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ESPN Insider Account required (anyone with one want to sum up the article?), but in the free portion, Law reveals the players a few teams have already expressed interest in. No. 2 Seattle: OF Dustin Ackley (Brownwood), RHP SHelby Miller (Texas), RHP Jacob Turner (Westminster Christian Academy), RHP Tanner Scheppers (St. Paul) No. 3 San Diego: CF Donavan Tate (Cartersville High, Ga.), SS Grant Green (USC), RHP Kyle Gibson (Missouri), RHP Aaron Crow (Forth Worth) No. 4 Pittsburgh: Ackley, Miller, Turner, Crow

ESPN's Keith Law talks with SBN Braves blog Talking Chop. I found the last paragraph especially interesting. "The obvious weakness is the lack of infield prospects, but I think there's a bigger organizational weakness: their excessive loyalty to certain players. Jeff Francoeur should have been non-tendered, and instead they're taking him to arbitration, even though he's about the worst "everyday" player in the game and seems to blame everyone but himself for his horrendous play. Tom Glavine is a damn charity case. He'd be their eighth- or ninth-best starting option if they sign him, assuming he can pick up a ball without hurting something. If I was Frank and he rejected my $1 million offer, my answer to their counteroffer with would end with "... and the horse you rode in on." Yet Atlanta is the team that can't say no to players with some sort of tie to the organization. They stood firm with San Diego in the Jake Peavy discussions; I wish they'd do the same with their own mediocre players and avoid a situation where Tommy Hanson is ready to come up in June but can't because it might hurt Lil' Tommy Glavine's feelings."