Braves Baseball Blog

Out of sight, out of mind.  Kelly Johnson missed the 2006 season because he had Tommy John surgery after a fair rookie campaign in 2005.  Johnson was drafted as a shortstop, then was converted to an outfielder and now in 2007, he appears to be the front runner for the starting second base job after the departure of Marcus Giles.  He’s been busy during the offseason taking ground balls at second base but it won’t be until spring training starts until we can see if he’s ready for the task or not.