Atlanta Braves Blog
If variety is the spice of life, then as a Braves fan you have to love manager Fredi Gonzalez‘s line-up selections. They are rarely the same two days in a row. The left-handed hitting Jordan Schafer will start in center field and bat lead-off today against Dodgers’ right-hander, Matt Nagli. Schafer is hitting .302 on [...]
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez puts another interesting line-up out there tonight against the Diamondbacks. Most notable is that the .153 hitting B.J. Upton will bat second and the .307 hitting Chris Johnson will bat eighth. This will be the fifth time this season that B.J. Upton has batted second. At first glance it looks a [...]
Yesterday’s article entitled, “Braves Could Have Decisions to Make,” detailed the struggles of Dan Uggla and B.J. Upton, and talked about options Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez may at some point consider. The real question I’m going to talk about today, is when if it all would it be appropriate for Gonzalez to bench Uggla and/or [...]
After a 12-1 start the Braves have lost three in a row and seven of their last ten games, so is it time for Braves fans to panic? Of course it is time for Braves fans to panic, that is what fans do. Located in Atlanta the Braves have a lot of fans in the [...]
Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez has inserted two bench players into today’s starting line-up against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates will send left-handed pitcher Jonathan Sanchez to the mound today. Sanchez has a 12.96 ERA through two starts this season. His last appearance was this past Tuesday night against the Cardinals when the game was [...]
The Kansas City Royals and former Atlanta Brave, Jeff Francoeur, snapped the Braves 10-game win streak with a 1-0 victory on Wednesday afternoon. Despite the victory over the Braves, Francoeur came away impressed with this year’s Atlanta team. “That is a very good baseball team over there, we know that,” Francoeur said. Braves manager Fredi [...]
Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez has tabbed veteran Tim Hudson to start the Braves Opening Day against the Philadelphia Phillies on April 1. Many folks predicted that Kris Medlen would be the Braves Opening Day starter, citing that the way Gonzalez had set up his spring rotation, Medlen’s turn would come up on Opening Day. [...]
Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez will be managing his seventh big league season in 2013. He managed the Marlins from 2006-2009, and of course, the Braves in 2011 and 2012. The 2013 Atlanta Braves season will bring Gonzalez’s biggest expectations ever as a major league manager. Gonzalez has been good in his big league managing [...]
The Atlanta Braves bullpen has been a team strength the past few seasons, ranking high among all major league bullpens in most categories each year. What is exciting for Braves fans is that the 2013 Atlanta Braves bullpen may be the best we’ve seen in recent years. Before we look at the Atlanta Braves 2013 [...]
Conventional wisdom is that Evan Gattis, Jordan Schafer, or Jose Constanza, will win the fifth spot on the Braves bench. Gattis has tremendous power, Schafer has speed and can play all three outfield positions, and Constanza has proven that he can be productive in the major leagues. But with the multiple position capability of Martin [...]
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