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2009 Standings

Complete 2009 standings (updated: 11-06)

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Rnk	National League East	Win	Loss	Pct	GB	RS/G	RA/G	Diff/G	Pyth O/U	Hitter VORP	Pitcher VORP	Def Eff	Hit List Rank (through 10-12)
	National League East
1	Philadelphia Phillies	93	69	.574	-	5.06	4.38	0.68	0.9	277.3	168.8	.694	7
2	Florida Marlins	87	75	.537	6.0	4.78	4.73	0.05	5.1	223.9	109.2	.685	14
3	Atlanta Braves	86	76	.531	7.0	4.54	3.96	0.58	-5.1	214.2	235.0	.687	8
4	New York Mets	70	92	.432	23.0	4.14	4.68	-0.54	-1.9	213.6	71.7	.693	23
5	Washington Nationals	59	103	.364	34.0	4.38	5.40	-1.02	-6.0	185.4	-17.0	.686	29

Team Health Reports

02-18

Atlanta Braves
Days Lost: 1,286
Dollars Lost: $41 million
Injury Cost: $40.4 million

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Top 11 Prospects

11-07

Atlanta Braves
Top prospect: Jason Heyward

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2009 Rankings

86 Wins is tied for 12th in MLB, 7th in league, 3rd in division
76 Losses is tied for 11th in MLB, 7th in league, 3rd in division
.531 Win Pct is 12th in MLB, 7th in league, 3rd in division
4.54 RS/G is 17th in MLB, 6th in league, 3rd in division
3.96 RA/G is 4th in MLB, 4th in league, 1st in division
0.58 Diff/G is 6th in MLB, 3rd in league, 2nd in division
-5.1 Pyth O/U is 26th in MLB, 15th in league, 4th in division
214.2 Hitter VORP is 8th in MLB, 7th in league, 3rd in division
235.0 Pitcher VORP is 6th in MLB, 3rd in league, 1st in division
.687 Def Eff is tied for 20th in MLB, tied for 12th in league, 3rd in division

Projected 2009 Performance

Braves Depth Chart (updated: 08-09)

NL East	W	L	WPct	RS	RA	AVG	OBP	SLG
Philadelphia Phillies	90	72	.556	805	710	.257	.330	.433
Atlanta Braves	88	74	.543	815	666	.269	.341	.427
Florida Marlins	83	79	.512	784	757	.258	.333	.419
New York Mets	77	85	.475	752	750	.254	.328	.389
Washington Nationals	59	103	.364	764	830	.258	.331	.409

Top offensive performers by VORP

Yunel Escobar
39.0 VORP

Brian McCann
36.2 VORP

Chipper Jones
31.5 VORP

Top pitching performers by VORP

Jair Jurrjens
60.5 VORP

Javier Vazquez
58.8 VORP

Tommy Hanson
35.9 VORP

Hitters by VORP descending

(through games of 10-06)

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Rank	Player	PA	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	MLVr	EqA	VORP
1	Yunel Escobar	604	89	26	2	14	76	57	62	5	4	.299	.377	.436	.154	.288	39.0
2	Brian McCann	551	63	35	1	21	94	49	83	4	1	.281	.349	.486	.160	.290	36.2
3	Chipper Jones	596	80	23	2	18	71	101	89	4	1	.264	.388	.430	.135	.292	31.5
4	Matt Diaz	425	56	18	4	13	58	35	90	12	5	.313	.390	.488	.259	.307	30.6
5	Martin Prado	503	64	38	0	11	49	36	59	1	3	.307	.358	.464	.170	.286	26.7
6	Adam LaRoche	242	30	11	1	12	40	28	59	0	0	.325	.401	.557	.392	.326	21.8
7	Nate McLouth	396	59	20	1	11	36	47	70	12	6	.257	.354	.419	.060	.276	14.5
8	David Ross	151	18	9	0	7	20	21	39	0	0	.273	.380	.508	.230	.308	12.2
9	Omar Infante	229	24	9	1	2	27	19	28	2	0	.305	.361	.389	.074	.274	9.3
10	Casey Kotchman	336	28	20	0	6	41	32	28	0	0	.282	.354	.409	.061	.271	4.8
11	Derek Lowe	70	6	0	0	0	1	4	16	0	0	.222	.276	.222	-.361	.198	4.7
12	Tim Hudson	15	2	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	.333	.429	.583	.471	.340	3.9
13	Ryan Church	144	20	12	0	2	18	16	22	0	0	.260	.347	.402	.033	.265	3.3
14	Javier Vazquez	91	6	3	0	0	3	3	14	0	0	.176	.211	.221	-.503	.178	2.5
15	Garret Anderson	534	52	27	0	13	61	27	73	1	0	.268	.303	.401	-.040	.248	2.3
16	Jair Jurrjens	80	7	2	0	0	4	8	24	0	0	.123	.219	.154	-.591	.123	1.1
17	Kelly Johnson	346	47	20	3	8	29	32	54	7	2	.224	.303	.389	-.089	.247	1.0
18	Brandon Jones	17	2	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	.308	.471	.308	.157	.309	0.8
19	Jo-Jo Reyes	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	.111	.273	.111	-.535	.119	0.3
20	Manny Acosta	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	-.177	.293	0.2
21	James Parr	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.235	-0.1
22	Eric O'Flaherty	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.236	-0.1
23	Buddy Carlyle	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.235	-0.3
24	Jeff Bennett	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.235	-0.3
25	Peter Moylan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.235	-0.4
26	Clint Sammons	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	.182	.250	.182	-.473	.122	-1.0
27	Brooks Conrad	58	7	1	2	2	8	3	14	0	0	.204	.259	.407	-.171	.224	-1.1
28	Kenshin Kawakami	49	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	0	0	.098	.159	.098	-.787	-.101	-1.8
29	Kris Medlen	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.235	-1.9
30	Reid Gorecki	27	6	0	0	0	3	1	12	1	0	.200	.222	.200	-.500	.149	-2.3
31	Barbaro Canizares	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	.190	.190	.238	-.521	.093	-2.5
32	Gregor Blanco	48	5	0	1	0	1	4	9	2	0	.186	.255	.233	-.399	.183	-2.8
33	Tommy Hanson	46	2	0	0	0	1	1	20	0	0	.054	.079	.054	-1.007	-.139	-3.8
34	Jordan Schafer	195	18	8	0	2	8	27	63	2	1	.204	.313	.287	-.217	.218	-5.3
35	Greg Norton	97	3	2	0	0	7	20	20	0	0	.145	.330	.171	-.342	.196	-5.5
36	Jeff Francoeur	324	32	12	2	5	35	12	46	5	1	.250	.282	.352	-.162	.224	-8.1
37	Diory Hernandez	93	6	3	0	1	6	6	22	0	1	.141	.198	.212	-.558	.080	-9.8

