The Consistent Justin Upton

[Julio3000]

Lest we create needless resentment between siblings, I think we need to create a thread recognizing the remarkably consistent play of BJ Upton. The man is a metronome of suck.

[sturg33]

Good to see Road Splits have a big game outside of Turner Field.

Classic. Good times

[sturg33]

ag·gre·gate
noun
ˈagrigit/
1.a whole formed by combining several (typically disparate) elements.


"the council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies"
"the result put the sides even on aggregate"
synonyms: total, sum total, sum, grand total
"he won with an aggregate of 325"

If you were going with the "aggregate" claim, couldn't you have said ALL of our hitters are so bad? Since, in aggregate, we're a below average offense?

[gilesfan]

Aggregate, a word you never used.

"In aggregate, the other 6 are bad (see numbers). Not hard to understand."

[gilesfan]

Lest we create needless resentment between siblings, I think we need to create a thread recognizing the remarkably consistent play of BJ Upton. The man is a metronome of suck.

At least BJ is over .200 this year.

[Julio3000]

Classic. Good times

It's good to bring back the golden oldies sometimes. Shoot, we don't even comment on Jason's Multi-Hit Games™ anymore.

[cajunrevenge]

This year is eerily similar to his 2009 season with the dbacks.

[Dalyn]

This year is eerily similar to his 2009 season with the dbacks.

Also his '11. It is amazing they traded him for the crap we gave them.

[Bama9507]

Wow guys stop the fight. Hard to watch this beating you're giving Gilesfan.

[yeezus]

"In aggregate, the other 6 are bad (see numbers). Not hard to understand."

LOLOLOL

[tomahawkchop10]

"In aggregate, the other 6 are bad (see numbers). Not hard to understand."

This argument is getting pretty silly, but in your first post you did not put in aggregate. You just put the other 6...not hard to understand. I'm just saying...

[gilesfan]

This argument is getting pretty silly, but in your first post you did not put in aggregate. You just put the other 6...not hard to understand. I'm just saying...

Clarrified a couple posts down from that one. It's pretty clear we have 2 really, really good hitters. There is a wide gap between those two and the other guys in the lineup; although Gattis is a pretty big threat when he's in the lineup, but has only had 336 PA.

The others according to OPS+ range from 71 (BeeeJ) to Heyward (108) with only Heyward being above the 100 mark.

What I said was factual. Put 6 average to slightly below average guys around those 2 guys and we have a top 5 offense.

[zitothebrave]

So in other words if BJ Johnson and Simmons hit better our offense would be better? Omg! What a brilliant observation. If our team hit better we'd score more runs? Let me alert the presses of this breaking news.

[gilesfan]

So in other words if BJ Johnson and Simmons hit better our offense would be better? Omg! What a brilliant observation. If our team hit better we'd score more runs? Let me alert the presses of this breaking news.

What happened to your sig?

Also, what I posted was fact. Couple people whined about it, not my fault.

[Bama9507]

Grammar fiiiiiight

[MadduxFanII]

Moving the conversation away from gilesfan for just a minute...

Here's a thought: Justin Upton, dark horse MVP candidate? A lot would have to go right, and I can't see it unless we go on a run and overtake the Nationals. But he's sitting on 24 home runs and 80 RBI. A reasonably solid last month and a half or so gets him to 30 homers and 100 RBI with a solid triple-slash line.

If he ends up around, say, .290/.370/.540 with 30 HRs and 100 RBIs on a division-winning club, and in a league without a runaway favorite (assuming there's the usual reluctance about tabbing Kershaw), Justin might be a viable candidate.

[gilesfan]

Moving the conversation away from gilesfan for just a minute...

Here's a thought: Justin Upton, dark horse MVP candidate? A lot would have to go right, and I can't see it unless we go on a run and overtake the Nationals. But he's sitting on 24 home runs and 80 RBI. A reasonably solid last month and a half or so gets him to 30 homers and 100 RBI with a solid triple-slash line.

If he ends up around, say, .290/.370/.540 with 30 HRs and 100 RBIs on a division-winning club, and in a league without a runaway favorite (assuming there's the usual reluctance about tabbing Kershaw), Justin might be a viable candidate.

I don't consider him the MVP on his own team (Freeman), but he does have the shinier MVP looking numbers.

Puig has a good chance to win it based on playing in LA.

Stanton and Cutch I guess would get strong consideration as well. IMO, Stanton clearly deserves it.

[Heyward]

I'd give MVP to Stanton as long as the Marlins stay afloat the rest of the way.

[Deester11]

I don't consider him the MVP on his own team (Freeman), but he does have the shinier MVP looking numbers.

Puig has a good chance to win it based on playing in LA.

Stanton and Cutch I guess would get strong consideration as well. IMO, Stanton clearly deserves it.

I love Freeman but would consider him second at this point to Justin. Justin gets unfair stuff thrown at him, but he's kept this team afloat.

"Upton has fueled the way, going 8-for-19 (.421) with seven runs, three home runs and eight RBI. For the season, the soon-to-be 27-year-old is hitting a robust .287/.363/.522 with 24 homers and 80 RBI. Those homer and RBI marks rank in the top 10 in baseball, and Upton has a good chance of setting new career highs in both categories if he can keep hitting over the final 36 games." - Jason Contania MLB Lead Writer

[Julio3000]

It's worth noting for teh lulz, just for the benefit of the posters who were harping on Justin's RBI, that he's now 2nd in the NL and tied for 7th in MLB in that stat.