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Braves Pick Up Cardenas, Hardy In Busy Rule 5 Draft
Typically one of the least-active teams in the annual Rule 5 draft, the Braves selected righthander Eliecer Cardenas from the Twins and lefty Rowdy Hardy from the Royals in the Triple-A phase.
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Delgado, Milligan Among Braves Slowed By Injuries
There's never a good time for an injury, but the timing was particularly unfortunate for a couple of players who were making fast progress before going under the knife in 2010.
Harrilchak Impresses Braves During AFL Stint
Cory Harrilchak is making the most of his time in the Arizona Fall League.
Braves’ Timmons, Young Waiting For Opportunities
While several new faces are expected to populate the Braves' 2011 major league roster, a pair of long-time farmhands continue trying to break through the game's glass ceiling.
Rookies Play Key Role In Braves’ Success
As soon as right fielder Jason Heyward proved in spring training that he was ready for the game's top level, the Braves realized they would be counting on assistance from first-year players.
Braves’ Cunningham Gets Ahead Of The Game
Todd Cunningham entered the 2010 draft with a plan. If a team that selected him showed sincere interest in retaining his services, the outfielder was prepared to jump in with both feet to start working his way to the top. The situation could not have unfolded better.
Freeman, Teheran Starred In Braves System
Bill Ballew selects end-of-season award winners for the Braves system, selecting the Best Player, Best Pitcher and a player to keep an eye on.
Healthy Erik Cordier Impresses Braves
Erik Cordier was a day away from scheduling a second Tommy John surgery when he decided to do something extreme.
Braves’ Gosselin Getting Experience At Second
Phil Gosselin is learning second base on the fly in his first taste of professional baseball, but the early returns on all aspects of his game are nothing less than impressive.
Simplifying Approach Pays Off For Braves’ Mycal Jones
Mycal Jones is the first to admit that it would have been difficult to have had a worse start than the one he endured earlier this season at low Class A Rome. As the slump persisted, Jones went to work with hitting coach Bobby Moore, who suggested that Jones get back to what he was doing in spring training.
Braves’ Beachy Emerges From Obscurity
Two years ago, Brandon Beachy headed to Virginia to work on his pitching. Late in the summer, Braves scout Gene Kearns was cross-checking some players when he saw the righthander. Since Beachy had gone undrafted after his junior season, he was able to sign with Atlanta as a free agent.
Braves Midseason Report
Bill Ballew selects midseason award winners for the Braves system, designating prospects in the Best Player, Biggest Leap Forward and Biggest Disappointment categories.
Teheran Leading Talented Myrtle Beach Staff
Ask a scout to name a rotation with more prospects than the current edition of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans and chances are the list will be a short one. Not only for the 2010 campaign, but for the past decade . . . and before.
Lipka’s Speed, Athleticism Attracts Atlanta
The Braves return to their roots, drafting a high school athlete in Texas prep shortstop Matt Lipka.
Marek On The Rebound For Braves
Stephen Marek is the first to admit the 2009 season was anything but productive.
Progress Comes At Triple-A For Braves’ Gearrin, Resop
Although Triple-A typically isn't the level where players make big strides in their development, that is exactly what has happened in the early stages of the 2010 campaign for two Gwinnett pitchers.
Braves Sluggers Endure Growing Pains
For two of the Braves' biggest bats residing in the farm system, the opening weeks of the campaign produced difficult results.
Braves’ Sammons Looks To Step Up Offense
he Braves have known since drafting Clint Sammons out of Georgia in the sixth round in 2004 that he has the catch-and-throw skills as well as the game-calling ability to play in the major leagues. The question has centered on his bat.
Kimbrel, Venters Could Offer Braves Immediate Relief
Jason Heyward was without question the top story from big league camp this spring, but the 2007 first-round pick was not the only rookie in the hunt for a job at the game's top level.
Braves’ Hale, Minor Making Progress
Having taken a pair of college pitchers with their first two picks last June for only the second time in draft history, the Braves were hoping to add some depth at the major league level in the not-too-distant future. That scenario remains on track given the early progress displayed by first-rounder Mike Minor and third-round selection David Hale.
