| 5/18/2013 10:42:00 AM |
Description: Atlanta second baseman Dan Uggla is a .182 hitter (4-for-22) against Los Angeles starter Chris Capuano with 13 strikeouts. | Insight: Uggla has seven home runs, but 53 strikeouts in 37 games. The single season strikeout record is 223 set by Mark Reynolds in 2009 and Uggla is on a pace to get close to this unwanted record. Avoid this matchup. | | |
| Cold | 5/12/2013 10:23:00 AM |
Description: Atlanta second baseman Dan Uggla is hitless in 10 at-bats over his career against San Francisco starter Tim Lincecum with six strikeouts. | Insight: Uggla has seven home runs, but 49 strikeouts in 34 games which means he's on pace for 31 homers and 221 strikeouts. The single season strikeout record is 223 set by Mark Reynolds in 2009. | | |
| 5/11/2013 9:57:00 AM |
Description: Atlanta second baseman Dan Uggla is 1-for-13 over his career against San Francisco starter Madison Bumgarner. | Insight: Uggla has seven home runs, but 45 strikeouts in 116 at-bats which means he's on pace for 34 homers and 222 strikeouts. | | |
| 5/8/2013 8:59:00 PM |
Description: Atlanta second baseman Dan Uggla corked two homers Wednesday against Cincinnati. | Insight: That gives Uggla seven jacks for the season. He's on pace for his sixth career 30 HR season. | | |
| 4/29/2013 1:32:00 PM |
Description: Braves second baseman Dan Uggla is a career .450 hitter (9-for-20) with a pair of home runs and eight RBI against Washington ace Stephen Strasburg. | Insight: The second-base version of Adam Dunn has seen his batting average drop to .160 with four homers, 12 base on balls and 31 strikeouts in 75 at-bats. Those are tough numbers to overcome even with a favorable matchup. | | |
| 4/26/2013 11:42:00 AM |
Description: Braves second baseman Dan Uggla is a career .400 hitter with a pair of home runs and six RBI against Detroit starter Anibal Sanchez. | Insight: The second-base version of Adam Dunn is batting .185 with four homers with 12 base on balls and 24 strikeouts in 65 at-bats. Those are tough numbers to overcome even with a favorable matchup. | | |
| Cold | 4/23/2013 8:53:00 PM |
Description: Braves second baseman Dan Uggla (calf) returned to action Tuesday after missing Sunday's game. He went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer. | Insight: Uggla left Saturday's game with a calf strain. He has four homers this year, but is 10-for-60 (.167) with 23 strikeouts overall. | | |
| Cold | 4/21/2013 10:07:00 AM |
Description: Braves second baseman Dan Uggla will miss Sunday's game due to a left calf strain. | Insight: He exited Saturday's game with the injury. Uggla is batting .161 with three homers and 20 strikeouts. Going back to June 6 of last season, Uggla has just 69 hits (12 homers) in his last 380 at-bats, a .182 batting average, with 128 strikeouts in that span. | | |
| Cold | 4/20/2013 9:02:00 PM |
Description: Braves second baseman Dan Uggla left Saturday's game with a left calf strain, according to Mark Bowman of MLB.com. | Insight: Uggla came into Saturday's game with just nine hits in 55 at-bats (.164). He's a borderline fantasy player at this point, especially after hitting .220 with just 19 homers in 523 at-bats last year. He's day-to-day. | | |
| Cold | 4/16/2013 10:01:00 AM |
Description: Braves second baseman Dan Uggla is hitless in six career at-bats versus Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie with four stikeouts. | Insight: Uggla is an ugly 7-for-41 this season (.171) with a pair of homers, nine base on balls and 15 strikeouts. He's the second base version of Adam Dunn - home run, strikeout or walk. Avoid today's matchup. | | |
| 4/13/2013 10:25:00 AM |
Description: Braves second baseman Dan Uggla is the rare hitter who has had success against Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg, batting .471 (8-for-17) with a pair of homers and a 1.491 OPS. | Insight: Uggla is 6-for-33 this season with a pair of homers and 12 strikeouts, but he has a favorable matchup on Saturday. He's the second base version of Adam Dunn - home run, strikeout or walk. | | |
