Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Phillies (8/2/17)

[Chuck]

1. Ben Revere (L) LF

2. Mike Trout (R) CF

3. Albert Pujols (R) DH

4. Luis Valbuena (L) 3B

5. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS

6. C.J. Cron (R) 1B

7. Kaleb Cowart (S) 2B

8. Martin Maldonado (R) C

9. Ramon Flores (L) RF

[DMVol]

How many teams have a cleanup hitter hitting .196? We're special.....

[Dick B Back]

Kaleb no longer in the 9 hole... nice!

[Troll Daddy]

30 minutes ago, DMVol said:

How many teams have a cleanup hitter hitting .196? We're special.....

You're trying to hard

[JustATroutFan]

Only time Cron will be in the lineup against a right handed starting pitcher is someone is placed on the DL or is considered day to day at this point. He hits better against righties than lefties in his career!

[JustATroutFan]

37 minutes ago, DMVol said:

How many teams have a cleanup hitter hitting .196? We're special.....

Taking a guess.........the 2014 Padres.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Cowart movin' on up. I'm pretty confident he's going to be a full time starter next season at either 3rd or 2nd depending on what happens.

[Troll Daddy]

9 minutes ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

Cowart movin' on up. I'm pretty confident he's going to be a full time starter next season at either 3rd or 2nd depending on what happens.

Hopefully third base ... not the best second baseman 

[Chuck]

4 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Hopefully third base ... not the best second baseman 

?

[Troll Daddy]

3 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

?

My opinion ... deal with it

 

ps he missed a play covering second base and also errored yesterday 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

The whole world knows that Pujols and Trout need to be separated in the lineup, but Scioscia is so stubborn he will never do it. That is the one stupid thing he does that really pisses me off.

[AngelsLakersFan]

13 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

My opinion ... deal with it

 

ps he missed a play covering second base and also errored yesterday 

He's inexperienced at second, but he'll be fine there in the long run. That said I do prefer him at 3rd. He is a more valuable defender there.

[stormngt]

Just now, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

The whole world knows that Pujols and Trout need to be separated in the lineup, but Scioscia is so stubborn he will never do it. That is the one stupid thing he does that really pisses me off.

Well i am glad he didn't switch up last night. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

The whole world knows that Pujols and Trout need to be separated in the lineup, but Scioscia is so stubborn he will never do it. That is the one stupid thing he does that really pisses me off.

If they aren't gona move him down to 6th or 7th it's not really worth it. 

[nando714]

Sosh pulling out all the stops 

buena over Pennington 

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, DMVol said:

How many teams have a cleanup hitter hitting .196? We're special.....

With a number 3 hitter batting...

[Troll Daddy]

23 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

He's inexperienced at second, but he'll be fine there in the long run. That said I do prefer him at 3rd. He is a more valuable defender there.

Yea, I'm not worried about him at second ... he'll adjust. I just prefer him at third if he can actually hit. 

[fan_since79]

1 hour ago, JustATroutFan said:

Only time Cron will be in the lineup against a right handed starting pitcher is someone is placed on the DL or is considered day to day at this point. He hits better against righties than lefties in his career!

But that goes against the platoon idea which is paramount.

Actual production is irrelevant. He's a righty and he sits against a righty. Period.

[nando714]

Last time I checked royals were losing

[JustATroutFan]

6 minutes ago, nando714 said:

Last time I checked royals were losing

Last time I checked Angels need to keep winning

[tdawg87]

7 minutes ago, ANAHEIMBOB said:

The correct answer would be the first place  Chicago Cubs,Kyle Schwarber is hitting clean-up today. He came into the game hitting .189 ,

What is that idiot Maddon doing?

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

34 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

But that goes against the platoon idea which is paramount.

Actual production is irrelevant. He's a righty and he sits against a righty. Period.

He's a switch hitter with a higher average from the right side, but with less power.

[fan_since79]

1 minute ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

He's a switch hitter with a higher average from the right side, but with less power.

Talking about Cron.

 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

2 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Talking about Cron.

 

That's very different, nevermind.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

2 hours ago, JustATroutFan said:

Only time Cron will be in the lineup against a right handed starting pitcher is someone is placed on the DL or is considered day to day at this point. He hits better against righties than lefties in his career!

no lefties until Sunday