2008 Starting Rotation Predictions

During the off-season the BlabberinBraves staff has went over the possible players that will make the team out of spring training. With spring training right around the corner, I will like to guess to see how close I am to picking out the Braves roster out of spring training. This will show how my brilliants, [...]

Top Prospects Lists

Over the past week or so there has been a plethora of websites that have named their top 100 prospects. So I took a look at those sites to see were did some of the Braves players ranked. ESPN, MLB.com (top fantasy prospects), and Baseball Prospectus all named their top prospect lists.
MLB.com-Fantasy(First) Baseball Prospectus(Second) [...]

Up the Middle

Again, two obvious winners for this job. However the Short Stop position does have a little competition there. Brent Lillibridge vs Yunel Escobar. Yunel has it I think. Though I think Cox will play it the way he usually does, who has done the best in Spring Training, usually makes it on the roster. But [...]

Lineup: The Corners

Obviously, these two spots are filled, and are not going to change (unless injury of course). Chipper Jones and Mark Teixeira will be holding down the Braves corner infield spots this year. Teixeira, acquired during the trade deadline in a deal centered about Jarrod Saltalamacchia, will be playing in Atlanta with the possibility of not [...]