one step back

The Atlanta Braves may finally have acknowledged that Joey Terdoslavich was out of his element in Triple-A. The infield prospect was sent to the Double-A Mississippi Braves today, shortly after Atlanta acquired veteran infielder Ruben Gotay from Toronto and assigned him to Gwinnett. Terdoslavich, 23, who jumped over Double-A to start this season, was batting .181 with four homers and 20 RBIs at Gwinnett. He also had 22 errors at third base. Playing mostly first base last year at Class A Lynchburg, Terdoslavich batted .286 with 52 doubles, 20 homers and 82 RBIs. He was named the Braves’ minor league player of the year and climbed the prospect charts. It’ll be interesting to see where Terdoslavich plays with the M-Braves, who have a solid third baseman in Joe Leonard and a veteran slugger at first in Ian Gac. The M-Braves are at Huntsville tonight.