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Braves Carlos Perez Struggles With Command
After gaining significant helium during the 2010 off-season, prospect followers expected young left-hander Carlos Perez to firmly establish himself as the best of the next wave of young Braves pitchers. With Randall Delgado, Arodys Vizcaino, Julio Teheran and Mike Minor in the midst of breaking through at the Major League level, along with prospect fallout from the Michael Bourn...
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Keith Law is Quick to Discount Braves’ Farm System
Keith Law ranked the MLB’s best farm systems and gave a less than glowing critique of the Atlanta Braves. He ranked them 16th and heavily criticized their philosophy in the past two drafts.
You can find Law’s rankings here (there is a subscription needed to read it). This is what he has to say:
They have reaped as little from the draft the past two years as anyone,...
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Player Profile #63: Brian McCann | C | ATL
Can you even doubt Brian McCann at this point? He’s been one of the most consistent players at the position over the last six seasons and had it not been for an injury, McCann would’ve had a career high in home runs. Sure his RBI totals were down a bit from previous seasons, but we can attribute that batters around him (Dan Uggla, Jason Heyward) slumping for most of 2012...
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All In: Brandon Beachy
I like being a sleeper T...it helps me with the ladies.
Fantasy Sleeper 2012
Brandon Beachy wasn’t even the best Braves pitching prospect heading into 2011. In fact, he was probably #3 behind Mike Minor and Julio Teheran. Regardless, the Braves put him in the starting rotation from the beginning, and those guys started out the year in the minor leagues. Well, Beachy...
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Positive Things Coming from Braves Country
Over the past two weeks, there have been two extremely encouraging reports out of the Atlanta Braves world that should make fans excited and hopeful for good things in 2012. The new weekend uniforms is not what should get fans excited, though I do like them. The good news comes about two young players that are hoping to rebound in 2012.
Tommy Hanson made only 5 starts after the...
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Manuel Gives Extra Motivation to the Braves
It is not like the Atlanta Braves really needed any extra motivation headed into this offseason. They collapsed in amazing fashion and saw the team that edged them out of a playoff spot celebrate with a World Series title. Questions of ‘What if?’ and “What could have been?” were undoubtedly left in their minds.
As a team, they had all the motivation that they needed to...
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NL East: A Fascinating Place: Braves
Yesterday began a new series on the National League East, a division that has dramatically evolved during the off season. The series began, of course, with the Phillies. The Phillies are still the top dog until some team rises and knocks them off their perch. Could that team be the Atlanta Braves? Not if it is last year's Braves who never looked as good as the Phillies. And certainly...
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Beachy works to go deeper into games
Brandon Beachy didnt waste any time preparing for 2012.
A few days after the Braves season ended with that 4-3 13-inning loss to the Phillies on Sept. 28, Beachy was back in the gym.
I really built my day around (working out), he said.
His goal: Build arm strength and endurance to improve his ability to go deeper in games and increase his innings.
Beachy pitched 141 23 innings...
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Braves home alternate jerseys, now with less racism!
This year the Atlanta Braves will sport new home alternate jerseys that are something of a throwback. The cream colored alts feature blue piping, a number on the front, and lack the tomahawk under the script “Braves”. The left sleeve features a patch with two crossed tomahawks, and the year 1876, the year of the team’s inception. The unis are designed to be...
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You may say I'm a dreamer: Atlanta Braves
What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I'm a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2012 title for all 30 teams.
After falling criminally short of making the playoffs last season, the Atlanta Braves made up for it in a big way in 2012 by winning the whole damn thing, knocking off the three-time...
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2012 player preview: Erik Cordier
Time for a guy who could be a factor for the Braves this season, but not in his current role: Erik Cordier. The 25 (26 this month) year-old Cordier was acquired from the Braves way back in March of 2007 from the Royals in exchange for Tony Pena Jr, then a shortstop. He missed all of the 2007 following Tommy John surgery, and only threw 45 innings in 2008 for the GCL and Rome. In...
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Braves unveil another alternate home uniform
The Atlanta Braves have unveiled a new alternate home uniform that is based on the attire worn when the team moved from Milwaukee in 1966.
The Braves held a ceremony Monday for Chipper Jones, Brian McCann and Dan Uggla to model the new look. Hank Aaron was also on hand.
The cream-colored uniforms feature the customary Braves script across the front, but without the tomahawk that...
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Q&A with Braves reliever Eric O-Flaherty
Eric OFlaherty made 895,000 last year, when he led major league relievers with a 0.98 ERA and became the first reliever in MLB history to finish with an ERA below 1.00 in at least 70 appearances.
Backed by his incredible 2011 numbers, which included 67 strikeouts in 73 23 innings, OFlaherty signed a one-year deal worth 2.49 million in January.
Andy Johnston recently chatted with...
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Braves officially unveil new alternate jersey
During a press conference this morning at Turner Field, the Braves officially unveiled yet another alternate jersey. The jerseys are identical to the ones we initially linked to last month. Here's a closeup view of the patch on the sleeve.My initial thoughts? NEEDS MORE TOMAHAWKS. No tomahawk on the front of the jersey makes me a sad panda, and takes the team down another small...
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Braves invite top prospects to Spring Training
Injured reliever Peter Moylan and four of the Braves' top prospects are among the 21 non-roster players who have invited to spring training this month.
Moylan, who had back and shoulder surgery in 2011, is expected to return to the team sometime this summer.
Top catching prospect Christian Bethancourt and shortstop Andrelton Simmons are among the players not on the 40-man...
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