Expect the future of third baseman Chipper Jones to be an ongoing saga this season, particularly if the All-Star break arrives and no reworked contract or contract extension is offered. 

Expect the future of third baseman Chipper Jones to be an ongoing saga this season, particularly if the All-Star break arrives and no reworked contract or contract extension is offered. 

Team USA should feel pretty good about putting Roy Oswalt on the mound in the World Baseball Classic. 

By MARTIN FENNELLY 

--OF Garret Anderson signed a one-year, $2. 

3B Chipper Jones looks around the clubhouse from his new locker -- the one vacated by RHP John Smoltz -- and sees few players his age. 

Expect the future of third baseman Chipper Jones to be an ongoing saga this season, particularly if the All-Star break arrives and no reworked contract or contract extension is offered. 

Justin Verlander staked an early claim to regaining his role as the Detroit Tigers' ace, throwing two shutout innings Wednesday in a 5-4 win over the Atlanta Braves in each team's spring training opener. 

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What's going to happen if Tim Hudson comes back from his Tommy John surgery and Tommy Hanson comes up? The Braves Show's Bill Shanks wonders how it could impact the 2009 season. 

Garret Anderson will feel a little strange playing for a team other than the Angels. 

The Atlanta Braves completed a $2. 

The Atlanta Braves completed a $2. 

--OF Garret Anderson agreed to a one-year, $2. 

3B Chipper Jones looks around the clubhouse from his new locker -- the one vacated by RHP John Smoltz -- and sees no position players his age and precious few pitchers in that category.