| Cold | 4/12/2013 10:39:00 AM |
Description: Braves second baseman Dan Uggla is hitless in 10 at-bats versus Nationals' starter Ross Detwiler with three strikeouts and four walks. | Insight: Uggla is 6-for-30 this season with a pair of homers and 11 strikeouts. He's the second base version of Adam Dunn - home run, strikeout or walk. | | |
| 4/7/2013 10:54:00 AM |
Description: Braves second baseman Dan Uggla has gone 2-for-14 with four Ks in his career against Cubs starter Jeff Samardzija. | Insight: Uggla is 3-for-15 with a homer and four walks through five games. He should be avoided Sunday. | | |
| 4/3/2013 12:43:00 PM |
Description: Braves second baseman Dan Uggla is a career .324 hitter with three homers against Phillies right-hander Roy Halladay. | Insight: Uggla opened the season with a homer and a couple of runs scored. You know what you are going to get when you put Uggla in your fantasy lineup - a huge strikeout total and usually 30-plus homers. He's a good fantasy option on Wednesday. | | |
| 4/1/2013 10:32:00 AM |
Description: Braves second baseman Dan Uggla has 18 strikeouts in 55 at-bats against Phillies opening day starter Cole Hamels. He does own eight hits including a pair of homers in the matchup. | Insight: You know what you are going to get when you put Uggla in your fantasy lineup - a huge strikeout total and usually 30-plus homers. Last season, however, he managed just 19 homers which made him a fantasy liability, not an asset. We would take a wait-and-see attitude with the Braves' second baseman. | | |
| 3/14/2013 2:39:00 PM |
Description: Braves second baseman Dan Uggla has 15 strikeouts in 41 at-bats this spring, the most among all Grapefruit and Cactus League players. | Insight: The writing is on the wall for Uggla. He has experienced massive three- and four-month slumps over the past two seasons and saw his homers decline from 36 to 19 last year. Fantasy owners who pencil him in at second base should kiss the batting average category goodbye. | | |
| 3/5/2013 10:05:00 PM |
Description: Braves second baseman Dan Uggla was hit in the helmet by a pitch on Tuesday and left the game for a pinch-runner. However, it was merely precautionary, according to David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. | Insight: Uggla stayed on his feet and headed to first base but the Braves opted to take him out. He'll probably have some precautionary tests before returning to action. Coming off the worst season of his career -- .220, 19 homers -- Uggla is going 12th among second baseman in Yahoo! fantasy drafts with an ADP of 134. | | |
| 2/15/2013 8:37:00 PM |
Description: Braves second baseman Dan Uggla reported to training camp 10 pounds lighter than he was at the end of the 2012 season. SOURCE: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Insight: Uggla had a .276 batting average, 10 homers, 37 RBIs and an .876 OPS on June 5. He proceeded to go 60-for-324 (.185) with nine homers, 41 RBIs and a .644 OPS over his final 99 games. Shedding weight won't help his declining skills. | | |
| 9/26/2012 10:12:00 AM |
Description: It's been a frustrating season for Braves second baseman Dan Uggla and Wednesday isn't likel to change that as he's hitless in 10 at-bats versus Miami starter Josh Johnson. | Insight: Uggla has reached the 31 homer plateau in each of the last five seasons, but will need a dozen in the final week and a half to keep the string alive. He's batting a career low .216 with just a .729 OPS. Fantasy owners have long since given up hope that he'll bounce back this season. | | |
| 9/22/2012 10:11:00 AM |
Description: Braves second baseman Dan Uggla is hitting .298 with two homers and eight RBIs in 18 games this month and Saturday's matchup with Roy Halladay shouldn't be a reason to bench him. | Insight: Uggla is 11-for-33 (.333) with three homers in his career against Halladay. Those who stuck with the second baseman when he hit .150 (37-for-247) in 76 games from June 6 to Sept. 5 should start him Saturday. | | |
