The mind-set is pitching and restoring our pitching to a high level," Wren said. "[Schuerholz] and I have talked about that for years. We hoped it would be at a high level with Mike Hampton healthy this past year, and it wasn't. Hopefully, [Hampton] can go pitch this winter and we can get a level of comfort that he's going to be healthy and maybe also add a guy."
While some have already made the assumption Tom Glavine will end up signing with Atlanta, Wren currently can't even provide indication the Braves are interested in the 41 year-old southpaw, who won his two Cy Young Awards with the Braves in 1991 and 1998.
For now, the Braves plans are to confidently put Smoltz and Hudson back at the front of the rotation and hope that any mix of Hampton, Jo-Jo Reyes and Chuck James provides some stability in the final two spots of the rotation. The addition of one or two starters this offseason would certainly enhance what already has the makings of a strong rotation.
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