Gameday Thread: 8/13 @ Royals - Giavotella Leading Off

[Oz27]

Should it really surprise us that a lineup which has Giavotella up the top stinks?

[nando714]

Really, the Angels should win tonight. We have Richards on the mound and we're facing shitty righty Jeremy Guthrie. Have some faith guys.

Richards will give up 3 hrs

Guthrie 6ip 0er 3 h 1bb

KC bullpen to slam the door

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Giavotella will rake against his old team like Napoil does against us and will carry the team to a sweep.

[QuinlansMinion]

The Anges are actually favored to win this game according to Vegas.

[hen3ry]

The Anges are actually favored to win this game according to Vegas.

Gambler's fallacy.  "They've lost so many in a row that they have to win now."

[Hollyw00d]

LOLs vegas

[laagamer]

Perfect lineup IMO

[tdawg87]

Guthrie's last 4 starts: 23 IP, 20 ER, 40 H, 10 K, 7.83 ERA

 

Tonight's line: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 8 K, takes a no-hitter into the 5th.

Edited August 13, 2015 by tdawg87

[hen3ry]

Gotta love that -41 OPS+ from DeJesus.

 

How do you even get a negative OPS+ ? And 41 to boot!

 

Apparently it's possible.  -100 is the result of an OPS for a person who goes 0-for the season with no walks (usually pitchers).  

The formula is actually 100 * (OBP/lgOBP + SLG/lgSLG -1).

So if OBP and SLG are both zero, it reduces to 100 * (-1) = -100.

 

negative 41 is amazing, though.

 

With us, DeJesus has a .129 OBP and .069 SLG.  Terr'ble.

 

The league average are .314 and .404

 

100 * (.129/.314 + .069/.404 - 1)

100 * (0.411 + 0.171 - 1)

100 ( -0.418)

So yeah, -41 (or -42) before park adjustment.

 

And I thought it was "as low as you can go" when Iannetta's dropped to 1 earlier this year.  Hell, Featherston's got a positive 12.

[seenoevil]

I don't want to see Victorino or DeJesus lead off ever again , it's an automatic out at the top of the line up. ! I'm fine with Johnny G

[Sherlock31]

2hrs each from Butera and Morales,just like every others ex-angels

[Jason]

Guthrie's last 4 starts: 23 IP, 20 ER, 40 H, 10 K, 7.83 ERA

Tonight's line: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 8 K, takes a no-hitter into the 5th.

A run tonight?

[Chris]

I predict the Royals to sweep us and outscore us 40-4.

 

At least we scored.

[jsnpritchett]

Lineup change.  Aybar was scratched due to lower back tightness.

 

1. Johnny Giavotella ( R) 2B

2. Kole Calhoun (L) RF

3. Mike Trout ( R) CF

4. Albert Pujols ( R) 1B

5. David Murphy (L) DH

6. Conor Gillaspie (L) 3B

7. David DeJesus (L) LF

8. Carlos Perez ( R) C

9. Taylor Featherston ( R) SS

[Lhalo]

Season saved?

[Lhalo]

Perfect lineup IMO

 

 

 

Lineup change.  Aybar was scratched due to lower back tightness.

 

lol

[Ray McKigney]

A run tonight?

 

I'm hoping they go big and get 2!

[Angelsfirst]

So I'm assuming a 5 spot platoon between Freese and Murphy when Freese returns. That actually doesn't sound too bad. As long as Aybar doesn't bat higher than 7th, although I'm sure Sosh will find a way.

[Frank Selders]

Trout hitting .159 with 7 games with at I east 2 strike outs.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

we have twin lawn jockeys for middle infield.

[Ray McKigney]

Trout hitting .159 with 7 games with at I east 2 strike outs.

 

You could tell that his wrist was bothering him after he slid into third last night.

Edited August 13, 2015 by Ray McKigney

[Ray McKigney]

Apparently it's possible.  -100 is the result of an OPS for a person who goes 0-for the season with no walks (usually pitchers).  

The formula is actually 100 * (OBP/lgOBP + SLG/lgSLG -1).

So if OBP and SLG are both zero, it reduces to 100 * (-1) = -100.

 

negative 41 is amazing, though.

 

With us, DeJesus has a .129 OBP and .069 SLG.  Terr'ble.

 

The league average are .314 and .404

 

100 * (.129/.314 + .069/.404 - 1)

100 * (0.411 + 0.171 - 1)

100 ( -0.418)

So yeah, -41 (or -42) before park adjustment.

 

And I thought it was "as low as you can go" when Iannetta's dropped to 1 earlier this year.  Hell, Featherston's got a positive 12.

 

The crazy thing about DeJesus is, when he is up to bat, he has a sliding glove in his back pocket. So, I assume this means that he actually goes into the at-bat with the intention of getting on base. Though his numbers would state otherwise.

Edited August 13, 2015 by Ray McKigney

[Oz27]

Oh goody, more Featherston!

[HaloFan85]

I think Giavotella should have to hit his way out of the lead-off spot at this point.  He had a 9 or 10 game hitting streak batting lead-off just prior to the trades and is currently hitting .326 for August, not to mention is still batting close to .400 in late & close situations.  Victorino and Dejesus don't belong anywhere near the lead-off spot.  They're better off hitting in the bottom third of the order.  I'd like to see Murphy be the everyday LFer as he's hit both righties and lefties well this season.  I'd also like to see Trout moved to the cleanup spot behind Pujols, at least for a few games, just to see if it creates better pitches for him to hit.  He's been slumping hard and only Trout can protect him, and at the same time possibly free up Trout to steal more bases.

[Frank Selders]

Guthrie will probably pitch his best game of the year.