2:05pm: The Braves announced that they have officially released Uggla.
The 34-year-old Uggla’s tenure with the Braves came to a rocky end, to say
the least, as the former All-Star slugger’s bat has eroded over the past few
seasons. Dating back to Opening Day 2013, Uggla is hitting just
.175/.295/.332 with a 31 percent strikeout rate. However, Uggla still has
about $5.2MM remaining on this year’s $13MM salary before earning $13MM next
year, which likely made the Braves reluctant to cut ties, as they hoped to
salvage some value from those years. The Uggla saga has been an ongoing
source of frustration for many Braves fans, even after Uggla lost the vast
majority of his playing time to young second baseman Tommy La Stella.
Originally acquired from the Marlins in exchange for Mike Dunn and Omar
Infante, Uggla quickly signed a five-year, $62MM extension with the Braves.
While he cracked 36 homers in his first year in Atlanta and batted
.233/.311/.453, things went south quickly from that point forth. Uggla’s
power faded in the second half of an otherwise fairly typical season in 2012,
leaving him with a .220/.348/.384 triple-slash.
Overall, Uggla will spend only three and a half seasons of his five-year deal
with the Braves, and his time in Atlanta will conclude with a .209/.317/.391
line. Baseball-Reference pegs his time with the Braves at 2.5 WAR, while
Fangraphs is more fond of his first two years with the club and values him at
5.3 WAR. Either way, the contract certainly didn’t pan out the way that
Braves GM Frank Wren had hoped it would.
As for next steps for Uggla, he’ll first have to clear release waivers —
which should be no problem given his remaining salary — before he is free
to sign with a new club. Any team could then roll the dice on Uggla for the
pro-rated portion of the league minimum. Teams with a need at second base
might be open to such a minimal financial risk. The Reds could use a second
baseman with Brandon Phillips on the disabled list. Meanwhile, the Blue Jays,
Giants and A’s have been linked to the second base market for quite some
time as well.
洞一洞被斧頭幫釋出
從去年開季算起，三圍是慘不忍睹的.175/.295/.332
現在撿他只要付底薪
包括Brandon Phillips受傷的紅人、以及巨人、藍鳥和綠帽最有機會