(Garrett Anderson and Nate McLouth via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Next in line for our NL East Seven Question Sessions is the Atlanta Braves. The Braves took 3rd place in the East last year, ending up with an 86-76 record. They have been relatively busy this offseason, adding relievers such as Billy Wagner and Takashi Saito and hitters such as Troy Glaus and Eric Hinske while moving starter Javier Vazquez to the Yankees. Today's answers are brought to you by Alex from Chop-n-Change.

(Brian Bruney via Flickr user Keith Allison)

If you look around, most blogs do some sort of "offseason in review" entry. These reviews are good and all, but are nowhere near complete, because they don't need to be. But here at FFODC, we try to be as complete and comprehensive as possible, so we'll go over every single addition and subtraction in the entire 2009-'10 offseason, starting at the trade deadline. I know this is not the usual start of offseasons, but that is when the beginning of personnel changes for the following season do begin, whether we admit it or not.

Let me clarify that my definition of "addition" is loose. This is for players who were signed, traded for, re-signed, had options exercised or were added in the Rule 5 draft. As you will see, there are a few little surprises thrown in there. This list is in alphabetical order and goes from A-L. M and on will be available at some point during the next week.

Everyone is undefeated in Spring Training, even the Nationals! But that does not mean that everyone is projected to have a great season. Today, I'll take a look at two Nats that I think can outperform their projections in 2010: Scott Olsen and Jesus Flores.

Tyler Clippard may be seen by some as an odd choice for this series, as he actually had a career year in 2009. So rather than guessing whether he'll bounce back from an iffy year like Alaniz, Burgess, Marrero and Maxwell, I'll talk about the likelihood of Clippard repeating his awesome 2009 season, specifically because he's out of options.

Tyler Clippard, 25 years old, RHRP
Drafted 9th round, 274th overall in 2003 by the New York Yankees.
Acquired via trade in 12/2007 for RHRP Jonathan Abaladejo.

Chien-Ming Wang is coming to town. The two-time 19 game winner signed with the Nats and passed his physical yesterday. While he is coming off of two years of injuries, he's still young (30 in March) and fairly cheap ($2 mil salary plus incentives). I like the deal for three reasons:

Next in line of my "Do or Die Time" prospects is outfielder Justin Maxwell. Check out my previous posts on Adrian Alaniz, Michael Burgess and Chris Marrero if you have a chance.

Justin Maxwell, 26 years old, OF
Drafted 4th round, 114th overall in 2005.

2009 stats:
Syracuse-AAA: .242/.344/.396, 10 2B, 5 3B, 13 HR, 42 RBI, 68 R, 35/43 SB (448 PA)
Washington-ML: .247/.343/.449, 4 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 13 R, 6/7 SB (102 PA)

Career stats:
Minors: .257/.351/.442, 54 2B, 15 3B, 52 HR, 193 RBI, 233 R, 104/129 SB (1506 PA)
Majors: .252/.333/.461, 4 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR, 14 RBI, 18 R, 6/7 SB (129 PA)

I like Justin Maxwell a lot. That may be a surprise to some that read my blog, but I'm a big fan. He's very athletic and a good defensive outfielder. He hits plenty of homers but also steals some bases. So why have I traditionally been against giving Maxwell a consistent ML roster spot? He scares me.

The third member of my "Do or Die Time" series is pitcher Adrian Alaniz.

Adrian Alaniz, 25 years old (26 in March), RHP
Drafted in the 8th round in 2007, 250th overall.

Today's post comes courtesy of FFODC's newest contributor, Sean Hogan. Sean is a junior history major at Virginia Tech, and is a lifelong D.C. Sports Fan. He will primarily be covering the Nationals, but you'll see him contributing in some other areas as well. Sean comes to us from his own blog, DC Sports Plus.

Next in my series of Nats prospects who need to make a move in 2010 is slugging outfielder Michael Burgess.

This evening's post comes courtesy of FFODC's newest contributor, Sean Hogan. Sean is a junior history major at Virginia Tech, and is a lifelong D.C. Sports Fan. He will primarily be covering the Nationals, but you'll see him contributing in some other areas as well. Sean comes to us from his own blog, DC Sports Plus.

Let's face the truth: not every hot prospect makes it to the big leagues. There is really no such thing as a "can't miss" guy; every player is susceptible to some degree of injuries as well as potential ineffectiveness. I'm going to look at some Nats prospects who have fallen off a bit over the last year or two and analyze whether they will bounce back or not. Today I'll look at 2006 1st rounder Chris Marrero.