Hello again everyone! I’m coming to you today from what seems to be the place with the most tempermental weather on the planet: 12 degrees this morning, maybe 50 tomorrow. The same snow and ice must have melted and refrozen half a dozen times. And it finally gave me a cold. Yuck!
But on to more pleasant things. I was browsing the ‘Net today and came across some great (albiet premature) news: As a group, the projected Braves starting eight for this season are hitting amazingly well. How well? Let’s take a look!
| Player | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Prado | .263 | .333 | .316 | .649 |
| McLouth | .462 | .650 | .615 | 1.265 |
| Jones | .300 | .364 | .500 | .864 |
| Uggla | .278 | .364 | .333 | .697 |
| McCann | .188 | .188 | .188 | .376 |
| Heyward | .417 | .533 | .500 | 1.033 |
| Freeman | .381 | .435 | .524 | .959 |
| Gonzalez | .389 | .450 | .611 | 1.061 |
| Total | .328 | .403 | .445 | .848 |
All the "question mark" pieces are doing well. I personally don’t have too many worries about McCann, Prado, and Uggla. I’d like to see a lot more power, though, as in total the group only has 2 home runs (one each by Prado and Chipper). I’ll take the good news, even given the limited sample size. Do you have any thoughts?
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