Jonathan William Venters

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 20, 1985 in Pikeville, KY
High School: Lake Brantley HS (Altamonte Springs, FL)
School: Indian River Community College (Fort Pierce, FL)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 30th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 1, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 2010 (Age 25)   vs. COL 3.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Team: Braves 2010-2012
2013 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.63M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.000, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Jet Sports Management [*]
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• 5/16 Injury Report: ()
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• 4/1 Injury Report: ()

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• 7/29 Braves Journal: Braves 6, Phillies 2: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – July 29, 2012 – ESPN. Hi there! I’m feeling a little...
• 7/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Venters crisp in return from DL: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters (elbow) worked two scoreless innings in his return from the 15-day disabled list Sunday, July...[+] 22, against the Washington Nationals. Of his 21 pitches, 15 went for strikes, and he record a pair of strikeouts. 'I felt pretty good all the way around mechanically, physically,' Venters said.
• 7/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters sharp in rehab outing: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters (elbow) worked a perfect inning in his minor-league rehab appearance with Triple-A Gwinnett Friday,...[+] July 20. He threw six pitches, throwing five for strikes. Venters is expected to make another appearance Sunday, July 22, and then he'll likely be ready to come off the 15-day disabled list.
• 7/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters throws mix of pitches: Updating a previous report, Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters (elbow) was able to a mix of 39 pitches pain free off the bullpen...[+] mound Tuesday, July 18.
• 7/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters expected to come off DL Tuesday: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters (elbow) is expected to make rehab appearances for Triple-A Gwinnett Friday, July 20, and Sunday,...[+] July 22, and be activated from the 15-day disabled list Tuesday, July 24.
• 7/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters will not come off DL when eligible: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters (elbow) threw a bullpen session Tuesday, July 17, but will not be coming off the 15-day disabled...[+] list when he is eligible. Venters is expected to have another bullpen session before likely making at least two rehab appearances with Triple-A Gwinnett before being activated.
• 7/13 Up Along First: Series Preview: Mets Open Up Second Half With Three In Atlanta: Tonight at 7:35, the Mets begin a three-game series against the Braves at Turner Field. The Braves ended the first half 46-39,...
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• 7/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters feeling great: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters (elbow) said his elbow is feeling great and expects to come off the disabled list when he is eligible....[+] Venters may go on a rehab assignment before returning.
• 7/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters says injury not reason for struggles: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters (elbow), who is dealing with an 'impingement' and has no MRI exam planned, is expected to return...[+] from the disabled list in 15 days. Venters said he has had some soreness off and on the entire year, but nothing that affected his performance, and he didn't blame his down season on his injury. He will resume throwing when his symptoms are gone, and he could go on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett before returning. 'The fastball (sinker) hasn't been very good, so I've been trying to attack guys in different ways, throw some different pitches,' Venters said. 'It's one of those things where you're not getting it done the way you normally do, you have to make an adjustment and try something new. (But) I don't think it had any effect at all (on the elbow).'
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• 6/13 High Heat Stats: Tuesday tidbits: Nationals 4, @Blue Jays 2: Jose Bautista homered, doubled, and reached in all 4 trips — but the rest of the Jays got just...
• 6/13 Yanks Go Yard: A-Rod slams Braves, Yankees alone in first-place: Alex Rodriguez finds himself in iconic New York Yankees company this morning after hitting a game-tying grand slam off Atlanta...
• 6/13 Braves Journal: Yankees 6, Braves 4: New York Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – June 12, 2012 – ESPN. Well, Mike Minor outpitched CC Sabathia,...
• 6/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters blows lead: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters served up a grand slam to New York Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez Tuesday, June 12, to blow a lead....[+] He allowed a total of three hits and a walk without retiring one batter in an ugly 19-pitch outing, taking the loss and falling to 3-3.
• 6/12 Baseball Musings: A-Rod Catches the Iron Horse: Just when it looked like Mike Minor would beat CC Sabathia, Jonny Venters comes in and give up three hits, the last a grand slam...
• 6/12 Braves Journal: Yankees 3, Braves 0: New York Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – June 11, 2012 – ESPN. You know, you expect to get some runs...
• 6/9 Braves Journal: Braves 4, Blue Jays 3 (10 innings): Toronto Blue Jays vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – June 08, 2012 – ESPN. Is Jason Heyward waking up? He scored...
• 6/8 Braves Journal: Braves 8, Marlins 2: Atlanta Braves vs. Miami Marlins – Box Score – June 07, 2012 – ESPN. The Braves don’t seem to think that...
• 6/7 Braves Journal: Braves 2, Marlins 1: Atlanta Braves vs. Miami Marlins – Box Score – June 06, 2012 – ESPN. As usual, Carlos Delgado didn’t get...
• 6/3 FanSided: Brian McCann Injury UpdateAtlanta Braves catcher ...
• 6/2 FanSided: Game 51: Nationals 2, Braves 0: In a game where runs were hard to come by, the Nationals turned to their old standbys -- pitching and defense -- in Saturday's...
• 6/2 Braves Journal: Nats 2, Braves 0: Atlanta Braves vs. Washington Nationals – Box Score – June 02, 2012 – ESPN. Pitcher wins, pitcher losses. Brandon...

• 5/31 Braves Journal: Braves 10, Cardinals 7: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 30, 2012 – ESPN. Tim Hudson blew a five-run lead, but...
• 5/30 Braves Journal: Braves 5, Cardinals 4: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 29, 2012 – ESPN. At long last, the Braves won. Barely,...
• 5/27 Braves Journal: Nationals 8, Braves 4: Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves — Box Score — May 26, 2012 — ESPN Mike Minor is a problem with this team. Unfortunately,...
• 5/24 High Heat Stats: Running amok: Thursday game notes on the fly: “What is the sound of one hand blogging?” In lieu of chat, I decided to give this format another try, but it seems...
• 5/23 Braves Journal: Reds 2, Braves 1: Atlanta Braves vs. Cincinnati Reds — Box Score — May 23, 2012 — ESPN How is it that the Reds keep hitting pop-ups...
• 5/21 Braves Journal: Braves 2, Rays 0: Atlanta Braves vs. Tampa Bay Rays — May 20, 2012 — ESPN. Offense? What offense? Okay, honestly, I can’t complain about...
• 5/21 MLBTradeRumors: 2013 Contract Issues: Atlanta Braves: The Braves are next in MLBTR’s 2013 Contract Issues series: Eligible For Free Agency (7) Michael Bourn - The 29-year-old...
• 5/20 FanSided: Game 42: Hudson Carves Up Rays, Outduels Price as Rays Lose Game, Series: The Rays entered Sunday not having been shut out the entirety of 2012. All things must come to an end. [caption id="attachment_5700"...
• 5/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters' sinker not as effective: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters hasn't been as successful with his sinker this year, and he's giving up runs in two of his last...[+] three outings. Venters is having to make an adjustment while not being used as much out of the bullpen. He said he is completely healthy but has struggled with location.
• 5/15 Braves Journal: Reds 3, Braves 1: Cincinnati Reds vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 14, 2012 – ESPN. What is with this team? When was the last...
• 5/14 Baseball Musings: Lead Changes: The Nationals and Padres played a back and forth game, Washington coming out on top 8-5. The Nationals got out to a 1-0 lead,...
• 5/13 Braves Journal: Braves 7, Cardinals 4: Atlanta Braves vs. St. Louis Cardinals – Box Score – May 13, 2012 – ESPN. The offense continues to be impressive,...
• 5/12 Braves Journal: Braves 9, Cards 7 (12 innings): Atlanta Braves vs. St. Louis Cardinals – Play By Play – May 11, 2012 – ESPN. We’ve seen this before, haven’t...
• 5/10 Braves Journal: Braves 3, Cubs 1: Atlanta Braves vs. Chicago Cubs – Box Score – May 08, 2012 – ESPN. The Braves rebounded some, winning with what...
• 5/2 Crashburn Alley: Phillies-Braves Game Thread 5/2/12: The Phillies once again waited until late in the game to put together some offense. They tagged elite reliever Jonny Venters for...
• 5/2 Braves Journal: Phillies 4, Braves 2: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 01, 2012 – ESPN. Jonny Venters, who had been unscored...
• 5/1 Crashburn Alley: Phillies-Braves Game Thread 5/1/12: The Phillies have arrived in Atlanta after a brief four-game homestand against the Chicago Cubs. The 14-9 Braves lay claim to...

