The Braves are lucky to be in the National League East this year. 

--SS Yunel Escobar's left shoulder MRI, taken in Atlanta on Monday, revealed an inflamed rotator cuff. 

The three-day break for the All-Star game wasn't long enough to allow the Atlanta Braves to regroup at full strength for a workout on Thursday. 

The struggling Atlanta Braves got a much-needed boost from their lineup before the All-Star break. 

Who's buying? Who's selling? Who'll win? Who'll flop? Tracy Ringolsby knows and breaks it all down in this second-half primer. 

The All-Star break is a time where most organizations take stock of where their team stands, whether to buy or sell, what is working and where improvements can be made. 

The 2008 season reached its symbolic halfway point early this week, as the baseball world paused for the three-day hiatus that is the All-Star break. 

The 15-inning All-Star Game nearly gave us a nightmare scenario — no more pitchers. 

The baseball world awaits his official induction into Cooperstown on Sunday, July 27, 2008, sixty years after his Braves captured their final pennant in Boston. 

Pitcher Julian Tavarez signed with the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, his third team of the season. 

Pitcher Julian Tavarez signed with the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, his third team of the season. 

Mike Hampton will make his second rehabilitation start Wednesday for Double-A Mississippi. 

MEDICAL WATCH: RHP Jorge Campillo (foot) left the July 13 game after fouling a ball off of it. 

MEDICAL WATCH: RHP Jorge Campillo (foot) left the July 13 game after fouling a ball off of it. 

MEDICAL WATCH: RHP Jorge Campillo (foot) left the July 13 game after fouling a ball off of it.