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Hey y'all hope everyone is having a spectacular offseason.

Here's a quick run-down as to the transactions the Braves have made:

• Signed: free-agent RP Billy Wagner 1 year/$7M (2010), plus 2011 option
• Signed: free-agent RP Takashi Saito 1 year/$3.2M (2010)
• Signed: free-agent RP Juan Abreu 1 year/$400K (2010)
• Offered Arbitration: RP Mike Gonzalez
• Not-Offered Arbitration: OF Garret Anderson, 1B Adam LaRoche, 1B Greg Norton
• DFA: OF Ryan Church
• Non tendered: 2B Kelly Johnson
• Traded RP Rafael Soriano to Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for RP Jesse Chavez

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Has Escobar taken his last at-bat as a Brave?

Tonight Braves shortstop Yunel Escobar may have made his final plate appearance in a Braves uniform. Yunel drove in an RBI single in the bottom of the 8th to put the Braves ahead 10-1.

The Havanian middle-infielder has a career batting average of .300 and has been one the best best leadoff hitters for the Braves the past few years tallying a .309 average, 6 HR's, 34 RBI's and an astonishing 54 runs in 320 at-bats from the #1 spot in the order.

Although Yunel's offensive numbers are quit impressive for a shortstop his mental errors in the field are not impressing anyone; including Bobby Cox who has sat Escobar for 5 straight games. Yunel has been one of the worst everyday shortstops in the NL this year. He has committed 11 errors while maintaining a .961 fielders percentage in the diamond. Ironic how things have shifted from last year. The most ironic thing is the fact that Jake Peavy apparently would have rejected a trade to the Braves because he did not want to loose the good defense of Yunel Escobar (who was a player that was going to be involved in the Peavy-Atl. trade).

So fans, the rumor mill is brewing that GM Frank Wren is willing to trade Yunel for a "good hitter." What is a "good hitter?" I consider Yunel to be a good hitter, and would it hurt the Braves more to start a guy like Diory or Infante at shortstop everyday so they can get a power bat in the lineup? What do y'all think? Is Adrian Gonzalez still a reasonable trading piece?