Posts Tagged as ‘Jake Peavy’

December 28, 2008

Merry Christmas, Braves Fans. I Hope You Like Your Coal!

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If you’re a Ramblin’ Wreck fan, the Golden Tornado gave you something to cheer about this year. And hopefully next week’s Peach Bowl Chick-Fil-A Sponsorship Bowl will leave you happy as well.
If you’re a Hawks fans you got to see your team go [...]

December 13, 2008

So… Now What?

Well, the Winter Meetings are over. I don’t know whether to be relieved or angry, but they’re over. To summarize the Atlanta Braves’ activity at the Winter Meetings, the Braves got very close to signing A. J. Burnett only to lose him to the Yankees while making very little headway to acquire a power-hitting, right-handed, [...]

December 8, 2008

Winter Meetings Begin

Looking towards the 2009 season, top executives from all 30 MLB clubs and the agents of players all began their annual Winter Meetings this morning. The Winter Meetings run from December 8 through the end of the week, culminating with the Rule 5 Draft on December 11. These meetings are generally full of [...]

November 16, 2008

Offseason Updates

Yes there was a lot to be downhearted about last year but here are some reasons to keep your chins up.
McCann wins the Silver Slugger
So he got snubbed at the All Star game by both the fans and Clint Hurdle. Who cares? He’s the best hitting catcher in the NL and he’s wearing a Braves [...]

November 14, 2008

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 [...]