Omar Infante Traded!

While cleaning the kitchen tonight I quickly grabbed the remote and flipped the channel from TLC since my wife wasn't around over to ESPN only to see a report that super utility man Omar Infante has been traded!

The Braves agreed to send Omar along w/ pitcher Mike Dunn to the Florida Marlins in exchange for second baseman Dan Uggla.  I'm not sure what to think of the deal.  I missed some of the news, but I thought I heard that Uggla will be a free agent after the 2011 season so there are no guarantees the Braves will have him more than one season.

I'm guessing the Braves decided to pull the trigger on the deal since Omar's stock went up after his fantastic 2010 season.  If Chipper doesn't rebound from his injury Martin Prado will take over third base most likely leaving second base open for Uggla full time.  I was already looking forward to next season and this move only makes me more impatient to see what the Braves can accomplish.  I'm sure most Braves fan will agree that Omar will be missed.

Braves make it 5 & I play catch up!

First of all I wanted to congratulate the Atlanta Braves for sending 5 players to next week's MLB All-Star game.

Martin Prado has been tearing up NL pitchers all season (.332 average) and I was glad to hear he got bumped up into the starting role...well deserved.

Omar Infante was a surprise when I heard his name, but that didn't mean I wasn't excited. He's been a huge asset for the Braves thus season filling in a 2nd base, short stop, 3rd base and in the outfield. A+ utility player I'm sure any team would love to have.

Jason Heyward - no surprise.

Brian McCann somewhat surprised me too. He's only batting .267 for the season with 10 homers and 34 RBIs. He's been great behind the plate though and should make a great addition to the NL bench this year.

And finally Tim Hudson. Tommy John surgery? You can't tell it by the season he's having thus far. 8-4 with a 2.44 ERA & 58 strike outs.

I believe this has been my longest "absence" from my blog since I started it the first of the year. With work and family these last few weeks have been a little crazy, but that hasn't slowed down my passion for baseball. In the coming posts I'll post some new acquistions both from eBay and from trades.