ATLANTA BRAVES 2009

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*Players on the 40-man roster are indicated in BOLD
*Baseball America pre-season ranking indicated in BLUE
*Baseball Prospectus pre-season ranking indicated in GREEN

*40-man roster total: (40)

Starting Lineup
1. CF Nate McLouth: UPDATE 6/3 - acquired from the Pirates UPDATE 8/17 - placed on DL with a sore hamstring UPDATE 9/4 - activated from DL
2. 2B Martin Prado
3. 3B Chipper Jones
4. C Brian McCann: UPDATE 4/25 - placed on the DL with continuing problems in his left eye UPDATE 5/8 - activated from the DL
5. LF Garrett Anderson: placed on the DL, retroactive to April 20th,with a strained left quadriceps UPDATE 5/5 - reinstated for Tuesday's game
6. SS Yunel Escobar
7. 1B Adam LaRoche: UPDATE 7/31 - acquired from Boston
8. RF Matt Diaz

Bench
C David Ross: UPDATE 4/3 - will open the season on the DL with a strained groin UPDATE 4/16 - activated from the DL
C Clint Sammons: UPDATE 4/16 - optioned to AAA with Ross being activated from the DL UPDATE 4/25 - recalled from AAA to take McCann's spot UPDATE 5/8 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/1 - recalled from AAA
1B/OF Greg Norton: UPDATE 6/11 - placed on DL with strained right hamstring UPDATE 7/12 - activated from DL
IF Brooks Conrad: UPDATE 7/3 - contract purchased from AAA UPDATE 7/23 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/1 - recalled from AAA
IF Kelly Johnson: UPDATE 7/3 - placed on DL with wrist tendinitis UPDATE 7/23 - activated from DL
OF Ryan Church: UPDATE 7/10 - acquired from Mets for OF Jeff Francoeur
OF Reid Gorecki : UPDATE 8/17 - contract purchased from AAA
UTL Omar Infante: UPDATE 5/21 - placed on the DL with a broken finger; expected to be out until all-star break UPDATE 8/11 - activated from DL

Starting Rotation
1. RHP Derek Lowe
2. RHP Jair Jurrjens
3. RHP Javier Vazquez
4. RHP Tommy Hanson (BA #1), (BP #2): UPDATE 6/7 - contract purchased from AAA UPDATE 7/10 - optioned to AAA until after the All-Star break UPDATE 7/20 - recalled from AAA
5. RHP Tim Hudson: could return in early August after recovering from Tommy John surgery UPDATE 9/1 - activated from DL

Bullpen
CL - RHP Rafael Soriano
SU - LHP Mike Gonzalez
SU - RHP Peter Moylan
MID-LHP Boone Logan: UPDATE 6/25 - recalled from AAA
MID-LHP Eric O'Flaherty
MID-RHP Kris Medlen (BA #9), (BP #11) : UPDATE 5/15 - will start Tuesday in place of Reyes UPDATE 5/17 - first start pushed back to Thursday UPDATE 5/21 - contract purchased from AAA
MID-RHP Manny Acosta: UPDATE 5/22 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 8/27 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/7 - recalled from AAA
MID-RHP Buddy Carlyle: UPDATE 5/26 - placed on the DL with a strained back UPDATE 8/27 - activated from DL
LR-RHP Kenshin Kawakami
LR - Vladimir Nuñez: UPDATE 9/5 - contract purchased from AAA

15-Day Disabled List
None

60-Day Disabled List
RHP Jorge Campillo: UPDATE 4/16 - placed on the DL with right shoulder fatigue UPDATE 5/26 - activated from the DL UPDATE 6/3 - placed on the DL
CF Jordan Schafer (BA #3), (BP #3): UPDATE 6/2 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/5 - placed on 60-Day DL with a wrist injury
*Players on the 60-Day DL do not have to be protected on the 40-man roster

Released
LHP Tom Glavine: UPDATE 3/26 - as the 5th starter, he won't be needed until April 19th; Manager Bobby Cox thinks Glavine is on schedule to be ready by then after seeing him make his first start of the spring last Saturday UPDATE 4/14 - diagnosed with rotator cuff inflammation; he has been told to take two weeks off and will be re-evaluated at that time UPDATE 6/3 - released by the team one day after proclaiming himself ready to return
RHP Jeff Bennett: UPDATE 6/25 - placed on DL with broken left hand UPDATE 7/30 -released

Traded
RHP Blaine Boyer: UPDATE 4/16 -
could be the odd man out when the team promotes Jo-Jo Reyes, who will start on Saturday UPDATE 4/18 - DFA'd to make room for Jo Jo Reyes UPDATE 4/20 - traded to the Cardinals for OF Brian Barton
LHP Jeff Locke (BA #7): UPDATE 6/3 - traded to Pittsburgh
RHP Charlie Morton: UPDATE 6/3 - traded to Pittsburgh
OF Gorkys Hernandez (BA #4), (BP #4): UPDATE 6/3 - traded to Pittsburgh
OF Jeff Francoeur: UPDATE 7/10 - traded to Mets for OF Ryan Church
1B Casey Kotchman: UPDATE 6/7 - placed on DL with a strained calf UPDATE 6/16 - activated from DL UPDATE 7/31 - traded to Boston for Adam LaRoche


Next in Line
C Alvin Colina
1B Barbaro Canizares: UPDATE 6/11 - contract purchased from AAA UPDATE 6/16 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 7/31 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 8/1 - optioned to AAA
IF Chris Burke: UPDATE 6/19 - signed to a minor league deal
IF Diory Hernandez : UPDATE 5/21 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 8/11 - optioned to AAA
OF Brian Barton: UPDATE 4/20 - acquired from the Cardinals for RHP Blaine Boyer UPDATE 6/3 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 6/4 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/1 - outrighted off 40-man roster
OF Gregor Blanco : UPDATE 6/2 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 7/12 - optioned to AAA
OF Jason Heyward (BA #2), (BP #1): UPDATE 9/5 - promoted to AAA
OF Brandon Jones: UPDATE 4/24 - recalled from AAA to take Anderson's roster spot UPDATE 5/5 - optioned to AAA
RHP Jon Huber: UPDATE 6/7 - signed to a minor league deal and assigned to AAA
RHP James Parr: UPDATE 4/16 - called up from AAA to take Campillo's spot UPDATE 5/22 - optioned to AAA
RHP Todd Redmond
RHP Luis Valdez: UPDATE 7/10 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 7/20 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/1 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 9/7 - optioned to AAA
LHP Francisley Bueno
LHP Mariano Gomez
LHP John Halama
LHP Juan Perez
LHP JoJo Reyes: UPDATE 4/18 - called up from AAA to make the start in Saturday's game UPDATE 5/15 - sent to bullpen UPDATE 5/21 - placed on the DL with a strained hamstring UPDATE 7/16 - activated from DL and optioned to AAA
LHP Johnny Venters

On the Fast Track
1B Freddie Freeman (BA #5), (BP #5)
LHP Cole Rohrbough (BA #6), (BP #7)
RHP Julio Teheran (BA #8), (BP #6)
RHP Craig Kimbrel (BA #9)
RHP Randall Delgado (BP #9)
SS Brandon Hicks (BP #10)
RHP Steve Marek

Under the Radar
1B Gerardo Rodriguez:
OF Cody Johnson
RHP Luis De Luna
RHP Cory Gearrin
RHP Benino Pruneda
RHP Ezekiel Spruill

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