The Braves have placed 33-year old righty swinging 1B Troy Glaus on the D.L. with a sore right knee. Glaus has played in 115 games for the Braves this year and he is 95 of 397 (.239 avg, .749 OPS) with 51 runs scored, 16 homers and 70 RBIs. When Glaus is ready to go out on a short rehab assignment he will go back to playing 3B with the idea of him helping the team in September.

The Braves have lost starting 3B Chipper Jones for the rest of the season due to a torn left ACL. He will need surgery and it will take him around six months to recover. Jones played in 95 games for the Braves this year and he was 84 of 317 (.265 avg, .806 OPS) with 47 runs scored, 10 homers, 46 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. The Braves will likely turn to Omar Infante, Eric Hinske and Brooks Conrad at 3B the rest of the year. Infante has played in 86 games for the Braves this year and he is 89 of 270 (.330 avg, .764 OPS) with 34 runs scored, 3 homers, 29 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. Infante could slide to 3B when Martin Prado is ready to return from his broken finger. Eric Hinske and Brooks Conrad will probably share 3B until Prado gets back. Hinske has played in 95 games this year and he is 58 of 225 (.258 avg, .810 OPS) with 31 runs scored, 9 homers and 41 RBIs. Conrad has played in 73 games for the Braves this year and he is 24 of 101 (.238 avg, .808 OPS) with 21 runs scored, 6 homers, 23 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. The Braves will miss Jones because he is a better all-around player than any of his replacements but Infante, Hinske and Conrad are decent ballplayers.

The Braves have lost 24-year old starter/reliever Kris Medlen for the year due to a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. He will likely need Tommy John Surgery which will also end his 2011 season. Medlen has pitched in 31 games (14 starts) for the Braves this season and he is 6-2 with a 3.68 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP. The Braves will call up 22-year old lefty starting pitcher Mike Minor to replace Medlen in the starting rotation on Monday. Minor was the Braves’ #4 rated prospect heading into this season according to Baseball America. Minor has started 20 games in AA+AAA-ball this year and he is 6-7 with a 3.49 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP. Minor has whiffed 144 batters while only giving up 92 hits in 118 2/3 innings in the minors this year giving you a glimpse of what kind of stuff he has. Minor has now pitched in 24 games (all starts) in his two years in the minors for the Braves and he is 6-8 with a 3.19 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP. 35-year old righty Kenshin Kawakami is going to be the unlucky guy demoted to AAA to make room for Minor on the pitching staff. Kawakami has pitched in 16 games (15 starts) for the Braves this year and he is 1-9 with a 4.75 ERA and a 1.44 WHIP. Kawakami will likely come back to the Braves when rosters expand in September.

The Braves have placed 26-year old righty swinging 2B Martin Prado on the 15-day disabled list with a fractured right pinky finger. Prado has played in 101 games for the Braves this year and he is 138 of 438 (.315 avg, .841 OPS) with 75 runs scored, 13 homers, 43 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. The Braves will replace him at 2B with fellow All-Star Omar Infante. Infante has played in 76 games for the Braves this year and he is 77 of 225 (.342 avg, .784 OPS) with 30 runs scored, 2 homers, 27 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. The Braves have called up 26-year old righty swinging infielder Diory Hernandez to replace Prado on the active roster. Hernandez has played in 30 games in AAA-ball this year and he is 37 of 116 (.319 avg, .758 OPS) with 13 runs scored, 0 homers, 17 RBIs and 3 stolen bases. He got his first taste of the majors last season with the Braves when he played in 33 games and was 12 of 85 (.141 avg, .410 OPS) with 6 runs scored, 1 homer and 6 RBIs. The Braves are hoping that he does better this time around.

The Braves have placed lefty reliever Eric O’Flaherty on the 15-day disabled list with a viral infection. O’Flaherty has pitched in 41 games (0 starts) for the Braves this year and he is 3-1 with a 2.30 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP. The Braves have recalled 25-year old lefty reliever Mike Dunn to replace O’Flaherty in the pen. Dunn has pitched in 33 games (0 starts) in AAA-ball this year and he is 2-0 with 7 saves, a 1.05 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP. Dunn was acquired from the Yankees in the Javier Vazquez over the winter.