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Thursday, June.20/2013

The Braves are right up there with the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox for best run organizations over the last 25 years. Some would say that Atlanta’s brass is the king at organizational bang for the buck from drafting a trading. The team reeled off a professional record – 14 straight Division Titles from 1991 – 2005. They made it to 6 World Series, unfortunately only winning 1 of them in 1995.

By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): Follow @chuckbooth3024 and welcome Jeff Kleiner (Salary, Roster and Depth Chart Expert for the MLB) – visit his website  here  Follow @prosportsroster

You guys are all in for a treat.  Jeff Kleiner recently contacted me about a partnership merge for the website.  He has developed a site (prosportsrosters.com) that covers all organizational affiliates in the Minors for all of the Major League Baseball Clubs.  We are going to combine efforts to bring you the best look at salaries, current 25 Man Player Rosters and Depth Charts for all 30 teams. 

Jeff is going to provide the documents in form of spreadsheets and I am going to accompany the posts with deep analysis of what the numbers tell us from my perspective.  If you can’t wait for all of my assessments for each club, go and visit Jeff’s website over at http://www.prosportsrosters.com.

In Speaking with Jeff, he is one of the more passionate fans I have come across towards the game of baseball.  He spends enough time in updating his MLB Facts for it to be a Full-Time Job.  So after the usual Video Clip and READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY button, you will find some serious &*!@?!#!

Jeff updates this page below on a daily basis.  After you click on it….Bookmark it.  There is a 3 year salary forecast and stats not listed here on this page.  Jeff updates these pages daily and these changes include any Roster moves!

For a Full 3 year Salary Outlook plus last years Stats for every player in the Braves Organization click here

The Brothers Upton both were acquired in the offseason by the Atlanta Braves. This was a risk for the organization – but with several rewards and benefits should the two play up to their potential. Well 72 Games into this experiment, B.J. Upton is struggling to be consistent. The man was signed to a 5 YR/$75 Million Dollar Deal. Justin Upton had 3 YRS/$38.5 Million left on his contract when Atlanta traded for him. This looked like a bargain – after smoking 12 HRs and 28 RBI in the 1st month.  He has since hit 3 HRs and 5 RBI only in the last 50 Days.  The Upton boys will have a heavy say in the legacy of this decades Braves franchise.

The Braves are playing the first season in the Majors since 1995 without long time Third Baseman Chipper Jones being a regular in the lineup.  The Switch – Hitter was the last key ingredient to winning the 1995 World Series.

The management was able to draft awesome talent in the 1980’s like:  Steve Avery and Tom Glavine, traded for John Smoltz and signed Free Agent Greg Maddux, It came on the heels of a brutal 10 year stretch of play prior to that.

In the last 8 years, the franchise has done a great job of maintaining a competitive balance – with also trading off the veteran influences at the right time before the asset fully diminished.  The 2013 Team Payroll is a respectable $91.5 MILLION.  This is a great feat considering the Roster assembled – and adding Free Agent B.J. Upton.

So what does the rest of the organization look like now??  check back with http://www.prosportsrosters.com often to check their progress.

All of the players in the Organization Minors and Majors:

The Braves have a great chance to pick up their 1st NL East Division Title since 2005 this season. Entering play Wed night, they were 7 Games ahead of both of the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies – with a 42 – 30 record. However, since jumping out of the gate at 12 – 1, they have only gone 30 – 29. Struggles from many of their key players have contributed to this sub.500 mark the last few months.  Last year, the team lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in the Wild Card play in game.

*** The views and opinions expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of mlbreports.com or their partners.***

Authors for this post:

Jeff Kleiner:  “I have been a sports fan since the first Baseball game I went to at Comisky Park in Chicago in 1959, when baseball for me turned from black and white to color. I have attended or watched thousands of games, always paying attention to statistics, rosters and salaries of all professional sports.

Luckily I had the advantage of watching WGN TV and seeing hundreds of games in the 60’s. Collecting Baseball Cards and then later dealing them gave me an extra sense of the sport, both good and bad.” For all of your Salaries, Roster and Depth Charts for all 4 Major Sports (entire organization – Minors and Majors) click here or Follow Me on twitter  Follow @prosportsroster

prosportsrosters.com is the best source for following entire organizations in all 4 Major Sports.

Chuck Booth – Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner and author of the Fastest 30 Ballgames:   To learn more about my  “The Fastest 30 Ballgames Book” and how to purchase it, click here .

You can also follow my Guinness Book of World Record Successful Bid to see all 30 MLB Park in 23 Days – click here.  I am happy to be part of such an awesome Magazine-Style Baseball Website and am looking forward to talking to all of the fans of the MLB.  You can reach me on Twitter here Follow @mlbreports

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