Uggla

[Guest Edgy DC]

I don't know which of you filthy little fantasists have him on your fantasy teams, but he's really making the Marlins looks smart right now. He's leading the league in games played, but that's been no gift to the Atlanteans, as he's got five homers, but has been making a metric ton of outs.

.180 / .234 / .370 // .604

Interestingly, he's playing a more-or-less decent second base.

[Ceetar]

I've got him in one league.

[soupcan]

I'm not a fantasy guy but I'll admit I wanted him on the Mets.

Glad to be proven wrong.

[Ceetar]

Ceetar wrote: I've got him in one league.

checking, why YES, i've got him in the CPF league. and my offense is the reason i'm losing. so, screw you Uggla. Keep doing what you're doing, but hit a couple of home runs in losses for me will ya?

[Centerfield]

Maybe Emaus was the next Uggla.

[MFS62]

I have always felt his fielding is better than his reputation with the glove. Sort of like Jeff Kent lite.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Centerfield wrote: Maybe Emaus was the next Uggla.

Maybe Uggla is the next Emaus.

[Benjamin Grimm]

soupcan wrote: I'm not a fantasy guy but I'll admit I wanted him on the Mets. Glad to be proven wrong.

I did too.

One bad April doesn't prove you wrong though. Uggla could still have a big year.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'm not certain, but I think-- THINK-- he had one or two years that started off exactly like this with the Marlins... years which ended up pretty productive ones for him.

OE: Pretty damn close. He started off 2007 hitting .219/.294/.429 through April's end; he ended the year with a .245/.326/.473 line and 83 XBH. 2009 was virtually the same season for him-- in shape and end result-- only with more walks and fewer doubles.

His isolated power numbers, while a little low, are still within shouting range of his career average (.190 to .223). The big differences have been drops in walk rate, strikeout rate (!) and BABIP (.176-- yeep!). He's putting more balls in play, and getting poorer results... results which should normalize to an extent regardless of whether he swings less. (I wonder if Fredi's hit-and-running more with him "to get him going"; if so, that seems to be the last thing he needs.)

[smg58]

Somebody needs to explain to me how the Marlins are playing so well with Hanley in a rut, Infante not holding up his end of the Uggla deal, and an assortment of third basemen who belong in AA.

[Ceetar]

smg58 wrote: Somebody needs to explain to me how the Marlins are playing so well with Hanley in a rut, Infante not holding up his end of the Uggla deal, and an assortment of third basemen who belong in AA.

No one's fully scouted the random assortment of prospects and junk they're throwing out there. Give the league a once through and suddenly they'll st art plummetting to the 75 win team with a soft second half that we know and hate.

Speaking of which, we play two games against them in May, but it looks like the other 12 games against the Marlins all come post All-Star

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

smg58 wrote: Somebody needs to explain to me how the Marlins are playing so well with Hanley in a rut, Infante not holding up his end of the Uggla deal, and an assortment of third basemen who belong in AA.

Pitching and [crossout]defense[/crossout] more pitching. (3.06 team ERA, just behind the Pods and ahead of the Braves and Phils; second-fewest baserunners allowed in the majors.)

[batmagadanleadoff]

smg58 wrote: Somebody needs to explain to me how the Marlins are playing so well with Hanley in a rut, Infante not holding up his end of the Uggla deal, and an assortment of third basemen who belong in AA.

Because Josh Johnson is pitching like the prime of Sandy Koufax and as any Mets fan of a certain age knows, when your ace is as dominant as Johnson is right now, you can contend, even if your offense is average.