Kotsay, FanFest, and more

Written by Colin on January 12, 2008 – 8:01 am

We’re entering a great weekend here in Atlanta - Braves FanFest is today and tomorrow. We’ll see autograph sessions, skill clinics, and interactive games in the ridiculously large Georgia World Congress Center. Of course BravesBlast will be there for part of today and most, if not all, of tomorrow. We’ll bring you updates and news from the floor of the Congress Center, so check back regularly!

It’s been confirmed now that the Braves are discussing Mark Kotsay with the Athletics. The A’s would pick up at least half of the $8 million owed next year - the final year of his contract. Kotsay was out for significant time last season with back issues, but the Braves hope he could return healthy and play at or near his 2004 level, in which he hit .314 with 15 homers. Kotsay has been appraised of the possibility of being traded to the Braves, and responded to the AJC with the following quote:

“It does excite me, I love Bobby Cox, and I like Atlanta and the Braves, as far as the team and organization, the history they have. They’ve always been competitive. It’s a great opportunity if this happens.”

Now if this trade does happen, we’ll see if he can recover from back problems to help us out for a significant portion of playing time, and hope he can contribute offensively - that’s one of the only reasons we’d go for him instead of Anderson or Shafer.

Be on the lookout for us today and tomorrow at FanFest - if you see anyone in a BravesBlast t-shirt toting a camera around, come say hi and we’ll hook you up with another entry into the Kelly Johnson autographed ball contest.

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