Schafer To Have Surgery On Wrist

What a painful loss for the Atlanta Braves tonight against the San Diego Padres.  The 2-1 extra inning loss was indicative of another offensive struggle for the Braves. Even Martin Prado went 0-6. Without Adam LaRoche, the Braves might be out of  it. He gave the Braves another chance to win but they blew it. San [...]

I say the headline “Atlanta Braves Have Less Than 20 Percent Chance Of Making Playoffs” as a fact and not a question because I trust the brains in two MIT graduates over my own brain. I loved this piece on AJC from Jeff Schultz that explains why and how two guys who started this numbers and [...]

San Diego at Atlanta: Atlanta enters this series as the winner of its last two games. San Diego has lost its last two. Mat Latos is struggling while Jair Jurrjens is cruising.Philadelphia at Pittsburgh: Philadelphia rolls into Pittsburgh after taking the final three games of their series at Citi Field. Pittsburgh, while still struggling overall, has won five of their last six games...

The Phillies were still 11 1/2 games back of the eventual NL champion Atlanta Braves on August 25th, 1999, but things were looking up. The Phils were 67-59, led by new franchise cornerstones Scott Rolen and Bobby Abreu, and a career year from Mike Lieberthal, and they were looking like they were well on their way to their first winning season since 1993. Best of all, they had just...

This article is the second in a five-part series discussing the players on the Atlanta Braves' 25-man roster that will be free agents at the end of the 2009 season. Last week we discussed Rafael Soriano in part one. In this week's edition, we are analyzing Braves' pitch-hitter and occasional backup first baseman Greg Norton. Certainly the 2009 season has not been good...

More photos » by John Bazemore - AP Atlanta Braves' Brian McCann leads the best offensive catching unit in the National League. Browse more photos » Here is a look at where the Atlanta Braves rank by position compared to the rest of the National League. Catcher:  The Braves, and Brian McCann, are 1st in OPS by almost 80 points over second place. The Braves...

With the impending return of Tim Hudson to the Atlanta Braves major league roster, the Braves will be facing a dilemma that many teams would love to have to solve. Six starting pitchers. Five spots in the rotation. The music is set to stop in this game of starting rotation musical chairs in early September when Hudson returns. And a lot of the speculation about who will be left without...

With the impending return of Tim Hudson to the Atlanta Braves' major league roster, the Braves will be facing a dilemma that many teams would love to have to solve. Six starting pitchers. Five spots in the rotation. The music is set to stop in this game of starting rotation musical chairs in early September when Hudson returns. And a lot of the speculation about who will be left...

Minor league outfielder Jason Heyward and first baseman Freddie Freeman headline this year’s Braves class of invitees to the Arizona Fall League. . . .

With the Phillies avoiding disaster in Pittsburgh the magic number for the Phillies to clinch the division as decreased by one! The Atlanta Braves lost but the magic number does not decrease by two because the Florida Marlins have taken over second place and are still seven games behind the Phillies. Heading into Wednesday night's games the Braves and Marlins were tied for second...

Turner Field - 1:30 PM - Ricky Nolasco vs Derek LoweBOXThe Marlins fought back from an early three run deficit to take the lead at the midway point of Sunday afternoon's rubber match against the Braves but a late decision by Fredi Gonzalez to pitch to Brian McCann rather than walk him to load the bases and put the double play in order led to their downfall. McCann singled back...