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Atlanta Braves Settle on Jerseys for Upton and Johnson Brothers
February 2nd, 2013 at 8:29 AM
The Atlanta Braves have determined how B.J. Upton, Justin Upton, Reed Johnson and Chris Johnson will be identified on the backs of their jerseys in 2013, Dave O'Brien tweets. O'Brien confirmed with Jim Misudek, a member of the Braves public relations department, that each Upton brother will simply have "Upton" and...

Atlanta Braves Introduce Justin Upton with Press Conference
January 29th, 2013 at 11:19 PM
The Atlanta Braves introduced Justin Upton with a press conference Tuesday afternoon at Turner Field. It was the first time Upton was able to don a Braves uniform since the enormous trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday. "It's a special day for my family, getting an opportunity to see me...

Trading Martin Prado Unpopular but Logical for Atlanta Braves
January 25th, 2013 at 8:15 PM
A large amount of Atlanta Braves fans immediately reacted with a knee jerk when it was announced Friday that they acquired Justin Upton from the Arizona Diamondbacks while shipping away Martin Prado. Fans wanted Upton, but dealing away Prado meant getting rid of a fan favorite and clubhouse leader, so...

Atlanta Braves Trade Martin Prado, Randall Delgado to Arizona Diamondbacks for Justin Upton
January 24th, 2013 at 6:30 PM
In what has surely become old news to Atlanta Braves fans, the club acquired Justin Upton from the Arizona Diamondbacks in their biggest move of the winter. The Braves got Upton and third baseman Chris Johnson in the deal, while the Diamondbacks received Martin Prado, Randall Delgado, shortstop prospect Nick Ahmed,...

Atlanta Braves Trade for Justin Upton May Be Dead in Water
January 24th, 2013 at 8:42 AM
The Atlanta Braves started aggressively pursuing a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks for Justin Upton on Wednesday, but it seems the inclusion of certain prospects may be a major hang up, Jeff Passan reports. The D-Backs currently have five starting-quality outfielders - Upton, Jason Kubel, Cody Ross, Gerardo Parra and prospect Adam...

Martin Prado, Atlanta Braves Exchange Arbitration Numbers
January 18th, 2013 at 6:26 PM
The Atlanta Braves and Martin Prado officially submitted their numbers for a contract arbitration hearing, Jon Heyman reports. The move essentially ended any negotiations between the Braves and Prado. Prado filed a $7.05 million contract request, while the Braves countered with $6.65 million. In arbitration, a third party will hear arguments...

Atlanta Braves Avoid Arbitration with Jason Heyward and Four Others
January 18th, 2013 at 3:21 PM
The Atlanta Braves reached agreements on Friday with five players to avoid salary arbitration hearings.  Jason Heyward, Eric O'Flaherty, Johnny Venters, Kris Medlen and Cristhian Martinez all signed deals, leaving Martin Prado the lone unsigned member of the team. Heyward, as expected, received the largest bump in salary for the upcoming season....

MLB Owners Approve Several Rule Changes for Upcoming Season
January 16th, 2013 at 10:49 AM
While Atlanta Braves fans will forever curse the "infield fly" rule under their breath after the NL wildcard round last October, it wasn't one of the rules adjusted for the upcoming MLB season. The rules changes approved by the MLB owners are as follows: - Coaches and managers are now allowed to...

Atlanta Braves May Be Last Team Standing for Justin Upton Trade
January 13th, 2013 at 7:27 PM
After the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees have essentially withdrawn interest in acquiring Justin Upton, it looks like the Atlanta Braves may be the only team with a legitimate shot at making a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks. However, just because Upton blew up a potential trade to the Seattle...

Atlanta Braves Still in Running for Justin Upton After Rejected Trade to Seattle Mariners
January 10th, 2013 at 9:23 PM
The Atlanta Braves may have just found themselves in a better position to acquire a left fielder. The Arizona Diamondbacks had a deal worked out to send Justin Upton to the Seattle Mariners, but Upton blocked the deal with his limited no-trade clause, foxsports.com reports. Seattle was prepared to send a...

