Andrelton Simmons is "saving the hits for later"

[tomsred]

I think saving the hits for later is a great strategy. Now let's just see if he can execute it.

 

By the time you find out it will be too late.

[Oz27]

This thread is going to get bumped repeatedly.

[Amazing Larry]

He meant for when he gets home to his girlfriend/wife.

 

That's why I like the Miguel Cabrera types. They can pack a punch both on and off the field.

[Taylor]

"Saving the hits for later" sounds like a Scioscia-ism. 

[IEAngelsfan]

that sounds like something you'd hear on Dr. Oz

Or a late night infomercial with an attractive woman.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Simmons has a BA. it's .111 after first AB today. He is 1 for 9 over all.

[eaterfan]

Well I guess that's one less hit in the regular season. 

[AngelsFaninGA]

He's a career .250 hitter, which means he's gonna hit .450 when he's 38. 

[Sciosciapath]

Should have known it wasn't going to go TOO WELL.  Wasn't this the guy who set it as a goal or accomplishment to hit .270 this year? Or was it .280

[arch stanton]

Note to Simmons:

 

Please be sure to include a sarcasm tag with your tongue-in-cheek comments so the stick-up-the-ass crowd knows to move on to the next disaster. Thanks in advance

[Billy_Ball]

Should have known it wasn't going to go TOO WELL.  Wasn't this the guy who set it as a goal or accomplishment to hit .270 this year? Or was it .280

 

Yeah, he said in an interview last week that he was aiming for .280.  He said he wants to have a lot of RBIs, but he'll let Mike Trout and Albert Pujols take care of that.

[Troll Daddy]

He's a contact hitter ... he'll put the ball in play. His strikeout rate is only around 9-10 %. I have no worries about him at the plate. Sometimes the ball finds a hole and sometimes not.

He has the ability to hit for power if he wants to ... not sure that's his game.

[itsTroutahere]

Simmons has been working on one particular part of his swing and trying to carry it over from Tee to batter box is not an easy thing to do, once he finds his feel he will be just fine.  So his meaning of saving hits for later this spring holds true, he will let his swing flow after he feels more comfortable. Though I have been very impressed with his work ethic, his work using a Tee side by side with Pujols was awesome (I could have watched that all day) and his batting practice had some difficulties as he was only trying to hit the ball the other way.  I feel once he lets loose and feels when he can pull it and when to hit the other way the hits will return but we cannot expect him to be a .270 hitter.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Well I guess that's one less hit in the regular season. 

 

I swear if he loses game 7 of the WS by not getting a hit in the bottom of the 9th I will never forgive him!

[linedriver]

We desperately needed offense and they trade our only prospects for a guy who can't hit his way out of a paper bag.  Expect lots of boring low scoring games.....

[Jason]

All of the threads lately are depressing

[eaterfan]

We desperately needed offense and they trade our only prospects for a guy who can't hit his way out of a paper bag.  Expect lots of boring low scoring games.....

 

Don't worry, neither of them could hit worth a damn either.

[Billy_Ball]

We desperately needed offense and they trade our only prospects for a guy who can't hit his way out of a paper bag.  Expect lots of boring low scoring games.....

 

...so a guy who's career BA is .256 and has only 184 Ks in 2,000 career PAs can't hit his way out of a paper bag?   Coupled with his amazing defense, anything better than that is gravy.  Look at his 15.2 career dWAR.  Plus he's only 26.

[arch stanton]

We desperately needed offense and they trade our only prospects for a guy who can't hit his way out of a paper bag.  Expect lots of boring low scoring games.....

We moved past whining about that trade 6 weeks ago. I guess you missed the memo.

[Blarg]

We desperately needed offense and they trade our only prospects for a guy who can't hit his way out of a paper bag.  Expect lots of boring low scoring games.....

 

The Angels scored 13 runs today.

 

 

Boring,

[RallyPanda]

If Simmons can hit .250 - .270 we should be thrilled with that. Dude isn't exactly known for his bat.

[ABC]

Spring Stats: 

.188 .188 .188 .375

[ABC]

Baldoquin: 

.375 .333 .625 .958

[ABC]

Aybar: 

.350 .381 .450 .831

[stormngt]

Since when does spring training stats mean anything?