Atlanta Braves Analysis

With the non-waiver trade deadline looming, the Braves will ask themselves a familiar question: Are we buyers or sellers? Read more »

The Braves have a very deep pitching staff, but their anemic offense has them stuck behind the Phillies in the NL East. Read more »

Just two months ago, I wrote how the Braves made a great signing in bolstering their outfield with the signing of veteran Garret Anderson. Now, just 15 games into the season and one trip already to the DL, I?d like a redo. Read more »

For a cheap price, Garret Anderson brings a veteran presence and a bat that the Braves desperately needed. Read more »

John Smoltz's departure is the latest in a long line of setbacks for the team. Here's a list of some past events that have helped send one of the proudest franchises in sports into complete disarray ever since that Chris Burke homer. Read more »

Following 14 consecutive Octobers, the Braves have missed the playoffs each of the past two seasons. But that small streak looks poised to end in 2008. Read more »

It has already been 11 years since Andruw Jones hit a homerun in each of his first two World Series at-bats in Yankee Stadium as a 19-year-old from Curacao. During his decade-long career with the Braves, he has taken Ken Griffey?s slot as the best all-around centerfielder in the game, but is he still the same player? Read more »

Something wasn?t right in Atlanta last season. They didn?t win the division. They didn?t make the playoffs. They had a horrid bullpen. And they couldn?t get consistent lead-off production. The bullpen is producing and so is lead-off hitter Kelly Johnson. Read more »

With the division race long over, the Braves have turned their full attention to winning the Wild Card, but a lack of timely hitting and consistent pitching ruined a golden opportunity this past weekend, and might very well keep them home for the playoffs for the first time since 1990. Read more »

As Brain McCann gets ready to embark to Pittsburgh for his first all-star appearance, and third by a Braves catcher in four years, it is time to look back on the men behind the mask. Read more »

Through the work of Kyle Davies, Jorge Sosa, John Thomson, and Horacio Ramirez, they are a combined 6-16 with each of their ERA over 4.50. The lone exception is Ramirez, who has only pitched in three games this season. Still, it might be Ramirez who can lead a backend revolt down the stretch. Read more »

With the loss of Rafael Furcal earlier this week to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Braves found themselves with a gaping hole at both shortstop and the leadoff position in the line-up. Well, they took care of one of those problems today as they acquired All-Star shortstop Edgar Renteria from the Boston Red Sox for superstar third base prospect Andy Marte. Read more »

Going into the off-season, the Braves knew they had to add a few pieces in order to make another run at the World Series. Well, this plan hit a few speed bumps before it could even get off of the ground as the Braves lost their closer, Kyle Farnsworth, to the Yankees and their shortstop, Rafael Furcal, to the Los Angeles Dodgers before the winter meetings even began. However, the Braves shouldn?t press the panic button yet, as there are still a few closers on the market and a shortstop already in the system. Read more »

With another first round exit this past October, the Braves can?t hang their collective heads for too long as they have a busy off-season ahead of them. While they have areas that need to be addressed, possibly with either call-ups from the farm system or via free agents and trades, they can?t forget to take care of their own guys first. Read more »

At a time the Braves were hoping to celebrate a trip back to the World Series, they lost Leo Mazzone, the crafter of all the great pitching staffs Atlanta has had, to the Baltimore Orioles. Read more »

So once again, the Braves make an early exit in October and are left to wonder this winter what could have been. The theories will begin almost immediately about if the Braves could have won this game and how they blew a five run lead, while only needing five more outs. So I too will break it down and for me, it came down to one bad decision. Read more »

In a game the Braves had to have, they came out of the gates fast and cruised to a 7-1 win over Roger Clemens and the Houston Astros. They now have evened their National League Division Series at a game apiece heading into Houston on Saturday. Read more »

In what proved to be a disappointing beginning for the Braves this postseason, Atlanta dropped game one of their series with the Astros 10-5. While the Braves were plagued by their own mistakes, the Astros proved to be stiff competition in all facets of the game. Read more »

Rafael Furcal couldn?t take part in the celebration due to his probation stemming from his alcohol problems last season. The team went over to him in a corner and gave him a Coke shower to make sure he was involved Read more »

While the reasons are many for the Braves recent slump, each has been on display in the first three games of their four game series in Philadelphia this week. Read more »