Howie Kendrick : Most unclutch player ever?

[DropOfAnaheim]

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I believe that Vernon Wells might lay a claim to that title. Even now, with him hitting well with the Yankees, his hits don't come at opportune times. I saw a home run of his on Sports Center last week - a solo shot with the Yankees up 8-3. I had to chuckle. Same old Vernon - and I seriously doubt that he hits like this all season.

[Blarg]

To be honest it was just a fire Maddon thread, the participants made the silly comparison to Scioscia. After this weekend maybe there should be a Fire Leyland thread.

 

Almost as silly as the one time some guy posted a Maddon&Rays v Scioscia&Angels comparison

[ineedanap]

Pujols popped out with Trout on 2nd and no outs. Clutch.

 

Same pitch, too.

[Brent Maguire]

Angels cant win a world series with a player who is terrible at situational hitting and folds under pressure like kendrick.

 

If we wanna win, we gotta trade kendrick and put callaspo at 2nd,  kendrick is just not a championship caliber player...he belongs on a team of losers like the astros.

Lol perfect

[ineedanap]

He can't lay off anything low and away.  Never gonna be anything more than average because of it.

 

PS Back up off my handle son.  I own the Quinlan rhyming.

 

Yeah, its pretty maddening. Especially when you consider how good of a hitter he is. He can put the barrel of the bat on some tough pitches. 

 

Just can't not swing at that low and away breaking ball. I will say Hamilton is worse, though.

[deepdrive]

The funniest thing I've seen this season was a few games back when Kendrick was intentionally walked with the game on the line. The next guy up gets a hit (I think a walk off) and we win.

I too would trade Kendrick and put Callaspo at second.

[Jay]

Napoli was notorious around here for his anti-clutchiness. There were just an odd number of posters who rode his jock.

 

haha

[Jimmag]

He has his bad moments and that is what most remember. There were also two batters in front of him that did not deliver.

Howie is a good 2nd baseman and that is fine. You cannot have an all-star at every position.

 

signed.

QuinlansMiddling

[BleedRed]

He has his bad moments and that is what most remember. There were also two batters in front of him that did not deliver.

Howie is a good 2nd baseman and that is fine. You cannot have an all-star at every position.

 

signed.

QuinlansMiddling

 Agree...he is just your average 2nd baseman in the Bigs...problem is all those expectations that he would be a batting champion someday. As for Callaspo, I'd rather keep Lucho at third, but Mike won't ever do this.

[gurn67]

Not that I'm comparing the two, because Erstad was a much better all around player, but the only thing that kept Erstad from becoming a truly great player was he couldn't lay off that low inside slider from righties. The only year he was able to do it was 2000 and the results were obvious.

[Angel Oracle]

Moccasin brought up a good point.

Platoon Kendrick when Aybar and Callaspo returns.

[QuinlansMinion]

If we accept the fact that were going to have a garbage 2nd basemen, why bat him behind Trumbo?  Kendrick should be hitting 8th.

[T.G.]

I call Howie - Mr. Yips... and a friend of mine dubbed him Mr. March.  Both are appropriate, IMO - but there are far worse 2B out there for sure.

[AZMike]

If we accept the fact that were going to have a garbage 2nd basemen, why bat him behind Trumbo?  Kendrick should be hitting 8th.

 

Bourjos

Trout

Hamilton

Pujols

Trumbo

Callaspo

Iannetta

Kendrick

Aybar

 

?

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Thanks Howie!

[Lifetime]

Unclutchiness

[Blarg]

This thread is not clutch.

[Wallerrrr]

Howie totally skus

[gurn67]

Great hit! But, I'd still like to see him do that once in a while late in a tight game.

[Lifetime]

Ya because earlier in a tight game is less clutchy

[Blarg]

If Kendrick doesn't make that hit no one scores that inning.

[Jimmag]

Mr unclutch did a power shift.

[moccasin]

He always crushes LHP, no surprise here. The problem is right handers that throw sliders. Unfortunately, most pitchers these days throw sliders.

[Marsaka]

I'd like to see him to do it more than once before I consider him unclutch lol, you people are ridiculous.  

 

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