Brian McCann News

Been a little since my last update, sorry about thatI've been swamped with school , my personal life , Call of Duty, and this random illness that makes me feel like hell, but only really in the mornings.

McCann and his wife, Ashley, have spent the past couple of years proudly devoting time and money to the Rally Foundation, which was formed three years ago by Dean Crowe, who gained the inspiration after watching one of her son's youth baseball teammates battle through cancer and the long-term effects of the treatments.

The Phillies' second baseman earned his fourth straight Silver Slugger award, becoming the first second baseman since Ryne Sandberg to achieve that feat.

When Brian McCann began experiencing blurred vision in April, there was reason to wonder about his promising career and even more reason to be concerned about how this problem might affect him throughout the rest of his life.

If only we had brought Hanson up a few months sooner, we would have had a chance to watch the Braves still.

Brian McCann's hard work and attention to all facets of his game has paid off for the Georgia native, who's become one of the best catchers in the history of the Atlanta Braves.

Can Anyone Compete with Mauer? Entering the 2009 season, fantasy GM's had to choose between Russell Martin and his ability to steal bases and 3B eligibility.

The Nationals made some moves in their front office on Thursday and named Roy Clark vice president of player personnel, Johnny DiPuglia director of Latin American operations and Doug Harris director of player development.

The Braves are losing scouting director Roy Clark, who accepted a job with the Washington Nationals after 20 years in the Braves organization.

We all know what the Braves will be after this offseason . Right now, it's wide open as to who they'll go after.

As we all know by now: -The Braves need a big bat to compliment Brian McCann and Chipper Jones in the lineup.

With the season over, the Braves are already back to the drawing board, beginning to look where to add, subtract and possibly move people around.

Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann tags out Florida's John Baker as he tries to score during the second inning of Tuesday's game.

If the 2-1/2 weeks the Braves had used to narrow the wild card lead to 2-1/2 games weren't convincing enough, then maybe Monday night was.

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He is not a four-time All-Star catcher or a Hall of Fame-bound third baseman, but Martin Prado has been at least as important as anyone in the Braves' lineup these past few months.

Just because the 2009 season has not officially wrapped up does not mean that ita TMs too early to start looking towards 2010.A First up in our early positional rankings are the catchers; so leta TMs get right to it and take a look at the Top 15.

''Believe.'' Jair Jurrjens pitched five-hit ball over seven innings, Chipper Jones homered and the Braves beat Florida 4-0 Monday night for their 15th win in 17 games, a stretch that has lifted them into playoff contention with six games left in the regular season.

The Atlanta Braves scored three in the top of the 10th inning Sunday, keeping up their late-season surge and completing a sweep of the Washington Nationals with a 6-3 victory.

Yunel Escobar had two hits, two runs scored and three driven in, leading the Braves to an 11-5 victory over the Nationals to gain ground in the NL wild card race.