• 4/29 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bucs can’t cash in: The Pirates had a good chance to take two in a row from the Braves and jump ahead in this series, but they played a sloppy game...
• 4/29 Braves Journal: Braves 4, Pirates 3: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – April 29, 2012 – ESPN. A come-from-behind victory. Nice....
• 4/22 Braves Journal: Braves 3, D-Backs 2: Atlanta Braves vs. Arizona Diamondbacks – Box Score – April 21, 2012 – ESPN. So the Braves can win the close...
• 4/20 Brotherly Glove: The Worleybird Striketh Outeth: Vance Worley pitched seven shutout innings Thursday night en route to a 2-0 Phillies win. He scattered four hits and three walks...
• 4/20 Braves Journal: Braves 10, D-Backs 2: Atlanta Braves vs. Arizona Diamondbacks – Box Score – April 19, 2012 – ESPN. He got a lot of run support this...
• 4/15 Braves Journal: Braves 2, Brewers 1: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – April 14, 2012 – ESPN. The Braves got their first really...
• 4/14 Braves Journal: Braves 10, Brewers 8: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – April 13, 2012 – ESPN. Maybe this team isn’t bad, but...
• 4/12 Braves Journal: Braves 6, Astros 3: Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros – Box Score – April 11, 2012 – ESPN. Very similar to last night. The Braves...
• 4/11 Braves Journal: Braves 6, Astros 4: Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros – Box Score – April 10, 2012 – ESPN. It would have been unprecedented for...
• 4/4 Braves Journal: Yohan Flande: Made the team by pitching phenomenally in spring training. Now, nine times out of ten (at least) when a guy who’s never...
• 4/3 FantasySportsKings.com: 10 Middle Relievers for 2012: Middle reliever is the most unheralded position in baseball. In real life, middle relievers are usually the weakest links of......

• 3/23 Tomahawk Talk: Atlanta Braves’ Jonny Venters Battling Elbow Soreness: The Atlanta Braves most consistent and valuable reliever in the MLB the past two seasons, Jonny Venters, has been battling elbow...
• 3/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters throws: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters (elbow) was able to throw a pain-free long-toss session Friday, March 23. 'They just wanted to...[+] give me a couple of days to let it rest and get it feeling good again, so that I can go into the year feeling strong and good,' Venters said. 'It feels great now. I'm actually excited about it.'
• 3/22 Tomahawk Talk: Atlanta Braves’ Bullpen Candidates to Take Arodys Vizcaino’s Spot: The Atlanta Braves learned that one of their top prospects, Arodys Vizcaino, would miss the entire 2012 season due to Tommy John...
• 3/20 Tomahawk Talk: The Atlanta Braves Lose Arodys Vizcaino for Season: The Atlanta Braves‘ fears, about the health of promising rookie Arodys Vizcaino, were realized with the breaking news that...
• 3/18 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 National League East Predicted Standings: Wins Losses GB 1. Atlanta Braves 93 69 — 2. Philadelphia Phillies* 89 73 4 3. Washington Nationals* 88 74 5 4. Miami Marlins...
• 3/15 Tomahawk Talk: Atlanta Braves May Consider Managerial Change?: The Atlanta Braves endured the second worse collapse in MLB history last September. They blew an 8 1/2 game lead with only 23...
• 3/14 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Phillies, Harper, Mets: The latest from the NL East... The Phillies are looking for infield help, so David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily News...
• 3/14 MLBTradeRumors: First-Time Arbitration Eligible For 2013: Some pre-arbitration eligible players have already signed million dollar extensions, but arbitration eligibility represents the...
• 3/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball: The closer stock-market watch: When discussing what a closer is, your mind may wonder a bit to someone who is bad-ass, who is unhittable — the guy in the...
• 3/13 Mets360.com: How on earth will Mets replace Tim Byrdak’s 37.2 IP?: Lefty reliever Tim Byrdak underwent successful arthroscopic knee surgery to repair his torn meniscus and will be out for a minimum...
• 3/11 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: Here's a look back at the original reporting and analysis produced by MLBTR's writing staff this week.. We're always looking...
• 3/11 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy 30 to 1: Number 11 - Atlanta Braves: For this year’s forecast I will look at each team on a daily basis.  I think you will find the format pretty self-explanatory.Note...
• 3/10 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Eric O'Flaherty: For all of the hype generated by Craig Kimbrel and Jonny Venters last year, it was easy to overlook the impressive numbers posted...

• 2/29 Release Points: Analysis of the 2012 Cleveland Indians: Bullpen: Orginally presented on February 4 for the Cleveland chapter of SABR (Society of American Baseball Research), an in-depth player/positional...
• 2/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Words of wisdom for Atlanta: Patience, Fredi, patience: So, it’s officially begun. Middle Florida is a hotbed of activity, and the stories are already coming in. But in between...
• 2/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Team-wins over/under analysis: NL East: The Phillies are still the class of the division, but the Braves, Marlins and Nationals are stocked with young talent and should...
• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Atlanta Braves: The Braves took their offseason inactivity to a new level this winter. Major League Signings Eric Hinske, OF/1B: one year,...
• 2/22 Braves Journal: Jonny Venters: Another amazing season from Everyday Jonny, though he, like Kimbrel, ran out of gas at the end of the season, posting a 5.11 ERA...
• 2/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters to ease into spring training: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters will ease into spring training this season, not entering camp in midseason form by design. Last...[+] season, he arrived at camp already in game-shape when spring training began, putting in bullpen session before the team's early pitching camp last February. He also made 13 appearances in spring training, and then appeared 51 times before the All-Star break. However, by the time September rolled around, Venters struggled, perhaps due to the workload. He had a 5.64 ERA with the opposition hitting .278 against him over his final 15 appearances.
• 2/6 Baseball Musings: Changes, Atlanta Braves: The Atlanta Braves finished second in the NL East in 2011, losing the wild card spot on the last day of the season, the most exciting...
• 2/6 Fragile Freddy's: Looking Back at Myself: In the next few weeks I will be running my “Players to…” series as I look at players to watch, not watch and key players...

• 1/29 The Daily Catch: The Braves’ Payroll is Not “Moving on Up” Anytime Soon: This article is courtesy of our friends at Tomahawk Talk Written by: Chad McGinnis Tim Tucker from the Atlanta Journal Constitution...
• 1/28 Tomahawk Take: Atlanta Braves 2012 Bullpen: Arguably one of the better parts of 2011 for the Braves was the bullpen. Craig Kimbrel, Jonny Venters, and Eric O’Flaherty formed...
• 1/26 Tomahawk Talk: The Braves’ Payroll is Not “Moving on Up” Anytime Soon: Tim Tucker from the Atlanta Journal Constitution interviewed Terry McGuirk, the Atlanta Braves’ team chairman and CEO. Among...

• 12/24 High Heat Stats: Do-over: The most valuable pitchers of 2011: (Thanks very much to Sky Kalkman who provided extremely useful feedback to improve my approach to this analysis.)Yesterday, I...
• 12/22 High Heat Stats: The most valuable pitchers in 2011: The most valuable pitcher of 2011Icon SMIHere's a look at the pitchers who provided the most value relative to their salaries...
• 12/16 Phillies Nation: Willis > **** Venters Against Lefties: What triggered when you heard the Phillies signed (lefty starter reliever) Dontrelle Willis? Did you start visualizing the herky-jerky,...
• 12/5 FanSided: Reasons the Atlanta Braves should trade Jonny Venters: Ben Duronio nailed this one, at least in my opinion. With GM’s giving closers blank checks and telling them to write down...
• 12/5 Tomahawk Take: Reasons the Atlanta Braves should trade Jonny Venters: Ben Duronio nailed this one, at least in my opinion. With GM’s giving closers blank checks and telling them to write down...

• 11/22 YankeeAnalysts.com: Examining Possible Eduardo Nunez Trade Matches With The Braves: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) The biggest story to come out this past weekend was probably the...
• 11/17 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy's Two-a-Days: Atlanta Braves: 89-73, 2nd place, 13 GBFragile Freddy’s “Two A Days” series continues today with the Atlanta Braves.  Each day (except...
• 11/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Craig Kimbrel takes home NL Rookie of the Year over Freddie Freeman: Earl Williams (1971), Bob Horner (1978), David Justice (1990), Rafael Furcal (2000), and now Craig Kimbrel (2011). BBWA just announced...
• 11/1 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Atlanta Braves: The Braves are unlikely to do much free agent shopping, but improvements at left field and shortstop are possible.  Guaranteed...

