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Originally Posted by BishopMVP
Uggla is actually right around his previous 2 seasons, which isn't bad for a second baseman (if we conveniently ignore defense).
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I'd call it pretty damned bad for the highest paid 2nd baseman in history. He's got a lower SLG than Marco Scutaro for cryin' out loud.
The enormous problem here is that he's being (over)paid to produce like he did in Florida, where he never had a season with an OPS under 800. Here, through 2.5 seasons, he peaked at .765, dropped to the 730s last year & has stayed there.
I think that fan patience with him is starting to reach its limits too. I don't know that we'd be far from him getting booed constantly (rather than just when he's batting) ... if there were actually more people in the stands who were watching baseball rather than having a social outing. I can't remember the last player here who was the source of more outright disgust for his performance than Struggla, maybe Bob Horner (and even that was at least in part due to Horner's demeanor).