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Posted by Anthony Stalter Aa s closer Andrew Bailey won the American League Rookie of the Year award on Monday, while Marlinsa outfielder Chris Coghlan won the same honors for the National League.

J.A. Happ had a successful but sometimes stressful rookie season with the Phillies.

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

The 2009 season is in the books, and it was one of, if not the, most frustrating seasons I can remember for the Braves.

Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson met or surpassed all expectations in his first major league season, but so did a couple of other National League East rookies.

Tommy Hanson lived up to the tremendous hype that surrounded him before he made his Major League debut in June.

When the National League's Rookie of the Year is announced next week, Braves fans will either be celebrating Tommy Hanson's honor or criticizing those voters who instead opted to vote for either Phillies left-hander J.A. Happ or Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan.

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 here goes: With the re-signing of Tim Hudson, the Braves have six starting pitchers under contract for 2010.

" Yes, sir, that's the address of my budget hotel 'bout a mile from the sprawl of Chicago's O'Hare Airport, where baseball's GMs are having their meetings, thus doing their small part to make it clear to everyone watching that things are tough all over.

It's October 2010. The Atlanta Braves are playing the Philadelphia Phillies in a packed house at Turner Field.

When baseball's general managers begin to gather Sunday night for their annual meetings, they'll be at a Chicago airport hotel and not a typically swank resort.

On any given day in the Arizona Fall League, you can see what amounts to a Minor League All-Star Game.

On any given day in the Arizona Fall League, you can see what amounts to a Minor League All-Star Game.

Phoenix a ' Greetings from the desert Southwest, where it's a cloudless day with the temperature headed to 90 and another slate of Arizona Fall League games starting at 12:30 p.m. before intimate gatherings that are typically made up of couple dozen scouts and about 75-100 others including autograph hounds, girlfriends, potential girlfriends and ...

A number of elite prospects are gaining more seasoning at the Arizona Fall League.

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.

Tim Hudson allowed only a run on seven hits in his final 2009 start against Washington.

That's BBA as in Baseball Bloggers Alliance . The BBA is mimicking the Baseball Writers Association awards, casting ballots for the Manager, Rookie, Cy Young and MVP honors in both leagues.

You can argue that Kershaw has already broken out, but still at the ripe young age of 21 Clayton is still very far away from reaching his pitching potential.