• 10/25 Phillies Nation: Phillies Player Review 2011: Antonio ****: There are a bunch of reasons to love Antonio **** from his bubble butt to his funny delivery to the incredible amount of joy I...
• 10/24 22gigantes.com: Kimbrel wins BBA’s 2011 Goose Gossage Award: Atlanta Braves closer Craig Kimbrel beat Milwaukee’s John Axford by 13 points in the votes submitted by the National League...
• 10/15 Raise the Jolly Roger: BBA Ballot: Goose Gossage Award: The Baseball Bloggers Alliance is once again conducting its own end-of-season MLB awards as part of an ongoing effort to provide...
• 10/10 Tomahawk Take: Braves Highlights 2011 –O’VentBrel: Braves Formula, Send In O’VentBrel Though there’s quite correctly been a lot of criticism of our middle relief and more importantly...
• 10/6 MLB Dirt: Goose Gossage Award – Top Reliever: As a proud member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance I continue my postseason awards ballot with the Goose Gossage Award. I think...

• 9/29 Phillies Nation: Phillies Chop Braves From Playoffs with 102nd Win: This might be, without exaggeration, the single most dramatic day of regular-season baseball I’ve ever seen. I’d just...
• 9/29 Braves Journal: Phillies 4, Braves 3 (13 innings): Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – September 28, 2011 – ESPN. And so it ends. Somehow, you...
• 9/28 Phillies Nation: Phillies Chop Braves From Playoffs with 102nd Win: This might be, without exaggeration, the single most dramatic day of regular-season baseball I’ve ever seen. I’d just...
• 9/27 Braves Journal: Phillies 4, Braves 2: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – September 26, 2011 – ESPN. Once again, a young starting...
• 9/27 B-R Blog: Race recap for Monday 9/26/11: The art of fiction is on life support: -- Orioles 6, Red Sox 3: It's a 2-game season for Boston and Tampa. (Unless....) Chris Davis drove in the tying run in the 5th...
• 9/24 Call to the Pen: State of the Pen: Atlanta Braves: Atlanta’s three-headed monster at the back of their bullpen has thrown a lot of innings.  And now concern of how much gas they...
• 9/23 Braves Journal: Braves 7, Nats 4: Atlanta Braves vs. Washington Nationals – Box Score – September 23, 2011 – ESPN. Get out to a big lead and then...
• 9/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Frediot—Fredi Gonzalez Has Converted Me: No. That’s not a good thing. When he was hired as Braves manager to replace Bobby Cox, I tried to assuage the fears of Braves...
• 9/21 MLB Dirt: The Braves Bullpen Down the Stretch: The Atlanta Braves bullpen has been terrific this year and there is no question about it. Their bullpen ranks second in saves...
• 9/21 Fire Brand of the American League: Wednesday Links: Are you feeling a little down after last night’s frustrating 7-5 loss to the hapless Orioles?  Yeah, me too.  I really...
• 9/20 El Maquino: HOLLIDAY FINISHED?: “This is what the pennant race is all about.  This is what you try to sell in spring training.  This is the fun of it....
• 9/19 Braves Journal: Marlins 6, Braves 5: Atlanta Braves vs. Florida Marlins – Box Score – September 19, 2011 – ESPN. I just don’t understand it....
• 9/19 B-R Blog: Plays and Notes from Games of Sunday, 9/18/11: Tampa 8, Boston 5: I'm exhausted just from following this series online. Matt Joyce had his first 3-RBI game since April, and...
• 9/18 Braves Journal: Mets 7, Braves 5: New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – September 18, 2011 – ESPN. The Braves were able to strand even...
• 9/17 PaulLebowitz.com: National League Remaining Schedule And Playoff Picture: Here are the remaining schedules for the contending National League teams who have yet to officially clinch a spot. Atlanta Braves...
• 9/15 B-R Blog: Recapping Wednesday, 9/14/11: Latecomer to the shutout party: -- If they hadn't been in Houston, you could almost believe the Phillies had stage-managed their playoff-berth clincher. In winning...
• 9/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Atlanta Braves payroll and future contracts, part three: Kimbrel’s a beast: Welcome to part three of examining next years team. We’ve touched on the starting rotation with Derek Lowe out and Julio...
• 9/13 Braves Journal: Braves 7, Marlins 1: Florida Marlins vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – September 13, 2011 – ESPN. The Braves broke a nine-game losing...
• 9/10 Brotherly Glove: Antonio and Jonny, Separated At Birth: The Phillies keep winning, but Antonio **** continues to scare us to death. **** had been so stupidly good for so long that we...
• 9/10 Braves Journal: Cardinals 4, Braves 3 (10 innings): Atlanta Braves vs. St. Louis Cardinals – Box Score – September 09, 2011 – ESPN. So now the most reliable part...
• 9/9 C70 At The Bat: The Biggest Series Yet?: Well, the Mets did the Cardinals no favors yesterday, losing both games of their doubleheader with the Braves.  St. Louis...
• 9/8 Braves Journal: Braves 6, Mets 5: Atlanta Braves vs. New York Mets – Box Score – September 08, 2011 – ESPN. Well, Thank God for Mississippi the...
• 9/8 PaulLebowitz.com: Could The Braves Go After Jose Reyes?: With tremendous depth in their starting rotation and bullpen, money coming off the books and the gaping hole both at leadoff and...
• 9/7 Phillies Nation: Ninth Sweep Is The Sweetest: Now THAT is how you sweep a series. The Phillies downed the Braves 3-2 in walkoff fashion Wednesday, building their NL East lead...
• 9/7 Braves Journal: Phillies 3, Braves 2: Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies – Box Score – September 07, 2011 – ESPN. This isn’t much fun....
• 9/7 MLBTradeRumors: Atlanta’s Starting Pitching Depth: The Braves blew a late-inning lead before losing a painful game to the Phillies tonight, but if Atlanta goes on to win in the...
• 9/5 The Beanball: The Marlins Closer Outlook for 2012: For the third season in-a-row, Leo Nunez has successfully saved games for the Florida Marlins. Even though being a relatively...
• 9/5 Crashburn Alley: Braves Series Preview with Peter Hjort: Would that this series actually mean anything, but as the Playoff Odds Report on Baseball Prospectus indicates, both teams are...
• 9/3 Braves Journal: Dodgers 2, Braves 1 (10 innings): Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – September 03, 2011 – ESPN. I hate the Dodgers so much....
• 9/1 Braves Journal: Braves 5, Nats 2: Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – September 01, 2011 – ESPN. The Braves actually won a series...
• 9/1 Tomahawk Talk: Craig Kimbrel is the Best Rookie Closer…EVER: The Atlanta Braves defeated the Washington Nationals last night behind 6+ strong innings from Derek Lowe. Their bullpen stepped...
• 9/1 Tomahawk Talk: The Braves are the Most Improved Team in the MLB: There is not one team in Major League Baseball that improved as much as the Atlanta Braves have at the two trade deadlines in...
• 9/1 B-R Blog: Wednesday Wambsgansses … or, Games of 8/31/2011: [No, there wasn't an unassisted triple play. But isn't it fun to say "Wambsganss"?] -- Eric Hosmer had his first 2-HR game, but...

