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March 14, 2010br / Braves vs. Blue Jays amp; Astrosbr / img src="http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/sml/trans/atl.gif" /vs.img src="http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/sml/trans/tor.gif" /amp;img src="http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/sml/trans/hou.gif" /br / br / Braves Starters:br / nbsp;- Kenshin Kawakamibr / nbsp;- Kris Medlenbr / br / Players to Watch:br / nbsp;- Melky Cabrerabr / nbsp;- Jason Heywardbr / nbsp;- Freddie Freemanbr / nbsp;- Cody Johnsonbr / nbsp;- Brooks Conradbr / br / nbsp;- a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2010/03/14/split-squad-day-everybody-including-j-hey-plays/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_braves_blog"First roster cuts come tomorrow/a.br / nbsp;- a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2010/03/13/lowe-jurrjens-good-to-go-for-next-starts/"Jair Jurrjens and Derek Lowe are good to go/a.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5229914192528368201-612385461998775382?l=bravesbuzz.blogspot.com' alt='' //divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bravesbuzz/~4/Bk82RoZn7nY" height="1" width="1"/

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March 13, 2010br / Blue Jays vs. Bravesbr / img src="http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/sml/trans/tor.gif" /vs.img src="http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/sml/trans/atl.gif" /br / br / img src="http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/30025.jpg" /br / Ricky Romerobr / (4 IP,nbsp;2 H, 4 BB, K)br / vs.br / img src="http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/4084.jpg" /br / Tim Hudsonbr / (4 IP, 7 H, 3 R, ER, 6 K)br / br / Players to Watch:br / nbsp;- Jesse Chavez (1 IP, 2 H)br / nbsp;- Mike Dunn (1 IP, H, 2 BB)br / nbsp;- Melky Cabrera (2-2, BB)br / br / Other Notable Lines:br / nbsp;- Billy Wagner (1 IP)br / nbsp;- Nate McLouth (0-3, 2 K)br / br / Tim Hudson gave up quite a few hits over four innings, and committing two errors didn't help much, either. The errors led to two unearned runs (I've never agreed with that), though he did strike out six and the rest of his outs were grounders. Billy Wagner pitched a perfect inning. Jesse Chavez gave up a couple hits but pitched a scoreless inning (still not what we're looking for here). Mike Dunn gave up a double and two walks but pitched a scoreless inning (also not what we're looking for, but he's looking better than Chavez).br / br / The Braves only had five hits and two of them were from Melky Cabrera. Nate McLouth had two more strikeouts and has looked terrible. Otherwise, nothing much happened.br / br / Game Tweets:br / nbsp;- a href="http://twitter.com/ajcbraves/status/10437189920"David O'Brien/a: Hudson said that his stuff, esp. split amp; changeup, are so much better now in higher arm slot after TJ surgery, it's "like having a new toy."br / br / nbsp;- a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2010/03/13/brave-prize-salcedos-long-awaited-arrival/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_braves_blogamp;utm_source=twitterfeedamp;utm_medium=twitter"Edward Salcedo arrives at Braves camp/a.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5229914192528368201-7821398286327658863?l=bravesbuzz.blogspot.com' alt='' //divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bravesbuzz/~4/yryHJMow1dE" height="1" width="1"/

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The Braves didn't get to finish their game, or even get started good for that matter, but they accomplished what they set out to do today. Jair Jurrjens pitched two scoreless innings, throwing 18 of 29 pitches for strikes. He worked all of his pitches and a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2010/03/12/jurrjens-sharp-in-delayed-spring-debut/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_braves_blog"felt great/a, including striking out Andrew McCutchen on three straight pitches to start the game.br / br / The stats won't count and the Pirates made a trip for nothing, but the Braves used it to get Jurrjens his work. He's now scheduled to pitch on three days rest to keep the rotation in order, which doesn't seem very cautious, but it shouldn't matter too much since it was only two innings.br / br / nbsp;- a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2010/03/12/despite-rain-hanson-gets-his-work-in/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_braves_blogamp;utm_source=twitterfeedamp;utm_medium=twitter"Tommy Hanson pitched four simulated innings today/a. Also, from that article, Derek Lowe is on schedule to make his next start.br / nbsp;- a href="http://markbowman.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/03/mother_nature_provide_jurrjens.html"Scott Proctor will make his first appearance around March 19/a.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5229914192528368201-4158302550892068608?l=bravesbuzz.blogspot.com' alt='' //divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bravesbuzz/~4/ur1_BzOF__g" height="1" width="1"/

