Who are the key players for the 2009 Atlanta Braves? We kind of know what we'll get with players like Lowe, Chipper and McCann. I'm talking more about players that need to rebound, improve or play with more consistency. Obviously a guy like Jeff Francouer may have a spot on the list!

Here's my list; in no particular order.

http://www.examiner.com/x-2496-Atlanta-Braves-Examiner~y2009m3d5-The-ten-most-important-Braves

Danville Manager Paul Runge was recently kind enough to take the time out of his very busy day to talk some Braves minor league baseball with me. He's a top-notch guy who gave me all the time that I wanted; there were a few other questions I wanted to ask, but didn't feel like overstaying my welcome!!

We have plans to hook up for another interview during the season to talk about how our prospects are doing up to that point.

http://www.examiner.com/x-2496-Atlanta-Braves-Examiner~y2009m2d27-Minor-League-QA-with-Danville-manager-Paul-Runge

Whats up guys, over the last week or so I've been putting together my NL East positional rankings on Examiner.com; let me know what you guys think, where'd I mess up; what'd I get right................hopefully something!

Shortstop was a bear to rank, Guzman, Esco, Ramirez, Rollins and Reyes; incredible depth at that position in our division.

First Base

http://www.examiner.com/x-2496-Atlanta-Braves-Examiner~y2009m2d14-NL-East-position-rankings-First-Base

Second Base

http://www.examiner.com/x-2496-Atlanta-Braves-Examiner~y2009m2d17-NL-East-positional-rankings-Second-Base

Shortstop

http://www.examiner.com/x-2496-Atlanta-Braves-Examiner~y2009m2d17-NL-East-positional-rankings-Shortstop

Third Base

http://www.examiner.com/x-2496-Atlanta-Braves-Examiner~y2009m2d21-NL-East-positional-rankings-3rd-base

Catcher

http://www.examiner.com/x-2496-Atlanta-Braves-Examiner~y2009m2d22-NL-East-positional-rankings-Catcher

Outfielders

http://www.examiner.com/x-2496-Atlanta-Braves-Examiner~y2009m2d23-NL-East-positional-rankings-Outfield

Starting Pitching

http://www.examiner.com/x-2496-Atlanta-Braves-Examiner~y2009m2d24-NL-East-positional-rankings-Starting-Pitchers

Relievers

http://www.examiner.com/x-2496-Atlanta-Braves-Examiner~y2009m2d25-NL-East-positional-rankings-Relievers

Four Braves bloggers, including talkingchop's Martin Gandy recently took the time to answer several pressing Atlanta Braves questions in a roundtable format. Questions range from the Derek Lowe signing, to roster battles.

The article ran a little long, so I broke it up into two parts, the second part will be released tommorrow. It was a lot of fun gathering the opions of several extremely knowledgable Braves fans.

http://www.examiner.com/x-2496-Atlanta-Braves-Examiner~y2009m2d15-Braves-roundtable-Part-I

I recently conducted a minor league Q&A with Bill Shanks. I believe that most Braves fans that are into our prospects are fairly knowledgable with our top guys; so I tried to gear most of my questions towards lesser known players. Hopefully you guys enjoy the article; the depth of our minor leagues is truly impressive and is a great credit to everyone involved in the organization.

http://www.examiner.com/x-2496-Atlanta-Braves-Examiner~y2009m2d5-Braves-minor-league-QA-with-Bill-Shanks

This is something I did for the Examiner.com; but I thought you guys might find it interesting. It's a look back at our trades since 2002; minor deals omitted, to see how our organization has done.

Part 1
http://www.examiner.com/x-2496...a-trades-graded

Part 2
http://www.examiner.com/x-2496...-graded-part-II

Part 3
http://www.examiner.com/x-2496...graded-part-III

Part 4
http://www.examiner.com/x-2496...yzed-and-graded

Part 5
http://www.examiner.com/x-2496...d-graded-Part-V

Let me know what you think.