Impressed with Hamilton so far...

[stormngt]

It is amazing how you guys give credit to Baylor. Hamilton was out with an injury for half of spring training and Baylor is now out with an injury.....yet it is Baylor who gets the credit for the Josh returning to the 2012 Josh.

yea Baylor really changed things in two weeks..

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This is where having Don Baylor on staff makes a huge difference. He has Hamilton waiting for fastballs and mistake pitches and taking advantage of them. Great game from him tonight. Keep it up!

[Broad Street]

It's the coaches fault.

[eligrba]

Can't wait to see what this team can with a new manager.

[seenoevil]

[QuinlansMinion]

If Hamilton can keep this up and Kendrys replaces Pujols come June then this offense will be crazy good.

There are so many things wrong with this post.

 

Firstly, the offense wont be crazy good if we need to replace Pujols with someone.  We dont have enough capable hitters to consider it "Crazy good."  The only way we can reach that level is if Pujols, Trout, and Hamilton are all performing like superstars.  Outside of those 3, there isnt really much talent in the lineup.  Freese, Kendrick, and Aybar are all predictable hitters who will most likely put up mediocre numbers at best.  Ianetta is a solid hitter for a catcher, but hes not anything close to all star caliber.  Ibanez is a one dimensional power hitter who will give you the occasional home run.  Calhoun has upside, but hes very unpredictable at this point.

[tdawg87]

Bumpilton

[Blarg]

Josh seems to like kicking Astro ass.

[Blarg]

Lolz, Tdawg and I are on the same page.

[NrM]

I would honestly prefer a more patient hitter batting 3rd tbh. Pujols and Hamilton suck at working counts and giving the 1st two batters a chance to steal.

 

I wouldn't mind having freese hit 3rd.

[Angel Oracle]

LOL at 16 career homers against Houston in only some 52 games

[nate]

Man, love seeing Hamilton hit like this.  If Pujols can get it going this lineup will be deadly.

[Blarg]

Freese is currently hitting .250, Hamilton .500.

 

I would honestly prefer a more patient hitter batting 3rd tbh. Pujols and Hamilton suck at working counts and giving the 1st two batters a chance to steal.

 

I wouldn't mind having freese hit 3rd.

[SoWhat]

I would honestly prefer a more patient hitter batting 3rd tbh. Pujols and Hamilton suck at working counts and giving the 1st two batters a chance to steal.

 

I wouldn't mind having freese hit 3rd.

[NrM]

Freese is currently hitting .250, Hamilton .500.

 

Didn't say freese was the better hitter, but he does seem to work the count.

[Blarg]

Wilits could work counts. I would rather have the better hitter.

[NrM]

Wilits could work counts. I would rather have the better hitter.

 

werd

[NrM]

As has been mentioned thousands of times, your 5th best hitter should bat 3rd. So if anything that might be Pujols right now (he's probably even worse than that), but in an ideal situation our 4 best hitters are clearly Calhoun, Trout, Pujols, and Hamilton. This means they should hit 1,2, 4, and 5. The 3rd spot is anyone's guess between Freese, Ibanez, Kendrick, and Ianetta.

I might go with Ibanez personally because he at least avoids DPs by striking out. But with Pujols sucking right now he is fine in the 3rd spot.

 

Ibanez? Seriously? The dude is as impatient as they come. I think the best way to fix the running game is to have a patient guy who sees a lot of pitches hit 3.

 

I'd like to see

 

Calhoun

Trout

Freese

Hamilton

Pujols

[bloodbrother]

It's time to move him to the 3 spot vs RHP

[Count Orlok]

Even though it's still early it's nice to see someone actually earning their big paycheck for once. I forgot what that was like. Haven't seen anyone do that in recent memory besides Vlad and Hunter.

[seenoevil]

Last year he was swinging at everything in the dirt. He has a much better eye this season. Good for him

[mota_madness]

we can expect 40 plus HR's from him! to bad pujols's dominate playing days are behind him cuz; what a line up we would have! 

[Kenny]

No jinx. NO JINX! He's horrible. He only swings at unhittable pitches, and can't hit a ball without popping up at angles where no one ever loses the ball in the sun.

[seenoevil]

No jinx. NO JINX! He's horrible. He only swings at unhittable pitches, and can't hit a ball without popping up at angles where no one ever loses the ball in the sun.

 

It didn't work last season

[Splint7438]

I did mention to Josh during BP in Tempe that I would be happy to give him any hitting tips he may need. I told him. I hit the ball over the scoreboard too.just before my alarm goes off.

[fan_since79]

It's time to move him to the 3 spot vs RHP

 

Absolutely!