Who does Cowart have to blow to get a shot?

[tdawg87]

I think he can now be called up without starting his clock. There's literally no reason to keep him in AAA.

[AngelsLakersFan]

We might have to release Pennington to do it

[tdawg87]

7 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

We might have to release Pennington to do it

Oh well we wouldn't want to do that now would we

[AngelsLakersFan]

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Oh well we wouldn't want to do that now would we

Could you imagine?

[ettin]

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

Why Tuesday?

But yeah, he should have been up here yesterday. I'm still not sure why we signed Franklin and why Pennington/Robinson are on this roster. 

 

56 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

I think he can now be called up without starting his clock. There's literally no reason to keep him in AAA.

They could just be waiting to make room. There are certainly at least one or two trades coming so it could be that as well.

[AngelStew43]

In any case, Cowart has nothing left to prove at AAA.  Bring him up, and play him already!

[floplag]

If he doesnt get the call we know he isnt in the plans and weve killed his trade value, if he ever had any.  It makes no sense

[Troll Daddy]

If we're sellers ... then there is no reason to bring him up before the trade deadline. 

If there is ... I would like to hear it. 

IMO Pennington wil be traded at the deadline and possibly Yescobar but don't hold your breath on Yescobar. Although, he would be a good fit for Boston. 

[AngelStew43]

Whatever Cowart does, it certainly won't be as putrid as Espinoza's line here.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, AngelStew43 said:

Whatever Cowart does, it certainly won't be as putrid as Espinoza's line here.

Cowart's career MLB ops = .509

Espinosa's 2007 ops = .513

[Stradling]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

Cowart's career MLB ops = .509

Espinosa's 2007 ops = .513

Dude, it's 135 at bats over 3 seasons. 

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

Cowart's career MLB ops = .509

Espinosa's 2007 ops = .513

espinosa's 2017 ops - .513

Cowart's 2017 ops - 1.750

 

[Docwaukee]

Cowart wRC+ at AAA last year was 109.  That's park adjusted btw so he was 9% better than league avg.  This year, his wRC+ is 122.  So now he's 22% above league average.  

It's still hard to buy in on Cowart's success considering that he couldn't master AA but has had success at AAA.  Since that success has come at altitude, my biggest concern is that he's going to have problems with a major league breaking ball (or anything with movement for that matter) at regular altitude.  

But you have to find out.  You can't assume success or failure based on his minor league track record.  Time for him to put up or shut up.  

If he can come up and hit .230 with an obp of .320 and play good defense, I think that is decent progress and should warrant future consideration.  

[Lou]

29 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

But you have to find out.  You can't assume success or failure based on his minor league track record.  Time for him to put up or shut up.  

If he can come up and hit .230 with an obp of .320 and play good defense, I think that is decent progress and should warrant future consideration.  

I agree

[Slegnaac]

SLC is in playoff contention, why would they want to remove one of their best players?

[OregonLAA]

Franklin is worse than Espinosa honestly. What the fuck are we doing here 

[Chuck]

1 hour ago, OregonLAA said:

Franklin is worse than Espinosa honestly. What the fuck are we doing here 

^

[Troll Daddy]

It's surprising with all the great baseball minds that nobody has figured it out yet. 

 

[Stradling]

41 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

It's surprising with all the great baseball minds that nobody has figured it out yet. 

 

Oh we've figured you out a long time ago. 

[Troll Daddy]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Oh we've figured you out a long time ago. 

You not one of them but ok, enlighten me

[tomsred]

On 7/16/2017 at 11:22 AM, ettin said:

LOL Glen, I had calculated the amount of days that Cowart needed to be out to gain an extra year of control over Cowart and @Jeff Fletcher rightfully kidded me about it because we are of course talking about Kaleb. In that calculation, at that time, Kaleb had I believe 98 days of service time left (he had 99 now) and I calculated backwards from the end of the season and determined that if the Angels called him up on July 22nd they would gain the extra year of control. Now that he came up one extra day about 3 weeks ago that would move to July 23rd.

It was a light-hearted jab at myself, Glen.

Only 3 hours and 10 minutes left for Cowart to be called up.  I'm still watching for the press release.  I can't wait!

[ettin]

Just now, tomsred said:

Only 3 hours and 10 minutes left for Cowart to be called up.  I'm still watching for the press release.  I can't wait!

You should probably go to bed

[Chuck]

Cowart playing 2B for his 7th straight game (no errors) and he's 3-4 with 3 runs scored tonight. 

[John Smith]

Probably nothing, but Cowart pulled in the top of the eighth down by a run.

[nando714]

Trade