Month: January 2005

The Braves didn’t want to shift Chipper to third base, where he’d block Andy Marte, but really had no choice. He couldn’t stay in the lineup in left field, and Mark DeRosa was killing the team with horrible...

My favorite player, probably the Braves’ best player unless Chipper’s power rebounds in a big way. Made the All-Star team in 2003, was on the verge of getting voted in last year when he collided with Andruw and hurt...

Presumably going to continue platooning with LaRoche; the latter doesn’t really need to be platooned, but he’s got a good partner anyway. Julio is actually one of the most consistent players on the team, despite his...