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*Players on the 40-man roster are indicated in BOLD.
*Players who are out of options are indicated with ##
*Players who are injured are indicated with +
*Click on the player's name to see the injury update
*Baseball America '11 pre-season prospect rankings are indicated in BLUE.
*Baseball Prospectus '11 pre-season prospect rankings are indicated in GREEN.
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Gwinnett (AAA)/ Mississippi (AA)
Lynchburg(HiA)/ Rome (LoA)/ Rookie Levels
*40-man roster total (36)
25-MAN ROSTER
Starting Lineup (*indicates left-handed batter **indicates switch-hitter)
1 LF Martin Prado
2 CF Nate McLouth*
3 3B Chipper Jones**
4 C Brian McCann*
5 2B Dan Uggla
6 RF Jason Heyward*
7 SS Alex Gonzalez
8 1B Freddie Freeman* BA#2 BP#2
Bench
C David Ross
2B/OF Matt Young*
IF Brooks Conrad**
IF/OF Eric Hinske*
Starting Rotation
1 RHP Derek Lowe
2 RHP Tommy Hanson
3 RHP Tim Hudson
4 RHP Jair Jurrjens +
5 RHP Brandon Beachy BA#8 BP#10
Bullpen
CL RHP Craig Kimbrel BA#5 BP#5
SU LHP Jonny Venters
SU RHP Peter Moylan
MID LHP Eric O'Flaherty
MID RHP Scott Linebrink
MID LHP George Sherrill
LR RHP Cristhian Martinez
Disabled List
Position Players
None
Pitchers
RHP Kris Medlen + UPDATE 3/27 - placed on 15-Day DL (recovery from Tommy John surgery)
Current list of Free Agents
*Elias ranking indicated in RED **For list of minor league free agents, click here.
Position Players
1B/3B Troy Glaus
Pitchers
RHP Scott Proctor: UPDATE 3/27 - released
Left as Free Agent/ Lost off Waivers/ Released/ Traded
Position Players
1B Derrek Lee: UPDATE 12/31 - agreed to one-year deal with Baltimore
IF/OF Omar Infante
OF Rick Ankiel - mutual option declined by team UPDATE 12/20 - agreed to one-year deal with Washington OF Melky Cabrera: UPDATE 12/8 - agreed to one-year deal with Kansas City
OF Matt Diaz: UPDATE 12/7 - agreed to two-year deal with Pittsburgh
Pitchers
RHP Kyle Cofield: UPDATE 12/3 - traded to White Sox
RHP Kyle Farnsworth - club option declined UPDATE 1/12 - agreed to one-year deal with Tampa Bay
RHP Takashi Saito: UPDATE 12/27 - signed one-year deal with Milwaukee
LHP Scott Diamond: UPDATE 12/9 - lost to Minnesota in Rule V draft
LHP Mike Dunn
LHP Lee Hyde: UPDATE 3/23 - lost off waivers to Washington
LHP Jose Ortegano: UPDATE 3/23 - lost off waivers to Yankees
LHP Billy Wagner
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16 comments:
I think Conrad is playing 2B, and Infante is playing 3B.
Thanks! I remember the switch but didn't check to see if it was for more than one game.
Troy Glaus is 1B/3B.
Thanks Jon. Got it, even though it might be for just one game that he was back at the hot corner. Wonder if anyone considers 3B an option for him going into 2011? He was only there out of necessity today.
Yeah, you're right Jason.
A lot to like in the top 5 in the lineup, the starting rotation, and back end of the bullpen.
Prado looks more like a 2 hitter going forward with Heyward, Uggla and McCann following, but that dude can flat out do anything on the field. But if Jones can stay healthy and be what he always is than this lineup has a lot more depth
The bench leaves a lot to be desired but that can change easily during a season
All indicators from the Braves beat writers is that the starting lineup will be as follows:
LF Prado
CF McLouth
3B Jones
C McCann
2B Uggla
RF Heyward
SS Gonzalez
1B Freeman
I've read Heyward hitting 6th as a possibility and I've read McLouth hitting 2nd as a possibility. I'm just waiting for McLouth to prove he isn't terrible again before I make the change. Let me know if anything is confirmed by Fredi Gonzalez.
Before the end of the season, I'm betting that Heyward takes over the #3 spot and stays there for at least the next decade.
Jason,
This is from Dave O'Brien's blog on AJC.com today.
Gonzalez would like to alternate between right- and left-handed (or switch) hitters up and down his lineup, and has mentioned this as his ideal lineup if McLouth is hitting well and Chipper is healthy: Martin Prado (R) leading off, McLouth (L) batting second, Chipper (S) third, Uggla (R) and McCann (L) fourth and fifth in either order, and Heyward (L) hitting sixth.
It’d be rounded out by Gonzalez (R) and Freeman.(L).
“In a perfect lineup, you could go right, left, switch, left, right, left, right with Gonzo hitting seventh, and Freeman hitting eight,” Fredi said. “In a perfect lineup.
Hopefully for us Braves fans, Nate performs and Chipper stays healthy. I do agree with you that eventually, Heyward will be hitting 3rd. I just hope Chipper's healthy enough and performing well enough to do it in 2011. If so, it could be a really good year.
Andy
Thanks for the info Andy. I'm definitely gonna keep close tabs on McLouth and move him into the #2 spot once he shows something. Do you think Schafer has a shot to win the job? In my opinion, the pre-injury Schafer is much better than the '10 version of McLouth. That's not saying much but Schafer could be a much better player right now. What if the pre-injury version of Schafer shows up in camp and McLouth looks as bad as he did last year?
If Schafer can truly come back and hit like he did before the wrist injury then I think that he would be the best option in CF. He gives them more speed at the top of the order and is a much better defensive OF than Nate. If he wins the job, it would not surprise me to see a lineup like this:
CF Schafer
LF Prado
3B Chipper
C McCann
2B Uggla
RF Heyward
SS Gonzalez
1B Freeman
it seems as if the braves will name beachy as their 5th starter, which means minor will begin the year in AAA
Thanks Mike. Been following along. Very surprising to hear that, although Dave O'Brien of the AJC said in his article that it was premature. Both have pitched well this spring but I really think having a lefty in the rotation would benefit them. Having Beachy in there would give them an all-righty rotation.
Excepting Minor, I don't the Braves have started a lhp since JoJo Reyes. It doesn't really seem to bother them.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (via CBS) is saying that Minor gets the spot start if Jurrjens can't go. Not sure if that means Minor would get the opening day roster spot, though.
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