Grant Green down. Cory Rasmus up.

[Ohtaniland]

Should we cut Cowgill then?

 

 

No I said for this game only. I just don't see the urgent need to bring up Rasmus.

[Ohtaniland]

I'm not defending sending him down. I'm just saying he's not in competition for playing time with Ibanez. Where would you like him to play? 

 

Somewhere in MLB and not in AAA. Ibanez should have been DFA'd by now.

[arch stanton]

Somewhere in MLB and not in AAA. Ibanez should have been DFA'd by now.

My scorecard doesn't show where the "somewhere" lines up on defense. Still not in competition for ABs with Ibanez. That honor goes to Cron and to a lesser extent Navarro.

[AngelStew43]

This team has done the vet DH thing for years. Ibanez, Dave Parker, etc.  DiPoto, Scioscia, and all the other Angels management just need to face facts.  Ibanez is DONE.  Cron should have ALL of the DH at bats, and the Angels are a better team with Green on the bench over Ibanez. 

[stevestevens]

A favorable matchup for Ibanez is a pitcher who can't strikeout anybody who also happens to have 8 defenders in the field with no arms.

The problem is that favorable matchup does not exist

Alden GonzalezVerified account ‏@Alden_Gonzalez

Green gave the #Angels lots of versatility, but Cron can DH almost every day, unless matchup favors Ibanez, and occasionally spell Pujols.

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I'm genuinely curious what matchups favor Ibanez at this point.

[Ohtaniland]

This team has done the vet DH thing for years. Ibanez, Dave Parker, etc.  DiPoto, Scioscia, and all the other Angels management just need to face facts.  Ibanez is DONE.  Cron should have ALL of the DH at bats, and the Angels are a better team with Green on the bench over Ibanez. 

 

Exactly my sentiment.

[bloodbrother]

 

A favorable matchup for Ibanez is a pitcher who can't strikeout anybody who also happens to have 8 defenders in the field with no arms.

The problem is that favorable matchup does not exist

Alden GonzalezVerified account ‏@Alden_Gonzalez

Green gave the #Angels lots of versatility, but Cron can DH almost every day, unless matchup favors Ibanez, and occasionally spell Pujols.

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I'm genuinely curious what matchups favor Ibanez at this point.

 

 

Career BA of .383 against John Lackey!

 

Only batted .273 vs Joe Blanton, though

[Don]

I now realize that Scioscia and DiPoto are committed to getting Ibanez 450 ABs this year, provided that Raul still has limbs. Maybe we can just try to convince Raul to retire?

[Jason]

I'm almost hoping Ibanez gets hurt

I never wish injury on someone but I see why you feel that way. I thought that Dipoto and Scioscia's jobs were to put the best team out there in order to win? This is not what's happening. It is perplexing as Ibanez brings nothing to the table.

[Guest]

Whoever decided to send Green down should be fired. Truly ridiculous.

[Guest]

They should also probably send down CJ Cron once Ian Stewart returns.

[YouthofToday]

So we have two position players on the 25 man who can play DH with defensive competence. Interesting.

[HaloNation]

lol @ this move...

 

 

 

[Glen]

Green down, Rasmus up. That's the way this team gets ****ed.

[bloodbrother]

Another option was to release Ibanez, who signed an incentive-laden $2.5 million contract in the winter and is batting .143/.249/.259 more than two months into the season. But the Angels will continue to be patient with the 42-year-old left-handed hitter, who can at the very least serve as a valuable late-game pinch-hitter if he's right.

Scioscia said "there's going to be plenty of righties" against whom Ibanez will start at DH, but the Angels will face an opposing lefty in three of their next four games, including Chris Sale on Saturday. Cron figures to get the majority of the at-bats at DH moving forward, but Scioscia wouldn't commit to that.

"I don't think it's much different than we've talked about," he said. "When a guy is performing well, obviously he's going to get more looks. And when a guy is struggling, maybe you take him off that horse for a little bit to let him catch his breath. That's kind of where we're at right now."

 

 

Lol

[Glen]

Using Scioscia's own words in that last paragraph, Green should still be on the team and starting over Ibanez. I don't think those words mean what he thinks they mean.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Just saw this.

Baffled.

[Fregosi2Knoop]

Good player down, bad player up.

That's what pretenders do.

[Halo4life714]

Lol..Sosh and his clever little quotes. Gotta love it!!

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Ibanez is too old to be riding the horse. It's painful to watch Ibanez trying to ride the horse.

[stormngt]

Than i stand corrected. I sometimes confuse your comments with Homebrewer

No I never said that they should play Calhoun. I said that Calhoun may be a tweener if you remember right.

[Skankhunt42]

You guys are all missing the clues that are keeping Ibanez in the line up.

He was drafted when pagers were exploding in popularity for people in their teens and twenties which was also the time when scioscia's fondness for baked ziti was growing.

At the same time, a scientist at Johns Hopkins university began to develop codes that could relay an entire message with only a few numbers. One of these such codes was 143 aka I Love You.

Scioscia's love for baked ziti began to grow and he would often send a page to himself every time he devoured a plate of delicious pasta. This page was none but the famous 143.

Fast forward 19 years and we have the answer to Ibanez getting every day playing time. Ibanez is batting 143 and 143 just so happens to ring a bell in scioscia's head, bringing back fond memories for him and that delicious pasta.

Ibanez's rookie year, pagers, ziti, and 143 are all brought together to produce a love from coach to player that cannot and will not ever be broken.

[ten ocho recon scout]

^well done

[tennischmp]

I never wish injury on someone but I see why you feel that way. I thought that Dipoto and Scioscia's jobs were to put the best team out there in order to win? This is not what's happening. It is perplexing as Ibanez brings nothing to the table.

Agreed. Seems like the only way Ibanez stops getting starts is if he is hurt.

[Ohtaniland]

You guys are all missing the clues that are keeping Ibanez in the line up.

He was drafted when pagers were exploding in popularity for people in their teens and twenties which was also the time when scioscia's fondness for baked ziti was growing.

At the same time, a scientist at Johns Hopkins university began to develop codes that could relay an entire message with only a few numbers. One of these such codes was 143 aka I Love You.

Scioscia's love for baked ziti began to grow and he would often send a page to himself every time he devoured a plate of delicious pasta. This page was none but the famous 143.

Fast forward 19 years and we have the answer to Ibanez getting every day playing time. Ibanez is batting 143 and 143 just so happens to ring a bell in scioscia's head, bringing back fond memories for him and that delicious pasta.

Ibanez's rookie year, pagers, ziti, and 143 are all brought together to produce a love from coach to player that cannot and will not ever be broken.

Finally an explaination for all this madness. Nice!