Not worried about McCann, he will come around.
If Renteria can hit .300, we can win the NL.
The Braves have the threat of four players that can possibly hit 25 HR's-Andruw Jones(led NL in HRs last year, 51), Chipper Jones (hit 45 in 1999, 331 career, averages 32 a year) Jeff Franceour (first full-time year, hit 14 with only 250 AB) and Adam LaRoche (hit 20 HR last year, looks to improve against left-handers, and overall batting average, only hit .250 last year.
My projected HR totals for ATL sluggers
A. Jones-45 HR
C. Jones-30 HR
J. Francouer-28 HR
A. LaRoche-25 HR
Marcus Giles-20 HR
E. Renterria-17 HR
B. McCann-14 HR
Braves LF (Kelly Johnson, Ryan Langerhaus, Brian Jordan, sometiems Matt Diaz)-25 combined HR's.
Pitchers-3 combined HRs
Pitchers (all my projections)
Pitcher-Wins-Losses-ERA
Tim Hudson-19-8-3.54
John Smoltz-16-10-3.21
Horatio Ramirez-12-9-4.15
Jorge Sosa-13-12-3.41
Kyle Davies-9-8-4.58
Closer-Saves-ERA
Chris Reitsma-25-3.67
Joey Devine-17-2.98
I think by the All-Star break, Devine will be the full-time closer.
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