Andruw Jones

1B Freddie Freeman, still hampered by vision issues caused by contacts, was a late scratch. 3B Chipper Jones was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left leg contusion. C Brian McCann did not start as he continues to recover from the flu.  

ATLANTA, Georgia -- Bryce Harper hit his second homer in two days, Gio Gonzalez gave up only one hit in seven innings and the Nationals beat the struggling Atlanta Braves 7-2 on Sunday night to complete a three-game sweep. Washington's first ...  

Lance Lynn joined Philadelphia’s Cole Hamels as the major leagues’ first eight-game winners, and the St. Louis Cardinals’ extended the Atlanta Braves’ longest losing streak in two years to eight games with an 8-2 victory Monday.    Lynn (8-1) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings. While he was dominating the Braves, Hamels pitched the Phillies to...  

Bleacher ReportAtlanta Braves: Should Mike Minor Remain in the Braves Rotation?Bleacher ReportMike Minor continued to put his rotation spot in jeopardy with another lackluster performance Saturday afternoon as the Atlanta Braves suffered their sixth consecutive defeat with an 8-4 loss to the Washington Nationals. Minor remained susceptible to ...  

Atlanta (26-23) was one-half game back of Washington in the ... 211 with two homers and three RBIs, while Jason Heyward is batting .150 with a home run and two RBIs. Those two powered the offense at Busch Stadium earlier this month, with Heyward driving ...  

The Atlanta Braves placed Chipper Jones on the 15-day disabled ... Jones, 40, is hitting .307 with five home runs and 24 runs batted in in what he has said is his final season. The 26-year-old Salas, a right-hander, had 24 saves and a 2.28 ...  

ATLANTA — Sunday night, when the Washington Nationals needed runs to break a tied score, a relic from their past lumbered in from left field. Livan Hernandez, the man who threw the first pitch in Nationals history, the soft-tosser who started opening day last year and became obsolete this year, emerged from the Atlanta Braves’ bullpen. The carnage that followed felt like a rally wrapped inside some kind of ritual, the Nationals at once...  

ATLANTA, Georgia -- Bryce Harper homered and Danny Espinosa added a three-run shot to help Washington strengthen its hold on first place in the NL East by beating the reeling Atlanta Braves 8-4 on Saturday. Stephen Strasburg (5-1) was not sharp ...  

Jason Heyward is an extremely well liked Atlanta Braves player ... Perhaps the most troubling stat of this young season are Heyward’s strikeouts.  With already 42 strikeouts this year, he is on pace to whiff over 168 times.  

Back in the days before the Braves became a good team, food choices were severely lacking at Major League Baseball games in Atlanta. Sure, there were hot dogs, burgers, popcorn and pretzels, but that was about it. Enter Turner Field in the 1990s and that ...  

Juan Francisco brought his club within two runs run with a solo homer in the top of the seventh, but Drew Stubbs promptly responded in the bottom half of the fame with a solo home run of his own. Atlanta put two runners on base in the ninth ...  

Bleacher ReportAtlanta Braves Trade Scenarios: Who Should They Target at the Trade Deadline?Bleacher ReportIt was only a couple months ago that the Atlanta Braves were nearing the end of spring training and questioning a struggling offense that had seemingly carried over from the previous season. Those offensive concerns hit a fever pitch among Braves fans ...Atlanta Braves Monday Blues Continue in CincinnatiRant Sportsall 6 news articles »  

McCann was scratched from the lineup with flu-like symptoms ... BY THE NUMBERS: 16. Multi-hit games for INF/OF Martin Prado. QUOTE TO NOTE: "They don't move (the walls) back when we come in here." -- Manager Fredi Gonzalez, meaning that the ...  

Primarily gaining value from his defense, Jones was well on his way to one of the great careers of all time. At his peak, Albert Pujols was clearly better than Andruw Jones was at his. From 2001 to 2010, Pujols posted an 82.9 WAR for an average of 8.3 per season.  

The Atlanta Braves announced Sunday the trade of Gwinnett Braves infielder Drew Sutton to the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash considerations. Sutton has been replaced on the Gwinnett roster by infielder Lance Zawadzki, signed by the Braves on Monday as a ...