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re: Braves Fans, Are You Getting Nervous About BJ Upton?

Posted on 5/15/13 at 3:53 pm to
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
116235 posts
Posted on 5/15/13 at 3:53 pm to
quote:

BJ Upton



Add in the word Kate and this could be an awesome sentence
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
291110 posts
Posted on 5/15/13 at 3:53 pm to
quote:

That's not true.


I'm listening ...
Posted by reddman
Member since Jul 2005
78195 posts
Posted on 5/15/13 at 3:55 pm to
BJ Stubbs.

Posted by bamafan425
Jackson's Hole
Member since Jan 2009
25716 posts
Posted on 5/15/13 at 3:55 pm to
Nice response.
Posted by OBUDan
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
40723 posts
Posted on 5/15/13 at 4:33 pm to
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I'm listening ...


His rookie year:

.300/.386/.508, 24 HR, 136 OPS+ in 548 PAs

His second year:

.273/.383/.401, 108 OPS+

But yeah, since then he has been average.

His 3rd year he was bad.

But every year since then he's posted an OPS+ over 100.

He doesn't hit for average or get on base a lot, but he brings other things to the plate (power and speed).

I'm not saying he's going to turn into a .300 hitter, but certainly better than he's done.
This post was edited on 5/15/13 at 4:34 pm
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
117728 posts
Posted on 5/15/13 at 4:34 pm to
Back in the day there was an old axiom about defense. You can take a non hitter up the middle... C, 2B, SS, CF if he's good on defense. But you can't take two of them.

Right now we have non hitters at 2B and CF.
Posted by Bama Bird
Pittsburgh, PA
Member since Mar 2013
22906 posts
Posted on 5/15/13 at 4:37 pm to
I'm far beyond being nervous. I was nervous when we signed him. He's garbage. You can't deny it anymore
Posted by mainetiger
Stockton Springs ME
Member since Sep 2012
440 posts
Posted on 5/15/13 at 4:42 pm to
I didn't like it even when it was a rumor for him being a target. BJ plus Uggla equals way too many strikeouts. Honestly I kinda feel like the Reed Johnson/Schafer CF should stay in place and BJ could take a bench role.
Posted by Sir Galahad
The round table
Member since Nov 2012
161 posts
Posted on 5/15/13 at 4:55 pm to
He has a serious loop/hitch in his swing right now
Posted by SouljaBreauxTellEm
Mizz
Member since Aug 2009
29343 posts
Posted on 5/15/13 at 4:58 pm to
First didn't like the signing for the money, but if it brought Justin Upton in then that makes it all great. I don't believe Justin is as willing to to come to ATL without BJ.
Posted by dj30
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2006
29855 posts
Posted on 5/15/13 at 5:07 pm to
Not nervous because I knew it was bad when we signed him.
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