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Originally Posted by ukhotstove
If you go of batting average Alex Gonzalez is .235, his obp is lower than Uggla's at .263. Nate McLouth's avg is .228 but his obp is higher than Uggla's at .344 and Jason Heyward's avg is again lower than Uggla's at .218 with his obp higher at .313. So that's 3 other players who aren't much better or even worse than Uggla in either avg or obp, only so many players you can bench plus Uggla leads the team in hr's and rbi's.
And looking at their depth chart at 2B, Brooks Conrad is next up with a .232 avg and a .333 obp and after that is Julio Lugo with a massive .154 avg and .214 obp. And as RchW states he is on a $9m contract, kind of makes you think when would a manager bench a high priced player.
Uggla, Gonzalez, McLouth and Heyward earn around $20m, easy to bench them in OOTP but in real life  |
Wow and with those numbers the Braves are 69-49! I think Fredi Gonzalez should be Manager of the Year. Apparently the Braves rotation and bullpen and ability to hit at the right time are overcoming all of this Mendoza-ness.