http://www.braveslocker.com Daily Blog for Atlanta Braves Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:13:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Braves will likely go into the 2010 with 31-year old righty swinging Matt Diaz sharing RF with 31-year old lefty swinging Eric Hinske. That could change if the Braves think that top prospect Jason Heyward is ready for the show. Diaz is a solid professional baseball played. ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/02/27/the-atlanta-braves-will-likely-have-a-timeshare-in-rf-in-2010/ The Braves look really deep in center field for the 2010 season. It all starts with 28-year old lefty swinging Nate McLouth who will be the starter in 2010. McLouth played in 129 games for the Pirates & Braves in which he was 130 of 507 (.256 avg, ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/02/27/the-atlanta-braves-appear-in-good-shape-in-cf-for-the-2010-season/ 25-year old switch hitting Melky Cabrera will be the likely starting LF for the Braves in 2010. He played in 154 games for the Yankees last season and he was 133 of 485 (.274 avg, .752 OPS) with 66 runs scored, 13 homers, 68 RBIs and 10 stolen bases. ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/02/27/melky-cabrera-will-be-the-likely-starting-lf-for-the-atlanta-braves-in-2010/ The Braves have signed 30-year old righty swinging catcher J.R. House to a minor league career. House played in 127 games in AAA-ball last season and he was 127 of 505 (.251 avg, .650 OPS) with 58 runs scored, 9 homers and 53 RBIs. He last played in ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/02/25/the-atlanta-braves-sign-jr-house/ 37-year old switch hitting Chipper Jones is back in 2010 but he looked his age last season. Jones played in 143 games for the Braves last season and he was 129 for 488 (.264 avg, .818 OPS) with 80 runs scored, 18 homers, 71 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/02/20/the-atlanta-braves-look-deep-at-3b-for-2010/ 27-year old righty swinging Yunel Escobar is looking to build on his solid 2009 season for the Braves. Escobar played in 141 games for the Braves last season and he was 158 for 528 (.299 avg, .813 OPS) with 89 runs scored, 14 homers, 76 RBIs and 5 stolen ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/02/20/the-atlanta-braves-are-in-good-shape-at-shortstop-for-2010/ 26-year old righty swinging Martin Prado will be the starting 2B for the Braves in 2010. He has been bounced around the infield the last couple of years for the Braves but this season he will focus on 2B. Prado played in 128 games for the Braves last ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/02/08/martin-prado-finally-will-be-the-starting-2b-for-the-atlanta-braves/ The Braves have signed 27-year old righty reliever Chris Resop to a minor league deal. Resop left the Braves last season to pitch in Japan. He pitched in 16 games (0 starts) for the Braves in 2008 and he was 0-1 with a 5.89 ERA and a 1.42 ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/02/01/the-atlanta-braves-have-signed-chris-resop/ Righty swinging Dale Murphy was a great player for the Braves but he just missed playing on the good teams that they had. Murphy played 15 years for the Braves appearing in 1,926 games in which he was 1,901 for 7,098 (.268 avg, .829 OPS) with 1,103 runs scored, ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/01/29/dale-murphy-was-a-great-player-for-the-atlanta-braves/ The Braves went cheap at 1B allowing Adam LaRoche to leave as a free agent. They signed 33-year old righty swinging Troy Glaus to play 1B for them in 2010. There is a risk involved with Glaus as he missed most of last season with a bum shoulder. ... http://www.braveslocker.com/2010/01/29/the-atlanta-braves-have-their-fingers-crossed-at-1b-for-2010/