http://www.braveslocker.com Daily Blog for Atlanta Braves Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:00:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's about time for the national media to start recognizing 26-year old lefty swinging Brian McCann as one of the best catchers in all of baseball. He has played in 115 games for the Braves this year and he is 108 of 384 (.281 avg, .873 OPS) with 54 ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/09/01/brian-mccann-continues-to-play-well-for-the-atlanta-braves/ 38-year old closer Billy Wagner maintains that he is going to retire after this season. He has pitched in 55 games (0 starts) for the Braves this year and he is 7-2 with 30 saves, a 1.68 ERA and a 0.88 WHIP. Wagner has only given up 32 ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/08/27/billy-wagner-is-trying-to-go-out-on-top-with-the-atlanta-braves/ 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. ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/08/19/the-atlanta-braves-place-troy-glaus-on-the-dl/ The Braves have acquired 34-year old righty swinging 1B Derek Lee from the Cubs for 19-year old righty starter/reliever Robin Lopez, 23-year old righty reliever Tyrelle Harris and 22-year old lefty reliever Jeffrey Lorick. Lee played in 109 games for the Cubs this year and he was 105 of ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/08/18/the-atlanta-braves-acquire-derek-lee-from-the-cubs/ Shortstop Alex Gonzalez, outfielder Rick Ankiel and righty reliever Kyle Farnsworth are new to the Braves but they aren't helping them much as of yet. Gonzalez has played in 30 games for the Braves so far and he is 26 of 108 (.241 avg, .719 OPS) with 14 runs ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/08/18/the-new-guys-arent-doing-their-part-to-help-the-atlanta-braves-so-far/ 26-year old righty swinging 2B Martin Prado has returned from the D.L. but he's moving to 2B with Omar Infante staying at 2B. Prado has played in 102 games for the Braves this year and he is 141 of 443 (.318 avg, .847 OPS) with 78 runs scored, 13 ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/08/18/martin-prado-returns-for-the-atlanta-braves/ The Braves have released 28-year old lefty swinging outfielder Josh Anderson. Anderson played in 19 games in AAA-ball for the Braves this year and he was 10 of 53 (.189 avg, .440 OPS) with 8 runs scored, 1 RBI and 3 stolen bases. He has now played for ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/08/14/the-atlanta-braves-release-josh-anderson/ 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 ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/08/12/the-atlanta-braves-lose-chipper-jones-for-the-season/ 40-year old righty reliever Takashi Saito is showing no signs of slowing down for the Atlanta Braves. Saito has pitched in 44 games (0 starts) for the Braves this year and he is 1-3 with 1 save, a 3.14 ERA and a 1.12 WHIP. He has only given ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/08/11/takashi-saito-is-looking-sharp-for-the-atlanta-braves/ 28-year old Nate McLouth began this season as the starting CF but he's in AAA-ball right now due to his awful bat. McLouth played in 62 games earlier this year for the Braves and he was 31 of 185 (.168 avg, .544 OPS) with 22 runs scored, 3 homers, ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/08/06/what-the-heck-is-wrong-with-nate-mclouth-of-the-atlanta-braves/