Show #134: Wrapping Up the Braves Latest Moves
Cliff Lee. Goodbye Matt Diaz. Veteran bullpen additions. And the madness in center field.
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January 4th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Uggla – 5 years. 62 million. I am all for it. And this, kinda interesting, stolen from a post on DOB’s blog:
Adrian Beltre career .275/.328/.462 has reported deal for 6 years $96 million
Dan Uggla career .263/.349/.488 signs for 5 years $62.5 million
January 4th, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Anne, re #75 – thanks for noticing. Mike, our web guy/producer, did an upgrade on Monday and this was one of the fixes. Glad you like it.
January 4th, 2011 at 10:19 pm
I accidentally clicked “view all” instead of the next page number and couldn’t believe all the scrolling. It reminded me of a time gone by when I would scroll through hundreds of comments to get to the bottom of the page despite thumb cramps. Oh the memories…
January 4th, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Since 2006:
Uggla – 73 errors
Beltre – 80 errors
January 5th, 2011 at 1:38 pm
Some more comparison shopping:
Werth vs. Uggla over the past three years:
Uggla: .264 BA, 96 HR, 95 doubles, 11 SB, 287 RBI, .855 OPS
Werth: .279 BA, 87 HR, 88 doubles, 53 SB, 251 RBI, .889 OPS
January 5th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Like we’ve always said…Wren is brilliant.
January 6th, 2011 at 1:10 pm
The official Uggla extension Press Release from the Braves:
Braves and Dan Uggla Agree on Five-Year Contract
Second baseman now under contract through the 2015 season
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves announced today that they have agreed to terms with second baseman Dan Uggla on a five-year contract through the 2015 season, thus avoiding salary arbitration. Details of the contract were not disclosed.
Uggla was acquired by the Braves from the Florida Marlins in a three-player trade on November 16, 2010, as the Braves sent left-handed pitcher Mike Dunn and infielder Omar Infante to Florida.
Uggla, 30, is coming off the finest offensive season of his career in 2010, as he established career highs in batting average (.287), home runs (33) and RBIs (105) and earned his first career Silver Slugger award. He ranked fifth the National League in both home runs and RBIs.
“When we traded for Dan back in November our goal was to work out a long-term contract with him,” Executive Vice President and General Manager Frank Wren said. “He is an important part of our team and he gives us the consistent right-handed power we have been looking to add to the middle of our lineup for several years.”
A two-time All-Star, Uggla has averaged 31 home runs, 100 runs scored and 93 RBIs per season over his five-year career. He has never been placed on the disabled list and has posted an average of 155 games played per season.
Since he broke in with the Marlins in 2006, Uggla leads all Major League second basemen in home runs. He ranks 13th on the all-time career home run list for second basemen.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Uggla is the only player in Major League history whose primary position was second base to begin his career with five consecutive seasons of 20 or more homers (he has hit at least 30 in each of the last four seasons).
Uggla began his career in the Arizona Diamondbacks system in 2001 and was selected by the Marlins in the December 2005 Rule 5 Draft. He finished third in National League Rookie of the Year voting in 2006, when he hit .282 with 27 homers and 90 RBIs.
In 776 career games, Uggla has hit .263 with 336 extra-base hits, including 154 home runs, and 465 RBIs. In 45 career games at Turner Field he has hit .354 with 12 home runs and 36 RBIs.
The Braves now have four remaining arbitration-eligible players on their 40-man roster who are unsigned for the upcoming season: infielder Martin Prado, right-handed pitchers Jair Jurrjens and Peter Moylan and left-handed pitcher Eric O’Flaherty.
DAN UGGLA’S CAREER RECORD
YEAR TEAM G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG
2006 Florida 154 611 105 172 26 7 27 90 48 123 .282 .339 .480
2007 Florida 159 632 113 155 49 3 31 88 68 167 .245 .326 .479
2008 Florida 146 531 97 138 37 1 32 92 77 171 .260 .360 .514
2009 Florida 158 564 84 137 27 1 31 90 92 150 .243 .354 .459
2010 Florida 159 589 100 169 31 0 33 105 78 149 .287 .369 .508
MAJOR TOTALS 776 2927 499 771 170 12 154 465 363 760 .263 .349 .488
January 6th, 2011 at 10:06 pm
A little angry at Wren’s comments on Chippers one little hiccup in recovery being caused by lack of leg lifts on a hunting trip. Martin Prado would never have allowed other interest to stall his recovery…just sayin.
January 7th, 2011 at 1:53 pm
2nd best thing that happened yesterday (Uggla 1st): iPhone 4 for me. Let the tweets commence! Anyone sign up for spring training tickets? I don’t think I’ll have the time to go, sadly. (Go Braves)
January 7th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Looks like the Braves are going to take a beating in arbitration. Although Moylan should be begging the Braves for money at this point.
January 7th, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Anne, how exciting! I can’t wait for all the tweets! My favorite feature is the new and improved screen that doesn’t get all grimy. They put a coating on it that allows oils from your fingers to roll off. Pretty cool! Just found out my work is getting me one although the Rev just gave me one for Christmas. His response…”now I feel like a jerk.” Back to shopping for him!
Go Braves!
January 8th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
How excited are you Falcon fans?
January 9th, 2011 at 8:26 pm
I guess not very.
January 10th, 2011 at 11:55 am
Yea, six inches of I can’t go anywhere and the power might go out so I can’t watch the National Championship game fun on the ground. These are the only times when I miss Florida.
Leah, I am very excited. I would rather them get the Seahawks than the Packers, but it’s the playoffs, you’re gonna have to beat some very good teams to win it all. And that is my Mr. Obvious insight of the day. I’m sick of snow. Go Braves.
January 10th, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Waaaaaaar Eeeeeeeeeeeagle!!!!!!!
January 10th, 2011 at 6:09 pm
I am excited!
Rise up!
Packers are the worst scenario tho for first game. I think we would have killed the saints, what with them dissin our house. Now we gotta play.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:16 am
Wahoooooooooo!!!
January 11th, 2011 at 7:28 am
Cam Newton is the best QB money can buy.
January 11th, 2011 at 9:44 am
You are right. It’s undisputed. He IS the best!
January 11th, 2011 at 12:23 pm
I’ll be at the game on Saturday night with the Pack. Very nervous about it, but the Falcons have played great at home and everyone is picking the Pack, so that makes me optimisitic.
Snow = fun, pretty
Ice = sucks
They are saying schools might be out all week. I don’t see work also being off all week. I sense a problem. And apparently the gameplan in dealing with icy roads is to wait for it to get warm. Well thought out. We prayed for rain, I guess now we have to pray for the sun. Come on Apollo. Get off your ass.
Auburn cheats.
January 11th, 2011 at 5:42 pm
Rude!
January 11th, 2011 at 8:12 pm
take your kids to work week…awesome.
“But Dad, you play games all day on the internet at home”
January 11th, 2011 at 8:53 pm
So now that Tennessee, LSU, Alabama, Auburn, and Florida have championships in the last 15 years, can the alums at UGa pay some better players?
Bitter McPissy
January 12th, 2011 at 2:21 pm
Let the chatter begin. Like the swallows to Capistrano
http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2011/01/12/should-braves-consider-bringing-back-andruw-jones/
January 12th, 2011 at 6:52 pm
Eh…I could go wither way.