Sick Lineups

[GrittyVeterans]

Escobar DH

Trout CF

Upton LF

Calhoun RF

Cron 1B

Simmons SS

Valbuena 3B

Cowart 2B

Maldonado C

 

What will actually happen:

Escobar 3B

Trout CF

Pujols DH

Upton LF

Calhoun RF

Cron 1B

Simmons SS

Pennington 2B

Maldonado

[Ochocinco!]

3B-Escobar

2B-Phillips

CF-Trout

LF-Upton

DH-Pujols

RF-Calhoun

1B-Cron

SS-Simmons

C-Maldonado

 

My god.......

 

[fan_since79]

Escobar's had a "setback" on his rehab. Who knows when he'll return.

 

[fan_since79]

...and by the way, Pujols will bat 3rd or 4th as long as Scioscia is here.

 

[VariousCrap]

Personally, I'd put Simmons in the lead-off spot.

Simmons
Trout
Upton
Pujols
Calhoun
Cron/Valbuena
Escobar
Maldonado
Cowart/Pennington

[HaloNArizona]

14 minutes ago, VariousCrap said:

Personally, I'd put Simmons in the lead-off spot.

Simmons
Trout
Upton
Pujols
Calhoun
Cron/Valbuena
Escobar
Maldonado
Cowart/Pennington

Simmons from 2014-2017 has exactly 44 AB's from the lead off spot, and has struggled in that spot this year.  This year, he has actually done quite well in the five spot.

Calhoun

Trout

Upton

Pujols

Simmons

Valbuena

Cron

Maldanado

Cowart

If Escobar comes back healthy

Escobar

Calhoun

Trout

Upton

Pujols

Simmons

Cron 

Maldanado

Cowart

 

[Docwaukee]

Every sick lineup better have this in it:

Trout

Pujols

 

If we acquired Harper and Machado, Pujols would still hit behind Trout.  

[totdprods]

Be interesting to see if they keep kicking the tires on a 2B today too. And pitching. Midnight EST deadline and they're obviously going all-in. 

[Ochocinco!]

8 hours ago, Ochocinco! said:

3B-Escobar

2B-Phillips

CF-Trout

LF-Upton

DH-Pujols

RF-Calhoun

1B-Cron

SS-Simmons

C-Maldonado

 

My god.......

 

Looks like my lineup will ring true after all 

[AngelsFaninGA]

Not a sick lineup if it has Escobarf batting leadoff. 

[Ochocinco!]

Knowing Sosh he'll put Phillips in the 9 hole for the lols

[Chuck]

New SICK lineup...

2B Phillips

CF Trout

LF Upton

DH Pujols

RF Calhoun

SS Simmons

3B Valbuena

1B Cron 

C Maldonado 

[krAbs]

4 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

New SICK lineup...

2B Phillips

CF Trout

LF Upton

DH Pujols

RF Calhoun

SS Simmons

3B Valbuena

1B Cron 

C Maldonado 

Now this looks like a playoff lineup.

[gurn67]

There were a lot of games earlier this season where they would only have 2 or 3 guys in the lineup with an OPS of .700. Now, that Valbuena and Calhoun finally started hitting, they can easily field a lineup every game with 7 guys. We know Albert's going to be in there every day, but if he's out, you can get 8.

[gurn67]

6 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

New SICK lineup...

2B Phillips

CF Trout

LF Upton

DH Pujols

RF Calhoun

SS Simmons

3B Valbuena

1B Cron 

C Maldonado 

I like this lineup a lot better than the one Sosh is going to roll out once Escobar's healthy.

[Chuck]

Just now, gurn67 said:

I like this lineup a lot better than the one Sosh is going to roll out once Escobar's healthy.

Valbuena needs to platoon with Escobar when he's back at 3B. You cannot take Cron out of the lineup and Valbuena has been really good of late. 

[gurn67]

Just now, Chuckster70 said:

Valbuena needs to platoon with Escobar when he's back at 3B. You cannot take Cron out of the lineup and Valbuena has been really good of late. 

I wouldn't bet money on it, but going by an 18 year track record of watching this guy make out lineups, I think Cron ends up being the one in the platoon and not Escobar. I hope I'm wrong.

[Chuck]

2 minutes ago, gurn67 said:

I wouldn't bet money on it, but going by an 18 year track record of watching this guy make out lineups, I think Cron ends up being the one in the platoon and not Escobar. I hope I'm wrong.

Escobar is a liability defensively and honestly he hasn't been that great with the bat this season to warrant playing time over Cron. 

C.J. has been a beast since the mid-way point. Valbuena has been good as well. 

[Troll Daddy]

1 minute ago, gurn67 said:

I wouldn't bet money on it, but going by an 18 year track record of watching this guy make out lineups, I think Cron ends up being the one in the platoon and not Escobar. I hope I'm wrong.

You're right ... although, I think Sosh might play matchups more now that the games have a significant meaning. 

[gurn67]

2 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

You're right ... although, I think Sosh might play matchups more now that the games have a significant meaning. 

I hope you're right. When he took Nolasco out the other night when he was only one out away from a win, I almost fainted. Never seen him do that to a starting pitcher.

[ettin]

Probable lineup vs. LHP:

Probable lineup vs. RHP:

Note that these are not the ideal lineups. Sadly if Pujols wasn't present we would likely insert Jefry Marte in vs. LHP and one of Cowart, Pennington, or even Escobar in vs. RHP.

One thing about Pujols however is his ability to hit in very tight, high leverage situations. He has done better in those situations and over his illustrious career he has been a definitive leader on the field in playoff series so that could prove to have value if the Angels make it into the Division Series and beyond.

The Angels lineup on both sides of the plate got deeper today. Particularly against LHP which we will need against a team such as the Dodgers that is lefty-heavy in their rotation. Our 1-9 now is playoff-worthy and could propel us over the coming weeks.

Eppler should get Baseball Executive of the Year to be honest. The work he has done in preparing for this season and laying the groundwork to take advantage of opportunities as they arise has been outstanding.

[Troll Daddy]

I will not be shocked to see Pujols batting in front of Upton tomorrow. There may be a few here who might get upset. 

 

[gurn67]

Under Scioscialism, there's no way in hell a veteran player like Phillips is going to hit 8th.

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Valbuena needs to platoon with Escobar when he's back at 3B. You cannot take Cron out of the lineup and Valbuena has been really good of late. 

Valbuena has definetely come around. Since hes got at least another year, imo, let him play and see what happens. 

[Angel Dog and Beer]

For some reason, moreso than I've ever been, I'm truly excited to see tomorrow's lineup. Should be entertaining.