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[BSLChrisStoner]

FanGraphs: http://www.fangraphs...ir-2012-season/

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NBC Hardball Talk: Heyward is in the best shape of his life
http://hardballtalk....pe-of-his-life/

Hardball Talk has adopted the acronym BSOHL for all similar stories this Spring. Still, for Atlanta, this is vitally important.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Baseball Musings: Changes
http://baseballmusings.com/?p=78812

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MLB Daily Dish: Complete Organizational Chart
http://www.mlbdailyd...izational-chart

[BSLChrisStoner]

Even when Chipper gets back, the offense still looks thin.

Heyward is off to a good start. Supposedly healthier than he was last year. Lot of pressure on him to carry the offense.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Atlanta has lost 4 in a row, to fall to 26-20 overall (2nd in the NL East).

Currently the Braves are ranked:

4th in Runs
7th in Batting Average
10th in OBP
11th in Slugging
20th in ERA
25th in Quality Starts
23rd in WHIP
21st in Batting Average Against

Kimbrel is having another strong year (16 ip, 10 hits, 10 bb's, 25 k's, .491 OPS against, 1.29 G/F).

Freeman at 1st has a .766 OPS, with 11 doubles, 1 triple, and 7 homers. He has walked 15 times, and struck-out 42 times.

Heyward is under performing to his talent; 744 OPS, 6 doubles, 3 triples, 5 hr's, 19 bb's, 42 k's.

Michael Bourn is having a nice year in CF. Prado has been strong in LF. Pastornicky is struggling at SS.

Beachy has joined Hudson, and Hanson at the top of the rotation. So far, Beachy is 5-2, with a 1.77 era. In his 61 ip, he has allowed 40 hits, 4 hr, 15 bb's, with 44 k's. He has a .501 OPS against, and a 0.80 G/F.

[Tyler Bingaman]

I don't think there are many better things in baseball than the current Chipper Jones farewell tour. Chipper is a class act and deserves every bit of this positive attention.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Atlanta as of 6/15:

Hanson: 7-4, 3.55 era, 76 ip, 73 hits, 10 hr’s, 27 bb’s, 67 k’s, .720 OPS against, 0.80 G/F
Pitch F/X: http://pitchfx.texas...pitcher/462102/

Beachy: 5-4, 1.98 era, 77.1 ip, 49 hits, 6 hr’s, 28 bb’s, 63 k’s, .524 OPS against, 0.76 G/F
Pitch F/X: http://pitchfx.texas...pitcher/545404/

Delgado: 4-6, 4.34 era, 66.1 ip, 59 hits, 6 hr’s, 36 bb’s, 54 k’s, .710 OPS against, 1.15 G/F
Pitch F/X: http://pitchfx.texas...pitcher/517414/

C: McCann .735 OPS
1st: Freeman .730 OPS
2nd: Uggla .857 OPS
SS: Simmons 38 ab’s
3rd: Jones .838 OPS
LF: Prado .848 OPS
CF: Bourn .827 OPS
RF: Heyward .780 OPS

Bench: Ross, Boscan, Diaz, Francisco, Hinkse, Wilson
Rotation: Hudson, Hanson, Beachy, Delgado, Minor
Bullpen: Kimbrel, Venters, O’Flaherty, Martinez, Durbin, Hernandez

Current Ranks (as of 6/15):

Runs: 7th
Batting Average: 13th
On Base: 12th
Slugging: 14th
ERA: 20th
Quality Starts: 27th
WHIP: 19th
BAA: 15th

[Adam Wolff]

I'm a little partial to the Braves. I think Chipper is a classy dude and I've gone to a number of Pelicans games (now the Rangers affiliate), but I saw some of their top guys there, namely Heyward, Freeman, and Teheran.

[SportsGuy]

Goldstein tweet:

Craig Kimbrel since giving up runs in 3 straight G in early May: 26 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 44 K. That's ridiculous

[Chris B]

TradeDeadliner ‏@TradeDeadliner

#BREAKING: #Braves acquire Paul Maholm and Reed Johnson from the #Cubs

[BSLChrisStoner]

FanGraphs: Chipper's Going Out (nearly) On Top
http://www.fangraphs...ing-out-on-top/

[DJ MC]

He's having a hell of a year. I was at the Braves/Nats game a month ago where Atlanta came back from a big deficit and won in extra innings, and the original reason my friends and I chose that game was to see Chipper play one more time before he retired.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Baseball Analytics: More on Medlen's Changeup
http://www.baseballa...s-changeup.html

[Oriole85]

ESPN: All atwitter

http://espn.go.com/m...s-espn-magazine


CSN Philadelphia: Chipper calls out Braves fans on Twitter

http://www.csnphilly...8163&feedID=693

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USA Today: Jones reflects on Braves, retirement
http://www.usatoday....-team/57797760/1

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NBC Sports / Hardball Talk: No, Jayson Stark, Craig Kimbrel is not the NL Cy Young
http://hardballtalk....he-nl-cy-young/

[Oriole85]

NBC Sports / Hardball Talk: No, Jayson Stark, Craig Kimbrel is not the NL Cy Young
http://hardballtalk....he-nl-cy-young/

I got a hard time giving the Cy Young to a reliever.

[Oriole85]

ESPN: Freeman's shot heard 'round Atlanta

http://espn.go.com/b...d-round-atlanta

Freeman is the seventh player in major-league history to hit a walk-off home run to clinch a team’s postseason berth.

He is just the second, however, to hit the game-winning homer with his team trailing in the game. The other was Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” for the 1951 New York Giants.

First heard this watching MLB Network, when you are the first player to do something since Bobby Thomson that's something!

Wonder if the Braves can catch-up up to the Nats now?

[Oriole85]

ESPN: The many feats of Chipper Jones

http://espn.go.com/m...s-chipper-jones

Since the day Chipper Jones moved into the Braves' lineup to stay, on Opening Day 1995, they've won 427 more games (1,658) than they've lost (1,231). That

Never want to say never, but I think he'll retire for good. And it's great to see a #1 overall play a HOF career for one team, the one that drafted him, in this day and age.