Paronto and Miller Demoted

Braves sent RHP Chad Paronto and catcher Corky Miller outright to Triple-A Richmond. Paronto cleared waivers after being designated for assignment. He’s now a free agent, and he’ll be offered minor league deals by several teams. — Rotoworld
I’m sure these guys would not have had major positions on the club, but would have made nice [...]

Free Agent CF Cameron Suspended 25 Games

Mike Cameron, a gold-glove center fielder most recently with the San Diego Padres, has been suspended for the first 25 games of next season by Major League Baseball for testing positive a second time for a banned stimulant.
Cameron was heavily rumored to be a leading candidate to replace the departed Andruw Jones in Atlanta, but [...]

Bye Bye, Edgar!

It is being reported by the ESPN News bottom line that SS Edgar Renteria has been traded to the Detroit Tigers. While the details of the trade have not yet been discussed or revealed, I thought it was worthy of being reported here on Blabberin Braves.
Feel free to speculate here as to the terms [...]

Marcus Giles Available

ESPN has reported that since Marcus Giles had another off year, San Diego has decided to release him. This ended the reunion with his brother Brian Giles. Marcus struggled mightily again. Before he left the Braves in the 2006 offseason, he had a horrible year. He had another one this year. He has had down [...]

Chop Chatter

Center-Field options: A replacement for Andruw Jones is going to be fourth on the brave’s things to do list this off-season. First it will be starting pitching, second will be starting pitching, and third will be starting pitching. We can mark the best right-fielder in the NL off the list. John Schuerholz doesn’t see Jeff [...]

Braves Make A Claim

According to Rotoworld, The Braves have claimed Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Chris Resop. To make room, the Braves designated Chad Paronto for assignment. A little more background on Resop (Rotoworld):
Resop was the pitcher the Angels received from the Marlins for Kevin Gregg a year ago. He spent only 10 days in the Angel [...]

Chop Chatter

How is Mike Hampton?: If the Braves want to have a great starting rotation next year they’re going to need a healthy Mike Hampton. When Hampton was healthy and pitching for the Braves, some people might say that he was the best left-handed pitcher in the NL. But for the past two years now, he [...]

Top Prospect Recovered from Injury

Erik Cordier is the prospect that we got in the Tony Pena Jr. trade of the beginning of the season. Cordier has an upper 90’s fastball, and good control. Cordier experienced Tommy John surgery before the season started. According to Zach Jett of baby braves, “Erik Cordier has begun to throw all four of his [...]

Willy Aybar Returns

Willy Aybar played in his first Dominican Winter League game yesterday. It’s his first game since Spring Training, having missed the whole year battling a broken bone in his hand and severe substance abuse issues.
The talented bench player went 3 for 4, with two doubles, and scored the only run of game.
Hopefully, he stays out [...]

2008 Rotation

Since the bullpen and starting lineup has been completed (by Corey Bishop). I am going to do the 2008 starting rotation.
1. John Smoltz: Many scouts have said that Smoltz was the best pitcher in the NL last year. It is hard to argue against Smoltz with that nasty slider he has. [...]