Wren to San Diego, “We’ll keep the kitchen sink. Thanks.”

Unless the Padres all of a sudden cave in and lower their asking price, we won’t see Peavy make his way to Atlanta any time soon…. or presumably ever.
Here’s what Wren the man himself said.
“Jake Peavy is obviously a quality top-of-the-rotation pitcher. But our
focus is still to build our organization internally with our young
players, and [...]

Why Jurrjens Didn’t Win the ROY

Just in case you were interested the Hawks and Falcons are having far better 2008’s than the Braves did by far. And you’d better hope we don’t get rid of this prospect any time soon. Wren said he won’t trade him but now Hanson’s got my attention.
The Dirty Birds got a win over the dreaded [...]

How President Obama Will Help My Braves

Hey folks! I’m JB. Here’s your Braves blog for the day.
I’m still enjoying the weekend I had and still on the job hunt. It’s a little tough these days but don’t worry about ol’ JB!
Before we get started today I just want to say. Don’t let the title of today’s post fool you. We’re not [...]

Winning Post from our Winner

Another “thanks” goes out to Kevin from Ramblings 1.5 for his contributions throughout the postseason. I never intended to have so much dedicated space to the Phillies on this Braves blog but he stepped up when I put out the request to get bloggers from each playoff contender to post for The Launching Pad. And [...]

Renteria’s Option Declined

There was Marcus Giles, getting cut from the Colorado Rockies before 2008 began.
Javy tried to make a comeback and instead we went with Abraham Miller. I don’t even want to talk about this decision. Now he’s in the unemployment line. 
Andruw signed a two year deal with the Dodgers and couldn’t even finish the season.
And it [...]