I thought some of you might be interested in a Q&A I just did with Jeff Locke, who was just rated by John as the Braves' eleventh best prospect.

http://mvn.com/mlb-braves/2008/02/19/jeff-locke-qa/                

I'm doing an interview with Braves prospect Jeff Locke for Chop-n-Change, my Braves blog over at MVN. I wanted to know if there are any questions you'd like him to answer and I'll take the best couple from the responses and ask him.

John ranked him as the eleventh best Braves prospect with a B- grade this year.

I just made a trade in my fantasy keep league. I traded Delmon Young and Jeremy Jeffress for Jay Bruce and Jarrod Parker. I wanted to see some of your opinions on the deal.

I really liked Young and Jeffress but especially after the latter;s off-field problems last year, this seemed like a no-brainer to me.  

I figured for sure the Red Sox were not going to keep Will Middlebrooks from going to A&M, but he signed with the Sox for a little under one million.

McGeary signed for $1.8 million but will be allowed to attend classes at Stanford and play baseball in the summer until he graduates. Washington will also be picking up the cost of his tuition. I like what the Nats front office is doing. They made a big splash during this draft and added some big talent to a depleted farm system.

just saw it on CNN                                                                    

Heyward signing has been made official according to Heyward's agent. It is on the Braves official site.

Just got his first hit after striking out twice in the game. Three-run homer to right in the seventh to put the Cards up 5-0. You just had to know after such a great story that he would hit one in his first game.