Pitchers and catchers report tomorrow and Tom Glavine has yet to make up his mind. He wants more money, the Braves really don’t have any more money to give and impasse here we are. On the bright side, even without the addition of Glavine, Atlanta still has a pretty nice rotation beginning with the newly acquired Derek Lowe. I’ve seen schematics of how the rest of the rotation would follow but I do know it will include Javier Vazquez, Kenshin Kawakami and Jair Jurrjens. After that there a few people entering Spring Training that will be going up for the final spot. They include Jorge Campillo (my personal choice), Jo-Jo Reyes representing the only lefty option currently under contract with the team, Charlie Morton and Tommy Hanson.
As for catchers, the team is set with All-Star back stop Brian McCann as the primary and the newly acquired David Ross to serve as Mac’s back-up.
News&Notes: Speaking of impasses, the Braves and Jeff Francoeur appear headed for arbitration. Frenchy is looking for $3.95 million while the Braves offered $2.8 million. After last season, I think $2.8 million is more than adequate.
As for catchers, the team is set with All-Star back stop Brian McCann as the primary and the newly acquired David Ross to serve as Mac’s back-up.
News&Notes: Speaking of impasses, the Braves and Jeff Francoeur appear headed for arbitration. Frenchy is looking for $3.95 million while the Braves offered $2.8 million. After last season, I think $2.8 million is more than adequate.
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Hottest Fans of the NL East?
More Hardball wants to know who has the hottest fans in baseball. We'll be running a set of posts over the following weeks featuring images of each teams' hotties, with a voting poll to crown a champion. We've crowned champs of the AL East (BoSox), Central (ChiSox), West (Angels), and AL Wild Card (A's) already, and we're now moving on to the National League...NL East. Sticking true to Major League Baseball's roots, there will be an eight team playoff system where the winners of each division square off with the addition of a wild card team to determine who wins the pennant and represents each league in the World Series of Hotness.
Link: http://morehardball.blogspot.com/2009/02/hottest-fans-of-nl-east.html
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