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Not much happened in the news department yesterday (Brian Giles retirement doesn't excite me much), so I'll recap a few spring games.br / br / 1. It's probably worth noting that the Braves andnbsp;Yankees were rained out last night. Jair Jurrjens is still scheduled to pitch today after Tommy Hanson.br / br / 2. a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_03_11_tbamlb_pitmlb_1"The Rays beat the Pirates, 16-15/a. I know spring training results mean nothing, but a score like this is entertaining no matter when it occurs. Delwyn Young hit a homer and drove in four. Reid Brignac had two hits and three RBIs.br / br / 3. a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_03_11_anamlb_arimlb_1"Edwin Jackson pitched three scoreless innings/anbsp;against the Angels, giving up just one hit and striking out one. He's perfect in spring training so far.br / br / 4. a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_03_11_seamlb_sfnmlb_1"Tim Lincecum struggled again/a, giving up two earned runs on six hits in 2.2 innings, walking two and striking out four. Meanwhile, his counterpart, Ian Snell, pitched three scoreless innings, giving up one hit.br / br / 5. a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_03_11_texmlb_colmlb_1"Elvis Andrus went 4-5 with two RBIs/a. Chris Davis added four hits and three RBIs for the Rangers, who scored 16 runs against the Rockies. Aaron Cook gave up nine of the runs, though only five were earned.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5229914192528368201-3859413122108707534?l=bravesbuzz.blogspot.com' alt='' //divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bravesbuzz/~4/2ugnpoDwI6I" height="1" width="1"/

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March 10, 2010br / Mets vs. Bravesbr / img src="http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/sml/trans/nym.gif" /vs.img src="http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/sml/trans/atl.gif" /br / br / img src="http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/29219.jpg" /br / Jonathon Niesebr / vs.br / img src="http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/3640.jpg" /br / Derek Lowebr / br / Players to Watch:br / nbsp;- Takashi Saitobr / nbsp;- Mariano Gomezbr / nbsp;- Craig Kimbrelbr / nbsp;- Eric Hinskebr / nbsp;- Melky Cabrerabr / br / Other Notable Lines:br / br / br / nbsp;- a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2010/03/10/spring-training-goes-on-despite-heywards-sore-back/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_braves_blog"Jason Heyward is resting a sore back/a.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5229914192528368201-8848101901781200621?l=bravesbuzz.blogspot.com' alt='' //divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bravesbuzz/~4/9X5QwvKmmns" height="1" width="1"/

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1. a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100309amp;content_id=8726898amp;vkey=news_mlbamp;fext=.jspamp;c_id=mlb"Stephen Strasburg pitched two scoreless innings in his debut/anbsp;against the Tigers, allowing two hits and striking out two, including Miguel Cabrera on a 98 MPH fastball.br / br / 2. a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100309amp;content_id=8724526amp;vkey=news_mlbamp;fext=.jspamp;c_id=mlb"Joe Nathan has a tear in his elbow/a. He's going to rest it and see how it goes from there. Good luck avoiding surgery.br / br / 3. a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/joe_posnanski/03/08/chapman.debut/"Joe Posnanski wrote on Aroldis Chapman's debut/a.br / br / 4. If you pay for BP, a href="http://baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=10178"there's an article on the Braves' chances in 2010/a. I'm assuming it's good. I don't know.br / br / 5. a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/bobby-cox-and-band-aids"And yet another article on the Braves' health risks/a. At least R.J. Anderson gives the Braves a shot at the division title.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5229914192528368201-6030289301858936100?l=bravesbuzz.blogspot.com' alt='' //divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bravesbuzz/~4/W5ssR4itxDw" height="1" width="1"/

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Though the game isn't until tonight, I'm getting the post up early because of a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100309amp;content_id=8723826amp;vkey=news_mlbamp;fext=.jspamp;c_id=mlb"an article written by Peter Gammons on Jason Heyward/a. There has been a ton of hype surrounding Heyward this spring, but none of it compares to this article. Gammons is the man.br / br / I'll have the recap after the game tonight.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5229914192528368201-7053931589962186602?l=bravesbuzz.blogspot.com' alt='' //divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bravesbuzz/~4/v70rM3-krMs" height="1" width="1"/

