Mostly youngsters and some career journeymen (Yates in this group). Their payroll has dropped drastically the past few years giving them the need to try to catch lightning in the bottle. well clearly no one goes to their games anymore The Braves have a pretty good team. The rotation after Smoltz and Hudson is pretty weak. Offense and bullpen are nice, though. Chuck James is very solid, a better pitcher then Horatio Ramirez. And Kyle Davis has a chance to be a very solid #4-5 pitcher in the majos. So, I would call the pitchers after Smoltz/Hudson "pretty weak", but I wouldn't call them a "strength" in 2007, either. I don't question their talent. I question whether they can pitch at a high level consistently. Neither has shown that yet. I would love to have either on the Cubs, though. I will say though, the offense and bullpen are good enough that they don't have to have great starting pitching. I just worry about them in the playoffs when starters are far more valuable. Of course then, they'll have Smoltz and Hudson as two of three.