If you haven’t realized it, the Braves have basically overturned their entire bullpen since the start of the season. The setup man is now the closer, the closer is now a co-setup man, and everyone else is gone. Martin was defenestrated in mid-April, Sosa was moved into the rotation, Colon was demoted, then made a starter, Bernero was axed last week, and now Gryboski is gone. In their place are Foster, Brower, Boyer, Powell, and now McBride. It’s not necessarily a great bullpen, but it’s better than what they had.

Still, if the Braves make a trade it will probably be for a reliever. They don’t really need a starting pitcher, and the best on the market aren’t likely to be upgrades anyway. And the lineup is pretty set. They’re in a situation where they don’t have many great players — Andruw is the only guy who’s having a really good year — but there’s nobody who screams out to be replaced. They’re getting ordinary offense from first, second, short, catcher, and right. If Chipper stays reasonably ambulatory they should get good offense from third from here on in.

Left is the biggest trouble point, but I think Johnson will come around and getting a clear upgrade on him will cost more money than they’re in a mood to spend. They don’t even really need a bench bat, because the guys they have there — McCann, Orr, Betemit, whoever isn’t playing first, and whoever isn’t playing right — have been excellent.