Robinson Cano & Prince Fielder

[Chuck]

Cano: .271/.333/.356

Fielder: .164/.271/.262

So far they've been no bueno!

[Glen]

Mumble mumble Pujols mumble glass houses mumble...

[Jason]

Cano will make the adjustments but I bet Fielder has a down year.

[Chimi]

They both hit their first HRs just a couple days ago.  Cano's wouldn't have been a HR if it wasn't in Texas.

[Erstad Grit]

Fielder has become a ground ball machine.

[DowningRules]

The Rangers went from "Get the F off our field" to "Get the F in my belly."

[xboom28x]

You mean other teams sign or trade for players with bad contracts besides the Angels? No F***ing Way!!

[Chuck]

You mean other teams sign or trade for players with bad contracts besides the Angels? No F***ing Way!!

Ha, yep!

[Stradling]

Cano will make the adjustments but I bet Fielder has a down year.

Somewhere flute is fuming and ready to pounce.

[arch stanton]

Cano is a hitting machine. He can swing his way out. Fielder has always been about patience and power. Might take him longer to clear the fog.

[bloodbrother]

Fielder is a bad bodied player who has played in A LOT of games over his career. Would not be surprised if last season was the start of a big drop-off. Glad Texas took on the rest of that deal, even with Detroit eating a certain amount of money

[Hollyw00d]

I liked the prince fielder trade from the beginning, and I'm loving it now.  dude is on a serious decline

[Jay]

Always thought Fielder was overrated

[Blarg]

You guys might as well throw Miguel Cabrera in the conversation with his crappy .250/.294/.396/.690 line.

 

Meanwhile Kinsler is a happy guy in Detroit hitting .327/.352/.519/.871

[gotbeer]

Man has Cano dropped.  I thought he started off real hot.  

 

Then again, he faced the Angels.

[Inside Pitch]

After his first 15 games with Anaheim:

 

Hamilton: .200 / .258 / .367 (stayed around there until August)

 

After his first 15 games with Anaheim:

 

Pujols: .262 / .382 / .377

 

After his first 30 games with Anaheim:

 

Pujols: .190 / .228 / .281

 

What can be gleaned from these super important and relevant numbers???????????????????????

 

Those guys suck!

[Guest]

 

What can be gleaned from these super important and relevant numbers???????????????????????

 

Here's another one you forgot:

 

After his first 40 games in Anaheim:

 

Trout: .220 / .281 / .390

 

 

...yet the Angels decided to give this player $25M a year 

Edited April 18, 2014 by ScottLux

[Docwaukee]

After his first 15 games with Anaheim:

 

Hamilton: .200 / .258 / .367 (stayed around there until August)

 

After his first 15 games with Anaheim:

 

Pujols: .262 / .382 / .377

 

After his first 30 games with Anaheim:

 

Pujols: .190 / .228 / .281

 

What can be gleaned from these super important and relevant numbers???????????????????????

 

we can glean that both Cano and Fielder are going to get injured in their second year with their new team.  

[Ohtaniland]

Meanwhile soon to be 40 years of age Derek Jeter is quietly hitting a very respectable .295 so what's everyone else's excuse?

 

Oh and I though this was funny. Where's the rest of the Red Sox team?  

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/stats/batting/_/name/bos/boston-red-sox

[Inside Pitch]

Meanwhile soon to be 40 years of age Derek Jeter is quietly hitting a very respectable .295 so what's everyone else's excuse?

 

Oh and I though this was funny. Where's the rest of the Red Sox team?  

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/stats/batting/_/name/bos/boston-red-sox

 

And Naps has been doing that with one part time finger.

[Lou]

After his first 15 games with Anaheim:

 

Hamilton: .200 / .258 / .367 (stayed around there until August)

 

After his first 15 games with Anaheim:

 

Pujols: .262 / .382 / .377

 

After his first 30 games with Anaheim:

 

Pujols: .190 / .228 / .281

 

What can be gleaned from these super important and relevant numbers???????????????????????

 

Hamilton and Pujols got off to better starts.

[sneaky_flute]

I liked the prince fielder trade from the beginning, and I'm loving it now.  dude is on a serious decline

Silly comments like this is why I had a knee-jerk reaction to Inside Pitch's comment the other day. You obviously don't know how trends work if you think that his "down" season portended a decline or that his struggles this season really mean anything. He's not gonna continue hitting like Jeff Mathis' invalid brother just like Alexei Ramirez isn't going to end the season with a 204 wrc+.Fielder's bat speed is intact which is encouraging but his approach right now is extremely counterproductive. Sure, he could become Chone Figgins with the bat, but I'll wait until he's an average hitter for a couple of years to declare him done. 

Edited April 18, 2014 by sneaky_flute

[HaloFan85]

You guys might as well throw Miguel Cabrera in the conversation with his crappy .250/.294/.396/.690 line.

 

Meanwhile Kinsler is a happy guy in Detroit hitting .327/.352/.519/.871

I know there's a few games left in April, but Miggy has always killed it the first month of the season.  If he doesn't show any signs of improvement by the end of the month, the MVP door may be opening wider for Trout.

[Brandon]

The Pujols contract is ugly, but won't be anywhere near as bad as Ryan Howard and Prince Fielder.

 

I actually give the Tigers props for being able to recognize that and somehow offload that contract.

[sneaky_flute]

The Pujols contract is ugly, but won't be anywhere near as bad as Ryan Howard and Prince Fielder.

 

I actually give the Tigers props for being able to recognize that and somehow offload that contract.

Is it April 1st?