Reed Johnson

MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH A strength going into the season, the Atlanta bullpen is now very much a potential concern. Eric O'Flaherty, diagnosed with an ulnar collateral ligament tear, is likely headed to Tommy John reconstructive...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Brandon Beachy is right on schedule to make a return to the Braves almost exactly 12 months after Tommy John surgery. The right-hander pitched two innings in an extended spring training...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Just when Atlanta was ready to finally have its lineup intact for the first time this season, the Braves got the bad pitching news they feared. Left-handed reliever Jonny Venters will...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Jonny Venters hoped for the best. So, obviously, did the Braves. But it appears that the left-handed reliever may be headed to a second Tommy John elbow surgery. Venters will see Dr....

The Sports Xchange Arizona's Corbin beats Atlanta, improves to 6-0 PHOENIX -- Patrick Corbin is climbing all sorts of charts with his strong start this season, including one with Hall of Famer-in-waiting Randy Johnson's name attached. Corbin joined...

PHOENIX _ Although the Atlanta Braves had won in each of Julio Teheran's first six starts before Tuesday night, they had only one win in 13 games when they failed to hit a home run. Something had to give Tuesday when the Braves and Teheran faced...

The Sports Xchange Diamondbacks 2, Braves 0 PHOENIX -- Left-hander Patrick Corbin threw seven shutout innings to extend his major-league-best roll and the Arizona Diamondbacks broke a three-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH If Julio Teheran keeps pitching as he has in his past three starts, it will be hard for the Braves to take him out of the rotation when Brandon Beachy returns from Tommy John surgery...

**FREDI GONZALEZ On Medlen giving up three homers "Well, what did he give up, three solos? We didn't help him at all. We haven't been pretty to watch the last three games. We haven't been getting deep in the game with our pitching and we haven't...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Justin Upton got off to a blazing start with his new team, smacking five homers in his first five games. But the Braves outfielder has cooled considerably as he arrives in Arizona to...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Once, the Braves couldn't lose with Kris Medlen starting. Now, they can't seem to win. It really isn't the right-hander's fault, though. Medlen has five quality starts in seven outings...

Two-and-a-half weeks after having an appendectomy, Braves right fielder Jason Heyward began a minor league rehab assignment Thursday and could be back with the Braves early next week. He went by going 0-for-5 with three strikeouts and a walk for Triple-...