The **** was Aybar hitting 4th for

[NrM]

Dude has been awful.

 

He can't get on base or hit for power...wtf man

Edited August 10, 2014 by Poozy

[Mark68]

Neither can the rest of the team. For the last 23 games, it really hasn't mattered.

[NrM]

Neither can the rest of the team. For the last 23 games, it really hasn't mattered.

 

But why aybar 4th? He has literally been the worst hitter on the team.

Since July 1st he's hitting .226/.264/.263 .527 OPS

over the last 28 days he's batting .195/.244/.234 .478 OPS

 

The 4th position in the order is arguably the most important 

[tennischmp]

Who else? Freese? Kendrick? Hamilton?

[Mark68]

Iannetta would be a good choice...but it doesn't really matter.

[YESWECAN]

Scioscia reminds me more and more of "The Little General" (Gene Mauch for those who don't recall) and how he manipulated day-to-day lineups.

More often than not it seemed to negatively impact the outcome offensively and defensively.

[NrM]

Who else? Freese? Kendrick? Hamilton?

 

Anyone but aybar at this point..

 

last 28 days

freese .710 OPS

Kendrick .620 OPS

Hamilton .612 OPS

Iannetta .644 OPS

Aybar .478 OPS

 

Yikes.. I can't remember the last time the Angels offense struggled this much over a month.

Edited August 10, 2014 by Poozy

[Frieri Meatball]

The best lineup would have Trout hitting 3rd and Pujols 4th. But the team doesnt want to hurt Pujols feelings so it wont happen.

[Adios]

The Angels go as the big 3 go.  If Pujols, Hamilton and Trout dont produce we are dead in the water. 

Edited August 10, 2014 by The Ghost of Vernon Wells

[UndertheHalo]

.478 OPS, thats some impressive dedication to being terrible.

[70runner]

Scioscia needed to shake up this lineup...woefully bad since the ASB.  Though I believe it had a lot more to do with pathetic Hamilton than shakeup.  Move Aybar to #2, Trout, Pujols, Kendrick, and (if you must play him) Hamilton.  Or try Navarro in the 2nd slot.  Gotta get guys on in front of Trout.  Pujols (GIDP) and Hamilton (SO) together end up being the big black hole in the lineup too often.

[ten ocho recon scout]

For right now at least, id move iannetta up. Hes by no means a long term solution, but hes got the on base skills and has some gap pop. Freese 5th and hamilton 6th after that maybe?

[YouthofToday]

The best lineup would have Trout hitting 3rd and Pujols 4th. But the team doesnt want to hurt Pujols feelings so it wont happen.

You want your best hitter hitting 2nd...

[WallyWorld]

Ice cold slap hitter in the clean up spot. Can't believe that didn't work out.

[Hollyw00d]

Aybar could be playing hurt. He was having a very good year until the groin issue, and then he might have injured his finger while trying to steal and is playing through it.

[Fresh Catch Trout]

Whole lineup needs different construction. Trout is a three hole, obviously. Pujols can hit clean up or where ever. He's not a three anymore. They won't change it but it would make us better instantly, trout creates more runs.

[70runner]

You want your best hitter hitting 2nd...

 

sure, so I guess Detroit (Cabrera), White Sox (Abreu), Seattle (Cano), Toronto (Bautista) need you to explain it to them

 

Trout should be hitting 3rd, maybe get 2 guys on base with Trout up before the black hole (Pujols & Hamilton) in the lineup

[Hollyw00d]

Pujols has been ok this year. Slightly above average. Hamilton is the real problem

[CaliAngel]

Atleast he wasn't at the leadoff spot.

[QuinlansMinion]

Did you know Aybar leads the AL in RBI for shortstops?  Maybe.

[JoJo26]

Aybar has 9 hits in his last 55 at bats...that's one sixty four.

 

Freese is actually hitting .311 in that same span of 2 weeks.

 

Little Ericka Aybar should have been traded long ago, but Uncle Arte likes him, despite his insistence on squaring around to bunt at least once a game...even though he can't bunt worth crap.

[ten ocho recon scout]

^the key to trolling is to be subtle

[mulwin444]

Aybar should bat nowhere past 7th in a normal line-up. He's got nice pop for a middle infielder but the dude is an out machine. Oh, and in regards to the RBI:

RISP: .252 .292 OBP .682 OPS

RISP 2/outs: .207 .246 OBP .556 OPS

Those are some ugly numbers with RISP...it takes a lot of outs to get that many RBI.

Howie, suprisingly, has been a much better option despite his propensity for the rally-killing DP:

RISP: .291 .359 OBP .753 OPS

RISP 2/outs: .209 .284 OBP .583 OPS

A bigger issue is Mr Poo-holes:

RISP: .225 .310 OBP .628 OPS

RSIP 2/outs: .167 .327 OBP .541 OPS

Calhoun and Trout are really good at getting on base and two guys behind him (Pujols, Aybar) make a ton of outs. Hamilton has actually done pretty well when runners have been on base (RISP .286/.356/.759 and RSIP 2/outs .241/.333/.747).

The problem with the our line-up is that we don't have a Calhoun (RISP .288/.348/.890) and Trout (.322/.420/1.064) to knock Calhoun and Trout in once they get on base.

Edited August 11, 2014 by mulwin444

[yk9001]

Thread title needs some work.

[Stradling]

Thread needs some work.