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Kris Medlen Leaves Game Early After Being Hit by Comebacker
March 14th, 2013 at 8:59 AM
The Atlanta Braves got quite a scare Wednesday afternoon in their Grapefruit League win over the Miami Marlins when Kris Medlen left the game after being hit by a line drive. Manager Fredi Gonzalez says Medlen will make his next scheduled start. With two down in the fifth inning, former Brave Casey...

Fredi Gonzalez Unhappy with Jordan Schafer, Tyler Pastornicky
February 14th, 2013 at 7:56 AM
Arriving to Spring Training at least a day or two early has essentially become the culture in the Major Leagues, particularly with the Atlanta Braves. So when Jordan Schafer and Tyler Pastornicky hadn't arrived on Wednesday with the Braves starting full squad workouts Thursday, manager Fredi Gonzalez made sure he...

Fredi Gonzalez Projects New Atlanta Braves Lineup
January 30th, 2013 at 6:56 PM
With all the big moves the Atlanta Braves have made this winter, Fredi Gonzalez was all too eager to project his 2013 lineup, Yahoo! Sports reports. As expected, Andrelton Simmons will hit lead-off, followed by Jason Heyward, who climbed the lineup last year and actually hit in the third spot a...

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,...

Fredi Gonzalez Stands by Comments About Jeffrey Loria
September 26th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez stood by his already burned bridge with Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria on Tuesday before their playoff berth-clinching win. Loria referred to Gonzalez's tenure in Miami as a "colossal failure" after Gonzalez made comments about how Loria is essentially incorrigible. Loria hired Gonzalez to manage the...

Brian McCann’s Sac Fly in 10th Inning Leads Atlanta Braves to Sweep of New York Mets
September 9th, 2012 at 9:32 PM
The road back to production continued for Brian McCann on Sunday afternoon at Citi Field, when he hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to lead the Atlanta Braves in a sweep of the New York Mets in a 3-2 final. The sac fly was McCann's sixth RBI in...

Fredi Gonzalez Removes Dan Uggla from Starting Job
September 3rd, 2012 at 2:45 PM
For nearly two seasons, Dan Uggla has performed under expectations for the Atlanta Braves. For better or worse, Fredi Gonzalez stuck with him, but on Monday, Gonzalez informed Uggla that he had been benched, Dave O'Brien reports. Uggla will now serve as the backup second baseman to Martin Prado, though it...

Chipper Jones Gives Fredi Gonzalez Nightmares with Twitter Account
July 30th, 2012 at 9:01 PM
Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones kept Fredi Gonzalez up all night on Saturday, and Gonzalez blames it on Chipper's new Twitter account. ***PHOTO1*** After Saturday's game win over the Philadelphia Phillies in which Mike Minor recorded a win off an eight-inning outing, Jones tweeted from @RealCJ10, "'Wow Mikey Minor! Hats off...

Kris Medlen to Start Tuesday in Place of Jair Jurrjens
July 29th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
As scheduled, the Atlanta Braves will continue their search to externally upgrade their starting rotation, but on Tuesday it will be Kris Medlen making at least a spot start for Jair Jurrjens. After Jurrjens seemingly reverted during his last two starts to the form of his first month this season to the...

Atlanta Braves Re-call Jose Constanza, Option Anthony Varvaro to Triple-A
July 23rd, 2012 at 8:47 PM
In a pair of moves Monday, the Atlanta Braves re-called outfielder Jose Constanza and optioned reliever Anthony Varvaro to Triple-A Gwinnett, Dave O'Brien reports. With a healthy Jonny Venters back in the bullpen and Matt Diaz on the DL with a potentially season-ending injury, the Braves opted for more depth on...

Ben Sheets to Start for Atlanta Braves on Sunday
July 13th, 2012 at 8:26 AM
Recent free agent signee Ben Sheets will start on the mound for the Atlanta Braves on Sunday. Manager Fredi Gonzalez made the call after seeing Sheets throw a bullpen session Thursday, reports mlb.com. It will be Sheets' first Major League start since July 19, 2010, when he played for the Oakland...

Chipper Jones Set for Rehab Assignment
June 8th, 2012 at 2:06 PM
The return of the Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones is right around the corner. Chipper has agreed to a Friday and Saturday rehab assignment with Class-A Rome.  Jones told reporters this week that he wasn't interested in going on a minor-league rehab assignment and preferred to be activated for this weekends series against the Toronto Blue Jays...

Atlanta Braves Skip Mike Minor’s Start, Brandon Beachy to Start Saturday
June 2nd, 2012 at 9:44 AM
With the Atlanta Braves having their first game of the series with the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park rained out Friday night, manager Fredi Gonzalez has mixed up the rotation by skipping Mike Minor's start. Minor has compiled a 9.95 ERA in his last six starts, which should provide enough logic...

Atlanta Braves Place Chipper Jones on 15-Day Disabled List with Bruised Leg
May 26th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
After making only a pinch-hit appearance in the seven days since severely bruising his calf, the Atlanta Braves have placed Chipper Jones on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to Wednesday. Manager Fredi Gonzalez made the announcement after Friday's loss at the hands of the Washington Nationals. He also said that the...

Atlanta Braves Hoping for Swift Return of Chipper Jones, Brian McCann
May 24th, 2012 at 11:17 AM
The Atlanta Braves offense has scored only four runs in their past two games while missing both Brian McCann and Chipper Jones and have lost four of their five games since Jones went down with a calf injury last Friday. Both are making progress in their prospective returns that could...

Chicago Cubs Use Longball to Back Jeff Samardzija, Cruise Past Atlanta Braves
May 7th, 2012 at 11:42 PM
Tommy Hanson made just two crucial mistakes Monday against the Chicago Cubs, but Jeff Samardzija made one less and lasted an inning longer, giving the Cubs a 5-1 win over the Atlanta Braves. ***PHOTO1*** Hanson gave up only two runs in his six innings of work, and they both came within the first...

Fredi Gonzalez Puts Kibosh on Pre-game Frisbee
May 5th, 2012 at 10:26 PM
It didn't take a blown out knee like Mariano Rivera's, but Fredi Gonzalez has instituted a ban on Atlanta Braves players throwing a Frisbee before batting practice. ***PHOTO1*** While he is not banning pitchers from shagging fly balls, which is what Rivera was doing when he tore his ACL, Gonzalez sees a...

Four Errors Drop Atlanta Braves to 0-4
April 10th, 2012 at 8:10 AM
Although the Atlanta Braves started their season 0-3, there was still hope heading into Monday with the fact that the 2003 Braves won 101 games. They are now heading into dangerous territory, as the 1988 started 0-4 and ended with 106 losses. ***PHOTO1*** In the series opener with the Houston Astros, three...

Tommy Hanson Named Opening Day Starter, First Four Starting Rotation Spots Set
April 1st, 2012 at 8:12 AM
Tommy Hanson had to wade through missing the last two months of last season with a shoulder injury, and his Spring Training got off to a late start when he sustained a concussion in a car wreck on the way to reporting, but that did not stop him from being...

Chipper Jones to Have Knee Surgery, Will Miss Opening Day
March 24th, 2012 at 12:47 PM
Chipper Jones just seems to stay in the headlines recently. After announcing his retirement on Thursday, the Atlanta Braves have now announced that Jones will have surgery to repair a torn left meniscus on Monday and will start the year on the disabled list. ***PHOTO1*** Jones underwent the same operation last year...