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Originally posted at The Bravesologist This season, the Atlanta Braves are in first place despite getting close to no offensive production from their shortstop and center-field positions. Their rookie right fielder, while productive for the first two months, has been a weak spot since the beginning June when Jason Heyward first injured his thumb. To top it off, the right-handed portion of their left-field platoon has been injured for a majority of the season. Most ...

As Ken Rosenthal reports , the Braves are stocked deep in pitching, which is no surprise to any Braves follower. What he mentions in the article that caught my eye was that he sees the Braves’ left-handed side of the bullpen as potentially the best in the game. "The left side of the 'pen—Eric O'Flaherty, Jonny Venters, Billy Wagner—might be the best in the game," said Rosenthal. Over the past two seasons, Bobby Cox ...

Before the season began I wrote the "Fantasy Baseball: Top Value Picks at Each Position" The players I calculated as solid value picks were as follows: SP- Ryan Dempster RP- Mike Gonzalez C- Chris Iannetta 1B- Garrett Jones 2B- Kelly Johnson 3B- Jorge Cantu SS- Alcides Escobar LF- Josh Willingham CF- Nate McLouth RF- Jason Kubel Here is an update on how all of these players are doing. Some are absolutely killing the ball and some have had very rough starts to ...

Chipper Jones is naturally right-handed. A switch-hitter, he learned to bat from the left side because he loved to emulate the Dodgers lineup as a child, and learned to take swings from the other side of the plate. Jones has stated in the past that his left-handed swing takes a lot more work to keep steady than his right-handed swing. He has many more moving parts from the left side, and despite having ...

Thus far into the season, the Braves have continued their offensive woes from the run-challenged 2009 summer. Only Martin Prado, Brian McCann, and Jason Heyward have been better than league average. Those three have been more than impressive, but the lack of production from the rest of the lineup is starting to be a concern. While nine games is not an appropriate sample size, the team should be hitting better than they ...

The hug from Chipper Jones after Heyward's first major league home run in his first at bat was priceless. Jason Heyward has had more hype around him than any Atlanta baseball player since Jones, and as the hall-of-fame third basemen closes his career, the young right fielder will step in to attempt to replace him. This will be one of the more memorable debuts the league sees in a long time, ...

Since Jason Heyward has been anointed the opening day starter in right field, he is omitted from this list. Heyward is without a doubt the Braves' top prospect, but this list is compiled of players that Braves fans should keep their eye on for the next few years. The amount of pitching depth in the Braves' system will be evident in this list, as seven of the 10 are mound ...

The Braves entire spring has seemingly been devoted to the new right fielder in town, Jason Heyward. Heyward has had a phenomenal spring, landing the starting gig in Atlanta outfield. Tommy Hanson was getting similar love in 2009's spring training and he did not disappoint. Now, we are looking at a full season from Hanson with 21 starts worth of major league experience already under his belt. It is understandable to be ...

As I mentioned in my first article introducing the Bleacher Report Professional League, I will be writing updates on the league regularly about transactions, the draft, and results throughout the season. Tomorrow night is the draft, and I will be recapping the results afterwards, here is a link to the league: http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/league-view/baseball/brpl/standings   During the draft, I will be looking for value picks to compensate for positions I missed earlier in the draft, and after doing ...