After finishing up the Future Stars game on what turned out to be a swamp-like field up in Rome, the Braves announced their finalized 25-man roster for the 2014 season via twitter.
PITCHERS: Gus Schlosser (RH), Julio Teheran (RH), Ian Thomas (LH), Anthony Varvaro (RH), and Jordan Walden (RH) and Alex Wood (RH).
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) March 29, 2014
PITCHERS: Luis Avilan (LH), Ryan Buchter (LH), David Carpenter (RH), David Hale (RH), Aaron Harang (RH), Craig Kimbrel (RH).
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) March 29, 2014
INFIELDERS: Freddie Freeman, Chris Johnson, Tyler Pastornicky, Ramiro Pena, Andrelton Simmons and Dan Uggla.
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) March 29, 2014
OUTFIELDERS: Jason Heyward, Jordan Schafer, B.J. Upton and Justin Upton. CATCHERS: Ryan Doumit, Evan Gattis and Gerald Laird.
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) March 29, 2014
Of course, there are a few obvious names who are missing in the above tweets (such as Mike Minor, Gavin Floyd, and Ervin Santana (who should be ready sooner rather than later)) but those guys are already on the 40-man roster and will probably make their way onto the 25-man roster as soon as they're healthy. To see how the actual 25-man roster looks compared to what we predicted earlier this Spring, you can click here for that. It's pretty close to what was predicted, aside from a couple of misses here and there.
With that being said, there you have it: This will be the squad that will be facing the Milwaukee Brewers in less than 48 hours as the Braves begin their defense of the NL East crown. Excited, yet?