• 8/31 Braves Journal: Braves 3, Nats 1: Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 31, 2011 – ESPN. Well, the Derek Lowe of late 2010...
• 8/31 Baseball Musings: Perfect Pen: The Braves demonstrated why they will be tough in the playoffs as they made tonight’s contest a six-inning game with a perfect...
• 8/27 B-R Blog: Some things that happened Friday 8/26: -- Chris Capuano made the last pre-Irene game in this area memorable with a 2-hit, no-walk, 13-K shutout. His 96 Game Score was...
• 8/26 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 130: Win Over Braves: Mets 6 Braves 0 Irene may have been on everyone’s minds, but it was Chris Capuano who blew away the Braves like a hurricane....
• 8/24 Crashburn Alley: Update on Shutdowns/Meltdowns: With the recent implosions by Phillies relievers, coupled with the season-ending injury of Jose Contreras and the debut of Michael...
• 8/23 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Braves, Morrison, Rodriguez: Jason Heyward hit his first MLB grand slam at Wrigley Field tonight, helping the Braves in their attempt to strengthen their...
• 8/22 Braves Journal: Braves 3, Cubs 0: Atlanta Braves vs. Chicago Cubs – Box Score – August 22, 2011 – ESPN. I bet Cubs fans would really be kicking...
• 8/22 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Lyle Overbay: Top 2: Lyle Overbay struck out swinging against Derek Lowe Top 4: Overbay struck out swinging against Lowe Top 6: Overbay struck...
• 8/22 B-R Blog: Sunday summary: Games of 8/21: -- Protecting a 4-3 lead, Antonio **** fanned the first two men in the 9th, but Ian Desmond laced a 1-2 pitch 414 feet to LF....
• 8/21 Braves Journal: Braves 1, Dbacks 0: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 21, 2011 – ESPN. That one could have been easier....
• 8/20 Tomahawk Talk: Fredi Gonzalez May Have Figured Out How to Use Derek Lowe: The Atlanta Braves are in a tough situation with Derek Lowe. They have publicly proclaimed that Lowe is their big-game pitcher....
• 8/19 Braves Journal: Braves 4, DBacks 2: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 19, 2011 – ESPN. Fredi returned to his quick-hook...
• 8/19 B-R Blog: Tyler Clippard may set the Holds record. (Don’t laugh.): Tyler Clippard earned his 32nd Hold on Thursday with a perfect 8th inning against the Reds, striking out Jay Bruce and Drew Stubbs,...
• 8/18 Baseball Analytics: Jonny Venters' Dominant Slider: Jonny Venters has thrown 191 sliders this season, and opposing hitters have swung at 103 of those sliders.  Yet, of those...
• 8/18 Braves Journal: Braves 1, Giants 0: San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 18, 2011 – ESPN. So, all the Braves needed tonight...
• 8/16 Braves Journal: Braves 2, Giants 1 (11 innings): San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 16, 2011 – ESPN. So the bad news is that Randall...
• 8/14 Braves Journal: Cubs 6, Braves 5: Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 14, 2011 – ESPN. I blame Jerome Holtzman. The whole concept...
• 8/10 Braves Journal: Braves 6, Marlins 2: Atlanta Braves vs. Florida Marlins – Box Score – August 10, 2011 – ESPN. Well, no triumph over PURE EVIL can...
• 8/10 Braves Journal: Braves 4, Marlins 3 (11 innings): Atlanta Braves vs. Florida Marlins – Box Score – August 09, 2011 – ESPN. Brandon Beachy had a great start spoiled...
• 8/7 Braves Journal: Braves 6, Mets 5: Atlanta Braves vs. New York Mets – Box Score – August 07, 2011 – ESPN. A frustrating sort of win. The Braves...
• 8/5 Up Along First: Bullpen struggles again as Mets lose 4-1: Notable performances: R.A. **** (L, 5-10) 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 5 SO, 98 pitches (64 strikes) David Wright- 2-4, 2B, RBI Jose Reyes-...
• 8/5 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 111: Loss to Braves: Braves 4 Mets 1 It didn’t seem that long ago that the Mets won five straight, were a season-high four games over .500, and...
• 8/5 Braves Journal: Braves 4, Mets 1: Atlanta Braves vs. New York Mets – Box Score – August 05, 2011 – ESPN. Ah, the Mets. They actually took the...
• 8/4 B-R Blog: Random Recap: Games of Wednesday, 8/3:  A late bulletin from the corner of First Time for Everything and the Boulevard of Broken Streaks.... -- Jacoby Ellsbury had...
• 8/3 Braves Journal: Braves 6 Nats 4: Atlanta Braves vs. Washington Nationals – Box Score – August 03, 2011 – ESPN. They just have to make it interesting....
• 8/2 Tomahawk Talk: Why Fredi Gonzalez Concedes Wins to Other Teams: What an ugly game that was! I am typically not critical of Fredi Gonzalez. After today’s game, I have to admit that he is...

• 7/28 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Pedro Alvarez: Top 1: Pedro Alvarez hit an RBI single to right against Tommy Hanson Top 3: Alvarez grounded out against Hanson Top...
• 7/27 Fire Brand of the American League: Red Sox Trade Targets: Relief Pitching: Unlike in recent years past, the Red Sox bullpen has been pretty solid this year.  Theo spent a lot of time and money this...
• 7/26 This is Getting Old: Pirates vs. Braves (Series Thirty Four) – Guest Post: Whenever I do a series preview I also post it on the SteelerFury message boards for a small, but rabid Pirates community. I’ve...
• 7/23 Tomahawk Talk: Why Fredi Gonzalez Concedes Wins to Other Teams: What an ugly game that was! I am typically not critical of Fredi Gonzalez. After today’s game, I have to admit that he is...
• 7/23 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal's Full Count: Braves, Upton, White Sox, Reds: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports has a special trade deadline edition of his weekly Full Count Video, so let's run down the highlights: For...
• 7/23 Baseball Reality Tour: MLB Opponent OPS Leaders: Joe Posnanski published an inspired blog post on Friday. If you're into looking at baseball from different point of views, or...
• 7/21 Braves Journal: Braves 9, Rockies 6: Atlanta Braves vs. Colorado Rockies – Box Score – July 21, 2011 – ESPN. For all the direct causes for Arena...
• 7/21 MLBTradeRumors: Braves Want Bullpen Help, Still Interested In Gomes: A heavy workload on their relievers have the Braves looking for bullpen help according to ESPN's Buster Olney (Twitter links)....
• 7/21 MLBTradeRumors: Trade Market Update: Drew, Gomez, Beltran : Two contenders lost key players in the same game tonight and the injuries could affect the trade market for the remainder of the...
• 7/20 Phillies Nation: Does **** Make Madson Expendable?: Antonio **** has dominated in a way that you just don’t see everyday. He has the lowest opponents batting average in major...
• 7/20 PaulLebowitz.com: Demotion Sickness With Jason Heyward: There’s been a suggestion floated by some that the Braves should send struggling and injury-plagued future star Jason Heyward...
• 7/19 Braves Journal: Braves 7, Rockies 4: Atlanta Braves vs. Colorado Rockies – Box Score – July 18, 2011 – ESPN. Coors Field is am ammoying place. Even...
• 7/18 Phillies Nation: State Of The NL East: Here we are at the All Star break, and the Phillies have the best record in baseball and a 3.5 game lead on the Braves. While...
• 7/18 Phillies Nation: NL 5, AL 1: Good Pitching Beats Good Hitting: If you’re the confident type, you can buy tickets for Game 1 of the World Series at Citizens Bank Park. Ten pitchers combined...
• 7/17 Braves Journal: Braves 9, Nats 8: Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – July 17, 2011 – ESPN. What a strange game is baseball....
• 7/17 B-R Blog: Stodgy strategy … and Sunday sundries: [All factoids grown organically and prepared without Elias additives.] Explain this strategy to me: -- In Atlanta Sunday, the...
• 7/16 Brotherly Glove: The Three Tiers of Padres Relievers: Multiple sources have confirmed that the Phillies are hot after a Padres reliever. Unfortunately, San Diego’s three most...
• 7/14 COSFBA: The SABR Spotlight: Jair Jurrjens: **** Blogosphere! I'm excited to begin contributing to this community and starting some heated debates! A quick bit about me,...
• 7/12 Yankees Daily: Fielder’s HR propels NL to consecutive All-Star wins: PHOENIX (AP) — Pitching, speed and a little bit of power. The National League is back on top in the All-Star game, using...
• 7/12 MLBTradeRumors: The Least Likely All-Stars: Of this year's 84 All-Stars, six were drafted first overall in their class.  These guys were destined to make All-Star teams,...
• 7/12 Brotherly Glove: Notes On A Frustrating Loss: Notes on Saturday’s 4-1 extra-inning loss to the Braves: The Phillies went three up, three down SIX times. Ryan Howard was...
• 7/12 Baseball Reality Tour: Grounders and Popups in the First Half: We did this a couple of weeks into the season, and hope to have more meaningful data to share when looking at pitchers from the...
• 7/12 COSFBA: The Knurve To Say: July 11th, 2011: This week, I have The Knurve To Say... ...the Braves are about to begin a dynasty. Hey, the article isn’t called “The...
• 7/12 Braves Journal: Braves 4, Phillies 1 (11 innings): Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies – Box Score – July 09, 2011 – ESPN. Another wonderful, playoff-type...
• 7/12 Braves Journal: Phillies 3, Braves 2 (10 innings): Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies – Box Score – July 08, 2011 – ESPN. A wonderful game, a real playoff...
• 7/12 Crashburn Alley: Braves Don’t Use Their Best Pitcher: The Phillies took a close game off of the Atlanta Braves on Friday night thanks to a tenth-inning walk-off home run from Raul...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: Random Recap: On the brink of the break: -- Yankees (CC Sabathia) 1, Rays (James Shields) 0: The first regulation game since 2002 in which both pitchers went the distance...
• 7/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Braves’ March: McLouth vs Schafer, part two: The Braves have some decisions to make coming up and most of them will start as soon as the All-Star break ends. But first, lets...
• 7/6 Baseball Musings: Venting on VentersAt Baseball Analytics, I look at the unusual pitch selection of Jonny Venters. ...
• 7/4 B-R Blog: Consecutive Home Appearances Without a Allowing a Run to Start the Season: On the heels of yesterday's meltdown by the Yankees in Citi Field, Mike Axisa in his post on the River Avenue Blues blog  highlighted...
• 7/1 B-R Blog: 2011 WAR-Stars: With most teams at or past the midpoint of the season, and the annual Po**** & Pity Game almost upon us, let's stage a fantasy...

