I know it's popular to bag on Braun and his thumb injury as certainly caused him to be less-than-Braun-like this year, but really? If he were to have gotten a base hit in extra innings, you'd mock him for being "anti-clutch?" Like a guy sucks if he can't dial up a homer on demand? +1000. League average the last I checked is a .700 OPS. Braun, in a down year, is around .800. What a bum. Some would probably say he's been struggling for a month or better. Just an awful hitter. At least compare him to only RF's - where he would be 12th / 10th / 6th in AVG / OBP / SLG, respectively. He has not been that drastically above league average in getting base hits or getting on base. And no one is calling him a bum, but he has been pretty average, unlike his past.