ATLANTA (AP) — Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez is benching three-time All-Star second baseman Dan Uggla.
Uggla is hitting only .208. Martin Prado is starting at second base against Colorado on Monday for the second straight day.
Gonzalez was Uggla’s manager with the Florida Marlins before Atlanta. He says the decision to bench Uggla was “uncomfortable” and “hard, especially with the relationship I have with him.”
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