Gameday Thread - Angels vs. Yankees May 6th, 2014

[jshep]

Hamilton is on the DL, Ianetta and Conger can't play in the same game, so you are arguing you want Cron to play second and bat fourth or you want Conger hitting fourth?

 

By the way, RISP is a really silly stat.

 

Also: Cron's supposed greater success with RISP is 2 singles(both in his major league debut) in 6 ABs.

 

So above and beyond the silliness of basing anything on 6 ABs, Howie is actually still doing better than Cron with RISP.

Edited May 6, 2014 by jshep

[CanadianHalo]

@JeffFletcherOCR: #Angels Joe Smith has some tightness in his side. Not available tonight.

[rageous]

@JeffFletcherOCR: #Angels Joe Smith has some tightness in his side. Not available tonight.

That sucks.

[Stradling]

More signs of being poisoned. I hate that poisoning liar.

[worldofx]

Green scratched, which means we get the Ibanez in LF experience tonight.

[WallyWorld]

@JeffFletcherOCR: #Angels Joe Smith has some tightness in his side. Not available tonight.

 

from wretching?

[CanadianHalo]

from wretching?

No sir

@JeffFletcherOCR: To clarify on Joe Smith, he said the tightness was unrelated to throwing up. That's why he didn't pitch last night. #Angels

[rageous]

Green scratched, which means we get the Ibanez in LF experience tonight.

Why is Green scratched?

[rafibomb]

Green scratched from lineup. No reason as to why yet. Ibanez to roam LF while CJ Cron starts at DH. 

Edited May 7, 2014 by rafibomb

[moccasin]

Stewart vs Kuroda .500/.550/.688

I like him in the lineup today.

[ELEVEN]

The Angels are REALLY hoping that AP goes deep 4 times tonight, or K's, because otherwise why on earth would they be putting Howie into the highest probability for GIDP spot in the lineup?

Fixed.

[2002_halos_II]

CF Jacoby Ellsbury (L)

SS Derek Jeter ®

RF Carlos Beltran (S)

1B Mark Teixeira (S)

DH Alfonso Soriano ®

C Brian McCann (L)

3B Y. Solarte (S)

LF Brett Gardner (L)

2B Brian Roberts (S)

SS Erick Aybar (S)

CF Mike Trout ®

1B Albert Pujols ®

2B Howie Kendrick ®

3B Ian Stewart (L)

DH Raul Ibanez (L)

LF C.J. Cron ®

C Hank Conger (S)

RF Collin Cowgill ®

NYY: Hiroki Kuroda ® (2-3, 5.14)

LAA: C.J. Wilson (L) (4-2, 3.18)

[ELEVEN]

Cron in LF?

His range at 1B only extends as far as he can fall on his face in either direction...

[Ohtaniland]

Our DH...

 

[Hollyw00d]

I love how Wilson made Jeter look bad

[ELEVEN]

Wasn't Ibanez a catcher in the minors?

[rageous]

Who is this guy playing for the Angels with #27?

[Jason]

Trout working on lowering that BA.

[tdawg87]

Stewart and Ibanez due up next.

 

Kuroda is already rattled at that thought.

[Jason]

Nice AB

[tdawg87]

So that was a good at bat.

[Jason]

Hopefully the Yankees will be nice and give us some more runs tonight. Our offense stinks.

[tdawg87]

lol

[Butcher'd]

Stewart and Ibanez suck. I've seen enough. Scioscia needs to stop playing his useless veterans.

[Jason]

Cron is going to need to learn about the off speed stuff.