Calhoun

[Lou]

why is it that he seems to get a free pass?

in his last 30 games

:

.226 BA

.274 OBP

.330 SLG

.604 OPS

Since May 1st he's batting .247

[Stradling]

Because Scioscia is stupid and bats him clean up. I think that covers it for the peanut gallery.

[mancini79]

His D has been fantastic. Plus he's not getting paid $5m+ per year.

[Glen]

I think Stradling nailed it, but yeah, he's been brutal lately. Needs to go back to leading off to see if that helps.

[Blarg]

Calhoun sucks and should retire.

Worked for Pujols.

[Stradling]

Yea he's affordable, homegrown, looks like he plays hard and makes diving catches.

[Angel Oracle]

Works for me, insert Kubitza into the 2 spot too, until he cools down.

Calhoun

Kubitza

Trout

Pujols

Freese

Aybar

Perez/Iannetta

LF Du Jour

Giovatella

Edited June 17, 2015 by Angel Oracle

[Stradling]

They probably won't go back to back lefties at the top, although I'm not against it.

[OregonLAA]

He's been rolling over everything lately and grounding out to 2nd base. Reminds me if Kotchman

[Mark68]

It's simple:

 

When compared to Iannetta/Joyce/Cron/every other scrub we've been trying not named Trout, Pujols, or Freese, he's still been the most productive player...even since May 1.

[Blarg]

Erstad. Lots of gritty groundout.

[Lou]

Yea he's affordable, homegrown, looks like he plays hard and makes diving catches.

and isn't producing

[Stradling]

I agree

[Chris]

after complaining about LF, DH, 2B, 3B, C, we run into complaint fatigue by the time we get to RF

[Chuck]

Because he has no soul. 

[HaloCory22]

Good thread. I was thinking about this the other day when reading the Calzone vs Calhooligans thread. Two groups battling over a pretty shitty player yet gets a pass because we have 2 or 3 even shittier players in the lineup. Hopefully getting him back to 1-2 in the lineup will help him but yeah.. He's been really bad. Sure he comes up with a clutch hit here and there but overall.. Yikes.

[beatlesrule]

Wasn't he batting .300 at the leadoff position? He's obviously more comfortable there. It's not his fault that Scioscia moved him.

[HaloCory22]

This is depressing as hell.

 

Since May 1st

 

Kole- .247/.303/.346

Johnny G- .244/.302/.326

Freese- .246/.308/.437

 

One third of our freaking lineup has essentially the same BA/OBP. That is terrible.

[HaloCory22]

I checked. Aybar and Joyce have almost the exact same lines too. 5 of our starters have an OBP between .302 and .310.

[Ohtaniland]

Good thread. I was thinking about this the other day when reading the Calzone vs Calhooligans thread. Two groups battling over a pretty shitty player yet gets a pass because we have 2 or 3 even shittier players in the lineup. Hopefully getting him back to 1-2 in the lineup will help him but yeah.. He's been really bad. Sure he comes up with a clutch hit here and there but overall.. Yikes.

Because the COWZONE sign in left field was an epic fail. The JOYSTICK sign wasn't any better.

Edited June 17, 2015 by CALZONE

[Blarg]

Joystick would have been awesome.

[tdawg87]

The Joystick sign should be held by the opposing team's catcher.

[Angelsjunky]

What is more concerning is that he's been pretty mediocre for about a year now.

 

2015: .268/.323/.391, 106 wRC+

2014 - July 25 to end of year: .252/.303/.401, 104 wRC+

 

Those numbers are disturbingly similar. Maybe it is time to re-evaluate our expectations? Kole might be no more or less than an average plus outfielder.

 

His numbers over the last calendar year might be more in line with what we should expect: .269/.322/.423, 18 HR. Or basically .270/.750 with 15-20 HR. That's pretty good but not a star.

[Mark68]

What is more concerning is that he's been pretty mediocre for about a year now.

 

2015: .268/.323/.391, 106 wRC+

2014 - July 25 to end of year: .252/.303/.401, 104 wRC+

 

Those numbers are disturbingly similar. Maybe it is time to re-evaluate our expectations? Kole might be no more or less than an average plus outfielder.

 

His numbers over the last calendar year might be more in line with what we should expect: .269/.322/.423, 18 HR. Or basically .270/.750 with 15-20 HR. That's pretty good but not a star.

I don't know of anyone who expected stardom from Calhoun.

[HaloCory22]

I don't know of anyone who expected stardom from Calhoun.

that's not even average though.