Baseball Notes-1/28

-Just when I talk about Don Sutton rotting away with the insufferable Bob Carpenter in Washington, news today broke that Don Sutton will be rejoining the Braves to call their games on the radio. So whose going to take Sutton's place as the color man in Washington: former Baseball Tonight analyst and Best Damn Sports Show host Rob Dibble. No more awkward celebrity interviews for you Mr. Dibble.

-I know there's been a ton of Braves talk around here lately, but then this was broken by dugoutcentral.com: The Yankees, with their surplus of outfielders could be talking to the Braves about dealing OF Xavier Nady. 

It sure seems John Scheurholz just refuses to rebuild with this club. I see them as the fourth best team in the NL East, Xavier Nady or no Xavier Nady. Last year they caught some bad breaks, but this team isn't much better than eighty-five wins to me.

-MLB.com reports a story that with ace setup man Pat Neshek out for 2009 with Tommy John surgery, the Twins setup job is between Matt Guerrier and Jesse Crain.

I slightly favor the Twins to win the AL Central with whomever they choose to setup Joe Nathan. But, it would've been nice for Ron Gardenhire to know his offense would only have to scratch out a few runs until the seventh inning behind a remarkably solid starting staff and then #*BAM*-$Neshek and Nathan. 

-While I'm on the Twins, it's still hard for me not to imagine Twins RF Delmon Young not  becoming an elite hitter someday. It'll be a miracle if he DOESN'T break out, and stroke it all over the place this year.