What's up with Calhoun?

[Chuck]

0-5 and 4 K's out of the 2-hole?

.218 with a .633 OPS is not cutting it. 

How about moving Simmons up to the 2 spot and Calhoun back down in the order until he snaps out of it.

[Chuck]

Yeah I get that. But after scoring 0 runs over 2+ games, it sucks to see a guy leave 5 runners on base. 

Good thing we won! Thank God for Pujols! 

[JustATroutFan]

Slump, Chuck? Remember, the great Mike Trout went 6 for 43 with 14 K's to start May of 2014.

[JAHV76]

What if they put Maldonado in the two spot he seems to be on a hot streak?

[Inside Pitch]

Calhoun is always hot or cold -- he just doesn't really follow a pattern so it doesn't show up like it does with someone like say Cron who is a notoriously slow starter then seems to rake from June on before cratering in Sept.  Look at Calhoun's career splits and you'll see he's fairly consistent month to month -- but if you look at his splits on a yearly basis you'll see some noticeable ups and down from month to month.  

Calhoun is being Calhoun.

[Richard]

Dude had an 11 pitch at bat and had 2 or 3 pitches that were mistakes that he only fouled off. Fortunately Trout and Pujols finally broke through and got those runs in.

Time for a day off.

[Richard]

14 minutes ago, JAHV76 said:

What if they put Maldonado in the two spot he seems to be on a hot streak?

You want decent speed in front of trout for his speed and XBHs.

[WeatherWonk]

Of his three K's yesterday, two were caught looking at pitches that definitely weren't strikes and the third was swinging at a pitch that he couldnt take a chance on, given how poorly the ump was calling balls and strikes. Even the Houston announcers were commenting on the bad strike zone yesterday, especially on those first two Ks..

Personally, I think we should really consider moving Albert back to #5. He looks the worst he ever has at the plate, notwithstanding his clutch HR yesterday. While he struggles, Trout gets almost nothing to hit, if men are on base.

Maybe Escobar, Trout, Calhoun, Cron, Albert..............

[arch stanton]

There is no player in the league that would make teams pitch to Trout

[eaterfan]

Can we stop it. It's a slump in a long season in a long career. It happens to everyone. 

When the slump will end is anyone's guess. He could be 4-5 tomorrow and 2-3 the day after that. Don't move him because of a bad week or we could miss the great week that follows it. Playing the best lineup or the best order from yesterday doesn't help you win tomorrow.

[fan_since79]

Corey Seager struck out 8 times in his last three games before getting a walk and a single last night.

Everyone has slumps, often vicious ones. Kole will snap out of it in due time. But yes, I might move him down in the order to take some pressure off.

 

 

[nando714]

Hasn't he always disappeared at times during his tenure so far 

[fan_since79]

In the previous 20 games before his 56-game hitting streak began, Joe DiMaggio was hitting .194 with 1 home run and 7 RBI. For him that was a significant slump.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=dimagjo01&t=b&year=1941#695-714-sum:batting_gamelogs

Edited April 19, 2017 by fan_since79

[Jobu]

8 hours ago, Richard said:

Dude had an 11 pitch at bat and had 2 or 3 pitches that were mistakes that he only fouled off. Fortunately Trout and Pujols finally broke through and got those runs in.

Time for a day off.

The Houston announcers were giving him credit for that AB, making the pitcher work leading to the Pujols jack.

[VariousCrap]

I wouldn't mind seeing Simmons in the #2 spot.

[Ohtaniland]

Mike Scioscia broke out of his slump last night.

[Troll Daddy]

30 minutes ago, CALZONE said:

Mike Scioscia broke out of his slump last night.

 

[Troll Daddy]

34 minutes ago, VariousCrap said:

I wouldn't mind seeing Simmons in the #2 spot.

Trout would be ideal ... but who bats third? 

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, arch stanton said:

There is no player in the league that would make teams pitch to Trout

The Astros pitched to Trout last night and he drove in a run right before Pujols moon shot. And pitching to Pujols was doubling down on stupid since first base was open. I doubt the Astros make that mistake again.

Maybe a tandem of Harper or Bryant and you have pitchers second guessing on pitching to Trout. With no help behind Albert and his inability to outrun the slowest of infield plays, he is going to see pitches he can put wood on. Trout, not so much.

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

In the previous 20 games before his 56-game hitting streak began, Joe DiMaggio was hitting .194 with 1 home run and 7 RBI. For him that was a significant slump.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=dimagjo01&t=b&year=1941#695-714-sum:batting_gamelogs

Calhoun has nearly as many strikeouts in April as DiMaggio did that entire season. Please, be sensible with your examples. 

[eaterfan]

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

Calhoun has nearly as many strikeouts in April as DiMaggio did that entire season. Please, be sensible with your examples. 

And Calhoun only has 1 more K than Trout this season so what's your point?

[Angelsjunky]

4 hours ago, arch stanton said:

There is no player in the league that would make teams pitch to Trout

There are several, actually. Miggy Cabrera, Joey Bats, Harper, Bryant, etc. You don't not pitch to Trout so that you can face Harper.

[Angel Oracle]

CB Bucknor didn't do Calhoun any favors, not any hitter any favors for that matter.    Dude skus calling balls/strikes, granted he's no Eric Gregg.

[Richard]

4 hours ago, Jobu said:

The Houston announcers were giving him credit for that AB, making the pitcher work leading to the Pujols jack.

Oh no doubt that was a great at bat and the strike 3 call on the 11th pitch was as borderline low as it could get.

Was just suggesting that maybe he's pressing and just needs a breather. He had a couple pitches he could have murdered in that at bat as well.

[Blarg]

1 hour ago, eaterfan said:

And Calhoun only has 1 more K than Trout this season so what's your point?

Obviously from your response you don't understand it at all so let me dummy it down.

Joe DiMaggio, HOF center field, playing one of the greatest streaks in any sport cannot be compared with journeyman right fielder Kole Calhoun regardless of slow starts.

Calhoun passed DiMaggio's career strikeout totals over 2 years ago after only about 300 games played. They are not comparable players in any way.

Simple enough?