Last year, it was Kelly Johnson and Jeff Francoeur. This year, the Braves have elected to bring back reliever Blaine Boyer for a bit of nostalgia... and perhaps something more.
Boyer, as you may recall, was drafted all the way back in the third round of the 2000 draft. He was not a marquee farmhand (though he did make #10 in Baseball America’s 2005 ranking of Braves’ prospects), but did make the jump from AA straight to the majors later that year, and had a successful rookie season in relief with the big club (3.11 ERA, 3.13 FIP, 0.