Gameday Thread: 3/27 Angels @ Diamondbacks

[Robrock30]

Angels 
Lineup 3/27
1:10 PST

Angels

Jesse Chavez (R)

 

Diamondbacks

Shelby Miller (R)

 

1. Yunel Escobar (R) 3B

2. Kole Calhoun (L) RF

3. Mike Trout (R) CF

4. Albert Pujols (R) DH

5. Cameron Maybin (R) LF

6. C.J. Cron (R) 1B

7. Danny Espinosa (S) 2B

8. Nolan Fontana (L) SS

9. Martin Maldonado (R) C

 

1. A.J. Pollock (R) CF

2. Brandon Drury (R) 2B

3. Paul Goldschmidt (R) 1B

4. Jake Lamb (L) 3B

5. Chris Owings (R) RF

6. Daniel Descalso (L) LF

7. Chris Iannetta (R) C

8. Ketel Marte (S) SS

9. Shelby Miller (R) P

 

 

[ajax]

Where is Simba?

[Troll Daddy]

37 minutes ago, ajax said:

Where is Simba?

Good question ... I thought Fontana got sent down.

[Kenny]

I hope the weather is as good as it is now for opening week.  There's some sort of correlation between the weather and the need to watch baseball.  Even if I'm inside.

 

Looks like it'll be a bit warm, though.

[Troll Daddy]

Chavez mowing them down

Heaney on the mound

 

 

[Angel Oracle]

Are they trying to get Maybin extra at bats to exorcise the slump; and that's why he's hitting 5th instead of lower in the order, as he is not in any way a MOTO guy?

[JustATroutFan]

Albert hits way better with RISP than when no one is on base. Just drove in 2 more RBIs on a double.

 

And Maybin with a hit! Yes, Maybin! Finally, Chavez has pitched a dandy today. He looks like he might be in the starting rotation.

[Troll Daddy]

39 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Are they trying to get Maybin extra at bats to exorcise the slump; and that's why he's hitting 5th instead of lower in the order, as he is not in any way a MOTO guy?

Looks like Maybin will bat 5th when he's in the lineup. Haven't seen much of Ben Revere lately ... guessing he'll bat somewhere in front of Trout. 

[Chuck]

Chavez is winning me over. 

[totdprods]

12 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Chavez is winning me over. 

He's the perfect #5 to start the year. Effective enough to deliver results we need, but not so good or expensive that we couldn't bump him to the pen or trade him whenever a better, higher upside option emerges. 

 

[Angel Oracle]

28 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Looks like Maybin will bat 5th when he's in the lineup. Haven't seen much of Ben Revere lately ... guessing he'll bat somewhere in front of Trout. 

But why then would a speed guy without that much power be at the bottom of the MOTO in the lineup? 

[totdprods]

He's just hitting 5th to get more ABs, so I heard.

[Troll Daddy]

24 minutes ago, totdprods said:

He's just hitting 5th to get more ABs, so I heard.

That doesn't really make sense ... are you suggesting that Calhoun will bat elsewhere in the lineup?

[totdprods]

8 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

That doesn't really make sense ... are you suggesting that Calhoun will bat elsewhere in the lineup?

It's just for ST. The lineup looks like it will generally be Escobar, Calhoun, Trout, Pujols, Cron, Maybin, Espinosa, Catcher, Simmons. I could see 6-9 changing quite often though. But so far based off what they've been doing this spring Maybin seems like he'll hit later in the lineup. 

They just bumped him up a slot or two for the rest of spring so he gets an extra AB or two in a game.

[Troll Daddy]

Looks like Chavez solidified his spot in the rotation today. 

2.51 ST ERA

[CanadianHalo]

Gotta love Scioscia...

Maybin has done nothing to deserve a starting spot on opening day while Revere has done nothing but perform. 

Looks like we'll be playing catch up by mid April again

[totdprods]

2 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

Gotta love Scioscia...

Maybin has done nothing to deserve a starting spot on opening day while Revere has done nothing but perform. 

Looks like we'll be playing catch up by mid April again

Revere has only had one other spring where he produced at this level - and that was last spring, which prefaced his worst MLB season. 

I'll give Cameron at least a couple weeks before I start calling to switch them out. His gramps just died. 

[VariousCrap]

3 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Revere has only had one other spring where he produced at this level - and that was last spring, which prefaced his worst MLB season. 

 

 

In all fairness, he was injured most of last year, but I do agree, give Maybin a chance in April.  He has what it takes IMO.

 

 

 

[CanadianHalo]

13 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Revere has only had one other spring where he produced at this level - and that was last spring, which prefaced his worst MLB season. 

I'll give Cameron at least a couple weeks before I start calling to switch them out. His gramps just died. 

Revere also dealt with an injury last year which if I recall happened on opening day? 

Revere has been a very solid lead off hitter besides last season and hit over .300 the 3 years prior to last. Maybin hit over .300 for the first time last year but played less than 100 games.

We finally have a legit lead off hitter who also solves our LF problem and we're going to sit him for a guy whose career has basically been the opposite of Revere's the last 4 years?

There's just no way I can get behind this move. 

[Troll Daddy]

2 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

Revere also dealt with an injury last year which if I recall happened on opening day? 

Revere has been a very solid lead off hitter besides last season and hit over .300 the 3 years prior to last. Maybin hit over .300 for the first time last year but played less than 100 games.

We finally have a legit lead off hitter who also solves our LF problem and we're going to sit him for a guy whose career has basically been the opposite of Revere's the last 4 years?

There's just no way I can get behind this move. 

Don't blame the move or playing him on Scioscia ...  

[totdprods]

I'm pretty confident both of them are gonna be platooning before long. I like them both a lot. I'm just not gonna put much stock in ST numbers for either of them.

[Chuck]

6 minutes ago, totdprods said:

I'll give Cameron at least a couple weeks before I start calling to switch them out. His gramps just died. 

No excuses, right @CALZONE?

[Slegnaac]

2 hours ago, CanadianHalo said:

Gotta love Scioscia...

Maybin has done nothing to deserve a starting spot on opening day while Revere has done nothing but perform. 

Looks like we'll be playing catch up by mid April again

Just think back a few seasons to when we had Raul Ibanez and you should feel better. 

[Robrock30]

11 hours ago, ajax said:

Where is Simba?

Andrelton Simmons has missed the last two games with back tightness according to Jeff Fletcher.