• 6/19 B-R Blog: Record pace for Al Alburquerque: Al Alburquerque is currently on pace to break Eric Gagne's records for batting average and slugging average allowed in a season...
• 6/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Brave Move: McLouth or Schafer and other fun stats: The Atlanta Braves are tied for the second-best record in the NL and the third-best record overall in the majors. Read it again....
• 6/13 Braves Journal: Astros 8, Braves 3: Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros – Box Score – June 13, 2011 – ESPN. A disappointing end to a productive road...
• 6/12 Braves Journal: Braves 4, Astros 1: Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros – Box Score – June 12, 2011 – ESPN. God bless the Astros. They’re going...
• 6/11 Braves Journal: Braves 6, Astros 3 (10 innings): Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros – Box Score – June 11, 2011 – ESPN. Brian McCann is the best catcher in baseball....
• 6/8 Braves Journal: Braves 3, Marlins 2 (10 innings): Atlanta Braves vs. Florida Marlins – Box Score – June 08, 2011 – ESPN. Though six innings, Dan Uggla had more...
• 6/7 Braves Journal: Braves 1, Marlins 0: Atlanta Braves vs. Florida Marlins – Box Score – June 07, 2011 – ESPN. So, the Marlins broke out Brad Hand,...
• 6/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters dominating: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters has held opposing hitters to a .164 slugging percentage this year. ESPN The Magazine's Buster...[+] Olney called him the best reliever in the majors right now.
• 6/1 The Pesky Pole: Kyle Phillips’ first career home run lifts Padres past Braves: ATLANTA (AP) — Pinch-hitter Kyle Phillips broke a 2-all tie in the 10th inning with his first career home run and the San Diego...

• 5/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Brian McCann impressed with Jonny Venters: Atlanta Braves C Brian McCann had nice things to say about RP Jonny Venters' sinker. 'I've never caught a sinker like that. He...[+] throws a 97-mph sinker that legitimately looks like a right-handed slider. I can't tell you how many guys last year faced him for the first time, looked at me and said, 'Where'd you get THIS guy from?''
• 5/30 Braves Journal: Padres 3, Braves 2 (10 innings): San Diego Padres vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 30, 2011 – ESPN. Such a bad offense. The Padres, if anything,...
• 5/29 Braves Journal: Braves 2, Reds 1: Cincinnati Reds vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 29, 2011 – ESPN. After last night’s marathon, the...
• 5/29 B-R Blog: Notes from Saturday Games: Hanley’s Struggle, Duke’s Triumph: A non-comprehensive look around Saturday's MLB games: Hanley Ramirez was caught stealing and grounded into a double play in Florida's...
• 5/28 Braves Journal: Braves 7, Reds 6 (12 innings): Cincinnati Reds vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 28, 2011 – ESPN. A classic managers’ duel. Fredi...
• 5/25 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pearce giveth, Pearce taketh away: Very frustrating loss for the Bucs today. What started out looking like a great homestand ended up just 2-3, and the Pirates fell...
• 5/25 Braves Journal: Braves 4, Pirates 2 (11 innings): Atlanta Braves vs. Pittsburgh Pirates – Box Score – May 25, 2011 – ESPN. No win for you, Mike Minor! See how...
• 5/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters picks up 11th hold: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters struck out the only batter he faced in the eighth inning Tuesday, May 24, against the Pittsburgh...[+] Pirates to pick up his 11th hold of the season. He also lowered his already minuscule ERA down to 0.63.
• 5/24 Braves Journal: Braves 2, Pirates 0: Atlanta Braves vs. Pittsburgh Pirates – Box Score – May 24, 2011 – ESPN. I mean, Jair Jurrjens wouldn’t...
• 5/23 MLBTradeRumors: Contenders And Lefty Relievers: Athletics lefty reliever Jerry Blevins has been designated for assignment and is presumably available, leaving me to wonder which...
• 5/22 Braves Journal: Braves 5, Angels 4 (12 innings): Atlanta Braves vs. Los Angeles Angels – Box Score – May 21, 2011 – ESPN. Jason Heyward couldn’t go tonight...
• 5/17 Through The Fence Baseball: Braves’ March: Defense and the long ball: Have you seen Brian McCann lately? Wow. In case you’re behind on the highlights, McCann belted a PH HR with two outs in the...
• 5/17 Braves Journal: Braves 3, Astros 1 (11 innings): Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 17, 2011 – ESPN. It was supposed to be Brian McCann‘s...
• 5/16 Braves Journal: Braves 3, Astros 2: Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 16, 2011 – ESPN. Another 3-2 win, this time behind Tommy...
• 5/15 Braves Journal: Braves 3, Phillies 2: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 15, 2011 – ESPN. The Braves beat Roy Halladay behind...
• 5/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters secures 10th hold: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters retired the only two batters he faced Saturday, May 14, against the Philadelphia, picking up his...[+] 10th hold of the season and lowering his ERA to a microscopic 0.81.
• 5/14 Braves Journal: Braves 5, Phillies 3: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 14, 2011 – ESPN. Jair Jurrjens continues to shine....
• 5/12 Braves Journal: Braves 6, Nats 5: Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 12, 2011 – ESPN. Well, gosh. A little 2010-style resilience,...
• 5/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Fredi Gonzalez reiterates faith in Craig Kimbrel: Updating a previous report, Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez stated that he has no plans to move away from RP Craig Kimbrel...[+] as the closer after he blew his third save of the year against the Washington Nationals Wednesday, May 11. 'He's got plenty of stuff to do it,' Gonzalez said. 'He's done it before in the minor leagues. It's just one of those things he's just going to have to experience.' Kimbrel is 0-1 with a 4.22 ERA and has given up five runs in 10 2/3 innings since he blew his first save April 21. RP Jonny Venters has a 0.87 ERA and has allowed two earned runs in 20 2/3 innings.
• 5/12 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Mets, Harper, Edwin Rodriguez: The latest from the NL East... Talks between Steve Cohen and the Mets "are at a little bit of a stalemate right now," reports...
• 5/11 Braves Journal: Nats 7, Braves 3 (11 innings): Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 11, 2011 – ESPN. People who are bad at their jobs,...
• 5/9 Baseball Reality Tour: Pitch Value Leaderboards: No time nor use for rhetoric tonight. The following are current 2011 leader boards for Fangraphs' Pitch Type Linear Weights,...
• 5/8 Braves Journal: Braves 5, Phillies 2: Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies – Box Score – May 08, 2011 – ESPN. The Braves cannot steal bases, and...
• 5/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters nearly untouchable: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters struck out two batters in a perfect eighth inning Friday, May 6, against the Philadelphia Phillies....[+] He threw seven of his 11 pitches for strikes, lowering his ERA to 0.51 while picking up his eighth hold.
• 5/6 Braves Journal: Braves 5, Phillies 0: Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies – Box Score – May 06, 2011 – ESPN. Let’s face it, the Braves’...
• 5/5 Braves Journal: Braves 2, Brewers 1: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 05, 2011 – ESPN. Sweep! The Braves got another impressive...
• 5/4 Braves Journal: Braves 8, Brewers 3: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 04, 2011 – ESPN. That’s a lot of runs for this...
• 5/1 Tomahawk Take: Brooks Conrad Delivers as Braves Win Bullpen Battle: It wasn’t pretty but we’ll take it. I wasn’t there and no one said it over the air but, I’m sure that thought went through...

