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[Oriole85]

ESPN: Braves exercise options of three

http://espn.go.com/m...-atlanta-braves

The Braves have exercised options on catcher Brian McCann, right-hander Tim Hudson and left-hander Paul Maholm.

[Oriole85]

ESPN: Jordan Schafer re-acquired by Braves

http://espn.go.com/m...-houston-astros

[Oriole85]

ESPN: Gerald Laird signs with Braves

http://espn.go.com/m...-atlanta-braves
Was a two year deal for a backup catcher necessary?

[DJ MC]

http://hardballtalk.... ... he-braves/

[BSLChrisStoner]

Baseball Analytics: Upton's Power Boost Comes at a Cost
http://www.baseballa...-at-a-cost.html

[SportsGuy]

Olney:

In order to have a shutdown bullpen, you have to have a dominant closer, and the Braves' Craig Kimbrel is coming off one of the greatest seasons ever for a reliever: Opposing hitters had 231 plate appearances against him, and he struck out 116 -- almost exactly half -- in 62 2/3 innings, with just 14 walks and 27 hits. When he threw strike 1 on the first pitch of the at-bat (147 of those 231 plate appearances), hitters went 16-for-143, with 97 strikeouts and one extra-base hit. Here's one more: After hitters got ahead in the count, they went 5-for-32, with 10 strikeouts. Just one more: With two outs and runners in scoring position, opposing hitters were 1-for-18 with 10 strikeouts.

[BSLChrisStoner]

FanGraphs: Atlanta Braves Top 15 Prospects
http://www.fangraphs...spects-2012-13/

[BSLChrisStoner]

FanGraphs: Atlanta Braves Top 15 Prospects
http://www.fangraphs...spects-2012-13/

Braves get Upton for Prado, Delgado, Ahmed and Spruill.

Spruill was their 9th rated prospect according to FG. Ahmed was their 11th rated prospect.

Delgado: http://espn.go.com/m...randall-delgado
Prado: http://espn.go.com/m...13/martin-prado

[SportsGuy]

What a great deal for Atlanta...Sick everyday OF now.

[BobPhelan]

Wow. Thought it would've taken more than that. What an outfield in Atlanta.

[JeremyStrain]

What a great deal for Atlanta...Sick everyday OF now.

AZ shifted focus from a SS to a 3B for Upton and were willing to take the best one they could get. Deal was primarily about Prado for them, and they've got an extension in place.

[SammyBirdland]

[BSLChrisStoner]

Grantland: Why No One is Declaring AZ the Winner of the Upton Trade
http://www.grantland...tin-upton-trade

[SportsGuy]

Grantland: Why No One is Declaring AZ the Winner of the Upton Trade
http://www.grantland...tin-upton-trade

Yea, I agree with what people are saying about the deal.

This is all Towers' fault IMO. He was at the point of no return.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Baseball Analytics: Atlanta's New OF: Young, Fast, and Powerful
http://www.baseballa...d-powerful.html

[Adam Wolff]

Baseball Analytics: Atlanta's New OF: Young, Fast, and Powerful
http://www.baseballa...d-powerful.html

The Braves should be really good this year. That outfield will be fun to watch.

[BSLChrisStoner]

CBS Sports: Braves Camp Report
http://www.cbssports...t-chipper-world

[Oriole85]

MLB.com: Back in the game, Gattis close to realizing dream

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/n...975534&c_id=mlb

 

This is a really cool story as I'm sure many of you have read. I keep joking that he must've been the only employee in the history of Eldora (just the way of referring to the skiing place) to have hit an MLB homer. From reading his story, I definitely overlapped with him in Colorado, was just 20 miles away from where he worked and skied there a few times.

 

Not sure if he'll end up sticking or not, but regardless this is quite something.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Braves have early upper hand vs. Nationals (from Sunday)
http://www.ajc.com/w...r-hand-vs-nats/

[BSLChrisStoner]

Baseball Analytics: A Tale of Two Uptons
http://www.baseballa...two-uptons.html