THe Braves' fear of extensions.

cajunrevenge said:
LaStella is Brooks Conrad kind of bad not CJ kind of bad.
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Ignoring that Brooks wasn't that bad of a defender (he was out of position at 3B, need to be reminded he came up as a 2B and has a grand total of like 700 innings played at 3B in his career) I've never read a report on Tommy saying he's all world bad with the glove. Maybe he is, who knows. I do know he can hit and he hasn't been moved to LF or 1B because of his glove. That's really about all I need ot know. If he was that terrible with the Glove he'd be in the OF.
 
Every report I have looked at says his defense is passable but thats what most people said about Pastornicky at SS too. I still think the Braves scouts dont think he is ready defensively for the ML level. Whatever the reason I trust the Braves to do the right thing here. Hopefully he gets a look in spring training.
 
cajunrevenge said:
Every report I have looked at says his defense is passable but thats what most people said about Pastornicky at SS too. I still think the Braves scouts dont think he is ready defensively for the ML level. Whatever the reason I trust the Braves to do the right thing here. Hopefully he gets a look in spring training.
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You think the braves scouts think? Hot damn that's a lot of speculation.

Tyler got reviews because of him being a baseball rat. Meaning he handled balls in his range well.
 
The Braves have been pretty consistent about wanting strong defense up the middle. If La Stella isnt called up I believe its for a good reason. Just connecting the dots.
 
cajunrevenge said:
The Braves have been pretty consistent about wanting strong defense up the middle. If La Stella isnt called up I believe its for a good reason. Just connecting the dots.
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Yeah, they really prioritize defense up the middle, which is why Dan Uggla has been our starting 2B for 3 years.
 
cajunrevenge said:
The Braves have been pretty consistent about wanting strong defense up the middle. If La Stella isnt called up I believe its for a good reason. Just connecting the dots.
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They're consistent with stron defense up the middle, but they traded for and extended Uggla. Brilliant assertion.
 
cajunrevenge said:
Uggla's not that bad. His defense was also supposed to come with a mid to high .800 OPS.
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From 06-10 only 2 qualified guys had a lower UZR at 2B than Uggla, Jeff Kent (who was a butcher when he was young) and Skip Schumaker (though that was a SSS) so we knew we were getting a horrible defensive 2B.

And we don't know what we can get from Tommy, may he's a mid .800 OPS guy.
 
cajunrevenge said:
Uggla's not that bad. His defense was also supposed to come with a mid to high .800 OPS.
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He's pretty damn bad defensively. Do you watch him?
I don't understand how people can say he's "not that bad." What's "that bad" then? Just because he doesn't make an error every game doesn't mean he isn't bad. Compared to other 2B, he's really bad defensively.
 
yeezus said:
He's pretty damn bad defensively. Do you watch him?
I don't understand how people can say he's "not that bad." What's "that bad" then? Just because he doesn't make an error every game doesn't mean he isn't bad. Compared to other 2B, he's really bad defensively.
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I'll give someone credit, he's been better since 2010 and has been averagish the last 2 years which can confuse someone's opinion on his past.
 
Take all the stat compilations you want, Uggla is just plain piss poor defensively. Unless you are looking for a reason to rationalize his other faults.
 
PawPawMaxwell said:
Take all the stat compilations you want, Uggla is just plain piss poor defensively. Unless you are looking for a reason to rationalize his other faults.
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According to DRS, Uggla is at -17 DRS this year and that ranked second worst overall in MLB last I checked. The only one worse was former Philly and now Dodger Micheal Young. Uggla is also the worst among second baseman in DRS too. When you factor that in with the bat you have a really bad player.
 
It's funny people think we are going to be able to trade Uggla away. Only way we get rid of him is to eat a lot of his salary. Nobody wants anything to do with him. Doubt anyone is gonna help the Braves out with this mistake.
 
Braves1976 said:
According to DRS, Uggla is at -17 DRS this year and that ranked second worst overall in MLB last I checked. The only one worse was former Philly and now Dodger Micheal Young. Uggla is also the worst among second baseman in DRS too. When you factor that in with the bat you have a really bad player.
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DRS has some issues with MIF. Seems to massively overrate and underrate some. SImmons and Uggla are both 2 extremes of that .Uggla has not cost us 17 runs and Simmons has not saved us like 40
 
NinersSBChamps said:
It's funny people think we are going to be able to trade Uggla away. Only way we get rid of him is to eat a lot of his salary. Nobody wants anything to do with him. Doubt anyone is gonna help the Braves out with this mistake.
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Some team with a hitting coach who would take him out behind the barn and kick his ass may have interest.. Seriously, there would be ways to trade Uggla but you are correct in assuming that money given up would be tremendous.
 
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