• 4/30 Tomahawk Take: Braves drop 2nd straight to Cards: I had to listen the game today on XM because Fox Sports decided the folks here in Abilene wanted to see the Rays/Angels game presumably...
• 4/30 Braves Journal: Cardinals 3, Braves 2: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – April 30, 2011 – ESPN. Another day of early leads, Hibernation...
• 4/29 Braves Journal: Cardinals 5, Braves 3 (11 innings): St. Louis Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – April 29, 2011 – ESPN. The Braves perhaps deserved to lose...
• 4/28 MLB Fantasy Recon: Updated Closer Report: Storen should be considered top 10 from here outMike Gianella over at The Roto Think Tank brings us update AL and NL Closer Reports...
• 4/27 Roto Think Tank: Closer Review: National League: Last night, I glanced at the closers and (perhaps) closers-to-be in the American League. Tonight, I'll look at the far more...
• 4/26 Braves Journal: Padres 5, Braves 3 (13 innings): Atlanta Braves vs. San Diego Padres – Box Score – April 25, 2011 – ESPN. Believe me when I say there was no...
• 4/26 Mastersball.com: From the Clubhouse (4/24): A Classic Game: I am sure many fans would shudder at what we say in the booth. I suppose I would, did I not work in the press box, but as wonderful...
• 4/25 Baseball Moves: Phillies Phightin’ for Innings: On Easter Sunday Roy Halladay was in San Diego putting the eggs in the outfield, or at least goose eggs on the scoreboard. Halladay...
• 4/25 22gigantes.com: Braves sweep Giants with 10th inning win: Nate McLouth hit a two-run single off Brian Wilson with two outs in the 10th inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco...
• 4/23 Tomahawk Take: Braves Best Bumgarner – Chipper Out – Pitcher signed: I stayed up and watched late into the night to watch the Braves and Giants hoping to see some signs of a turn around offensively...
• 4/23 Braves Journal: Braves 4, Giants 1: Atlanta Braves vs. San Francisco Giants – Box Score – April 22, 2011 – ESPN. Thanks to an appearance by the Good Tommy Hanson,...
• 4/23 Raising Matt Cain: Whole lotta Hanson: Tommy Hanson made it look easy against the Giants, giving up only three hits and striking out seven through seven. Any chance...
• 4/23 22gigantes.com: Braves chop Giants 4-1: Tommy Hanson pitched seven solid innings and Chipper Jones delivered a two-run double during a four-run third inning to lead...
• 4/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters returns to action: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters (biceps) returned to the mound and worked a perfect eighth inning with one strikeout Friday, April...[+] 22, against the San Francisco Giants. Venters lowered his ERA to a microscopic 0.84.
• 4/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | More on Jonny Venters: The Atlanta Braves expect RP Jonny Venters (biceps) to be available Friday, April 22, according to David O’Brien of The Atlanta...[+] Journal-Constitution.
• 4/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters dealing with soreness: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters (biceps) was out the past two days due to mild soreness in his right biceps, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's...[+] David O'Brien reports.
• 4/20 Braves Journal: Braves 10 (!) Dodgers 1: Just to be clear, the game was closer than the score indicates. Brandon Beachy got his first win in a game that was a shutout...
• 4/19 PaulLebowitz.com: Lines Of Office: I repeatedly tried to assuage the fears of Braves fans that Fredi Gonzalez was a strategically poor manager who got the job to...
• 4/16 Braves Journal: Braves 4, Mets 2: New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – April 16, 2011 – ESPN. That’s your Larry Parrish offense...
• 4/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Craig Kimbrel, Jonny Venters post solid stat lines: Atlanta Braves RPs Craig Kimbrel and Jonny Venters each recorded scoreless innings with one hit allowed and two strikeouts Thursday,...[+] April 14, against the Florida Marlins.
• 4/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Don’t panic: Early-season fantasy pickups (AL edition): If there’s one thing common among most baseball fans, media and fantasy owners, it’s the overwhelming tendency to overstate...
• 4/8 Braves Journal: Braves 6, Phillies 3: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – April 08, 2011 – ESPN. The Braves jumped all over Cliff...
• 4/7 Braves Journal: Brewers 4, Braves 2: Atlanta Braves vs. Milwaukee Brewers – Box Score – April 07, 2011 – ESPN. Well, at least it wasn’t another...
• 4/5 MLB Fantasy Recon: Updated Closer Report - Tampa Bay, Toronto, Washington: Matt Thornton is safe as can be in ChicagoIt was unusual this year to see so many teams come out of spring training without having...
• 4/4 Braves Journal: Braves 2, Brewers 1: Atlanta Braves vs. Milwaukee Brewers – Box Score – April 04, 2011 – ESPN. Example 34,631 on the problems with...
• 4/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Craig Kimbrel to get bulk of team's save chances: Atlanta Braves RP Craig Kimbrel is expected to get the bulk of the team's save opportunities, according to David O'Brien of The...[+] Atlanta Journal-Constitution. However, RP Jonny Venters will have the chance to pick up some saves as well. Manager Fredi Gonzalez said he doesn't want to use either reliever more than two consecutive days, especially during the month of April.
• 4/1 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 4.1.2011: Jane **** at Confessions of a She-Fan writes RE my 2011 Predictions: Wow. You really drank the Red Sox Kool-Aid. The Yankees will...

• 3/31 PaulLebowitz.com: The Grinch Who Stole Opening Day…: …or the voice of sanity through the wilderness to calm your frazzled nerves. I suppose it depends on your point-of-view;...
• 3/31 Braves Journal: Braves 2, Nats 0: Atlanta Braves vs. Washington Nationals – Box Score – March 31, 2011 – ESPN. The Fredi Era starts off well,...
• 3/31 PaulLebowitz.com: Watchfulness: With the season starting today, here are some early season things to keep an eye on. Don’t say you weren’t warned....
• 3/27 Baseball Musings: NL East Preview: The 2011 division previews continue with the NL East. I’ll use 2010 WAR from FanGraphs for the evaluation. I concentrate...
• 3/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters was tired last year: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters admits his arm was tired at the tail end of last season when he pitched in the major leagues,...[+] according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's David O'Brien. Venters still held left-handed hitters to a .198 average and righties to a .207 average. He pitched in 21 1/3 innings in 20 games near the end of the season. Venters' sinker has been making hitters look stupid this spring and has given up just two hits and two walks while striking out seven in nine scoreless innings.
• 3/24 PaulLebowitz.com: A Blue Chip Panel: Unlike the European model of socialism where everyone has a voice and there’s no definitive leader or coherent plan, the...
• 3/23 Baseball Musings: Another Committee: The Braves are forming a small committee to close games: Jonny Venters and Craig Kimbrel will enter the season sharing the closer’s...
• 3/23 Mastersball.com: Under the radar closers: You hear it all the time: Don’t pay for saves. But I’ve started to really become a believer in this strategy. I do, however,...
• 3/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Closer by committee decided: The Atlanta Braves have decided to use RP Jonny Venters and RP Craig Kimbrel as their closers, according to The Associated Press....[+]
• 3/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters solid Tuesday: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters tossed another scoreless inning Tuesday, March 15, and has now thrown seven scoreless innings...[+] in Grapefruit League action and has given up just one hit, according to MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez. Venters' competition for the closer role, RP Craig Kimbrel, has a 5.68 ERA in 6 1/3 innings after tossing a scoreless inning Tuesday.
• 3/15 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Atlanta Braves: The Braves are next in our Offseason In Review series. Major League/International Signings Alex Gonzalez, SS: one year,...
• 3/11 Crashburn Alley: BtB on the Phillies: Beyond the Box Score, one of the best Saber-slanted general blogs out there, had a couple of interesting articles involving the...
• 3/7 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Early Closer Report 3/7/11: Great Facial Hair is th Sign of a Great CloserEverybody's got a view on some early season closing battles.  Unfortunately,...

• 2/26 Screaming Indian: Notable performances from the Braves' first spring training game: Freddie Freeman The 21-year-old lefty came up huge with 3 doubles in three plate appearances. This was a very encouraging sign...
• 2/23 Braves Journal: Other Pitching Possibilities: In the starting rotation, there are two pitchers who might go if something goes wrong with one of the top five, though unless...
• 2/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Sign 21: The Atlanta Braves signed 1B Freddie Freeman, P Jonny Venters, P Kris Medlen, IF Brooks Conrad, P Jairo Asencio, P Juan Abreu,...[+] P Brandon Beachy, P Erik Cordier, P Randall Delgado, P Cory Gearrin, P Craig Kimbrel, P Stephen Marek, P Anthony Varvaro, P Lee Hyde, P Mike Minor, P Jose Ortegano, SS Brandon Hicks, OF Joe Mather, OF Jordan Schafer and OF Matt Young to one-year deals Tuesday, Feb. 22, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's David O'Brien. Freeman will receive $414,000.
• 2/21 MLBTradeRumors: Braves Extend Frank Wren: The Braves signed GM Frank Wren to a two-year contract extension through 2013, according to MLB.com's Mark Bowman (on Twitter). Wren,...
• 2/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Craig Kimbrel looks like closer: Updating previous reports, Atlanta Braves RP Craig Kimbrel looks to be the team's closer heading into the 2011 season, according...[+] to The Associated Press. 'I think Kimbrel has probably got that job sewed up pretty good,' RP Jonny Venters told a reporter. 'I mean, his stuff is crazy good. You saw him throw last year. He's special.' However, manager Fredi Gonzalez says he hasn't made up his mind about the role. 'These things usually take care of themselves,' Gonzalez said. 'But hopefully, it won't take care of itself. That means they're both pitching lights out. Then we can mix and match.'
• 2/14 Crashburn Alley: Braves 2011 Season Preview with Peter Hjort: Baseball is officially under way as pitchers and catchers report to spring training. Every team goes into spring training with...
• 2/11 Tomahawk Take: No Bull, Just Who’s in the Pen: The Braves starting rotation is close to set barring some kind of catastrophe or the emergence of a prodigy. The bullpen is in...
• 2/11 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Fantasy Friday: Sifting through the Spring Training Noise: Welcome to the first installment of Fantasy Friday here at CBGB.  A vehicle for me to write about the game I love. ...
• 2/11 Braves Journal: Jonny Venters: Came out of nowhere last year to anchor the Braves’ bullpen, leading the team with 83 innings pitched in relief, second...
• 2/9 The Golden Sombrero: Prospect Buzz: Craig Kimbrel, Carlos Santana, Kyle Gibson, Jaff Decker and more…: This week Braves’ manager Fredi Gonzalez stated that youngsters Jonny Venters and Craig Kimbrel could split...
• 2/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Craig Kimbrel, Jonny Venters might share closer job: Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez indicated Monday, Feb. 7, that RPs Craig Kimbrel and Jonny Venters might share the closer's...[+] job in 2011, reports David O'Brien, of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
• 2/2 Tomahawk Take: How Wrong Can I Be Today: RoY- Freddie Freeman: A week away from pitchers and catchers reporting and everywhere you look pundit predictions are in bloom. Who will be rookie of...

