The Sports Xchange reports that Marlins 2B Dan Uggla doesn't want to try to analyze his hot start since being dropped from his usual No. 2 spot in the batting order. Uggla is batting .437 (14-for-32) with eight homers and 16 RBIs in his first 10 games since being dropped to fifth or sixth in the batting order from his usual two spot. He hit his 12th home run Monday, his fourth in three games -- including two homers Sunday after hitting his first career grand slam on Saturday. "I don't attribute it to anything. It seems like everybody has kind of forgotten about the last two years," said Uggla, who hit 27 homers in 2006 and 31 last year primarily batting second. "I don't think where you hit in lineup is going to make you hit more homers or more doubles. I'm not trying to over-analyze anything. I'm just going to roll with it." (Updated 05/13/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/17/08).
Fantasy Analysis
There is no hotter hitter in baseball right now than Uggla. His average was as low as .167 on April 18, but the slugger has since raised it to .290. Uggla started the season hitting second, but when he struggled and injuries forced manager Fredi Gonzalez to alter his lineup, Uggla moved down the lineup. He is hitting better than .385 hitting fifth or sixth and it has really helped his game. There is no need to bench Uggla in any Fantasy format. (Updated 05/13/2008).
Uggla went 2-for-5 with a RBI in Marlins' 5-3 loss to the Reds on Tuesday. (Updated 05/14/2008)
Advice
Uggla is continuing his torrid pace. He's batting .432 (16-for-37) with eight home runs, 17 RBIs and 16 runs in his last 11 games. He was just 5-for-25 (.200) with a homer and two RBIs in his previous seven games.
The Sports Xchange reports that Marlins 2B Dan Uggla doesn't want to try to analyze his hot start since being dropped from his usual No. 2 spot in the batting order. Uggla is batting .437 (14-for-32) with eight homers and 16 RBIs in his first 10 games since being dropped to fifth or sixth in the batting order from his usual two spot. He hit his 12th home run Monday, his fourth in three games -- including two homers Sunday after hitting his first career grand slam on Saturday. "I don't attribute it to anything. It seems like everybody has kind of forgotten about the last two years," said Uggla, who hit 27 homers in 2006 and 31 last year primarily batting second. "I don't think where you hit in lineup is going to make you hit more homers or more doubles. I'm not trying to over-analyze anything. I'm just going to roll with it." (Updated 05/13/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/17/08).
Fantasy Analysis
There is no hotter hitter in baseball right now than Uggla. His average was as low as .167 on April 18, but the slugger has since raised it to .290. Uggla started the season hitting second, but when he struggled and injuries forced manager Fredi Gonzalez to alter his lineup, Uggla moved down the lineup. He is hitting better than .385 hitting fifth or sixth and it has really helped his game. There is no need to bench Uggla in any Fantasy format. (Updated 05/13/2008).
