A dreary season for Atlanta Braves second baseman Dan Uggla became a bit brighter on Sunday afternoon, as he led the charge with two home runs in Atlanta's 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Uggla came into the game batting a paltry .185 in 57 games, along with 12 home runs, 23 RBI, and an alarming 78 strikeouts in 197 at-bats this season. The Braves would score seven of their eight ...

Mired in a season-long slump the Atlanta Braves have considered asking center fielder B.J. Upton about working out his issues in the minor leagues. Upton signed  a free agent deal for  five years and $75 million with the Braves this off-season and is hitting .146/.230/245 with four home runs and eight RBI. Based on his service time Upton could refuse the assignment, but clearly the Braves are past the point ...

Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann was the hero on Tuesday afternoon, slugging two home runs in the Braves' 7-6 win in 10 innings against the Toronto Blue Jays. McCann would go 2-for-5 with two solo home runs and two RBI, the first coming in the sixth inning and the second coming in the top of the tenth, which would serve as the go-ahead run for the Braves. Since returning from off-season shoulder surgery ...

Approaching the plate in the bottom of the ninth-inning with the Atlanta Braves losing 3-4, pinch-hitter Evan Gattis would slug a go-ahead solo home-run to left field, evening the score 4-4 and sending the game to extra-innings. The go-ahead home run was Gattis' third home run in nine pinch-hit at-bats this season. The Atlanta rookie catcher is now hitting .254 with nine home runs and 23 RBI in 36 games thi ...

Atlanta Braves young starter Julio Teheran baffled Minnesota Twins bats on Monday night, leading the NL East division leading Braves to a 5-1 victory. Entering the game with a 2-1 record and 4.57 ERA, Teheran would almost go the distance, working 8.1 innings and surrendering only one run, a ninth-inning solo shot by Josh Willingham with one out. Teheran fanned four batters and allowed one walk, working up a ...

Craig Kimbrel appears to have righted the ship. With his first appearance since May 9, Kimbrel garnered his twelfth save of the season in an 8-5 victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. During a five-game period between April 24 and May 7, the Atlanta closer had 3 blown saves, surrendering 5 earned runs in 4.2 innings of relief work. To put such into perspective, Kimbrel had 3 blown saves in ...

The Atlanta Braves activated outfielder Jason Heyward who has been out since late April recovering following an appendectomy. Hayward missed nearly 4 weeks. He was hitting .121/.261/.259  when he went on the DL,  but Heyward is expected to give the Braves more offense. Atlanta has gone 9-14 since his departure. The Braves maintain a half game lead over Washington in the National League East  and are  4-6 ov ...

Following a 3-1 loss to the division rival, Washington Nationals, the Braves' division lead fell to 2.5 games. Atlanta started the season 12-1 with a scary offense and lights out pitching. Since then, the Braves have sputtered, posting just a 5-10 record. Jason Heyward, who started the season slowly with a .121 average in his first 58 at bats, including 12 strikeouts. Now out with an appendectomy, Heyward h ...

Slumping teams always need to find a formula to start winning again, and the Atlanta Braves may have found one in the form of their division rivals. The Braves recovered from a rough 10 game road trip to beat the Washington Nationals, 3-2 on Monday. Fresh off a four game losing streak and seven of nine during a brutal run away from Turner Field, Atlanta returned home to face Washington, a team entering Mond ...

The Atlanta Braves, which have the best record in the majors at 15-5, regained first baseman Freddie Freeman from the disabled list but will now be without outfielder Jason Heyward, who underwent an emergency appendectomy in Denver on Monday. Heyward has struggled at the plate in April, hitting .121 with two home runs and five RBI in 58 at-bats. The Braves lineup has been fueled by Justin Upton, who leads t ...

It was only a matter of time before the Atlanta Braves Justin Upton and B.J. Upton homered in the same game.  B.J  led off the ninth inning with a home run and brother Justin followed an out later with one of his own to lead the Atlanta Braves over the Chicago Cubs 6-5. The Braves rallied from a 5-1 deficit with three runs in the eighth off Kyuji Fujikawa and two in the ninth off Carlos Marmol. The Cubs had ...

Acquired from Toronto in the July 2010 deal that shipped Yunel Escobar to Toronto, 23-year-old Tyler Pastornicky emerged from last year's spring training as the Atlanta Braves' Opening Day shortstop. Then he struggled, batting just .248 through April and May, lost his job to fellow 23-year-old Andrelton Simmons and was optioned to the minors. This spring has brought a new challenge for the fifth round pick ...

With the ever rising cost of offense, more and more teams are looking to platoons as low-cost, high-reward options. The platoon is hardly a new managerial tool, but it seems as though there are more teams using the stat-heavy angle to leverage player's stronger sides to enhance the team's production--while also saving a penny or two in the process. Below is an in-depth, projected list of National League org ...

Spring training is a time of optimism for players, managers, coaches and fans of all 30 Major League teams, but it would be difficult to find a club with higher hopes and more magical visions about October than the Atlanta Braves. Even before the Braves took part in one of the most prominent off-season trades, they were well-positioned for 2013 after signing free agent outfielder B.J. Upton to join a lineup ...