GDT 8/14/2013: Phillies @ Braves

chopdrew said:
Sure, but he hit .290 the year before they traded for him. I'm sure that was enough for some people. Hell, his first year here he only hit .233, but he had 36 hr. That's an output I was more than happy with.
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Unless Dan Uggla has had eye issues for 3 years now he's not come close to the same level of production with the Braves that he had with the Marlins

2006 - .819
2007 - .805
2008 - .874
2009 - .813
2010 - .877
2011 - .764
2012 - .732
2013 - .696
 
chopdrew said:
So they would've cut him, knowing they'd still have had to pay him for three years, OR, they would've traded him to some team and ate 80 cents on the dollar to get rid of him?
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I had some details of the contract wrong, but what I'm arguing is that they shouldn't have extended him for four years when (or shortly after) they traded for him. They should have let him play a year and then let him gauge the market. He had six years in and would have been a free agent. If he has a monster year, offer him arbitration. Of course, the Braves don't do that.

As for batting average not mattering, I agree it is not the sole determinant of a player's value. I don't think any one statistical category is by itself. For the record, Uggla's isoOBP is the second highest of his career, so the fact that his OPS is low is directly related to his failure to hit the ball. One can argue, perhaps persuasively, that BABIP has an element of luck, but when you are striking out at the rate Uggla is, luck's not playing that big a role.

I don't have anything inherently against Uggla. He is who he is, but he's if he's not an .800 OPS guy with a bat, he's not worth what he's being paid.
 
I don't see why anyone would want Pastor getting 500+ ABs as their teams starting 2b. I just don't see his bat playing in the majors well enough to be considered and everyday player.

Has a team ever does a shift where they move to the opposite field? Because thats exactly want you would do for pastor. He is a punch and judy hitter with sub par D.

I hope the braves trade him.
 
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