Saltalamaccia Debuts

Top Braves prosect Saltalamaccia debuted today because McCann had a bruised thumb and his back up was sent to the DL but could it be more than that? With both Saltalamaccia and McCann at catcher, if both stay on the team one of the two will have to move to 1B. However, to get the best value out of the two it would probably be wise to trade Salty. The probable reason that the Braves decided to call up Salty is to display his major league ready skills to possible suitors. How soon could he be traded? By my estimations, as soon as McCann is fully healthy if Salty has been playing well he could be shipped out. Stay tuned for more trade rumors on him for the next couple of weeks.

In other big news in fantasy baseball, Billy Butler was called up by the Royals and named an every day starter. He doesn't play great defense but his bat is certainly major league ready. He's certainly worth a shot in most leagues and certainly in AL only leagues. I'd put him about on par with Hunter Pence at this point.

Thats all for now. As always, I'll take your questions via email: stew0610@ameritech.net