  Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said that Ozuna is not in Monday's lineup versus the Blue Jays due to a minor leg injury, Justin Toscano of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Snitker is not concerned about Ozuna's injury lingering, but it's enough to keep the designated hitter out of the lineup Monday for the first time this season. Bryan De La Cruz will be the DH and bat fifth for Atlanta in the series opener.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Belts third homer

  Rotowire Apr 11, 2025

  Ozuna went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Friday's 6-3 loss to the Rays. Ozuna reduced the deficit to three runs in the eighth inning when he drove a 92-mph fastball from Edwin Uceta deep for a 425-foot solo homer to left-center field. Ozuna has logged home runs in back-to-back games and has three homers in his last six games. Over that six-game span, he's gone 10-for-25 with two walks, seven runs and six RBI.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Adds walk-off homer to hot stretch

  Rotowire Apr 11, 2025

  Ozuna went 3-for-5 with a double and a two-run home run in Thursday's 4-2 extra-inning victory over the Phillies. Ozuna doubled to left field for Atlanta's first hit of the game in the first inning, and he later crushed a two-run homer off Phillies right-hander Joe Ross to walk it off in the 11th frame following a lengthy rain delay. After beginning the season just 2-for-12, Ozuna is on a tear in April thus far, hitting .385 with two big flies, two doubles, five RBI and seven walks across 26 at-bats.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: First homer of season in win

  Rotowire Apr 5, 2025

  Ozuna went 3-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and three runs scored in Friday's 10-0 win over Miami. After doubling to plate two runs in the third inning, Ozuna had a call on the field overturned by umpire review to give him his first homer of the campaign in the seventh frame. Despite Friday marking his first long ball of 2025, Ozuna is still hitting a strong .286 with five RBI, one double, six runs scored and a whopping 13 walks through 34 plate appearances so far this year.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Slugs first spring homer

  Rotowire Feb 26, 2025

  Ozuna went 1-for-2 with a walk and a two-run home run in Tuesday's split-squad game against the Red Sox. The veteran slugger took Noah Davis deep in the fourth inning for his first long ball of the spring. Ozuna is heading into the final year of his current contract after Atlanta picked up his $16 million option for 2025 in November, and the 34-year-old could be in line for a big payday next winter despite his age if he puts together another strong campaign -- over the last two seasons, he boasts a .289/.364/.552 slash line with 79 homers and 204 RBI.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Option officially picked up

  Rotowire Nov 4, 2024

  Atlanta exercised Ozuna's $16 million club option for 2025, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports. The transaction was a given after Ozuna batted .302/.378/.546 with 39 home runs and 104 RBI in 2024. He is a full-time designated hitter at this point in his career, having not played a single inning in the outfield this season, but Ozuna should be a middle-of-the-order force again in 2025 in what will be his age-34 season.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Option will be exercised

  Rotowire Oct 4, 2024

  Atlanta president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos said Friday that the team plans to exercise Ozuna's $16 million club option for 2025, Grant McAuley of 92.9 The Game Atlanta reports. The decision was a gimme after Ozuna slashed .302/.378/.546 with 39 home runs and 104 RBI in 2024. The veteran slugger didn't play a single inning in the outfield this season, so Jorge Soler will have to play the outfield in 2025 if Atlanta intends on him being a regular next season. It's not ideal from a defensive standpoint, but Atlanta wasn't going to let Ozuna walk after he was the team's best offensive player in 2024.

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Three XBH in win

  Rotowire Sep 18, 2024

  Ozuna went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, two doubles, two runs scored and two total RBI during Wednesday's 7-1 win over the Reds. Ozuna snapped a streak of 26 games without a home run, taking Tony Santillan yard in the seventh inning. In September, Ozuna is 17-for-56 (.304) with seven runs, two RBI and almost as many walks (10) as strikeouts (11).

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• Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Another three hits in win

  Rotowire Aug 18, 2024

  Ozuna went 3-for-3 with a three-run homer, a walk and three runs scored in Saturday's win over the Angels. Ozuna crushed a hanging slider from Griffin Canning 437 feet over the wall in center field in his first at-bat to score Michael Harris and Austin Riley, giving the veteran slugger his 36th long ball of the campaign and his fifth this month. Ozuna added two leadoff singles in the contest, marking his second consecutive three-hit performance and his sixth multi-hit effort in his last 10 games overall. Over that latter stretch, he's batting .428 (18-for-42) with four homers, seven RBI and nine runs scored.

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