Aybar doesn't look good - DL stint possible

[kevinb]

Per Mike DiGiovanna

Erick Aybar said left heel hurts more today than yesterday. Still waiting MRI and X-Ray results. Doesn't look good. 

 

Nooooo! Aybar gets a lot of crap from a lot of this board for boneheaded plays. But he is my favorite Angels player. I love the way he plays like a kid goofs around and always has a smile on his face. He is usually really clutch and I think he is a part of the glue that holds this team together with his tremendous D and attitude. Please don't be hurt for longer than a day or two. 

[tdawg87]

All-star break

 

2015

[Jay]

He really puts the BAR in Aybar

[Oz27]

It's especially worrying when our backup is somebody with a 0.0 WAR after 489 MLB games, lost all ability to hit between 2009 and 2012 (and probably only regained it last year from playing at altitude) and sucks defensively.

[shellback]

more patron! thish stuff whelly heps!

[Blarg]

Aybar not looking good is really not a topic of conversation.

[Chuck]

Hmmmm, this really sucks.

 

I suffered the same injury landing hard on my heel playing in a competitive mens softball league 6 years ago playing on Microsoft's team.

 

It hurt like hell, turned out I fractured my heel and was out or a long time. I hope that's not what Aybar has. I really hope it's just a bruise on his heel, but even those can take up to two weeks to heel. 

[Marsaka]

It's especially worrying when our backup is somebody with a 0.0 WAR after 489 MLB games, lost all ability to hit between 2009 and 2012 (and probably only regained it last year from playing at altitude) and sucks defensively.

Who?  why do you use somebody instead of an actual name?    Harris?  Romine?

 

Aybar is a terrible situational hitter, the team needs more players that bring intangibles not strikeouts and errors with the game on the line.   I wanna see what somebody can do.

[Lhalo]

Well that's just great. iBar kills it in the WBC and then breaks down in the show. The life of an Angels fan continues.

[kevinb]

Well that's just great. iBar kills it in the WBC and then breaks down in the show. The life of an Angels fan continues.

He was killing it for us as well. He beat out that choppy single to second.

[Lhalo]

Who? why do you use somebody instead of an actual name? Harris? Romine?

Aybar is a terrible situational hitter, the team needs more players that bring intangibles not strikeouts and errors with the game on the line. I wanna see what somebody can do.

He's one of the best defensive shortstops in the game. His injury does not help this club.

[JAHV76]

Would they call up Jimenez?

[kevinb]

Who?  why do you use somebody instead of an actual name?    Harris?  Romine?

 

Aybar is a terrible situational hitter, the team needs more players that bring intangibles not strikeouts and errors with the game on the line.   I wanna see what somebody can do.

More grit? Aybar is one of the top three short stops in the game.

[jshep]

He's one of the best defensive shortstops in the game. His injury does not help this club.

 

And Andrew Romine and Brendan Harris are what they are.

 

One of them playing instead of Aybar is less than ideal.

[Jay]

Just imagine how good he would be if he wasn't hung over

[The Dude]

Not cool. Lets hope he's back soon.

 

Until then,

 

Welcome to the starting lineup Brendan Harris. Not expecting much with the bat, but he glove is passable.

[Jay]

Harris can bunt better than Aybar

[bloodbrother]

7 games in and the team already loses its ace for at least a month and now loses it's SS for who knows how long. Team can't catch a freakin break(no pun intended)

[Blarg]

No Jay, he can't. If he could maybe he would have played a game in the majors the last two years. He doesn't provide much for defense, he can't run fast or steal bases and was at best a .260 hitter. This is a bench utility player and no where near Aybar's talent level.

[xboom28x]

There are two positions that this team cannot recover from, SS and 3B (I know Callaspo isn't all that but his replacement is actually worse.)

 

That Greinke trade looks real crappy now. (I know its hindsight)

[HaloFan85]

Aybar is a terrible situational hitter, the team needs more players that bring intangibles not strikeouts and errors with the game on the line.

He's one of the better situational hitters in baseball.

[yk9001]

Harris can bunt better than Aybar

 

"You can never have too much bunting." - No major league organization, except the Angels.

[WallyWorld]

actually, Aybar being a good bunter is a myth.  Even Terry Smith one day during spring training, said that Aybar's percentage of successful sacrifice bunts was well below league average.  

 

The thing we'll miss the most about Aybar, if it is in fact an extended absence, is his defense.

[bloodbrother]

William Boor ‏@wboor 10m

"We are going to have to take a couple days…If it's not making significant progress obviously then we will look at the DL" Scioscia on Aybar

[jsnpritchett]

Really?  Looking at the stats, it seems to me like he's pretty brutal with the glove, actually.

 

Not cool. Lets hope he's back soon.

 

Until then,

 

Welcome to the starting lineup Brendan Harris. Not expecting much with the bat, but he glove is passable.