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rico43

rico43

<B>Director of Minor League Reports</B>
In his Fresno tour of duty.

Uggla playing second, batting second

7/23: 1-4, RBI, K. Two-out RBI hit.
7/24: 1-3, 2B, R, 2 BB.

PROMOTED TO GIANTS

7/25 0-3, batting 7th, out on double switch.
 
Honestly, the contract was worth it just for that grandslam vs Philly. The reaction video is priceless.
 
Actually, in that game Uggla had a whopping .557 WPA, which is the second highest WPA in a game for a Brave hitter for the entire season.
 
Always a chance, maybe Dan just couldn't get it going with Walker and Fletcher. If it were to happen, lots a questions would be asked that's for sure.
 
VirginiaBrave said:
Always a chance, maybe Dan just couldn't get it going with Walker and Fletcher. If it were to happen, lots a questions would be asked that's for sure.
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He's done, even in the slim chance he does hit, it was still the right move.

It's Tommy-time at 2B for the forseeable future anyway.
 
Has a player who's hit so atrociously for so long at an old age suddenly found it again? Ever?
 
Dan is suffering from the mid 30's. It happened to guys who were much better ball players, i.e. Andruw Jones, Dale Murphy, its somewhat happening to Pujouls (yet never compare Uggla to Albert). Guys who peak between the ages of 26 and 30 and then the natural regression begins until the player can no longer compete at the level at which they are accustomed. I believe this, especially in the case of position players. Only the best of the best baseball players can remain competitive after the age of 33-34, with the exception of the performance enhancer users. These guys typically become Hall of Famers, i.e. Chipper, Jeter, .

I would love to see the average statistics of guys 30 years old and older in MLB (pitchers excluded). Baseball is a young man's game. Dan is just getting old. Therefore, if I was a GM, I wouldn't be giving out 4 and 5 year deals to guys in their 30's, that is unless they are very special players.
 
VirginiaBrave said:
Always a chance, maybe Dan just couldn't get it going with Walker and Fletcher. If it were to happen, lots a questions would be asked that's for sure.
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Walker and Fletcher may or may not be good hitting coaches in terms of fundamental knowledge, but, in my estimation, they have nothing to do with the conversation about Uggla and his decline. Uggla is a veteran player who fell off dramatically. If he can't take advice from people who know something about hitting, that's on him, not on the coaches. If he can't get along with the people in charge, that's his problem.

That said, I think the overall influence of hitting coaches is grossly overestimated in the eyes of the fans. Some guys can hit and some guys can't. The best hitting coach in the world can't make chicken salad out of chicken sh*t. Ted Williams found that out when he was managing the Washington Senators.

Uggla has always been a pretty much one-dimensional guy. When he started missing on average fastballs, the decline began and as any good advance scout will tell you, if a guy has trouble hitting average fastballs, why throw him anything else? What more than likely happened with Uggla that precipitated the decline is that his lack of success got into his head and he started to press and that turned the decline into a free fall. If he becomes a consistent hitter at the major league level again, it will be because he got a fresh start in his head and that allowed his body to perform.
 
Fun Fact: The Uggla Slam was cool, but everyone was hitting that night so I never once thought that 2HR night was the beginning of him finally coming back to life.
 
0-3, with 2 K's.

Although facing Kershaw isnt fun who threw a CGSO :)
 
This is good news as I see it, Uggla on the Giants should only make them worse. Which could at least improve our shot at the playoffs (should it come down to us and them for a wild card spot).
 
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