Javier Vazquez News

Tommy Hanson wasn't named the National League's Rookie of the Year. But via MLB.com's This Year in Baseball Awards, many fans have shown that they feel the Braves right-hander was the top rookie in the Majors this past season.

Seems like awhile since I've done one of these, and I think its time to return to the formattime for a review of the 2009 Braves starting pitchers! Follow BravesHeart on Twitter! Alright, now time for a look at the starters.

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Atlanta Braves They don't quite have the system they once had, but the Braves still boast a few of the most-elite prospects in baseball.

When it became apparent that the Braves were going to move one of their two veteran starters, it was easy to dismiss the possibility that they might be able to move Derek Lowe.

FoxSports.com says the Brewers and Braves have discussed a Corey Hart-for-Derek Lowe swap.

Giants ace Tim Lincecum won the NL Cy Young Award on Thursday for the second consecutive season to become the first repeat winner since Randy Johnson, emerging from one of the tightest votes in the history of the honour.

Do you think keeping six starting pitchers is a good idea? The Braves can leave the rotation like it was in September and have Kenshin Kawakami as their closer.

During the 1990s, it became easy to predict that a Braves pitcher would capture the National League's Cy Young Award.

Mark Bowman, in a post to his blog for MLB.com , feels that the Braves will end up trading eitherA Javier Vazquez or Derek Lowe .

When the Braves sent Jason Heyward to compete in this year's Arizona Fall League, the plan was for him to gain the added development that would provide them even more confidence to place him on the Opening Day roster next season.

I was thinking recently of who the Braves will trade one of their starting pitchers to since they will be trading one of them this offseason, or so they say.

So, we've already gotten through the Adam LaRoche situation . Now, let's talk about the guys the Braves could be shipping out for some hole-filling. Here are the guys who shoul be on the block from the Braves' '09 payroll.

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The World Series may still be fresh in your mind, but MLB GMs are already focusing on next season.

Are the Marlins going to keep Renyel Pinto? It looks like he gives up a lot of runs.

According to published reports out of Atlanta, the Braves are close to signing pitcher Tim Hudson to a three-year contract extension.

While it's still a little early for many trade rumors of substance to start percolating, there is one Brave whose name is occasionally mentioned on this blog as a potential trade piece, one that to me seems not just highly improbable but almost outlandish.

With the 8th pick of the 2006 MLB Amateur Draft, the Cincinnati Reds take Outfielder Drew Stubbs from the University of Texas.

Ita s time to wrap up our early 2010 rankings with the starting pitchers. A Therea s an extremely fine line between many of these pitchers, so look for things to really move around as we get closer and closer to draft day.