Jason Heyward has hit Jonathon Niese well in his career (.375, 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI), but you can understand if he has butterflies at first pitch in tonight’s Game 3 series finale against [READ MORE]
For those who question whether defense is as important as offense in baseball, I have two words for you: Andrelton F’n Simmons. The Braves won Wednesday night 3-2 behind the powerful right arms of their [READ MORE]
The Braves lose to the Mets 3-2 Tuesday night in a game that didn’t seem that close. Alex Wood (9-10) takes the loss after laboring through 7 innings, going deep into the count seemingly against [READ MORE]
With yesterday’s acquisition of David Price, Detroit now has the AL’s three most recent Cy Young winners. How many teams have ever had multiple former CYA winners on staff at once? The answer is 113. [READ MORE]
Just before Thursday’s trade deadline, the Braves traded prospect Victor Caratini to the Chicago Cubs for lefty reliever James Russell, utility man Emilio Bonifacio, and $1,000,000. Let’s take a look at each piece involved: James [READ MORE]
News came across the wire yesterday that the Cubs were already involved in talks to trade Jeff Samardzija. Granted, the rumor mill is exactly that, but among teams mentioned were the Atlanta Braves. So, what [READ MORE]
What would happen if the practice of giving a W or L to individual players extended beyond just pitchers, and also involved a better process than just lucky timing? Using WPA, I’ve assigned a W [READ MORE]
After having a look at Marquis Grissom with the first post in this series, I move to the next card in the bunch – the 1992 Topps Sammy Sosa. This won’t be exactly the same [READ MORE]
BJ had some unpleasant strike calls in the Giants series, and it even sparked some theories that because B.J. Upton has been less than stellar offensively over the last 12 months, he has an expanded [READ MORE]
After Dan Uggla‘s recent continued struggles at the plate, many fans have taken to the FaceTweeterBlog-osphere calling for him to replaced in the lineup–by anyone. In and of itself, this probably does not seem like [READ MORE]
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