Things are looking up for the Atlanta Braves. Down by five games as the week began in the NL East the Braves are fresh off a three game sweep of the first place Philadelphia Phillies that has propelled the team to just two back.
This weekend the Braves head to Washington for a three game set [...]

Russell Branyan signed as a free agent with Seattle this winter when the team promised him a job as a regular. Previously he had bounced around from team to team and despite a flury of moonshot home runs he didn’t truely find a place that seemed to embrace him playing everyday.
Looking at his numbers from [...]

Derek Lowe needs to pitch well tonight against the New York Yankees. It’s a simple statement and yet when you look at the lineup the Yankees will run out there you know it’ll be a tough task.
The Yankees as a team have scored the second most runs in all of baseball and of course play [...]

Casey Fossum has opted out of his minor league contract with the New York Yankees. Fossum, who joined the Yankees on a minor league deal, opted out of his contract with the New York Mets at the end of April when the team attempted to send him to Triple-A.
Fossum, 31, did not appear in a [...]

Tom Glavine gave what can be only described as an unofficial announcement of retirement earlier today. As has been the case in recent months Glavine communicated the information via text message saying “I’m probably going to lay low for the rest of this year.”
While keeping open the possibility to take advantage of some part-time [...]

Nate McLouth was an All-Star last season and this year he’s proving that the number he put up last season (mainly the 26 homers, 94 RBI and 113 runs scored) are hard to repete.
McLouth who came over in a trade with Pittsburgh is hitting just .240/.309/.360 in his 12 games with the Braves hitting just [...]

The Texas Rangers came up a little short yesterday and in turn dropped the final two games of a three game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Dodgers ace Chad Billingsley was his usual self yesterday pitching seven innings allowing two earned runs on five hits and one walk.
Last season the right hander went 16-10 [...]

It’s a year later and Rich Hill still can’t throw strikes. Today Hill walked three in four innings of work, six days ago he walked four in two-thirds. Hill now has 19 walks in 26.1 innings of work.
His longest outing of the season came against Seattle earlier this month, in that contest he went seven [...]

I don’t know what to say really. The Braves couldn’t score against Pittsburgh in the final two games of the series and now head to Baltimore to face the Orioles who have always given them fits in interleague play.
Tommy Hanson will face an Orioles lineup that has surprisngly been just middle of the pack this [...]

Bobby Cox won his 2000th win with the Atlanta Braves during Monday’s 14 inning affair against Pittsburgh hardly tells the story of the manager. Cox is known for being the biggest cheerleader in the Braves dugout, hot tempered to umpires on a blown call, and is such a constant fixture of the Braves that has [...]

It’s hard to believe it’s been over 9 years since Steve Sisco made his big league debut for the Atlanta Braves. Sisco who was drafted by Kansas City in the 16th round of the 1992 draft spent five seasons in the Royals organization before being released. He signed with the Braves for 1999 and spent [...]

The Tommy Hanson experience began on Sunday and after retiring the Brewers in order for the first three innings the Brewers unleashed Ryan Braun. Braun homered twice off the Braves youngster, and Mike Cameron added a shot of his own against the 21-year-old right hander.
After six innings Hanson left with a line of six earned, [...]

Where exactly did Ben Zobrist come from this season? The 28-year-old entered the season as a utility man but an injury to second basemen Akinori Iwamura has made Zobrist an everyday player in the Tampa Bay lineup and considering the numbers he’s put up it may be for the best.
Throughout his minor league time in [...]

The Kansas City Royals have designated left handed pitcher Horacio Ramirez for assignment. Ramirez was sent packing to make room for Luke Hochevar.
After bombing out in the rotation to start the season (6 ER in 4.1 IP) the Royals moved Ramirez to the bullpen hoping he’d be a strong left handed arm like he was [...]

Hayden Penn has been designated for assignment by the Florida Marlins following a rough outing last night in which he allowed four walks and four runs to score in one third of an inning of work.
Penn who came over to the Marlins from Baltimore in a trade for infielder Robert Andino had appeared in 16 [...]