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1. a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100308amp;content_id=8714614amp;vkey=news_mlbamp;fext=.jspamp;c_id=mlb"Aroldis Chapman pitched two scoreless innings in his debut/a, allowing one hit and striking out three Royals. The lone hit came from old friend Brayan Pena. The top speed recorded was 100 MPH.br / br / 2. From facing the top prospect to facing the next best prospect, a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100308amp;content_id=8719526amp;vkey=news_mlbamp;fext=.jspamp;c_id=mlb"the Tigers will see Stephen Strasburg on Tuesday/a.br / br / 3. a href="http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/03/blalock-deciding-between-rays-and-marlins.html"The Rays signed Hank Blalock/anbsp;to a minor league deal worth $925K. It allows him to opt out if he doesn't make the majors. Solid signing for the Rays.br / br / 4. a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100308amp;content_id=8714708amp;vkey=news_mlbamp;fext=.jspamp;c_id=mlb"Speaking of the Rays/a, this is a good piece from Hal Bodley on the future of the Rays.br / br / 5. a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/pondering-ian-kennedys-potential-in-the-nl"Ian Kennedy's potential in the NL/a.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5229914192528368201-6626550654800591290?l=bravesbuzz.blogspot.com' alt='' //divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bravesbuzz/~4/HSmunM2KKww" height="1" width="1"/

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March 8, 2010br / Braves vs. Tigersbr / img src="http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/sml/trans/atl.gif" /vs.img src="http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/sml/trans/det.gif" /br / br / img src="http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/4084.jpg" /br / Tim Hudsonbr / (3 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 3 K)br / vs.br / img src="http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/28976.jpg" /br / Max Scherzerbr / (0.1 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 3 BB)br / br / Players to Watch:br / nbsp;- Mike Dunn (1 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 2 K)br / nbsp;- Melky Cabrera (0-3, R,nbsp;BB)br / nbsp;- Jason Heyward (1-2, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB)br / nbsp;- Eric Hinske (3-4, 2 R, K)br / nbsp;- Brooks Conrad (1-3, 2 RBI, K)br / br / Other Notable Lines:br / nbsp;- Jo-Jo Reyes (2 IP, H, 3 K)br / nbsp;- Troy Glaus (2-2, 2 R)br / nbsp;- David Ross (2-2, 4 RBI, BB)br / br / It's not an easy task getting to Max Scherzer like the Braves did today. Jason Heyward launched a bomb, his first homer of spring, in the first inning off Scherzer. David Ross had four RBIs, and Brooks Conrad added two. Eric Hinske also picked it up today with three hits.br / br / a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2010/03/08/jurrjens-to-start-vs-yankees-on-thursday/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_braves_blog"A couple updates from the AJC/a. Jair Jurrjens is way ahead of schedule, planning to toss BP Tuesday and getting his first action against the Yankees on Thursday.br / br / Game Tweets:br / a href="http://twitter.com/ajcbraves/status/10181659479"David O'Brien/a: The packed crowd here at Lakeland let out a collective gasp, then oohs and ahhs. Radio man about swallowed his microphone. Majestic blast.br / a href="http://twitter.com/ajcbraves/status/10185413938"David O'Brien/a: Hudson on Heyward coming from 0-2 to homer on 3-2 pitch: "He goes and puts one in the trees out there. I mean, it just adds to the legend."br / a href="http://twitter.com/ajcbraves/status/10190026497"David O'Brien/a: Jim Leyland said he was most impressed by 20-yr-old Heyward's patience: €œPujols was the other guy I saw who was like that."div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5229914192528368201-574042336929177975?l=bravesbuzz.blogspot.com' alt='' //divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bravesbuzz/~4/XRA-G-F_6Co" height="1" width="1"/

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1. Going through the rotation for the first time, teams sent out their first starters for the second time yesterday. a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/blog/_/name/mlb_spring_training/id/4973452/march-7"ESPN.com recaps a few/a. Also worth noting from the blog is five runs allowed each from Oliver Perez and Jason Marquis.br / br / 2. a href="http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100307amp;content_id=8707074amp;vkey=news_flaamp;fext=.jspamp;c_id=fla"Cameron Maybin left the Marlins game yesterday/anbsp;with a groin strain.br / br / 3. a href="http://twitter.com/SPTimesRays/status/10132577372"The Rays might be close to a deal with Hank Blalock/a. It's a good deal for whoever ends up with him.br / br / 4. a href="http://twitter.com/dylanohernandez/statuses/10128449208"Russell Martin is out 4-6 weeks with a "strain" in his "groin area."/abr / br / 5. a href="http://twitter.com/Royals_Report/status/10125871177"Alex Gordon broke his thumb; out 3-4 weeks/a.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5229914192528368201-6803598375011011605?l=bravesbuzz.blogspot.com' alt='' //divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bravesbuzz/~4/Tgplp0y-cmU" height="1" width="1"/