A little concerned about Freese

[fan_since79]

.268 AVG this Spring.

 

11 hits, all singles.

 

Where's the power??

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jshep]

Where's his defense?

[Chuck]

I wouldn't worry about it. 

 

He's going to hit 20-25 HR if healthy by season end. 

[WallyWorld]

I'm mildly concerned about Freese, but he seems like the kind of player who doesn't really focus until the lights are turned on. Look at his past ST numbers, they're not very good.

 

I'm actually more concerned about Ibanez.  After his 2nd half swoon last year, and the way he's looked in ST, there's a possibility he really is just done.

[Blarg]

Where's his defense?

Yesterday he made a difficult one handed play look routine. No fielder is going to glove everything as you witnessed by Aybar dropping that popup.

[Chuck]

Where's his defense?

 

His D has looked fine to me this spring. 

 

Came in on a few tough bunts and made Adrian Beltre type one hand throws. Very nice.

 

Two diving stops as well. 

[joboomxpx]

The Angels should try to pickup Juan Francisco.   The Brewers are supposedly going to go with Overbay and Reynolds at 1st base, so Francisco will be released.

 

He would be a good backup at 3B, left handed power bat off the bench, and possible backup at 1B if Pujols gets hurt.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/francju02.shtml

[WallyWorld]

Freese is guaranteed to hit a HR today now.  Obviously.

[Homebrewer]

He's no Brooks Robinson...but I guess we knew that.

As long as he knocks most balls down before they get through I guess.

[OregonLAA]

Still an upgrade over last year. We had a surplus of outfielders and upgraded at 3b and Salas has looked very good. I don't need Freese to be an All Star to be satisfied with that trade

[Chuck]

and Callaspo's D was shitty last season before we traded him to Oakland. 

[tdawg87]

He will be fine. I predict a slow start or maybe even a "down" year but ultimately I think the numbers will be solid.

I'm not going to argue about the trade itself as we have already beat that dead horse. All we can do is hope he contributes. I think he will. At least I hope he does.

[Homebrewer]

and Callaspo's D was shitty last season before we traded him to Oakland. 

For Grant Green...another good move.

 

Freese is the best 3B in a decade, although that's kinda sad.

[jsnpritchett]

I wouldn't worry about it. 

 

He's going to hit 20-25 HR if healthy by season end. 

 

I think he's an upgrade over what we've had, but I'm not sure he can necessarily be counted on to hit 20-25 HR, even if healthy.  In his only full season to date, he topped out at 20.  If you combine his partial seasons in the majors in 2010-2011, he played in 167 games and only hit 14 HR.  In the minors, he only hit over 20 once. 

 

Again, definitely an upgrade, and not complaining about him: just saying that I don't know that we can expect a lot of power from him.

[jshep]

For Grant Green...another good move.

Freese is the best 3B in a decade, although that's kinda sad.

Chone Figgins says hello.

[Homebrewer]

Chone Figgins says hello.

I rest my case.

[ukyah]

Chone Figgins says hello.

 

oh no you didn't.

[jshep]

I rest my case.

But Figgins was a pretty damn good 3B and I think it's entirely realistic that Freese might not be a better player for the Angels.

[Homebrewer]

Figgy was pretty good at third, he just couldn't hit under any pressure.

His post seasons were legendary bad.

Freese at least, might not look like a deer in headlights if he gets back to the post season while here.

[mrwicked]

no need to worry about freese and ibanez.

those guys are so young and healthy; they'll be fine.

[ELEVEN]

Chill.

[Guest]

I hated this trade, but I think Freese has alot of upside. He was pretty solid until last season–so maybe he'll return to form this season. 

[Brent Maguire]

I didn't like the trade like many others but Freese should be solid. His defense is going to be tough to watch but he'll hit above league average and provide a really nice OBP. He's never really hit for a ton of power so I'd expect around 15-20 HR or so. 

 

All in all, we'll probably get a 2-2.5 WAR season out of him which is a big improvement over last year. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

Figgy was pretty good at third, he just couldn't hit under any pressure.

His post seasons were legendary bad.

Freese at least, might not look like a deer in headlights if he gets back to the post season while here.

 

Oh God are we really hearing that tired rehash of Freese' 2011 world series? 

 

I will be very happy if Freese is not nearly as good as Figgins was but better than Callaspo...

[AngelsLakersFan]

Freese looks healthy this spring, and that is all I think we need to be concerned with at this point.