Pujols has been terrible

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, Dochalo said:

Nothing would be better for the Halos than to find out Albert is 2 or 3 years older than his stated age.  If it were to give them a chance to void the last two years of the deal and the personal services contract, that would be huge.  

Or Arte and co. already knew which makes things worse.  

I understand how Albert retiring today would be good for the team, but why would voiding his personal services contract be "huge"? Will his FOOPS (Front Office OPS) be lackluster?

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

I understand how Albert retiring today would be good for the team, but why would voiding his personal services contract be "huge"? Will his FOOPS (Front Office OPS) be lackluster?

His FOOPS will never, eeever be as bad as Dipussy's was.

[Angelsjunky]

Wow, that seems pretty legit. 

Now if Albert was really born in 1977 and is 41, that means he'll be 42, 43, and 44 for the last three years of his contract. 

From 1901 on (the start of the AL and thus the two leagues), among players that qualify (502+ PA), there have been only four player seasons age 41 and older of over 2 fWAR, and only eleven player seasons of a positive fWAR.

Think about that: In 117 years, a 41+ year old has only ever had a positive fWAR eleven times! And Yaz accounts for two of the eleven.

As far as wRC+ goes, only seven player seasons are 100+.

One final thing: No 43-year old has ever had enough PA to qualify for the batting title. Calton Fisk had 2.2 fWAR in 1991 as a 43 year old in 501 PA - the only 2+ fWAR season of age 43 or older.

Interesting note: Of 44+ year olds, Julio Franco has five of the top eight fWAR seasons, ages 44-48.

[Amazing Larry]

On 4/9/2018 at 12:22 PM, SuperTroopers said:

Well he did talk to Ohtani about getting rid of the high leg kick.   

 

On 4/9/2018 at 12:37 PM, yk9001 said:

Link?

 

On 4/9/2018 at 2:25 PM, yk9001 said:

Not buying that Pujols is a jedi batting coach for superstars for one second.

 

On 4/9/2018 at 2:29 PM, SuperTroopers said:

So I made it up?  Cool story bro.  

It was Hinske.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23298771/shohei-ohtani-made-one-small-step-way-mlb-success

Shortly after the Los Angeles Angels wrapped up spring training in Arizona, Hinske, in his first season as the team's hitting coach, asked Ohtani whether he would consider ditching his traditional high leg kick and replacing it with a subtle toe tap.

[Taylor]

 

2 hours ago, LHalo said:

It was Hinske.

I read this in Ron Howard's narrator voice from Arrested Development.

[Stradling]

3 hours ago, LHalo said:

 

 

 

It was Hinske.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23298771/shohei-ohtani-made-one-small-step-way-mlb-success

Shortly after the Los Angeles Angels wrapped up spring training in Arizona, Hinske, in his first season as the team's hitting coach, asked Ohtani whether he would consider ditching his traditional high leg kick and replacing it with a subtle toe tap.

Yep, like I said to someone else, I heard it from one of our guys, not sure if it was Gubi, Victor or maybe Roger Lodge.   My bad for trusting the local source.   

[Jobu]

Always believe Rex.

[yk9001]

3 hours ago, SuperTroopers said:

Yep, like I said to someone else, I heard it from one of our guys, not sure if it was Gubi, Victor or maybe Roger Lodge.   My bad for trusting the local source.   

Pravda was more truthful talking about the Soviet Union than Lodge or Gubicza talking about the Angels.

[GrittyVeterans]

Lower OPS than last year. Negative WAR once again.

 

Time for Marte to start taking some of his at bats if he can ever make it to 3000 hits

This has turned into a complete and total disaster

[DCAngelsFan]

1 hour ago, hangin n wangin said:

Thread name needs to be changed to Pujols has been terrible to Pujols is terrible.

And to "Pujols was terrible (as an Angel)"  soon ...

 

[yk9001]

Jose Mota said last night that the shifts are beating him (but in much softer, Angel friendly talk of course).

 

Funny how Ohtani hits a screaming opposite field double when given something to hit outside.

[mulwin444]

He's perennially shitty

 

[nando714]

keeping my fingers crossed that he’s only playing to chase 3,000 and then calling it quits after the season

[Angel Oracle]

.258 OBP is just....putrid!   His XBH's (10 so far) are up from a year ago at this time, but that almost putrid .239 BA keeps the SLG% from being more than barely over .400.

I originally thought playing through 2019 would be fine, so he could pass Mays for 5th on career HRs list.   But with an OPS again under .700 so far, October/November 2018 retirement looks better every day.

It's back to Ghost Pujols again. 

[Blarg]

Something needs to change or his career is over at 3,000 hits. He is not showing much muscle on his solid contacts and the rest look like Bernie Mac trying to get to 3,000.

[Angel Oracle]

He isn't even trying to be selective anymore, seemingly swinging at anything.   That's a much bigger issue.

[JustATroutFan]

Does Pujols have a lot of RBIs so far this year for his supporters to defend him!? Just taking a guess, NO!

[Angel Oracle]

2 minutes ago, JustATroutFan said:

Does Pujols have a lot of RBIs so far this year for his supporters to defend him!? Just taking a guess, NO!

Only 14 so far, on pace for maybe 80  

Part of that is his putrid OBP, the other part is the collective putrid OBP of the hitters in front of him (sans Trout).

[70runner]

He's swinging (and missing) at more #1 pitches of late.  Perhaps realizing he can't afford to take a strike anymore.

[JustATroutFan]

51 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Only 14 so far, on pace for maybe 80  

Part of that is his putrid OBP, the other part is the collective putrid OBP of the hitters in front of him (sans Trout).

lol

[Lou]

[Chuck]

You've been terrible.

[bloodbrother]

Some of this is exaggeration most likely but there's probably a good bit of truth to it. We've already seen examples of how angry Pujols gets any time a reporter has the audacity to question his terrible performance in Anaheim. The guy doesn't take criticism well

 

[Angelsjunky]

A Fangraphs piece on Albert's limp to 3000 hits (didn't think another thread was necessary):

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/albert-pujols-and-the-crawl-to-3000-hits/

The bottom line: Combining the year of and before reaching 3000, Albert's is the weakest limp to the finish in major league history.

I personally don't think Scioscia will pull the plug this year, but that this is his last year as a regular. He'll platoon next year, and may even go into a "soft platoon" by the end of this year.

[yk9001]

This guy......