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Tommy Hanson Finishes Third in the 2009 NL Rookie of the Year Award
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by Morry Gash - AP
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Tommy Hanson finishes third in the 2009 NL Rookie of the Year voting.
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This Week's Schedule at Talking Chop: November 16-22
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This week we will finish up all of the 2009 Player Reviews and the top prospects by position. The bullpen is the last area of the team to discuss and we'll continue with the format that we've been using all off-season, starting with the major league guys, then moving on...
The Atlanta Braves Weekly Wrap
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by Gregory Smith - AP
Atlanta Braves hitter Brian McCann winning his third Silver Slugger award was just one of the highlights from this past week.
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Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence Climbs Higher
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There is a certain resiliency to the Braves, and their fans certainly feel the same way. After an exciting, then disappointing finish to the regular season, the Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence Rating has climbed in each off-season sampling. The last in-season poll had the FCP at...
Talking Chop Round Table: Braves Left-Handed Starters
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As part of season reviews for major league players and top prospect rankings for minor league players, we here at Talking Chop thought it would be a fun idea to get all of our bloggers together with the help of Google Docs and debate the various aspects of each position in the...
Braves Interested in Japanese Pitcher Hidetaka Kawagoe
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An interesting note from the Japanese Yahoo baseball rumors site, via NPB Tracker:
Daily Sports has a report saying that the Braves have some interest in signing Hidetaka Kawagoe, who was release by the Orix Buffaloes at the end of the season. Kawagoe, 36, moved from the rotation...
Brian McCann Charity Softball Game; Andruw Jones wants his job back
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There's a reason why I call Brian McCann "Baby Jesus." Aside from the adorable chubby cheeks and the lovability towards our All-Star catcher, he's simply a phenomenal baseball player. Without question the most talented catcher in the National League...
Scouting Braves First Base Prospect Freddie Freeman
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ESPN's new scout reporter guy, Jason Grey, posted this video and some nice analysis of the Braves second-best prospect, power-hitting first baseman Freddie Freeman:
Grey gets Freeman to talk about the injury which hurt his numbers at double-A:
"I hurt my wrist and...
The obligatory Braves rumor shoot-down
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Mark Bowman has been doing a yeoman's job of shooting down rumors that pop up so far this off-season. Last night ex-Nats GM Jim Bowden reported that the Dodgers and Braves were discussing a possible Javier Vazquez deal. As johnny-on-the-spot as Bowman was in getting information...
Pondering Kerry Wood at closer for the Braves
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by Mark Duncan - AP
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Keith Law makes some good points about the Indians closer, Kerry Wood:
"Wood had a better year than he's getting credit for having - once you...
Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence Poll
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Every other Friday this off-season Talking Chop presents the Atlanta Braves fan confidence poll. This poll and therefore your confidence level should encompasses several areas of the team. These areas include, but are not limited to, the team’s ownership, current management...
Let the Braves' Javier Vazquez rumors begin
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With the signing of Tim Hudson, the baseball rumorverse can officially begin spewing forth any and all whispered third-hand nuggets about who might match up with the Braves as trading partners for one of their extra starting pitchers. The first one comes from ex-Nats GM Jim Bowden...
Braves Top-10 Minor League Left Handed Starting Pitchers (1-5)
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Today we finish off the Top 5 Braves southpaw prospects. Like I said yesterday, there is some good depth here, but after the top guy, Mike Minor, most of the other guys are fairly interchangeable and there are guys that are difficult to rank. Brett DeVall who missed a good portion...
Braves Catcher Brian McCann Wins Silver Slugger
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Brian McCann has just won his third silver slugger award as the best hitting catcher in the National League. This is McCann's third silver slugger in four full seasons in the majors. The further cements the fact that McCann in the best catcher in the NL. Here are his stats...
Pass, pass, pass, pass, and pass.
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Pass, pass, pass, pass, and pass.
Fox Sports tries to give us some insight into what kind of slugger the Braves are looking for. I am not very enthusiastic with the names they mention.
Braves Top-10 Minor League Left Handed Starting Pitchers (6-10)
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Since the days of Paul Snyder the Braves scouting and development system has revolved around cultivating young projectable talent. Within that sphere of thinking they put more of their focus on pitching than position players with the idea that it is better to have an abundance...
Tim Hudson's contract extension with the Braves is now official
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by Kathy Willens - AP
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The official announcement of Tim Hudson's contract extension with the Atlanta Braves has finally arrived. David O'Brien tweets that the extension...
SBN Awards: NL MVP
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Every year the bloggers and members of the SBN baseball blog community get together and do our own BWAA-style voting for all of the major awards. No Braves finished very high in the voting. Surprisingly, Javier Vazquez was the Braves player who ranked the highest. Of course, Pujols...
Take the Braves out of the running for these free agents
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by Chris Carlson - AP
Was it Divine intervention that prevented the Atlanta Braves from signing Rafael Furcal... or just his agents.
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Last off-season the Atlanta...
Talking Chop Round Table: Braves Right-Handed Starters
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As part of season reviews for major league players and top prospect rankings for minor league players, we here at Talking Chop thought it would be a fun idea to get all of our bloggers together with the help of Google Docs and debate the various aspects of each position in the...
Braves GM Frank Wren said they would look to field offers on a couple of their starting pitchers....
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Braves GM Frank Wren said they would look to field offers on a couple of their starting pitchers. That includes Derek Lowe, who could draw interest from the Yankees as an alternative to John Lackey. "We're in a position where people know we have an excess in starting pitching...
Braves Sign a Minor League Shortstop
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A few nuggets of Atlanta Braves news from Our Sports Central today. First, the Braves have signed a minor league shortstop:
Coastal Bend Thunder's Amadeo Zazueta has been signed to a contract with the Atlanta Braves organization.
The transaction between the Thunder and...
SBN Awards: NL Cy Young
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Every year the bloggers and members of the SBN baseball blog community get together and do our own BWAA-style voting for all of the major awards. This year two Braves placed in the NL Cy Young voting, Javier Vazquez and Jair Jurrjens. Here is the voting breakdown:
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Braves Name Dave Wallace and Garey Ingram to Minor League Posts
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The Atlanta Braves have named Dave Wallace minor league pitching coordinator and Garey Ingram the hitting coach at Class-AA Mississippi. We already knew about the Wallace hiring from a Seattle newspaper, but here is the official announcement:
Atlanta Braves Director of Player...
Why the Braves should sign Billy Wagner
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The Atlanta Braves should sign Billy Wagner to be their closer... this is pretty much a no-brainer, especially after I learned that his agent is named Bean Stringfellow. I repeat, his agent is named Bean Stringfellow... and he used to pitch in the Braves organization:
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