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***** POSSIBLE VISUAL LEDE *****Feb 19, 2018 Lake Buena Vista: Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman clowns around with recently elected Hall of Fame third baseman Chipper Jones barely helping him carry a bucket of baseballs during spring training on the first full squad workout on Monday, Feb 19, 2018, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista. Jones was helping coach the team for the day. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
By David O Brien
Feb 19, 2018

Braves Hall of Fame  third baseman Chipper Jones is at spring training through the end of February in his role as a team special assistant.

After the first full-squad workout Monday, he talked with reporters about the status of the team entering the fourth season of its rebuild and discussed top prospect Ronald Acuna and other matters including the third-base battle.

> More: Chipper's thoughts of new GM Alex Anthopoulos

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