• 1/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters focusing on defense: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters, who will compete with RP Craig Kimbrel for a chance to become the team's closer this year, said...[+] he wants to improve on his fielding this spring, according to MLB.com's Guy Curtright. 'I wasn't real good,' Venters said of his fielding a year ago. 'I dropped the ball on a squeeze play and threw the ball into center field a couple of times. My fielding is something I really need to take seriously in Spring Training. Being a sinkerball pitcher, I have to be able to field my position. I need to be quicker out there.'
• 1/23 Baseball Press: Low Book Value and High Return - Saves: Craig Kimbrel is ready for ninth inning duties in Atlanta. (Tom Priddy) Fantasy owners will always try to draft a "complete"...
• 1/14 The Sporting Hippeaux: Fantastic Thoughts: Rafael Soriano The Latest Premier Reliever To Settle For "Holds": Rafael Soriano disappointed his fantasy owners yesterday when he signed the largest set-up man contract in the history of the...
• 1/1 The Golden Sombrero: Around The League: Harmon Killebrew, Hall of Fame, Braves’ bullpen, and Cubs’ prospects: Harmon Killebrew has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and is currently being treated at the Mayo Clinic...
• 1/1 PaulLebowitz.com: 2011 Bust Out: Occasionally I go for the deep strike. Based on facts (as I see them) and analysis that makes sense in the moment, this is how...

• 12/22 MLBTradeRumors: Which Teams Might Offer A Chance For Saves?: Most relievers want to close; it's the most prestigious and lucrative bullpen job.  Browsing our list of unsigned relievers,...
• 12/8 MLBTradeRumors: Braves Agree To Sign George Sherrill: The Braves agreed to sign George Sherrill to a one-year deal worth at least $1.2MM, according to ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick (on...

• 11/16 Giants Nirvana: A Closer Look at the Rookie of the Year Balloting: Player Name, Team, WAR1st2nd3rdPointsBuster Posey, San Francisco Giants 3.92092129Jason Heyward, Atlanta Braves 5.09202107Jaime...

• 10/28 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agent Stock Watch: Jon Rauch: Twins fans feared the worst when Joe Nathan underwent Tommy John surgery last spring, but Jon Rauch's ability to close games...
• 10/19 Fungoes.net: Baseball Bloggers Alliance: Goose Gossage Award, NL: A host of National League pitchers turned in exceptional relief seasons in 2010. In the end, we could only pick three for our...
• 10/14 Raise the Jolly Roger: BBA Ballot: NL Willie Mays Award: The Baseball Bloggers Alliance is once again conducting its own end-of-season MLB awards as part of an ongoing effort to provide...
• 10/14 Braves Journal: Where Do We Go From Here 2010.2: What About the Pitching?: Nothing is ever as sure in pitching as with regular players, but you can be pretty confident in the following: Tim Hudson will...
• 10/14 PaulLebowitz.com: Managerization: The field boss float: Being a student of the game concerning aspects in which others may only have passing interest, I find...
• 10/12 Tomahawk Take: Braves Eliminated; Saying Good-Bye to Bobby: Derek Lowe was amazingly good and the offense came out swinging early, but they couldn’t keep it up and Cody Ross did them...
• 10/11 Braves Journal: Giants 3, Braves 2: San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – October 11, 2010 – ESPN. And so it ends. It figures that...
• 10/11 Baseball Musings: Giants Threaten: Derek Lowe issues a walk to Aubrey Huff and an infield single to Buster Posey with one out in the seventh. Bobby Cox comes out,...
• 10/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Craig Kimbrel, Jonny Venters candidates to close: Atlanta Braves RPs Craig Kimbrel and Jonny Venters are both candidates to serve as the team's closer next season, according to...[+] The Associated Press.
• 10/10 Braves Journal: Giants 3, Braves 2: San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – October 10, 2010 – ESPN. I find it hard to believe that...
• 10/10 Baseball Musings: Seven in the Books: Jonathan Sanchez may be pitching a better game than Tim Lincecum pitched in the opener of the series. He’s shutout the Braves...
• 10/9 Jason's Baseball Blog: The Season’s Top Stories: The Rookie Class of 2010: Throughout the month of October, I’ll be reviewing some of the top stories that were in the newly completed regular season....
• 10/9 Tomahawk Take: Ankiel Homer Caps Epic Rally, Giving Braves 5-4 Win in 11 Innings: So many emotions were running through me last night that I never would have been able to write a recap. I still don’t know...
• 10/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Craig Kimbrel, Jonny Venters, Takashi Saito could receive closing opportunities: Atlanta Braves RPs Craig Kimbrel and Jonny Venters are options to fill the team's closer role during the absence of CL Billy Wagner...[+] (oblique), according to The Associated Press. RP Takashi Saito is also under consideration, although he is not currently on the NLDS roster.
• 10/9 Braves Journal: Braves 5, Giants 4 (11 innings): Atlanta Braves vs. San Francisco Giants – Box Score – October 08, 2010 – ESPN. So, that’s baseball for...
• 10/8 Tomahawk Take: Lincecum Dominates Braves; Braves Kill Themselves in Game 1: Tim Lincecum pitched a solid game and showed great control, but the Braves were right there to help him along. Absolutely zero...
• 10/8 Braves Journal: Giants 1, Braves 0: Atlanta Braves vs. San Francisco Giants – Box Score – October 07, 2010 – ESPN. I came thisclose to making that...
• 10/7 Baseball Musings: Speedier Posey: Buster Posey hits the ball over Rick Ankiel‘s head, against the wall in centerfield, and Buster ends up at third with a...
• 10/6 Pirates Property: Postseason Primer: Braves vs. Giants: By Joe Barbieri The skinny: The Braves (91-71) and Giants (92-70) are the only playoff teams that did not have the luxury of resting...
• 10/3 Braves Journal: Braves 8, Phillies 7: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – October 03, 2010 – ESPN. So, the Braves fell behind the...
• 10/3 Tomahawk Take: Braves Guarantee Share of Wild Card with 8-7 Win: The Braves showed up when it mattered the absolute most. The offense backed a solid performance by Tim Hudson with eight runs,...
• 10/2 Braves Journal: Phillies 7, Braves done: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – October 02, 2010 – ESPN. Look, right now this team doesn’t...

