With the third base race too close to call, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday that Juan Francisco and Chris Johnson will likely platoon at third base once the season starts. Farncisco is hitting .353 with five home runs and 11 RBI in 51 at-bats this spring. Johnson is hitting .352 with three home runs and 11 RBI in 54 Grapefruit League at-bats.
"I think both of those guys are playing such great baseball right now," Gonzalez said, "so it would be unfair to say (to one of them), 'you’re the starter.'"