Eric O'Flaherty

Picture this: Charlie Manuel and Ruben Amaro Jr. sitting around a large table with other front office members and scouts who are armed with a myriad of statistics, entrenched opinions and passionate voices. Don't, though, think for a second that Manuel...

No. 8 Braves: 23rd in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Phillies. Isn't every action supposed to bring an equal opposite reaction? Frank Wren must not have gotten the message. While the Red Sox's 7-20 September led to sweeping changes...

MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Brandon Beachy is right on schedule to make a return to the Braves almost exactly 12 months after Tommy John surgery. The right-hander pitched two innings in an extended spring training game in Florida on...

The Sports Xchange By Guy Curtright, The Sports Xchange Braves 8, Dodgers 5 ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves finally had their regular lineup intact, but the player who had carried them to a good start this season came through again on Friday night....

Upton's slam blasts Braves past Dodgers ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves finally had their regular lineup intact, but the player who had carried them to a good start came through again on Friday night. Justin Upton hit a no-doubt grand slam in the sixth...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Just when Atlanta was ready to finally have its lineup intact for the first time this season, the Braves got the bad pitching news they feared. Left-handed reliever Jonny Venters will...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Jonny Venters hoped for the best. So, obviously, did the Braves. But it appears that the left-handed reliever may be headed to a second Tommy John elbow surgery. Venters will see Dr....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH If Julio Teheran keeps pitching as he has in his past three starts, it will be hard for the Braves to take him out of the rotation when Brandon Beachy returns from Tommy John surgery...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Justin Upton got off to a blazing start with his new team, smacking five homers in his first five games. But the Braves outfielder has cooled considerably as he arrives in Arizona to...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Once, the Braves couldn't lose with Kris Medlen starting. Now, they can't seem to win. It really isn't the right-hander's fault, though. Medlen has five quality starts in seven outings...

The Sports Xchange By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange Kimbrel logs 100th save as Braves dump Giants SAN FRANCISCO -- Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez flew across the country Wednesday night to participate in one baseball game. As it turns...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH His average at .163 after another hitless game on May 1, Dan Uggla had almost nowhere to go except up. Seven games later, the Braves' second baseman is finally on the high side of the...