Atlanta Braves Blog
It was a good week for Braves Minor League action. While the team records may not indicate, a few players in the Braves organization had huge weeks at the plate. Every Braves minor league team is now eliminated from winning the 1st half, except Mississippi. The M-Braves have one game left in the first half, [...]
Atlanta Braves second baseman Dan Uggla has had some great moments since he came to Atlanta, but he’s also been a major enigma. Uggla is the second highest paid Braves player behind B.J. Upton, but his production hasn’t been top ten. Uggla has not only struggled at the plate, he is currently 20th in the [...]
It was a rough week for Braves Minor League action. Gwinnett, Mississippi, and Lynchburg, combined to go a dismal 6-11 this week. In the next few weeks, I will be adding (A) Rome, and (R) Danville to the report. While the teams struggled this week, some of the Braves prospects really broke out of some [...]
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez may be making tough decisions in the coming weeks if a couple of his star players keep struggling and his bench players keep performing well. BrianMcCann is scheduled to rejoin the Braves next week, so what will be done about Evan Gattis? Gattis has not only been a force in the [...]
The Braves called up utility infielder Tyler Pastornicky from AAA Gwinnett on Tuesday. Pastornicky was hitting .351 with a .372 on-base-percentage and .473 slugging percentage at Gwinnett. Pastornicky had 1 home run and 7 runs-batted-in and stole 3 bases in 4 attempts while accumulating 74 at bats. In 2012 Pastornicky was the Braves regular shortstop [...]
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 [...]
Juan Francisco and Chris Johnson are the two top candidates to man the Braves third base position this season. Most likely in some sort of platoon situation, although the Braves have hopes that one or the other can step up and play well enough to win the full-time job. But could there be a dark [...]
Atlanta Braves manager, Fredi Gonzalez, sent out a message to a couple players this week. Gonzalez was miffed that utility infielder Tyler Pastornicky, and outfielder Jordan Schafer, were not at spring camp early. Both Pastornicky, and Schafer, live in Florida, so Gonzalez couldn’t understand why they hadn’t arrived in camp by Wednesday, even though Thursday [...]
The Braves signed shortstop Ramiro Pena on Thursday to help back up Andrelton Simmons. Last season Simmons suffered a broken finger that kept him out a couple of months, then a sprained ankle in September. Until he proves his durability, it is important to have a plan B. Pena is a good field, light-hitter, [...]
Seems like a long time ago that Tyler Pastornicky beat out Andrelton Simmons in spring training to win the shortstop job. When he was called up on May 30, Simmons brought excellent defense and surprising hitting prowess to the Atlanta Braves. Simmons was playing so well after his call up, that he became a legitimate [...]
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