Derek Lowe News

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.

Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com believes the Braves and Brewers have discussed sending LHP Derek Lowe to Milwaukee for OF Cory Hart .

When it became apparent that the Braves were going to move one of their two veteran starters, it was easy to dismiss the possibility that they might be able to move Derek Lowe.

Last year, the Braves aggressively attacked the free-agent market in search of top-flight starting pitchers.

Free agent catcher Bengie Molina had 20 homers and 80 RBI for the San Francisco Giants this season, but posted a lowly .285 on base percentage.

Mark Bowman, in a post to his blog for MLB.com , feels that the Braves will end up trading eitherA Javier Vazquez or Derek Lowe .

I was thinking recently of who the Braves will trade one of their starting pitchers to since they will be trading one of them this offseason, or so they say.

So, we've already gotten through the Adam LaRoche situation . Now, let's talk about the guys the Braves could be shipping out for some hole-filling. Here are the guys who shoul be on the block from the Braves' '09 payroll.

When baseball's general managers begin to gather Sunday night for their annual meetings, they'll be at a Chicago airport hotel and not a typically swank resort.

The chant started softly in the sixth inning. But within a few repetitions, the entire stadium caught on.

The Braves are hoping baseball writer Bill James is right about Jason Heyward. I would imagine when Braves general manager Frank Wren starts his day, he doesn't think, "Before I call another general manager this morning, let me see what Bill James thinks." But here we go.

I know, I know. It's a crazy headline. Chicago Cubs fans everywhere are rejoicing! The fact is that the latest scourge on their beloved franchise is about to be no more.

If you believe Dave O'Brien, Mark Bowman, and the ever-so-unreliable Ken Rosenthal, Tim Hudson is set to sign a three-year extension with the Atlanta Braves in the neighborhood of $27 million.

Nobody has had a better World Series so far than a former pitcher with a 5.55 earned run average in his only season as a Montreal Expos farmhand.

A This article is the last in a six part series discussing the players on the Atlanta Braves' 25-man roster that will be free agents this offseason.

Having been on the mend, is Tim Hudson now on the wing? Here's a a bit of a surprise: Citing "major-league sources," Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com reports Tim Hudson will decline his option to re-up with the Braves and will become a free agent instead.

Tim Hudson has been baffled by some of the recent reports regarding his future. While understanding there's a chance that he may have to test the free agent market, Hudson's mindset hasn't changed since the first time he made it known that his primary desire was to agree upon a contract extension that would allow him to remain with the Braves.

Second in an occasional series of analyses of the Braves' 2009 campaign, with an eye toward 2010.

Turner Field was primarily quiet on Monday morning. Rookie reliever Kris Medlen came in to pack up a few more belongings and Braves manager Bobby Cox once again provided reason to wonder if he truly will be able to comfortably walk away from the game and into his retirement life at the conclusion of the 2010 season.

It has been a season of some hard knocks for Derek Lowe , and they didn't stop in his finale Friday night.