Braves Go With Plan B

The Atlanta Braves have found their replacement plan after failing to sign Ken Griffey Jr.

According to published reports, the Braves signed free agent outfielder Garrett Anderson (formerly of the LA Angels of Anaheim) to a one year deal;

Anderson, who had played his entire career for the Angels, agreed to a one-year deal worth approximately $2.5 million, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Sunday.

Here are Anderson's 2008 stats:

BA: .293
HR: 15
RBI: 84
SLG: .433

Ol' Lefty is Giving it Another Shot

According to an article written by ESPN's Jerry Crasnick, Tom Glavine is returning to the Braves for at least one more season;


Tom Glavine reached agreement on a one-year contract with the Atlanta Braves that could pay him $4.5 million if he attains all his incentives.

Glavine will make a guaranteed $1 million, and an additional $1 million in his first day on the major league roster during the regular season. He'll be owed $1.25 million after 30 days, and an additional $1.25 million after 90 days, a source said.

Who Says You Can't Go Home?

Looks like Ken Griffey Jr is returning home, to the Seattle Mariners.

According to various reports, Junior notified the Atlanta Braves that he'd be returning to play for the Mariners:

Two baseball sources said that Griffey made his decision after two days of debating between Atlanta, which is close to his home in Orlando, Fla., and Seattle, where he's been a fan favorite since breaking in with the Mariners as a 19-year-old phenom in 1989.

Griffey spent last season split between the Reds and the White Sox.

His 2008 totals were as follows;

BA: .249, 18 HR, 71 RBI, .424 Slugg%.

Braves Respond to Met's Signing

Anything you can do, I can do better. Sign Redding? We'll get Lowe.

Just hours after the Mets finished dotting the 'i's" and crossing the "t's" on the Tim Redding contract, the Atlanta Braves announced that they signed a pitcher too.

This time it's addition by prevention.

The Braves signed free agent sinker baller Derek Lowe, adding him to their new look rotation for '09.

The NY Mets were actively pursuing Lowe throughout the offseason, who became a free agent after his contract with the Dodgers expired.

In an article written by ESPN's Jerry Crasnick, the Braves offered Lowe a four year deal worth $60 million;
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lowe, 35, has a career 126-107 record in 12 seasons with Seattle, Boston and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He's averaged 208 innings the past seven seasons, and consistently has one of the highest ground ball-to-fly ball ratios in the game.

Lowe would join Javier Vazquez, Jair Jurrjens and Japanese pitcher Kenshin Kawakami in a new-look Atlanta rotation.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------