GDT 8/10/14 RedSox @ Angels

[2002_halos_II]

RF

Brock Holt (L)

2B

Dustin Pedroia ®

LF

Yoenis Cespedes ®

DH

Mike Napoli ®

1B

Kelly Johnson (L)

SS

Xander Bogaerts ®

3B

W. Middlebrooks ®

CF

Jackie Bradley (L)

C

Dan Butler ®

 

RF

 Kole Calhoun (L)

CF

 Mike Trout ®

DH

 Albert Pujols ®

SS

 Erick Aybar (S)

2B

 Howie Kendrick ®

3B

 David Freese ®

1B

 Efren Navarro (L)

C

 Chris Iannetta ®

LF

 Collin Cowgill ®

 

BOS: Rubby De La Rosa ®  (3-4, 3.43)

LAA: Hector Santiago (L)  (3-7, 3.84)

 

[Streetkid]

No Hamilton?

[WallyWorld]

Aybar in the clean up spot. Glorious.

[Blarg]

I had a feeling a benching was coming for Hamilton but putting Aybar hitting 4th is silly. 

[Stradling]

Especially since we are benching Hamilton for being ineffective lately, and Aybar has been equally bad since the break.

[Sherlock31]

Lol @ benching

 

Nah, Sosh just want to give Hamilton a rest, since they played 19 innings last night, it's also why Pujols is DH today.

[WallyWorld]

Can't make up my mind which I hate seeing more - Aybar in the lead off spot or clean-up. Scioscia sees a player in Aybar that I don't believe exists in reality.

Edited August 10, 2014 by WallyWorld

[Stradling]

Lol @ benching

Nah, Sosh just want to give Hamilton a rest, since they played 19 innings last night, it's also why Pujols is DH today.

Yea, I hate the term benching. But after last night he certainly was going to be given today off. If he was 3-7 last night with say one strike out, then he would have played today, regardless of how long last nights game went.

[Stradling]

Can't make up my mind which I hate seeing more - Aybar in the lead off spot or clean-up. Scioscia sees a player in Aybar that I don't believe exists in reality.

If we are talking about the best version of Aybar, then I still don't see him being good in either of those spots in the line up. But you have to admit, he does have that ability to slap the ball around and hits a fair amount of doubles.

[WallyWorld]

If we are talking about the best version of Aybar, then I still don't see him being good in either of those spots in the line up. But you have to admit, he does have that ability to slap the ball around and hits a fair amount of doubles.

And sees very few pitches and never walks. Prototypical bottom of the lineup hitter.

[Stradling]

And sees very few pitches and never walks. Prototypical bottom of the lineup hitter.

Yep, in another thread I suggested Ianetta for that spot.

[WallyWorld]

Yep, in another thread I suggested Ianetta for that spot.

Yeah wouldn't be a bad idea. I'd probably go with Calhoun and Shuck/Cowgill 1-2, then Trout, then Pujols. Maybe Iannetta, Kendrick, Aybar and so on. Something like that.

I just don't get putting Aybar in the top half of the order, particularly when he's slumping like this.

[ItzTacosYerrp]

Closed door meeting got heated???

Lol jk no one on this team has a pair

[Jason]

No matter the line up it won't make them worse.

[Jason]

Yeah wouldn't be a bad idea. I'd probably go with Calhoun and Shuck/Cowgill 1-2, then Trout, then Pujols. Maybe Iannetta, Kendrick, Aybar and so on. Something like that.

I just don't get putting Aybar in the top half of the order, particularly when he's slumping like this.

Don't they usually have a stiff hitting clean up?

[Stradling]

I like the Calhoun and Trout 1-2. So I would go with this (slight change to my last one)

Calhoun

Trout

Albert

Ianetta

Efren

Howie

Cowgill

Freese

Aybar

[Glen]

I have no statistical evidence to back this up, but it seems like Aybar does better in the lower third of the lineup.  Putting him fourth is just dumb.  But didn't Scioscia use Izturis as a clean-up hitter a few times?

[WallyWorld]

I like the Calhoun and Trout 1-2. So I would go with this (slight change to my last one)

Calhoun

Trout

Albert

Ianetta

Efren

Howie

Cowgill

Freese

Aybar

I'd be happy with that.

[Sherlock31]

No matter the line up it won't make them worse.

Maybe from 2 runs a game to 0 runs?

[Ohtaniland]

If we can't beat a guy named Rubby then I question the heart of this team.

[laagamer]

Hamilton's last 10 games:

 

44 AB

4 R

6 H

2 HR

3 RBI

1 BB
18 K

.136 AVG

 

SOB

[eligrba]

Hamilton's last 10 games:

 

44 AB

4 R

6 H

2 HR

3 RBI

1 BB

18 K

.136 AVG

 

SOB

 

Surprised he was doing that well.....seriously.

[Redondo]

I had a feeling a benching was coming for Hamilton but putting Aybar hitting 4th is silly. 

 

Agree

[The God of Runs]

We can win

[bloodbrother]

I had a feeling a benching was coming for Hamilton but putting Aybar hitting 4th is silly. 

 

Yeah, Aybar's been just as bad, probably even worse, since the break