[Nick Soulis]

ATLANTA BRAVES

Manager: Bobby Cox
Stadium: Turner Field (Grass)

Team Roster

Pitching Staff Role T Pitcher G GS W L SV ERA WHIP Status Starter R Greg Maddux 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 Rested Starter L Warren Spahn 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 Rested Starter L Tom Glavine 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 Rested Starter R Phil Niekro 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 Rested Spot Starter R Kevin Millwood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 Rested Middle Reliever R Kevin Millwood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 Rested Middle Reliever R Gene Garber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 Rested Setup Reliever R Mark Wohlers 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 Rested Setup Reliever L John Rocker 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 Rested Closer R John Smoltz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 Rested

Catchers # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 16 L Brian McCann C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 18 R Javy Lopez C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Infielders # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 94 R Bobby Lowe 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 15 R Joe Adcock 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 13 R Rabbit Maranville SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 10 S Chipper Jones 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2 S Rafael Furcal SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 8 L Eddie Mathews 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 6 R Davey Johnson 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 19 L Earl Torgeson 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Outfielders # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 23 L David Justice LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 44 R Hank Aaron RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 3 R Dale Murphy RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 25 R Andruw Jones CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 14 R Wally Berger CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 26 R Rico Carty LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Strengths
The Braves have assembled some of the best pitchers of all time. Warren Spahn, Maddux and Glavine all will be tough to beat with Maddux given the opportunity to show just how close he comes to the best of alltime. Hank Aaron of course is the star of the team and the offense is well balanced and may not need to score too many with the pitchers, John Smoltz will be a big help out of the pen.

Weaknesses
The infield has some real questions. First and second base arnt the strongest as alot wil be asked from Rabbitt Maranville and Joe Adcock. Rafael Furcal also may not be good enough at this level. This infield will actually be looked at defensively as much as offensively in their ability to help the pitching staff.

Key Figuire
Hank Aaron will need to be the man who gets the offense going everyday. The pitching staff will need support and most of the pressure will fall on Aaron to produce the goods.

Expectations
The Braves expect to compete for a championship and do have the talent to do just that. The NL East will be tough with the Phillies and Mets but overall many feel the Braves are good enough to win the division.