Pitchers by VORP descending

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Rank	Player	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H9	BB9	SO9	HR9	ERA	SNLVAR	WXRL	VORP
1	Jair Jurrjens	14	10	0	34	34	215.0	7.79	3.14	6.36	0.63	2.60	8.0	0.000	60.5
2	Javier Vazquez	15	10	0	32	32	219.3	7.43	1.81	9.77	0.82	2.87	7.4	0.000	58.8
3	Tommy Hanson	11	4	0	21	21	127.7	7.40	3.24	8.18	0.70	2.89	4.6	0.000	35.9
4	Kenshin Kawakami	7	12	1	32	25	156.3	8.81	3.28	6.04	0.86	3.86	3.0	0.077	22.0
5	Rafael Soriano	1	6	27	77	0	75.7	6.30	3.21	12.13	0.71	2.97	0.0	3.710	20.3
6	Mike Gonzalez	5	4	10	80	0	74.3	6.78	4.00	10.90	0.85	2.42	0.0	2.640	16.5
7	Peter Moylan	6	2	0	87	0	73.0	8.01	4.32	7.52	0.00	2.84	0.0	1.491	14.6
8	Eric O'Flaherty	2	1	0	78	0	56.3	8.31	2.88	6.23	0.32	3.04	0.0	1.079	10.7
9	Derek Lowe	15	10	0	34	34	194.7	10.73	2.91	5.13	0.74	4.67	3.1	0.000	9.7
10	Tim Hudson	2	1	0	7	7	42.3	10.42	2.76	6.38	0.85	3.61	1.0	0.000	8.7
11	Jeff Bennett	2	4	0	33	0	34.0	11.12	5.56	6.09	0.53	3.18	0.0	-0.282	7.4
12	Kris Medlen	3	5	0	37	4	67.7	8.65	3.99	9.58	0.67	4.26	0.1	0.457	7.0
13	Manny Acosta	1	1	0	36	0	37.3	10.85	4.58	7.71	0.96	4.34	0.0	-0.101	3.3
14	Luis Valdez	0	1	0	3	0	2.7	10.12	6.75	0.00	0.00	3.38	0.0	-0.277	0.6
15	Jorge Campillo	1	0	0	5	0	4.3	14.54	6.23	6.23	0.00	4.15	0.0	-0.266	-0.4
16	James Parr	0	0	0	8	0	14.0	10.93	3.21	7.71	0.64	5.79	0.0	-0.009	-0.8
17	Boone Logan	1	1	0	20	0	17.3	10.90	4.67	5.19	0.52	5.19	0.0	0.186	-1.7
18	Vladimir Nunez	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	18.00	18.00	9.00	18.00	36.00	0.0	-0.063	-3.5
19	Blaine Boyer	0	1	0	3	0	1.3	20.25	20.25	13.50	0.00	40.50	0.0	-0.365	-5.3
20	Jo-Jo Reyes	0	2	0	6	5	27.0	9.00	4.33	7.00	1.33	7.00	-0.2	0.000	-8.9
21	Buddy Carlyle	0	1	0	16	0	21.3	14.77	5.06	5.06	2.11	8.86	0.0	0.051	-10.6

Recent Transactions

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11-23: Purchased the contracts of LHPs Jose Ortegano, Lee Hyde, and Johnny Venters and RHPs Jeff Lyman and Kyle Cofield. [11/19]
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11-13: Signed RHP Tim Hudson to a three-year, $27 million contract with a $9 million club option for 2013 ($1 million buyout). [11/12]

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11-06: Signed RHP Scott Proctor to a minor league contract with a spring training NRI. [11/6]
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