2010 MLB Off-Season Review: NL East

Atlanta Braves Key losses- Javier Vasquez, Kelly Johnson, Rafael Soriano, Mike Gonzalez, Garrett Anderson, Adam LaRoche Key additions- Billy Wagner, Melky Cabrera, Troy Glaus, Takashi Saito Off-season grade- B Justification- I feel they upgraded the bullpen with the addition of Wagner and Saito. The Vasquez deal seems like a salary dump, but they got a [...]

Atlanta Braves Top Ten Prospects 2010

1) Jason Heyward-OF You’ll get to see him play for yourself this year. Outstanding player. Enjoy the tomahawk Jason. 2) Freddie Freeman-1B I know alot of people will tell you based on his ISO of under 1 last year, that he’ll never be a true slugger. I’m going to disagree. I think he’s got more [...]

Shocker- Soriano accepts Arbitration

In a shocking twist of events, argubaly the best right handed reliever on the market decided to accept arbitration and will return to Atlanta. I for one did not see this coming as I thought for sure he could land a 3 year deal worth a good 19-24 million a year. Apparently Soriano and his [...]

Saito to the Braves and Polanco signs with Philly

Takashi Saito signed a 1 year deal today with the Atlanta Braves as they continue to remake their bullpen. The terms weren’t disclosed but my sources tell me it was around 2.5 million with incentives. I thought this was a better deal than the Wagner deal as Saito pitched pretty well last year in Boston. [...]

Was Wagner Really Worth it Atlanta?

After getting information on the Braves signing Billy Wagner, I wasn’t all that surprised by it, I was more skeptical. Rafael Soriano was good, real good in the 9th inning last year. In my opinion, he is the best free agent, late-inning guy out there this year. Why would the Braves give Wagner, whose 38 [...]

Soriano on Chicago White Sox Wishlist?

Rafael Soriano is arguably the best free agent reliever on the market this winter. Numerous teams are going to be calling seeing what kind of contract he’s looking for, and if he’d be okay setting up again. Numerous teams make sense for Soriano to land but the question is- which ones are going to pony [...]