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Has Evan Gattis become the new threat?

During the offseason, when people weren’t talking about the Upton brothers, they were talking about Brian McCann‘s injury and Christian Bethancourt challenging him for the starting role.…Read More

Juan Francisco: 2013 Projections Atlanta Braves

  We covered one side of the third base platoon with Chris Johnson’s projections early this week, now we go over his counterpart Juan Francisco.  This is a guy who has serious power potential and…Read More

What To Do With Evan Gattis

  Evan Gattis has proven he can hit but should he be on the 25 man roster this year? Going into spring training this year the question most were focused on was who would replace Chipper Jones at…Read More

Braves Outfield Defense- Better or Worse in 2013? Part 1

Last week in my post on news you may have missed I quoted a fellow fan who said that the trade of Martin Prado et al for Justin Upton and Chris Johnson coupled with the departure of Michael Bourn for…Read More

Division Positional Comparisons: The Starting Rotation

We now head to the other side of the ball, looking at the starting rotations.  While I’m not a fan of assigning slots for specific pitchers, I will be ranking them by team, then comparing each “#1″…Read More

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Freddie Freeman: 2013 Projections Atlanta Braves

  In the 2nd round of the 2007 amateur MLB draft, the Atlanta Braves selected a 6’5”, 225-pound…Read More

Division Positional Comparisons: Catcher and Bench

We round out the position players around the division by looking at the catchers and bench players.  I’ll…Read More

Brian McCann: 2013 Projections Atlanta Braves

  In 2005, the Atlanta Braves went into the season with a catcher who had finally broke out in the…Read More

Divisonal Positional Comparisons: The Outfield

After looking at the infields around the division, we now move to the outfield.  Aside from the Marlins…Read More

2013 Projections: Position #1 PART 5

  Since 1990, the Atlanta Braves have only had eight different opening day starting pitchers. …Read More

Divisional Position Comparisons: The Infield

With Spring Training ready to begin, player movement is just about done and roster comparison can begin.…Read More

2013 Projections: Position #1 PART 4

Kris Medlen should start off the season as the #2 starter in the Braves rotation – let’s get that…Read More

2013 Projections: Position #1 PART 3

The next starting pitcher in my projected rotation is a guy who has pitched at the MLB level for three…Read More

2013 Early Projections: Position #1 PART 1

In this first part of the early 2013 projections we will dive into the starting pitcher position for…Read More

Adding Moustakas to the Young Nucleus

The feeling in this hot stove season is that the Braves would prefer to move Martin Prado back to third…Read More

Introducing Evan Gattis

If you haven’t heard of Evan Gattis yet… you have now. A few people had him on their radar before…Read More

2012 Player Projections: Brian McCann

  Brian McCann had a solid season in 2011 despite going down with an injury like Prado, Beachy,…Read More

2012 Player Projections: Mike Minor

Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-US PRESSWIRE A much-needed left-handed presence in the rotation,…Read More

2012 Player Projections: Jason Heyward

  I saved the best for last of course; rookie sensation and sophomore… well he didn’t have…Read More

2012 Player Projections: Jair Jurrjens

The last lock to the rotation, Jair Jurrjens will look to bounce back from a knee injury and sustain…Read More