MAY 9 GAMEDAY THREAD - ANGELS @ BLUE JAYS (Efren Navarro in LF)

[Make Angels Great Again]

He hasn't even been given the chance to get on the bed, let alone crap on it.  Instead they let people who've already stained the sheets multiple times back on the bed again.

 

All i'm reminded of is Cory Alridge.

[Sherlock31]

Lineup:

 

Aybar SS

Trout CF

Pujols 1B

Ibanez DH

Kendrick 2B

Stewart 3B

Conger C

Navarro LF

Cowgill RF

 

Richards SP

So who made this lineup? Sosa or Ebel?

[Make Angels Great Again]

So who made this lineup? Sosa or Ebel?

 

 

I just got a weird visual of Sammy Sosa managing the Angels

 

[AngelsFaninGA]

It's not even the Navarro callup that bothers me, it 's the fact that Ibanez and Stewart continue to get regular starts in the middle of lineup despite being two of the worst hitters in the entire league (Ibanez in fact is dead last among all qualified players in avg). It simply defies logic.

[Docwaukee]

hmmm.  lots of outrage for a fairly outside the box move here.  The could have brought up boesch or shuck very easily but they decided to give a guy who's performed well enough in the minors a shot to show some of his stuff.  At least for a few games anyway.  Matt Long didn't do himself any favors and didn't deserve the call. 

 

Navarro has a career .372obp in AAA.  Write his name in and ask him to play hard for you.  Why the hell not.

[tdawg87]

So who made this lineup? Sosa or Ebel?

If they score 10 runs, Ebel did. If they get shutout, Scioscia did.

[NrM]

let's see . . 

 

useless DH over 40 hitting .146 batting cleanup? check

guy with career OBP of .316 in the leadoff spot? check

random scrub who will be automatic out in LF? check

washed-up 3B who was never good hitting in the middle of the order? check

 

yup, looks good to me.

Yet people still love Scioscia here. He's incompetent imo

[Chris]

So, we could play Green, Shuck, Boesch, or Ibanez in LF and we choose Navarro...ok

[2002_halos_II]

Matchups this series

Friday, 7 p.m.
RH Dustin McGowan (2-1, 4.80) vs. RH Garrett Richards (3-0, 2.84)


Saturday, 1 p.m.
LH J.A. Happ (1-0, 1.93) vs. LH Tyler Skaggs (2-1, 4.54)


Sunday, 1 p.m.
RH Jered Weaver (3-2, 3.48) vs. RH Drew Hutchison (1-2, 4.17)


Monday, 7 p.m.
LH C.J. Wilson (4-2, 3.21) vs. LH Mark Buehrle (6-1, 1.91)

 

I thought GR had a good chance for a win until I saw the lineup

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Wow, Buerhle having a good start this year.

[WallyWorld]

ugh, didn't realize this was a 4-gamer.  Toronto has been hitting the snot out of the ball at home recently, and the Angels seem to be in a little mini funk.  This could be an ugly series.

[CanadianHalo]

ugh, didn't realize this was a 4-gamer. Toronto has been hitting the snot out of the ball at home recently, and the Angels seem to be in a little mini funk. This could be an ugly series.

Yep. My brother sitting here telling me about how good their O has been last few days.

We miss Dickey this series but when Toronto is playing well they're tough to beat at home.

[Chimi]

I can't wait until our regulars get back because I'm starting to get tired of seeing these lineups.

[Erstad Grit]

We need Hamilton back 

[WallyWorld]

today seems like it might have been a good day to roll the dice and put both Iannetta and Conger in the lineup.

 

Cowgill RF

Iannetta DH

Trout CF

Pujols 1B

Kendrick 2B

Conger C

Aybar SS

Navarro LF

McDonald 3B

 

Probably what I would have done. Not saying it's pretty, but I just don't get the logic behind today's lineup.

[YouthofToday]

Holy overreact here.

[HaloNation]

ibanez hitting clean up...

 

 

[Stradling]

So who made this lineup? Sosa or Ebel?

I don't think Sammy Sosa made the line up

[Broad Street]

Teams that want to go far need adversity. Builds team character.

[nate]

Lol in a 162 game season every team faces adversity.  It takes good leadership and depth to persevere.

[Broad Street]

Lol in a 162 game season every team faces adversity. It takes good leadership and depth to persevere.

trololololol!!!!

[stormngt]

Is Long on 40 man roster? Maybe that was the reason....just speculation.

Well, because he's been up before. That puts him ahead of Long in Sosh's book.

[rageous]

This is what happens when your minor league system is the worst in the majors.

[stormngt]

If I am not mistaken isn't it Dipoto's decision to bring Navarro over Long.

I get that Sosh doesn't have a lot of choice right now. Green's finger is still bugging him I guess and Hamilton and Calhoun are down. But I just don't see how McDonald can be worse than Stewart nor do I see any justification for a clear career AAA like Navarro getting the call over Long.

[stormngt]

Again your blaming Sosh over Dipoto's decision.

What in the name of God? Ibanez is 6 for his last 57 batting .105/.177/.175 in that span, simply pathetic. That must make him the ideal cleanup hitter.

And now Efren Navarro is up after sending down Maronde? Why the eff do we need him? CALL UP ONE OF THE PEN ARMS YOU DUNCES.

I'm more than ready for this team to move on from Sosh.