Atlanta Braves Fans Seek Star Baseball Player
The Braves are off and running again down in Florida. A lot of the same faces and a few of the new faces will be making up the Atlanta Braves this year. I think one member of the team will shine brighter than anybody else and that player is Yunel Escobar. He is going to be making a lot of noise in the National League and baseball this year, as he will be putting up stats as any shortstop in the game. It’s not often when you see a shortstop that comes along with the gifted bat as Yunel Escobar. It’s not clear right now why they are batting him 2nd in the lineup, when he would be much more effective in the 3rd hole. Chipper Jones isn’t going to play every game anyways and the Braves don’t have a solid back up for Chipper, so Yunel Escobar should still get his opportunity to bat in the 3rd hole.
Chipper Jones is not going to last long, because he doens’t stretch properly during games and doesn’t hustle. This combination allows his muscles to constrict and when he does try to make a quick play, he just ends up pulling a muscle. Yunel Escobar will be the leader on this team with Mark Texiera right behind him. So the Braves will try to improve on their 3rd place finish in the division and if they are able to land a big time player before the season starts, we should see the Atlanta Braves move up this year.
