Ronald McDonald

Get 'em bird!

shut up little westie. I have not taken my med's today so I'm a little edgy today

Get 'em bird!

We're going to the World Seriesssssssss

BACK TO BACK WINS??

We're going to the World Series boys!!!

Francisco has been a defensive trainwreck so far.

Hoozah

0-4...

I hope they win before I get to see them on Sunday.

Glad to see Diaz back in a Braves uniform.

He looked good in it at the end of last season too  .

Looks like the Braves have the same problem as last year. Can't buy a hit with runners on. Just had Pastornicky on 3rd with one out. Nothing comes of it.

Glad to see Diaz back in a Braves uniform.

I'd say he was average to above average in the prime of his career but I wouldn't even touch the word "average" now. He does know how to pitch but he's nothing close to what he used to be and I'd rather use his roster spot to bring up Teheran.

You can't call either of them average.. Both Hernandez and Durbin are far below average. I remember Livan pitching for Washington last year and SportsCenter was making fun of him because he was topping out at 83mph.

Christian Martinez was booked for a DUI at 4:30 AM. No word yet on the ramifications.

The deal for Juan Francisco might be one of the most one-sided trades I've seen the Braves make.. terrible trade.

To be honest I don't know a lot about either player. It actually seemed like both teams were exchanging very good prospects. If anything though, I'd say the Braves have a slight edge given that Francisco has a little MLB experience and performed well during that time. But, again, I'm not familiar with Hoover or Francisco.

Here's what we got:

Francisco is lazy, injury prone, overweight, error prone, and strikeout prone. But he does have a power swing.

Francisco, 24, also did not endear himself to the Reds for, among other things, showing up to camp overweight and failing to properly rehabilitate a right calf injury over the winter.

Here's what we gave up:

Hoover, 24, went 25-19 with a 3.14 ERA in 99 appearances, including 61 starts, over four years (2008-11) in the Braves farm system and he was converted from a starter to reliever last season. 

Jocketty said this of Hoover: "We saw him again [saturday]. He was 92-94 mph yesterday. He's a sinker-slider guy. He's a late-inning guy. He's young. He's got three options and he's got a power arm.

Terrible deal.

The deal for Juan Francisco might be one of the most one-sided trades I've seen the Braves make.. terrible trade.

He should be back the first week of May right?

Hudson needs to get healthy.

Back on ESPN right now.. down to the Yankees 3-0 in the 5th. JHey robbed a HR earlier.

Atlanta has about 8 million to play with at the trade deadline so if the SS position is a serious problem by July then I think we'll see a move. This is just me speculating but I could see the Braves in the market for Cleveland's Asdrubal Cabrera or Baltimore's JJ Hardy. Both have a lot of pop for the SS position (25-30 HR). With Bourn as a speed guy this lineup really just needs some more power IMO, so that would do it. Also, I think both of those teams need pitching and will be out of contention by the trade deadline so they could be real sellers.

Hope Nova steps up and pitches like he did toward the end of the year last year.

I can't remember a championship team that played an entire season with a question mark at SS. Why can't Braves management make a move for someone at that position? It's beyond frustrating.

That April 1 game against the Phillies should be a good one

As long as they work out a deal with anyone, I'll be a happy camper.

Still wish we'd traded chipper back a few years when the getting was good. We would be sitting a lot better off right now.

I'm glad we kept him because the franchise owes it to him. He's done so much for ATL baseball that he deserves to end his career as a Brave. Just imagine the backlash we would've received for trading him away.