Wilson Betemit/
Andy Marte
Rafael Furcal/
Wilson Betemit
Marcus Giles/
Pete Orr
Adam LaRoche/
Julio Franco
Ryan Langerhans/
Brian Jordan
Andruw Jones
Kelly Johnson/
Brian Jordan
John Smoltz
Horacio Ramirez
Jorge Sosa
Kyle Davies
Cl-Chris Reitsma
Johnny Estrada/
Brian McCann
The lineup above reflects the current state of the 2005 Braves without disabled veterans Chipper Jones, Tim Hudson, Mike Hampton and John Thomson. In addition, they lost J.D. Drew, Jaret Wright and Russ Ortiz in the offseason. Raul Mondesi played poorly and was released. Brian Jordan has underperformed. Dan Kolb flamed out as the closer. And they've played 10 rookies. A formula for disaster? Stay tuned.