Cowart-O-Meter

[Lou]

10 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

ZiPs and Steamer have now upgraded his rest-of-season forecast to a wRC+ of 64 and 85 respectively.

ZiPs has had him at 60 forever, and Steamer has pushed him up from the 60's at the start of the year to 82 when he was called up.

I love it when you talk dirty to me 

[AngelsLongBall]

23 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Chicks do love the massive dongs.

Sup

[ten ocho recon scout]

Numbers aside, how does he look? Does his plate approach look improved? Does he seem (and i know its way early) like his pitch recognition has improved?

 

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Numbers aside, how does he look? Does his plate approach look improved? Does he seem (and i know its way early) like his pitch recognition has improved?

 

He looks great. Last year he looked so jumpy, aggressive, under pressure. Right now he looks calm, patient and selective - like he knows he gets to see at least 3 pitches during an at bat. Yes he still swings at pitches out of the zone, and he has failed to punish pitches that he looked prepared and ready to handle. That said, those are things that most players do. 

So I would say he has not looked like a star caliber hitter, but he has also not looked like a player who's bat is going to keep him from being a starter at the big league level. Obviously the sample size is too small to draw any real conclusions. The real trick will be to see how he looks at the end of the year. If he can do this that long then he easily punches himself in the lineup next year.

[stormngt]

2 hours ago, hangin n wangin said:

Cautiously optimistic?? This guy is the GOAT.

Damnit don't jinx him!

[krAbs]

3 minutes ago, hangin n wangin said:

GOAT's can't be jinxed.

Pictured above, goats being jinxed

[AngelsLakersFan]

57 minutes ago, krAbs said:

Pictured above, goats being jinxed

BAAAAHHAHAHAHA!

[ten ocho recon scout]

8 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

BAAAAHHAHAHAHA!

Im reading that like a goat yelling.

[AngelsLakersFan]

47 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Im reading that like a goat yelling.

You are reading it as intended

[UndertheHalo]

5 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

Worthless bust until he hits a couple of massive dongs. 

One dong in the books !

Edited August 3, 2017 by UndertheHalo

[Billy_Ball]

GOAT

[totdprods]

Kaleb Cowart is two hits away from tying his career high in a season.

[Homebrewer]

Nice Dong Bro!

[Chuck]

1 hour ago, Homebrewer said:

Nice Dong Bro!

Thanks! 

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Homebrewer said:

Nice Dong Bro!

Somebody needs to make aw.com shirts of that. Way better than the we got pujols shirt. This one you could wear to other stuff, not just baseball games.

[bloodbrother]

Fun fact: Cowart is just 25 hits away from passing Espinosa's season total with the Angels

[krAbs]

2 hours ago, bloodbrother said:

Fun fact: Cowart is just 25 hits away from passing Espinosa's season total with the Angels

Wow.

[Adam]

Not holding my breath, but man he would solve a lot of problems if he has figured it out. 

[krAbs]

3 minutes ago, hangin n wangin said:

It's premature, but very encouraging and it would be huge for us. If Cowart could keep it up for the rest of the year, he could perhaps be a lead off option for next year?

Call me old-school, but I still like the speed-average-best hitter-power construction for 1-4 hitters. Maybe Simmons/Maybin-Cowart-Trout-Cron/pujols.

[Homebrewer]

 BA/  SLG/ OPS         

.484/.724/.1.208

[totdprods]

Would like to see him take a few more pitches and draw some walks still. Exceptionally low sample size still, but that was his biggest crutch. He won't hit .480 forever so he'll need to still show he can get on-base via the walk, but the results are extremely encouraging so far.

[Make Angels Great Again]

All Angels 2B this season (minus Cowart) = -0.5 WAR in 445 PAs

Cowart at 2B this season = 0.7 WAR in 32 PAs.

[Stradling]

I am about as big of a Cowart fan as we have on here.  That being said, I don't need to see him at the top of the line up.  This is one of those times where I am perfectly fine with Scioscia being patient with him and batting in the bottom third of the order. 

[krAbs]

6 minutes ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

All Angels 2B this season (minus Cowart) = -0.5 WAR in 445 PAs

Cowart at 2B this season = 0.7 WAR in 32 PAs.

By my count, we have gotten 73 hits from 2B so far this year (...wow - and only 37 from Espinosa). Cowart is on pace to get about 100 hits by the end of the year. Even if his batting average settles down to a more reasonable .300, he will be on pace to get about 70 hits, roughly the equivalent to everyone before him combined.

[Homebrewer]

If he gets most of the starts and hits around 300 I'm pretty sure everyone, fans and FO and will be ecstatic. What I love is that Scioscia has no excuse not to play the guy....even though he's not even playing his natural position.