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Braves optioned Kerr to Gwinnett and sent Giles to minor league camp.

I promise I understand the why of it, so there's no need to offer a long explanation, but it's really kind of crazy that spring training has started and the Cy Young winner doesn't seem particularly close to signing.

When I want to see impressive curves, I just call Cy’s mom.

The players who actually have to wear the things while playing a game find them uncomfortable and unpleasant. Sure, they're mostly multimillionaires and they'll get over it eventually, but it's a legitimate story.

Apropos of nothing, but Perdomo is a ridiculously huge man. He's listed at 6'8, 265 pounds, which is basically LeBron size.

It's not a defense of the team's approach to allocating playing time to suggest that this might not be strictly a Snitker fetish. I'm pretty skeptical that Anthopolous is up there in his box every game, grinding his teeth in fury because Snitker keeps playing the core guys every single day. We...

We will absolutely need a list of people who aren't allowed to participate.

That's it -- I'm storming the Capitol.

Is anybody else getting a bunch of spam private messages?

Fortunately the summer weather in Atlanta is definitely going to get significantly colder over the remainder of Murphy's contract, so that problem should solve itself.

I don't care about the piping on the sleeves, but moving the "a" so that it's right in the middle of the vertical piping over the chest is a weird choice. And yes, pitchers and catchers really need to report ASAP.

Fun is good.

Some mildly intriguing minor league numbers, especially when it comes to plate discipline. Still, just roster flotsam.

Well, yes, Andruw should be in.

I was surprised that Mauer had such an easy glide path to the Hall of Fame, considering his relatively abbreviated career and resulting superficially unimpressive counting stats. But I don't put any weight on supposed distinctions between "Hall of Famer" and "first ballot Hall of Famer," so I'm...

He plays for the Angels now, so in a very real sense, no, not really.

Zack Gelof had a pretty impressive season for someone I had never heard of until 20 minutes ago. Still seems weird to rank him over Albies.

Conversely, the Tigers are going to arbitration with Casey Mize over a $25,000 difference.

But what about the long-term risk if Anthopolous suffers a torn parietal lobe?

The dirty little secret is that Anthopolous is The Atlanta Braves Foundation.