Randall Delgado News

You know that nosy neighbor or "friend" who can pop in at the most unwanted times? Tonight's Braves-Nationals series finale seems to have that feel to me.

Mike Minor continued to put his rotation spot in jeopardy with another lackluster performance Saturday afternoon as the Atlanta Braves suffered their sixth consecutive defeat with an 8-4 loss to the Washington Nationals .

The beat-up Braves just wanted to leave. Reds rookie catcher Devin Mesoraco capped a series full of homers with his first career grand slam on Thursday night, leading Cincinnati to a 6-3 victory and a four-game sweep.

Rookie catcher Devin Mesoraco capped a series full of homers with his first career grand slam on Thursday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves.

Braves : The Braves try to salvage game four of their series in Cincinnati as they send Randall Delgado against the Reds.

Todd Frazier hit a one-out homer in the ninth inning Wednesday night, extending the Cincinnati Reds' best surge of the season with a 2-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves .

There are, however, questions as to who will be in the starting rotation, not only next year, but in the future.

Thought to be the #7 starter for this year at the end of last year, Randall Delgado has already made eight starts for Atlanta this year.

The Braves continued their winning ways on the road this year, taking two of three from the Rays in Tropicana Field in Atlanta's first interleague series of 2012.

Each Monday, after a week of play and of scouring the major leagues for the best information, Jon Heyman passes along tips on whose stock up and whose is on the decline.

Mike Minor enters his start tonight in Cincinnati with a 7.09 ERA that's soared in the past couple of weeks, and a lot of folks are asking how long the Braves can wait before they ship him to the minor leagues.

Cobb allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings. He retired his last 10 batters.

After winning 5-3 against Tampa Bay on Friday, the Braves completed their 40th game of the season, which puts them a quarter of the way through.

Tampa Bay Rays' Matt Joyce follows the flight of his third-inning grand slam off Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Randall Delgado during an interleague baseball game on Saturday, May 19, 2012, in St.

Randall Delgado had pitched great his previous three starts, but this one was anything but great.

The right-hander will start for Tampa Bay on Saturday in place of injured starter Jeff Niemann in the second of a three-game series with Atlanta, as the Rays look to end a two-game losing skid Cobb was recalled from Triple-A Durham on Friday.

It's a special weekend around Major League Baseball ballparks as the 16th season of Interleague play begins and for the Tampa Bay Rays, they'll be hosting the Atlanta Braves in a three-game weekend series.

On Shields: Has won six of his past seven starts but allowed seven homers over his past four after giving up one over his previous four.

With the recent struggles of starting pitcher Mike Minor there are many who believe that the Braves should option him to the minors and bring up one of their two talented options sitting in Triple-A. Those options would be veteran, and All-Star, Jair Jurrjens as well as promising youngster Julio Teheran.

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