Spring Training 2015
- Thread starter Hawk
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sturg33
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Didn't see that coming
yeezus
It's OVER 5,000!
AerchAngel
<B>Secretary of Statistics</B>
Braves1976
It's OVER 5,000!
I agree and it is only Spring Training, but what stands out is he looks better defensively and at the plate. Which certainly seems to suggest he had undiagnosed condition effecting him that the Braves missed.
He had a good spring and he's still not making the team. It has to be frustrating......
yeezus
It's OVER 5,000!
He hasn't ever been good defensively, so I don't think that was something the Braves missed.
Dalyn
Fredi Gonzalez Supporter
He looked great. If not for needing to see what Bethancourt can do, Buck and A.J. would've made a good platoon.
This is the major leagues. Most players catch what they get to. Getting to balls is a pretty big issue though.
Dalyn
Fredi Gonzalez Supporter
You'd think getting Johnson to balls would be an easy trick.
Braves1976
It's OVER 5,000!
I didn't say that, I said he has looked better defensively too. In other words, he is not misplaying all the balls he had been misplaying before hand. He seems to be seeing the ball better on both sides.
Dalyn
Fredi Gonzalez Supporter
It's funny how his one consistent strength for us was an eye at the plate. Guess it was really just blind luck.
Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
If this turns out to be legit—and certainly, that remains to be seen—it's an epic, embarrassing fail. Uggla seemed like a guy with an eye problem, and there was some discussion about it when he started wearing his contacts during games. In contrast to, say, Melvin, who had janky mechanics from the get-go, Uggla didn't have a crazy hitch or flaw in his swing. He just looked like he couldn't see the ****ing ball, ever . . . ducking under breaking pitches over the plate, taking middling fastballs down the middle, missing everything by two feet. It seems like a few thousands of dollars' worth of testing—going the extra mile to ensure that there wasn't a medical reason for his falloff—would have been worthwhile for a guy whom we still had to pay $30M or so. If we end up paying him eight figures to be a reliable contributor to the Nats I think I'm going to jump off a bridge.
UNCBlue012
Well-known member
Imagine if we had a healthy visioned Dan Uggla down the stretch all those years we needed someone who could do exactly what he does.
Braves1976
It's OVER 5,000!
The wind is blowing out so there could be a lot of homers today. It probably won't be a good day to pitch.
Braves1976
It's OVER 5,000!
It sounded like a routine fly ball almost got carried out by the wind that inning against Wandy. It went for a double.
Can you even call this a hot streak yet?
For Chris Johnson its basically a long hot streak.