Derrek Lee
Turns 35 next month; it just seems like he’s been playing since 1980. Lee was a hot prospect way back in 1997, when the Padres called him up. After the season, he was the biggest take the Marlins got for Kevin Brown when...
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Diory Hernandez
The latest, but hardly the greatest, of the long line of shortstops from San Pedro de Macoris. Signed by the Braves at allegedly 19 years old in 2003, he looked like nothing more than organizational fodder until 2007, when he...
Read MoreKyle Farnsworth
He returns! Of course, it’s a little different now than in 2005, when he joined as the closer for a Braves team desperately in need of anyone who wasn’t Dan Kolb or Chris Reitsman to fill the role. Farnsworth was...
Read MoreRick Ankiel
Well, he’s famous. A lot more famous than his results dictate. Ankiel was the #1 prospect in baseball at one point, a hard-throwing lefthanded pitcher. He made it up to the majors briefly with the Cardinals as a...
Read MoreMichael Dunn
Michael Dunn Minor League Statistics & History – Baseball-Reference.com. Acquired from the Yankees in the Vazquez deal, Michael Dunn was drafted in the 33rd round in 2004 out of a junior college. He was originally...
Read MoreAlex Gonzalez
For most of his career, Gonzalez has been most notable because there was another player, also named Alex Gonzalez, also a shortstop, with similar skills and limitations. It was all very confusing. When this sort of thing...
Read MoreCristhian Martinez
Cristhian Martinez Minor League Statistics & History – Baseball-Reference.com. Command-and-control righty. I’m not quite sure what’s going on with Martinez’s first name, or why he wasn’t signed...
Read MoreGregor Blanco
Gregor Blanco Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com. He is what he is, a player with some real strengths that are outweighed by real, and major, weaknesses. Blanco can do basically three things: he walks, he runs...
Read MoreBrent Clevlen
The Tigers’ Ryan Langerhans, a high draft pick (second round) who kept rising through the system because he has obvious physical gifts, but never did anything to make you think he was a real prospect. Clevlen did have a...
Read MoreCraig Kimbrel
Craig Kimbrel Minor League Statistics & History – Baseball-Reference.com. Throws hard, bad control. Kimbrel, a short righthander from Huntsville, was drafted from a junior college in the third round in 2008, and has...
Read MoreBrandon Hicks
Reportedly called up to take the place of the injured Yunel Escobar on the roster, just in case anyone misses Jesse Garcia. Drafted out of Texas A&M in the third round of the 2007 draft, Hicks looked at first like he might...
Read MoreBrooks Conrad
Made the team over Joe Thurston presumably for the reason DOB had been saying all along — he was on the 40-man, and Thurston wasn’t. As I’ve written, it probably doesn’t matter and if it does you...
Read MoreJesse Chavez
Proof that the Braves think even less of spring training stats than I do, as even I take notice when a guy puts up a 14 ERA (15 RA) and walks six versus four strikeouts in nine innings of exhibition work. Admittedly, there...
Read MoreOther pitching possibilities redux
Okay, the Braves are going to carry seven relievers. (Why? Because, that’s why. But Bobby only really used four relievers last year anyway. Shut up!) Anyway, we know who five of them will be, barring injury: Wagner, Saito,...
Read MoreOther pitching possibilities
This is always a tough bit, and I’m sure I’ll miss somebody. Anyway, the best-known reliever I haven’t covered yet is certainly Scott Proctor, who had two good years of bullpen workhorse work with the Yankees...
Read MoreJo-Jo Reyes
Jo-Jo Reyes Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com. I am generally reluctant to state that any ballplayer’s problems are mental or emotional. In the case of Joseph Albert Reyes, I am here to say that the...
Read MoreManny Acosta
Manny Acosta Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com. So, what is his deal? Is he a flake, or is the ability he occasionally flashes an illusion? Acosta throws as hard as anyone on the staff, is not a one-pitch...
Read MoreEric O’Flaherty
Eric O’Flaherty Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com. The Mariners tried to sneak a live arm back to the minors last offseason, but the Braves caught them in the act and wound up with one of the better...
Read MorePeter Moylan
Peter Moylan Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com. Makes return from Tommy John surgery look easy. In less than a year, he was ready for the start of the season. Well, almost. After his first two appearances he...
Read MoreTakashi Saito
Takashi Saito Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com. Is old. Saito has pitched well since he came to America in 2006, but he was 36 then and will be 40 this year, which is probably why the Red Sox let him go...
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