I meant to ask this during the Phils/Giants series but this one works just as well.  I'm interested to know which of these teams you are rooting for?  Are you still hoping to win the East, thereby hoping for a couple of Rockies wins?  Or do you think the WC would be the easier route and wish the Phils would sweep?

As of now, I'm really not sure how I hope the series turns out, but I'm leaning towards hoping to catch the Phils and let the WC take care of itself.

No, this is not to bash Gonzo, as I really like the way he pitches.  But so far he hasn't looked that great.  Soriano, barring last year's craziness, has been an unstoppable force since he came over to the Bravos.  If Gonzo has a couple more outings like last and opening night, are you in favor of moving Soriano to the closing role?  How would that affect Gonzo's psyche?  Gonzo's big plus is he's a lefty he's greatly suited for the NL East with all their left handed bats.

So if we have $40 million left to spend, what would be your choice on how to spend the money?

I say resign Smoltz for around $10 million.  I don't think with his injury that this would be low balling it.  Maybe even throw some incentives into the deal.

Next, sign Sheets.  Maybe 2 years $25million.

Next, resign Ohman.  I think he'd take $3-4 million per seeing as how it would double last year's salary.

Finally, sign Dunn.  I know Wren is looking for a right handed stick, but 40 HR is 40HR, I don't care what side of the plate it comes from.  I'm hoping it would only take about $13 million seeing as how there doesn't seem to be much interest.

This is based purely on free agents.  I don't even want to get into trades, b/c there's too much involved.  And it still leaves us a few million for other things.  This leaves out Glavine, though maybe he'd sign a low ball contract with incentives.  It's pretty much Atlanta or retire so if he wants to play he'll give them a deal.

So what would you do?  How far off am I on my salary projections?  Anybody you'd rather see instead?

Got this from another board.  Guy says he saw it on ESPN.  But there's no link so take it with a grain of salt:

CC Sabathia:

The Braves offer to CC: 6 years, 110 million
The Yankee's offer to CC: 6 years, 142 million

AJ Burnett:

The Braves offered AJ: 4 years, 62 million
The Yankees offered AJ: 4 years, 60 million

Ryan Dempster:

The Braves offered Ryan: 4 years, 67 million
The Cubs offered Ryan: 4 years, 58 million

So with all the Peavy talk, we keep seeing how some teams do and don't have the prospects to even make a trade that large.  So how do the Braves rank in terms of having the best farm?  I'm sure there are rankings out there so where can I find them?

And on a side note, I may be moving to Atlanta in a few months, and as much I'd like to be in town for a season in which we may compete for a title, I think I'm off the Peavy bandwagon, at least as for as trading Hanson is concerned.

Too elated to sleep, I decide to read the in-game blog going on and I noticed some nicknames, etc that I'm not familar with.  I've been checking this site for a few weeks now, but normally stick to Gondee's posts.  So if anybody can give me the origins of these, I'd greatly appreciate it.

SK - Kotsay

FYF - Francoeur

Vidro - double play

If there are any others I should be aware of, please let me know. 

Thanks, and go braves.