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The Atlanta Braves' Double-A Southern League team is moving from Pearl, Mississippi, to Columbus, Georgia for the 2025 season. The Mississippi Braves announced the move on social media on Tuesday.
After 20 years, the Double-A Mississippi Braves, which are owned by Diamond Baseball Holdings, are moving to Columbus, Georgia and the Braves' lease at 8,480-seat Trustmark Park is up at the end ...
The team, which is owned by Diamond Baseball Holdings, is moving to Columbus, Georgia and the Braves' lease at 8,480-seat Trustmark Park is up at the end of this season. Diamond Baseball Holdings ...
The team, which will play in the Southern League, will be the Double-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves major-league club. They will relocate to Columbus from Pearl, Mississippi , a suburb of Jackson , following the 2024 season, where they were previously known as the Mississippi Braves .
The Braves defeated the Montgomery Biscuits, 3–2, in the best-of-five series to win the Double-A South championship. [4] Shea Langeliers was selected as the league's Top MLB Prospect and Dan Meyer as the Manager of the Year. [5] In December 2021, Diamond Baseball Holdings bought the Mississippi Braves from Atlanta Braves owner Liberty Media. [6]
The team debuted with the name "On Deck 2025," the placeholder name until the name was chosen. Fans of the new team were given three choices for names; the "Mississippi Mud Monsters," "Mississippi Grits," and "Mississippi Soul Shakers." [6] [7] [8] A name the team contest ran from September 9, and ended on September 26. [7]
Ole Miss baseball and Mississippi State have played a nonconference game in Jackson or Pearl in every full season since 1980. Is that in jeopardy? The Mississippi Braves are moving.
It is the home of the Mississippi Mud Monsters, an expansion team in the independent Frontier League, and the Belhaven Blazers, a college baseball team in the NCAA Division III Collegiate Conference of the South. [6] It was the home of the Mississippi Braves, the Southern League Double-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, from 2005 to 2024. [7]