The only true star worth watching on this team besides John Smoltz.

hell trade Chipper if you're looking to dump salary.

This is the best center fielder defensively in the modern age and potentially of all time. He's just recently come around to where we thought he would be with the bat and he's only 29!

Trade fucking Tim Hudson, get rid of the wastes of money on the pitching staff like John Thompson.

Dump Langerhans, Package Laroche, KEEP ANDREW JONES!!!!!!!

Geez.

he is the only one with value really. i dont think he wil be traded or put on waivers though.

Oh he is on waivers, and I believe he was claimed yesterday so they have 48 hours to trade him or take him off waivers.

who claimed him?

PS - It's Andruw. If you're gonna hype a guy as "best ever" you should probably get his name right.

I'm not sure, I just heard from Buster Olney that he had been claimed.

I don't really give a shit how he spells his name really.

I stand by my statement. Best defensive centerfielder of the modern age.

whens he a FA? I heard he has eyes for the pinstripes, but that was last offseason before Johnny Damon signed....

I think he's got another year at a cheap 13.5 million.

Liberty Media is proving is they let this go down that they are cheap assholes who have no interest in winning.

Welcome back to the Dale Murphy shitty era for the braves is what this is looking like. Winners, don't trade their best players for fucking prospects.

Hot Minor League prospects. Yay. fucking hell.

those friggin red sox just better stay away from him... then again a center fielder with his caliber of defense is a waste in fenway park if you ask me,,, and there are plenty of guys who make alot of money and hit 275 out there.

EDIT: how long before Cox retires or leaves now?

I don't think he's going anywhere before the end of this season. A trade would be too difficult to pull off.

I'm not sure, I doubt he will coach more than a year or two more now.

its a shame, such a good manager. i think it might be time to wipe out everything and start over.

You need to be above an abover average outfielder to play center at Fenway. The dimensions out there are brutal.

Are you even beginning to question whether Andruw could handle Fenway? You could add another 100 feet in every direction and he would still be a better defensive centerfielder than the Red Sox have ever seen.

ooooo this better not be true. Andruws the best thing the braves have right now

what is he going to scale a 40 foot wall? ...they dont need a jones caliber player in CF is what im saying . try reading jackasses

Updated: Aug. 4, 2006, 2:38 PM ET
Andruw Jones claimed on waivers; 10-5 rights loomBy Buster Olney
ESPN The Magazine



With Andruw Jones only days away from gaining trade veto power, the All-Star center fielder was claimed on waivers by an unnamed team, leaving the Braves until 1 p.m. ET Saturday to decide whether to take their last opportunity to deal Jones unfettered.


That Jones was placed on waivers is unremarkable; he was one of hundreds of players, including many stars, who were placed on waivers earlier this week. What makes Jones' situation interesting is that on Aug. 15, he will gain 10-and-5 rights -- 10 years in the big leagues, five with the same team -- to block any proposed trade.



Multiple teams placed claims on Jones, according to major-league sources. But on Thursday afternoon, one team was awarded a claim on Jones. Now the Braves have two choices -- either work out a trade with the team who placed the claim by Saturday or pull Jones back from waivers. If they pull him back, they cannot trade him again for the rest of this season.


Jones' value in the trade market is relatively high right now, because he is a highly productive player locked up for only one more year -- at $13.5 million -- at a time when players like Alfonso Soriano and Carlos Lee might command $70 million packages on the free-agent market.


The Boston Red Sox tried to deal for Jones leading up to the trade deadline, with some intent to try to flip him to the Houston Astros for Roy Oswalt. Some scouts also think that the Los Angeles Angels, who've been looking for a bat, might have high interest in Jones.



Atlanta GM John Schuerholz, reached on his cell phone, said Friday afternoon that he would not comment on the team's internal business.

Yup.

I am so disgusted with the Braves this season, especially with how terrible they are playing.

Parchy- I was saying that a great center fielder needs to play at Fenway because of the dimension and size of the outfield. Jones would be great to watch here.


Yield05- You are a moron. The Monster is in left field. I was talking about the dimensions of center field, how it is 420 to dead center and a bullpen that juts out and creates a triangle that balls can disappear into and just cause havoc. I repeat, you are a fucking moron.