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The long and short of it is, that Dan Uggla was hogging up the last roster spot. The last roster spot for a manager is a space that is reserved for prospect players or trades or what have you. It is absolutely instrumental in a manager's ability to control a baseball team. Now we have two years left on Uggla's contract, which means that time would have been the amount on the roster and hogging up space. If you "designate for assignment" that player, that means you can lose even more money in that process. and you could still not get the roster spot back.
25 men. That's the limit. The Braves bullpen is having issues and the bats are not consistently hot. That means that we have to start experimenting on our roster and I think that is worth the $14 million over 2 years to the Braves organization. These kind of things are not up to the players or the fans. Bite the bullet, cut Dan, make the playoffs.
This article is a good read if you want further explanation. It's by Atlanta sports AJC writer Mark Bradley.
--by Levi Warner
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