I know they want backup for Drew because he happens to injure himself all the time. Only thing I can think of is that we'd get an outfielder back from the Sox? We're looking for more power. What about putting Bay out there? I dunno, I'm just making stuff up.

I'm not sure Francoeur is about to be traded. Who wants him? Who would we get in exchange? I think he sticks with the team.

That said, I do like our chances going forward. Anderson is continuing to improve as are others. We can still make a run at the NL East for sure.

Glavine knew we had Hanson in the minors and that we were looking at bringing him up. He had several set-backs in coming back that, had he not had, would have given him the opportunity to pitch before this point. I know - it makes me feel a little bad for Glavine as well because I wouldn't like it to happen to me. I hear your opinion here... I just can get past it pretty fast because I don't love Glavine much.

We are talking PR. I don't think anyone disagrees with you on your points regarding PR... I argue we shouldn't have signed him in the first place and there wasn't really a good way out of it. Now Scheurholz has offered an apology and hopefully it can go away.

You're the one who disputed the $1M :)

You beat me to it, Jonathan. I was actually spending time researching to make sure I was right about the $1M.

Well, honestly it's hard to see how effective a pitcher is going to be until he's pitching against talented batters. If he was performing a certain way against minor league hitters / only hitting certain numbers on the radar gun, maybe the Braves did learn something new at that point.

Even if he were willing to consider it, we'd be paying a LOT of money for a relief pitcher... Especially when all I remember of Glavine's glory days were first inning troubles. Not sure first inning troubles mesh well with 1-2 innings out of the 'pen. Plus, he's not really a power pitcher. I think it'd be a bad fit.

Good point. We'll see what happens, though.

Glavine got the option to retire or be released and was released. He'll try and sign elsewhere.

I'm glad we didn't have to put up with Glavine trying to return to old form. Even when he was healthy last year he was only average. Getting Hanson started so he can get some starts is the right move. The Braves actually have too much pitching - Hudson comes back later this year and can provide some juice in the 'pen or on the occasional spot start.

Awfully quiet over here...

GREAT moves by the Braves today.