Braves select Cody Johnson as #1 draft pick - June 2006 Review
6/6/06 Selected the following players in 2006 MLB Draft: outfielder Cody Johnson (1st round), right-handed pitcher Cory Rasmus (sandwich pick), left-handed pitcher Steven Evarts (sandwich pick), left-handed pitcher Jeffrey Locke (sandwich pick), right-handed pitcher Dustin Evans (2nd round), shortstop Chase Fontaine (2nd round), left-handed pitcher Chad Rodgers (3rd round), left-handed pitcher Lee Hyde (4th round), left-handed pitcher Kevin Gunderson (5th round), right-handed pitcher Steven Figueroa (6th round), third baseman Adam Coe (7th round), right-handed pitcher Casey Beck (8th round), right-handed pitcher Timothy Gustafson (9th round), and first baseman Josh Morris (12th round).
6/7/06 Activated left-handed pitcher Chuck James from 15-day disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Richmond.
6/9/06 Activated catcher Brian McCann from disabled list and optioned catcher Brayan Pena to Triple-A Richmond.
6/10/06 Chipper Jones surpasses Dale Murphy to become Atlanta Braves all-time RBI leader with 1,144.
6/14/06 Placed right-handed pitcher Chris Reitsma on 15-day disabled list (right hand numbness) retroactive to June 12th and purchased contract of right-handed pitcher Phil Stockman from Triple-A Richmond.
6/17/06 Placed right-handed pitcher John Thomson on 15-day disabled (right hand blister) and recalled right-handed pitcher Lance Cormier from Triple-A Richmond.
6/18/06 Placed first baseman Brian Jordan on 15-day disabled list (bruised right clavicle) and recalled first baseman Scott Thorman from Triple-A Richmond.
6/24/06 Designated left-handed pitcher Mike Remlinger for assignment, placed right-handed pitcher Phil Stockman on 15-day disabled list (strained left hamstring), recalled right-handed pitcher Kevin Barry from Triple-A Richmond, and recalled right-handed pitcher Blaine Boyer from Richmond and placed him on 60-day disabled list (shoulder).
6/25/06 Recalled left-handed pitcher Chuck James from Triple-A Richmond.
6/30/06 Activated left-handed pitcher Chris Reitsma from disabled list and optioned right-handed pitcher Kevin Barry to Triple-A Richmond.
