Talking Chop

Here's a look at the major stories in the world of the Atlanta Braves for the week ending on February 28th:

  In the Press...

• This was only the first bit of gushing over Jason Heyward. Here was early BP from Jay-Hey.
  
• Jon Heyman caught the ire of many Braves fans for suggesting that the team could look to re-sign Garret Anderson. 
• No surprise that Jason Heyward topped Baseball America's top-prospect list for all the minor leagues. 
• The Braves officially signed top international shortstop prospect Edward Salcedo.
• The Braves signed J.R. House as minor league depth.

At Talking Chop...

• Royhobbs took a look at the possible upcoming milestones for this year's Braves.
• I announced that I will also be writing for FoxSportsSouth.com this year.
• The Braves fan confidence continued to inch higher.
• We released the first Making The Team Meter for the hitters.
• CB says that the Diory Hernandez injury actually gives the team some roster flexibility. 
• Here is a list of all the televised Braves spring training games.

Notable FanPosts and FanShots...

• pacgnosis lays out his favorite method for projecting the outcome of the season.
• jmorris811 passes along many many pictures from spring training. More here, here, here, and here.
• scstrato becomes furious with AJC blogger Mark Bradley.
• fandave passes along the news of another international signing by the Braves. 
• rhinoskin shares with us a Rosetta Stone box with Yunel Escobar's picture on it.

Braves Player Previews...

• palioc33 previewed Braves starter Kenshin Kawakami. 
• The Keith Lockhart Era previewed third baseman Chipper Jones.
• scstrato previewed first baseman Troy Glaus.