What to do with Uggla now?

He has to better next year, right? Guy hustles every play and gives it his all, makes him easier to root for even when he is hitting under .200

Maybe he has to sacrifice some power to become a better overall hitter
 
Bj1133 said:
He has to better next year, right? Guy hustles every play and gives it his all, makes him easier to root for even when he is hitting under .200

Maybe he has to sacrifice some power to become a better overall hitter
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You are really easy. I find it almost impossible to root for Uggla. I was Mr. Floorburns on my high school basketball team and I was easy to root for, but if I had played in anything other than garbage time (at let me stress no lead was safe with me on the floor), we'd have never won a game (and we didn't win many as it was). I strain credulity by comparing myself to Uggla in any athletic endeavor, and I cheer for every Brave, but this was simply a bad investment on Wren's part. Different strokes for different folks.

PC, Uggla played some 3B in the minors and was moved to 2B, so my guess is a move could prove problematic seeing it's already been attempted.
 
Perhaps like Milton some of his best work will come after blindness. Although I guess Milton had to dictate. Uggla for hitting coach?
 
drewdat said:
Perhaps like Milton some of his best work will come after blindness. Although I guess Milton had to dictate. Uggla for hitting coach?
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I just read DOB's interview with Wren. Reading between the lines there, he's gone.

Thank God and Greyhound.
 
stpeteirish said:
I just read DOB's interview with Wren. Reading between the lines there, he's gone.

Thank God and Greyhound.
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I hope so. Honestly, we need to do what's best for the team and if we are unable to trade him (obviously with eating most of his contract) I would just release him. He would be a distraction on the bench. But I would think a team like the Blue Jays would maybe take a flier on him.
 
Unless we find someone to pay Uggla 2-3 mil a year for the next 2 years, he is going to be our second basemen....at least for the first 2 months of the season.
 
BRule said:
Unless we find someone to pay Uggla 2-3 mil a year for the next 2 years, he is going to be our second basemen....at least for the first 2 months of the season.
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I dunno. Reading that, it sounds like the only guy more fed up with Uggla than Wren is Fredi. Fredi's quote is what really leads me to say they've seen enough. Fredi has been his defender through the struggles he's had. He's not defending him now. "Tweaks and changes to help the club get better."

Pack your ****, Danny.
 
There is absolutely no way that Uggla is our starting second baseman next year. If the Braves feel LaStella needs more time someone from outside the organization will be brought in. There is going to be money to spend with Mac leaving.
 
I just have a feeling the Braves are going to sign a 2B like Infante or Kelly Johnson via free agency, call up La Stella, but also bring Dan to camp. We will give Dan an opportunity during ST to prove his worth once and for all, and if it works, great...if not, we have insurance.
 
I'd certainly take KJ as a utility man over Schafer or Ellliot Johnson. He won't cost much more than those two guys.

Or we could sign Kelly, pick up Reed's option, extend Chris, sign Elliot as a cheap 25th man and have even more Johnson's than we did last year.
 
stpeteirish said:
I'd certainly take KJ as a utility man over Schafer or Ellliot Johnson. He won't cost much more than those two guys.

Or we could sign Kelly, pick up Reed's option, extend Chris, sign Elliot as a cheap 25th man and have even more Johnson's than we did last year.
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Don't forget, they could also offer Josh Johnson a 1 year contract to grow larger to other teams for a big explosion in free agency!
 
bravebonebook said:
Don't forget, they could also offer Josh Johnson a 1 year contract to grow larger to other teams for a big explosion in free agency!
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I fully expect Josh Johnson to get way too much money this offseason. He's the only FA SP with ace potential so I expect some team to go overboard.
 
I'd rather see Wren commit some cash to JJ for 1 year than commit a ton of prospects AND cash to Price for 2 years.

Adding Price to the roster would NOT have beaten the Dodgers in the NLDS this year.

This team needed 1.) a real OFer in LF, 2.) a legit MLB-quality bat in the order at 2B, and 3.) another shut down arm in the BP to make up for losing EOF and Venters. Those 3 problems are certainly fixable this offseason, and none of them are fixed by backing up the prospect truck to haul in David Price.
 
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