1416 1 February 03, 2009^12:09pm Rob Reed^1 Braves and Kotchman avoid arbitration and agree to 1-year deal worth almost $3 million sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=3879694 Braves ESPN 3676 5820 0 As this is not a long term deal, I like Casey Kotchman's chances even more for a breakout.