Bossman Junior royally shit the bed in 2013, this after many fantasy players thought that the move to Atlanta and uniting with his brother would perhaps lead to a career year. Instead, what they got was a .184 BA with a .268 OBP and very little of what he was drafted for, namely power + speed. In the last 100 years, there have only been 8 cases of a player hitting under .185 with more than 300 ABs, and remarkably, two of those were from the 2013 Braves!
So what do we expect from Upton in 2014 -- was last season an aberration? Should we treat it like that episode of 'Dallas' when Bobby Ewing magically re-appeared after being killed off, with the entire season explained away as a dream?
His K% jumped by 30%, going from a typical 25% to nearly 34% of his ABs. His XBH% also plunged to just 5.2%.
The Braves are writing Upton's 2013 off, but should fantasy players write off his 2014 also? Will a return to the .240ish BA form be too much for Upton?
So what do we expect from Upton in 2014 -- was last season an aberration? Should we treat it like that episode of 'Dallas' when Bobby Ewing magically re-appeared after being killed off, with the entire season explained away as a dream?
His K% jumped by 30%, going from a typical 25% to nearly 34% of his ABs. His XBH% also plunged to just 5.2%.
The Braves are writing Upton's 2013 off, but should fantasy players write off his 2014 also? Will a return to the .240ish BA form be too much for Upton?
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