The Atlanta Braves Weekly Wrap

Here's a look at the major stories in the world of the Atlanta Braves for the week ending on January 10th:

  In the Press...

• Jim Callis of Baseball America would rank Arodys Vizcaino as the third-best prospect in the Braves system.
• Skip Caray is up for the Ford C. Frick award.
• The Braves officially signed Troy Glaus, here are some notes from the presser.
• Only a few hours later, word came down that the Braves were nearing a deal with Eric Hinske.
• Mark Bowman tried to clear up how much payroll space the Braves have left.
• Bill Ballew of Baseball America passes along some comments from Brian Cashman about the two pitchers we acquired from the Yankees.
• Mark Bowman passes along some pics of a snowed-in Turner Field.

At Talking Chop...

• The bloggers of SB Nation conducted their own Hall of Fame voting, and only Bert Blyleven received enough votes. I continue to scratch my head as to why Dale Murphy gets no love.
• I lay out 2010 could mimic 2005 in the amount of rookies we use.
• John Smoltz is an Italian-America, did you know.
• Randy Johnson, who retired this week, was once drafted by the Braves.
• We took another look at how the Braves 25-man roster might shake out.
• I took a look back at an old blog post about how to rejuvenate the area around Turner Field. 
• Would you like a Skip Caray shirt?

Notable FanPosts and FanShots...

• mccannfan does some legwork and finds out that the Braves will not be having a Winter FanFest this year.
• armymen thinks the Braves letting Ernesto Mejia go the Royals will come back to haunt Atlanta.
• Bravesologist asks who is better, Maddux, Randy, or Pedro?
• mvhsbball passes along some comments about our prospects from Jim Callis.