Atlanta Braves, Brian McCann Put Contract Talks on Hold
January 6th, 2013 at 7:46 PM
The Atlanta Braves and Brian McCann have agreed to hold off until the end of the 2013 season to discuss a possible contract extension, Jim Duquette reports. The Braves exercised their $12 million option on McCann for 2013, but his career-worst .230 batting average and lingering shoulder issues obviously played into...

Controversial “Screaming Indian” Logo to Be Used on New Atlanta Braves Batting Practice Caps
December 28th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
Every few years, Major League Baseball pushes new batting practice cap designs down the retail shoot to push merchandise sales. The new 2013 designs have the Atlanta Braves getting gobs of attention for their controversial "screaming Indian" logo's comeback. The image of the new BP cap first appeared at Uni Watch,...

Frank Wren Ranked Among Sexiest General Managers by Yahoo!
December 21st, 2012 at 8:51 AM
In what should have been a sign of the apocalypse, Yahoo! Sports recently put out a ranking of the sexiest general managers in baseball. Atlanta Braves GM Frank Wren cracked no. 12 on the list. The list was compiled in response to new Oakland A's shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima calling Billy Beane "extremely...

Atlanta Braves Eyeing Mark Trumbo Trade
December 14th, 2012 at 11:14 PM
With the Los Angeles Angels' recent acquisition of Josh Hamilton, they have a surplus of outfielders. It just happens that the Atlanta Braves are in need of a left fielder, and they looking into the possibility of acquiring Mark Trumbo, Dave O'Brien tweeted. Danny Knobler reports that the Angels are "very likely"...

Atlanta Braves May Pursure Emilio Bonafacio
December 7th, 2012 at 9:39 PM
The Atlanta Braves left the Winter Meetings this week still without a lead-off caliber left fielder. That could change, as they were previously interested in Toronto Blue Jays outfielder/second baseman Emilio Bonafacio before he was traded from the Miami Marlins, Dave O'Brien tweets. That interest may have carried over, particularly with...

Fredi Gonzalez Has Contract Extended Through 2014
December 6th, 2012 at 12:44 AM
The Atlanta Braves expressed their confidence in manager Fredi Gonzalez by picking up his option, extending his contract through 2014. After the Braves' collapse in September 2011, Gonzalez guided them to a National League Wild Card berth before being downed by the St. Louis Cardinals in a controversial play-in game. Regardless,...

Justin Upton Will not Be Traded to Atlanta Braves
December 4th, 2012 at 10:25 PM
For someone who was the talk of the trading town in Atlanta Braves organization, Justin Upton will officially not being coming to Georgia, Jayson Stark tweets. Trade talks with the Arizona Diamondbacks broke down with both sides concluding there is "not going to be a fit." The Diamondbacks had their eyes...

Atlanta Braves Divide Shares from Wild Card Appearance
November 26th, 2012 at 11:14 PM
They only lasted one game in the playoffs, but Atlanta Braves players received nearly $20,000 each for their postseason participation, Dave O'Brien reports. For their National League Wild Card game against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Braves accumulated $980,452.04 from ticket sales. They divvied out 46 full shares of $19,609 as well as...

Atlanta Braves Decline to Trade Andrelton Simmons to Texas Rangers
November 13th, 2012 at 7:25 PM
The Atlanta Braves declined a trade offer from the Texas Rangers over the weekend for Andrelton Simmons, USA Today reports, and Danny Knobler tweeted that the Rangers were willing to give up their top prospect in the deal. The Braves weren't about to part with Simmons and send yet another shortstop...

J.C. Boscan, Two Others Outrighted Off 40-Man Roster by Atlanta Braves
November 1st, 2012 at 4:09 PM
Among the flurry of moves the Atlanta Braves announced today, they outrighted three minor leaguers off the 40-man roster, including catcher J.C. Boscan, right-handed pitcher Eric Cordier and lefty Robert Fish, ajc.com reports. Boscan is the only member of the group with any Major League experience and has elected to explore free...