Lead off hitter

[WeatherWonk]

5 hours ago, Stradling said:

Yea I like this train of thought as well.  I'm just a little more a fan of having speed at the #9 spot. I don't know the stats but it would make sense that the #9 hitter comes up with more outs than most spots in the line up.  I believe speed extends innings and if it extends it to the top of the line up, let's just say that's a good thing.  That's why I prefer to flip flop Escobar and Maybin/Revere.  

Why have a slow guy right in front of Trout?

I'd rather have him two removed, so that he has a better chance of advancing a base and scoring from second on a single, rather than trying to score on a double by Trout. And if he is only one base ahead of Trout, he limits Trout's speed.

[Stradling]

2 hours ago, WeatherWonk said:

Why have a slow guy right in front of Trout?

I'd rather have him two removed, so that he has a better chance of advancing a base and scoring from second on a single, rather than trying to score on a double by Trout. And if he is only one base ahead of Trout, he limits Trout's speed.

It's more about putting a guy up before Trout that has a high OBP.  Also Trout gets a ton of doubles, so he is more likely to score on a double.  Now if Maybin shows that his OBP from last year wasn't a fluke then there is a lot more validity to having Maybin lead off.  

[AngelsLakersFan]

Escobar is about 6 runs below average on the bases so there is some merit to the idea that he isn't as good of a run scorer as we might like to think.

[Troll Daddy]

We will see many lineups throughout the year. Ben Revere will get his fair share of AB's. 

 

[totdprods]

10 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

We will see many lineups throughout the year. Ben Revere will get his fair share of AB's. 

If he returns to form, many different options can come into play.

[Troll Daddy]

1 hour ago, totdprods said:

If he returns to form, many different options can come into play.

Has there even been a time when Trout/Pujols ever been separated in the lineup when both are in the game?

[Angelsfan1984]

2 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Has there even been a time when Trout/Pujols ever been separated in the lineup when both are in the game?

Trout led off while Pujols batted third for much of his first full season.

[Angelsfan1984]

I'm expecting to see something like this:

 

Maybin/Revere

Escobar

Trout

Pujols

Calhoun

Cron

Espinoza

Simmons

Perez

 

 

[Troll Daddy]

Perez kind of kills a pretty good lineup

[Angelsfan1984]

14 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Perez kind of kills a pretty good lineup

I agree...we'd be better off batting the pitcher lol!

[tdawg87]

People keep forgetting we traded for Maldonado. He'll likely get the bulk of the playing time, unless Wieters is signed.

[Angelsfan1984]

17 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

People keep forgetting we traded for Maldonado. He'll likely get the bulk of the playing time, unless Wieters is signed.

We also needed a backup after getting rid of Bandy

[totdprods]

2 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

We also needed a backup after getting rid of Bandy

And depth. If Perez is our catcher in AAA if Wieters is signed it's not a bad thing.

[Angelsfan1984]

52 minutes ago, totdprods said:

And depth. If Perez is our catcher in AAA if Wieters is signed it's not a bad thing.

that would be fine with me,  but I think Wieters days of playing an effective catcher might be behind him.

[totdprods]

8 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

that would be fine with me,  but I think Wieters days of playing an effective catcher might be behind him.

He could probably get a lions share for another year, maybe two, but yes, I see him being more of a 1B/DH/bench guy who is capable of catching within a year or two. 

I wouldn't go more than two years - he'd have to be willing to take Jason Castro money for me to go three.