Billy Wagner earned his 400th career save, Brian McCann gave Atlanta the lead with a fourth-inning homer and the Braves ended a three-game skid by beating the Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Friday night. McCann's 100th career homer was one of the few mistakes made ...

It was a Friday night in Florida and 20-year-old Mike Stanton had been in the major leagues for less than two weeks. Still looking for his first home run, he pulled his uniform pants up high and socked a grand slam against Tampa Bay ...

In past years, Billy Wagner got Bobby Cox's attention by writing a message on a baseball and rolling it across the field into the Atlanta Braves' dugout. Cox said Saturday the messages from Wagner would be something like "'I'm back, you know.'" "We've ...

The Braves made another move to strengthen their pitching staff Thursday, agreeing to a $3.2 million, one-year contract with reliever Takashi Saito. Saito, who turns 40 in February, has 83 saves in four major league seasons after a long career in Japan. He made the ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Relief pitcher Takashi Saito has agreed to a one-year contract with the Atlanta Braves for the 2010 season, the National League club said on Thursday. Saito, who turns 40 in February, is the second reliever signed by the Braves in as many days after they added veteran closer Billy Wagner to the roster on Wednesday. Financial terms for ...

The Atlanta Braves took another major step toward solidifying their pitching staff for next season, agreeing Wednesday to a $7 million, one-year contract with closer Billy Wagner. Next up: the offense. "The bullpen is one of the areas we needed to upgrade to get where we want to ...

The Atlanta Braves agreed to a one-year, 6.75 million-dollar deal with free agent closing pitcher Billy Wagner on Wednesday. "The bullpen is one of the areas we needed to upgrade to get where we want to go," Braves general manager Frank Wren said. "Billy was at the top of our list. The first day of free agency, we gave ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - The Atlanta Braves signed veteran closer Billy Wagner to a one-year, $7 million deal on Wednesday, counting on one of baseball's top relievers returning to his best form. The agreement includes a $6.5 million option for the 2011 season, the team said on their website (http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com). Wagner, 38, sixth on Major League ...

Billy Wagner showed up in his new clubhouse and found a No. 13 Boston Red Sox jersey waiting for him. How did he end up with that symbol of bad luck? "Not too hard. It was in my locker," the left-hander with 385 career saves said ...

Billy Wagner is on his way to the Boston Red Sox, leaving the New York Mets for the chance to pitch in a pennant race as a setup man for All-Star closer Jonathan Papelbon. After a few days of back-and-forth talks about Wagner's future, the ...