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The Braves would ideally add a leadoff hitter and put Martin Prado second in the order, according to Rosenthal.
He suggests the Braves could target leadoff options Jose Reyes, Grady Sizemore, Denard Span or David DeJesus via trade or free agency after the season.
I would like any of these additions.. GSize is outstanding when healthy (which is a concern), Reyes is good.. Span (haven't seen much of him, but I know he's generally consistent), DeJesus (same as Span)
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The Braves have no interest in trading Derek Lowe, according to ESPN.com's Buster Olney (on Twitter).
Despite some speculation that the Braves' starting pitching surplus could make Lowe available, the Braves aren't looking to deal the right-hander.
Brandon Beachy is now on the disabled list, so the Braves are calling on top prospect Julio Teheran to make his second career start Wednesday, according to David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Tim Hudson, Tommy Hanson and Jair Jurrjens round out the Major League rotation, which has been tremendous.
Braves starters are among the MLB leaders across the leaderboard.
With Teheran, Mike Minor and Rodrigo Lopez in the minor leagues, the Braves have the depth to make a deal.
However, they prefer to keep Lowe, who has a 3.73 ERA with 8.4 K/9, 3.0 BB/9 and a 56.9% ground ball rate through 50 2/3 innings.
This post was edited by EwokHellKite on May 17 2011 09:49am