According to the AJC’s David O’Brien, the Braves management team is pretty satisfied with themselves after salvaging a horrible off season when they secured Derek Lowe and Kenshin Kawakami in their starting rotation. O’Brien reports that General Manager Frank Wren and the Braves “have no sense of urgency now in pursuing that big outfield bat they’ve been looking for since the end of last season”. If a power hitting outfielder wasn’t such a huge hole in Atlanta’s roster such a lackadaisical attitude could be excused. But if the cash healthy Braves think they can just sit on their wallets while the likes of Adam Dunn are ready to be plucked from free agency then they better not act surprised to find themselves struggling with the same lineup as last year. To load up on SP’s and not complete the picture offensively would be an unforgivable sin by Wren and John Schuerholz. Chipper Jones and Brian McCann can’t shoulder the entire lineup themselves. If management is pinning their production hopes on Francoeur and Kotchman returning to form (or even rolling the dice on Andruw Jones) then we could be in for another subpar season. The bright spot in all of this is one of the best stable of prospects in baseball. Pitcher Tommy Hanson and outfielder Jason Heyward, both invited to Braves spring training, are ranked in the top three of all available prospects. With the addition of Kris Medlen, Freeddie Freeman, and Jordan Schafer, the Braves have a ton of ammo to create future Atlanta stars or trade for impact players right now. The pieces are in place. Hopefully the right decisions will be made.