• 9/28 Braves Journal: Braves 3, Marlins 2: Florida Marlins vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – September 28, 2010 – ESPN. Eric Hinske sticks an epi pen into...
• 9/28 Braves Journal: Braves 2, Marlins 1 (11 innings): Florida Marlins vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – September 27, 2010 – ESPN. Omar Infante rescucitates the season!...
• 9/28 Tomahawk Take: Hanson, Infante Lead Braves Past Marlins in Extras: The Braves got another great start from Tommy Hanson, and despite no offense, they managed to take the win in 11 innings 2-1. Hanson...
• 9/26 Braves Journal: Nats 4, Braves 2: Atlanta Braves vs. Washington Nationals – Box Score – September 26, 2010 – ESPN. Kyle Farnsworth strangles the...
• 9/25 Braves Journal: Braves 5, Nats 0: Atlanta Braves vs. Washington Nationals – Box Score – September 25, 2010 – ESPN. Derek Lowe saves the season!...
• 9/25 Tomahawk Take: Braves Halt Skid, Shut Out Nationals 5-0: The Braves put a halt to a four game losing streak and in the process gave Manager Bobby Cox his 2,500th win of his career. The...
• 9/23 Baseball Musings: Run Driven Ibanez: Tommy Hanson and Roy Oswalt matched up in a titanic pitching duel Wednesday night. Roy allowed one hit and one walk in seven innings...
• 9/23 Braves Journal: Phillies 1, Braves 0: Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies – Box Score – September 22, 2010 – ESPN. That could have gone better....
• 9/22 Tomahawk Take: Braves Waste Shutout Performance by Tommy Hanson; Phillies Complete Sweep: Tommy Hanson and Roy Oswalt dueled over six innings and one hit determined the outcome. Unfortunately, the Phillies got the hit....
• 9/21 Braves Journal: Braves 6, Mets 4: Atlanta Braves vs. New York Mets – Box Score – September 17, 2010 – ESPN. Just goes to show you. Tommy Hanson...
• 9/21 Braves Journal: Braves 6, Mets 3: Atlanta Braves vs. New York Mets – Box Score – September 19, 2010 – ESPN. That is (a) what we got Derrek Lee...
• 9/19 Tomahawk Take: Derrek Lee Slams Braves Past Mets to Complete Sweep: A grand slam by Derrek Lee was the big hit the Braves needed, as it put them ahead of the Mets for good, giving them a 6-3 win...
• 9/18 Tomahawk Take: McLouth Stays Hot in Second Straight Win for Braves Over Mets: Nate McLouth and Alex Gonzalez had two RBIs apiece, backing seven strong innings by Tim Hudson as the Braves took a second straight...
• 9/17 Tomahawk Take: Heyward’s Three-Run Shot Leads to 6-4 Win for Braves: A six-run fourth was all the Braves needed as the staff kept the Mets off the board after the fourth inning, giving the Braves...
• 9/11 Braves Journal: Braves 6, Cardinals 3 (12 innings): St. Louis Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – September 11, 2010 – ESPN. My nerves can’t take much...
• 9/11 El Maquino: Boggs Blows It: Cards 3 | Braves 6 (73-67; Trail Series, 1-2): September 11, 2010 Cards lose again, if you can believe that. Mitc**** Boggs gave up a walkoff homer to Alex Gonzalez despite...
• 9/11 Braves Journal: Braves 8, Cardinals 6: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – September 10, 2010 – ESPN. You gotta love the big inning....
• 9/5 Braves Journal: Marlins 7, Braves 6 (10 innings): Atlanta Braves vs. Florida Marlins – Box Score – September 05, 2010 – ESPN. Great job, Melky. Mike Minor had...
• 9/4 Braves Journal: Braves 2, Marlins 0: Atlanta Braves vs. Florida Marlins – Box Score – September 04, 2010 – ESPN. Jair Jurrjens faced Josh Johnson...
• 9/2 Braves Journal: Braves 4, Mets 1: New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – September 01, 2010 – ESPN. As I watched a dispirited, going-through-the-motions...

• 8/31 Braves Journal: Braves 9, Mets 2: New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 31, 2010 – ESPN. Ah, the Mets. The game stayed scoreless...
• 8/25 Tomahawk Take: Rockies Stun Braves, Win 12-10: Over the course of any season in professional sports, particularly in baseball, it is difficult to weigh a certain win or loss...
• 8/25 Braves Journal: Rockies 12, Braves 10: Atlanta Braves vs. Colorado Rockies – Box Score – August 25, 2010 – ESPN. So, that’s how you blow a 10-1...
• 8/25 MLBTradeRumors: The Closer Carousel: Last offseason, relievers Matt Capps, Octavio Dotel, Mike Gonzalez, Kevin Gregg, Fernando Rodney, Rafael Soriano, Jose Valverde,...
• 8/24 Braves Journal: Rockies 5, Braves 4: Atlanta Braves vs. Colorado Rockies – Box Score – August 23, 2010 – ESPN. I have a simple rule: nothing that...
• 8/24 Tomahawk Take: Helton Delivers Go-Ahead Run in Eighth to Beat Braves, 5-4: The Braves fought back with two runs late but Todd Helton broke their backs in the eighth as the Rockies beat the Braves in the...
• 8/21 Tomahawk Take: Cubs Hold Off Late Rally to Beat Braves, 5-4: The Braves resumed their normal playing style today, playing terrible defense and having difficulty driving in runs. They scored...
• 8/15 Tomahawk Take: Braves Offense Sputters Again, Losing 2-1:  The Braves scored one run again for the second straight night, but unfortunately the Dodgers scored two this time. The Braves...
• 8/8 Tomahawk Take: Braves Pound Out 12 Hits to Take Game and Series From Giants: Derek Lowe pitched a solid five innings before the heat forced him to leave. A good effort by the bullpen and 12 hits from the...
• 8/7 Tomahawk Take: Defense Costs Braves Game; Lead Cut to One: The Braves followed the same blueprint from the previous night by hitting two solo home runs and getting a strong effort on the...
• 8/5 Tomahawk Take: Gonzalez and Hinske Go Yard to Carry Braves Over Lincecum: The Braves took advantage of a lack of command by Tim Lincecum by taking him deep twice and it was enough to pull out a win. Jair...
• 8/3 Tomahawk Take: Late Francouer Homer Puts Mets Over Braves 3-2: What is that old saying about bringing a closer into a ball game in a non save situation? While my intent is not to second guess...
• 8/1 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal's Full Count Video: Salty, Braves, Cards: Ken Rosenthal has a new Full Count video up, so let's dive in... The Red Sox scouted Jarrod Saltalamacchia hard before...

• 7/31 Tomahawk Take: Braves Prevail in Extras; Attention Turns to Injuries: In a game that had a postseason feel to it, the Braves and Reds fought back and forth, and two injuries and a stolen homer later...
• 7/30 Tomahawk Take: Game Preview: Atlanta Braves vs. Cincinnati Reds (Game 1): Friday, July 30 – 7:10 (SportSouth) Atlanta Braves (58-43) vs. Cincinnati Reds (57-46) Kris Medlen (3.57 ERA, 3.71 xFIP,...
• 7/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters' suspension rescinded: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters' four-game suspension was rescinded entirely Friday, July 30, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's...[+] David O'Brien.
• 7/29 Tomahawk Take: Hudson Stops Skid With Solid Outing; Braves Take 3-1 Win: Tim Hudson did exactly what was asked of him, going 7.2 strong innings and giving the Braves a chance to get a much needed win....
• 7/25 Tomahawk Take: Missed Opportunities Cost Braves Game, Series: When you can’t score a run with the bases loaded, you tend to lose. The Braves hit into two double plays with the bases...
• 7/22 Tomahawk Take: Wagner Blows Save; Braves Lose in 12: It doesn’t happen often so when it does it’s pretty shocking. Billy Wagner blew a two-run lead in the ninth and Nick...
• 7/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters appealing suspension: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters is appealing his four-game suspension for throwing multiple pitches at Milwaukee Brewers 1B Prince...[+] Fielder over the weekend, according to The Associated Press.
• 7/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jonny Venters suspended: Atlanta Braves RP Jonny Venters was suspended four games Monday, July 19, for throwing consecutive pitches at Milwaukee Brewers...[+] 1B Prince Fielder Saturday, July 17, according to ESPN.com.
• 7/18 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: July 17: Home Run of the Day: Prince Fielder, Milwaukee Brewers (Trot Time: 22.96 seconds) [video] This is Home Run of the Day mostly...
• 7/18 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: July 17: Home Run of the Day: Prince Fielder, Milwaukee Brewers (Trot Time: 22.96 seconds) [video] This is Home Run of the Day mostly...
• 7/16 Tomahawk Take: GAME RECAP: Atlanta Braves 2 Milwaukee Brewers 1: To say the Braves had an eventful All Star Break would be an understatement. Five players represented the team on the winning...
• 7/11 Tomahawk Take: Braves Shut Out Mets 4-0: Three Braves pitchers combined to hold the Mets to four hits in a 4-0 shutout victory. The win was the Braves second of the series...
• 7/3 Tomahawk Take: Braves Score Two in the 11th, Shock Marlins 4-3: What else does this team have to do to prove to us that they are special?  Well they did their best to show us again on Friday...

• 6/7 Tomahawk Take: Braves vs Dodgers, Series Review: Source: Yardbarker.com 5-3 – Kris Medlen vs Hiroki Kuroda The Braves staked starter Kris Medlen to an early 4-0 and...

• 5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Jair Jurrjens doubtful for Saturday: Atlanta Braves SP Jair Jurrjens' (hamstring) left hamstring was still bothering him Tuesday, May 4, and he is doubtful to make...[+] his next start against the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday, May 8, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Carroll Rogers. 'If I had to make a decision today, no,' Jurrjens said. 'I still feel it. I'm not going to risk making it worse by going out there and trying to do something and miss more than a couple of days. It's not worth it.' He did not feel comfortable enough to throw a bullpen session. Manager Bobby Cox said the team could use Ps Kris Medlen or Jonny Venters to make a spot start, or turn to a starter in the minors.