Kelly Johnson Back?!

[moozzy77]

4-4 2 homers 5 rbi! Im so glad i didnt drop him before the half. Atlanta is only getting better.

[memito]

I am glad that I kept him during his rough spell...

I think he is surrounded (especially now by Tex) with lots of talent and hopefully will benefit from it...

[ceLpH]

he bought himself at least another week

I was going to drop him for Castillo too

[Splendid61]

Do you guys even pay attention to your teams?

This post would've made sense 3 weeks ago. Kelly Johnson has had a great MONTH of July.

.356/.427/.658 ... 16 R, 4 HR, 16 RBI, 1.085 OPS

Once you accept that you have to bench Johnson against LH starters, he'll give you great numbers at 2B... definitely top 10 at that position. Even better if you can spare a bench slot, so you can plug in another 2B when the Braves face LH starters.

[The Big Train]

He is simply great against RHP if you can make the platoon situation fit your roster: .310/.406/.534 against righties. Given the OF eligibility, he's hardly a bad emergency fill in at that position either if he's facing a RHP. The sad thing is that the Braves face two more LHP this week: today and Friday. I don't know if I'm convinced that Yunel Escobar will maintain his side of the platoon situation so I'm modestly hopeful that KJ might see more AB's later on. I'm still annoyed that the Braves didn't give KJ more time to work his way out of the problems he had in May/June, but it's hard to argue with Bobby Cox's decision given how well the platoon has worked and that the Braves are still in the race.