How does Bill Shanks feel about Uggla?
Julio3000 (09-11-2013)
is he on the left or right?
Fredi talking about Uggla (link).
Yep. He compares Uggla to Utely (and makes it sound like they are basically the same hitter, outside of average). You know, the (0.9 WAR) 85 OPS+ to the (3.4 WAR) 122 OPS+. What is with his Uggla fascination?
I understand backing a player while he struggles. That is the Bobby way and all but you can go overboard a bit. This is just absurd now.
Natural Immunity Croc
Who's a realistic option who's better than Uggla? That's the problem when we're dealing with Uggla and Bossman, our backups are bums. If Justin, Freddie, or Mac were to struggle we have a bunch of guys who can step in. But for Bossman and Uggla we have Janish, Elliot Johnson, and Schafer, who have career wOBA of .261 .260 and .285 respectively. They all suck. So our choice is to play someone who's playing slightly better now (though not much) and have no upside or play the much more talented guys with a much better track record and hope they get things turned around. I vote for the latter.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
We all know that Liberty is totally unconcerned about the Braves so the question is: Do you think they or anyone else would be upset if Uggla was simply released or DFA?
We have the components for a productive platoon combination at second:
La Stella in AA had an OPS of .946 against righties and .754 against lefties.
Pastornicky in AAA was more neutral with an OPS of .743 against righties and .758 against lefties
Dalyn (09-10-2013)