Michael Bourn News

Braves center fielder Michael Bourn drops the ball as he crashes into the wall on a RBI triple by Washington center fielder Rick Ankiel during the sixth inning at Turner Field.

Much has been made here and elsewhere about the Braves' record with and without Chipper Jones in the lineup, and more will be now that he's on the 15-day disabled list due to the slow healing process of his nasty lower-leg contusion.

Washington Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman follows through with a three-run double in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Friday, May 25, 2012, in Atlanta.

When the Braves returned home Friday night, they didn't have the usual look of a team just one game out of first place.

Ken Rosenthal at Fox sports tweets that the Orioles are about to ink Adam Jones to a six year $85M contract.

First of all, we cannot thank Lisa Braun enough for setting up this awesome experience.

Since we've bombarded you with almost exclusively bad news here from the Queen City these past few days, let's start with a bit of good news: Martin Prado 's bat is blazing.

Orioles starter Brian Matusz made it to the big leagues as a highly touted prospect, ranked #5 in all of baseball by Baseball America back in 2010.

Following on yesterday's look at how the Braves might look at contract options and arbitration eligible players we come to the question on most fans' mind; will the Braves be able to sign Michael Bourn A or will he patrol greener pastures? Bourn isn't the only free agent question the Braves have and while the most of the rest aren't as high profile ... (more)

C.J. Wilson allowed one hit. Brandon Phillips smacked a pair of bombs. Lyle Overbay flirted with a cycle.

General managers have to be able to focus on the present while looking at the future and learning from the past all at the same time.

I have been extremely pumped to write Prado's season check up piece, but decided it would be better to start off with Michael Bourn , seeing as how he is the catalyst to the offense and he will be the most talked about player on the team as the season rolls on.

Brandon Phillips hit two home runs and Zack Cozart added a solo blast to lead the Reds past the Braves, 4-3, in the second of a four-game set at Great American Ball Park.

Although both have gotten off to slow starts this season, Villar and Oberholtzer both played big roles in the Hooks' 5-2 win over Midland on Monday at Citibank Ballpark.

Luke Scott's potential game-tying two-run single in the eighth was wiped away after it struck Carlos PeA a on the basepaths.

A quick look toward the stands offered Tyler Pastornicky a reminder of how far he had come.

Batting : Brian McCann has a .340 average with 15 homers and 31 RBIs in 40 games against the Reds, including a .390 average with seven homers and nine RBIs in his past 12 games against them.

The second contest of the Braves' three-game Interleague set against the Rays on Saturday was supposed to be another step in the farewell journey of Chipper Jones.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The guy in front of him in the lineup has hit .362 with 11 stolen bases in his past 34 games, and the guy behind him has hit .313 with seven homers and 31 RBIs in his past 29 games.

What in the "iron man" names of Cal Ripken Jr., Lou Gehrig and Everett Scott is going on with baseball these days? Streaks for consecutive games played once were measured in years.