Braves Depth Chart - As of March 3, 2008

[RTBP]

LF

1. M. Diaz
2. B. Jones

CF

1. M. Kotsay
2. J. Anderson

RF

1. J. Francouer
2. Unknown

3B

1. C. Jones
2. Unknown

SS

1. Y. Escobar
2. O. Infante

2B

1. K. Johnson
2. Unknown

1B

1. M. Teixeira
2. S. Thorman

C

1. B. McCann
2. B. Pena

Starting Rotation:

1. J. Smoltz
2. T. Hudson
3. T. Glavine
4. C. James
5. B. Carlyle
6. M. Hampton

Bullpen

1. R. Soriano (Closer)
2. M. Gonzalez
3. B. Boyer
4. M. Acosta
5. T. Yates
6. W. Ohman
7. J. Ridgway

[ProwlingPanther]

I don't see Pena being the backup. It'll either be Javy or Sammons.

[fan4ever]

I just drafted Chipper on one of my teams and he's hurt his hamstring already...hopefully not serious!!

[RTBP]

Unless Javy plays well in Spring, I think Brayan Pena WILL be the backup. Javy is a shell of his former self. He was out of baseball all last year and was cut in spring training last year by the Rockies. That is why he was only given a minor leaugue contract. Tryout only, it appears. I loved Javy, so I hope he is able to do something special this spring, if not, look for him to be cut.

As for Sammons, he could get a shot. He is a little better hitter, but has zero power...zilch.

That is just the official depth chart they release though, so I am sure it will be changing alot over the next few weeks.

[ProwlingPanther]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by RTBP
	As for Sammons, he could get a shot. He is a little better hitter, but has zero power...zilch.

About the same amount of defense Pena has You know Bobby...if there's an offensive guy with no defense and a defensive guy with no offense it will be the second one that gets the job.

[RTBP]

True, True