Valbuena wins battle with Fiers

[Billy_Ball]

https://www.mlb.com/video/valbuena-wins-battle-with-fiers/c-1831542383

[Bull58]

fuck Fiers, I'm starting to like that bat flip now

[totdprods]

I like how he does it seemingly any time he makes contact. It's almost like he figured if he did it all the time, it would look like part of his follow through instead of showing a pitcher up. 

He sure wound up being a cheap source of lefty power though. The BA isn't pretty and streaky is an understatement, but a pretty solid signing by Eppler when all is said and done. 

[Erstad Grit]

He's kinda a turd with his bat flip.  I've been expecting him to get hit for a while. 

[Jobu]

3 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

He's kinda a turd with his bat

Fixed

[Torridd]

12 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

He's kinda a turd with his bat flip.  I've been expecting him to get hit for a while. 

I agree. It makes him look bad.

[the dude abides]

Guy does a bat flip while batting a buck ninety five.  Awesome.

Nice to see him finally win a battle with somebody. 

 

[Amazing Larry]

The only problem I have is that Fiera's pitch was to high. If you're going to plug a batter, do it in the back or the ass. There's no need to ever throw at someone's head. 

[zenmaster]

6 minutes ago, LHalo said:

The only problem I have is that Fiera's pitch was to high. If you're going to plug a batter, do it in the back or the ass. There's no need to ever throw at someone's head. 

The way he is pitching I'm not sure he is capable of hitting his intended spot.

[floplag]

I like the guy.  I love the cockiness... "so what if im battling the mendoza line, i just nailed your ass" .... absolutely love the intensity.  I think too many baseball players are too disconnected myself so im all for it.  
Not to mention the guy weve had in the second half has gotten it done, well aside from the aforementioned avg.  Im 100% ok with him as the backup 1b/3b next year right now.

[Chuck]

Keep the bat flips going, Valbuena. I'm digging it! 

We honestly have ZERO swagger on this team. 

It sucks that it has to come from a FA signing that is hitting a buck 95.  

[arch stanton]

I'm not really a fan of the bat flip but even less of a fan of the crying about the bat flip. So, as usual, there's more than one a-hole in this story

[krAbs]

Look at that throw behind and over him. What a little bitch.

[Angel Oracle]

Valbuena handled it the best way.

Hammer a pitch in that same at bat, and flip the bat.

In your face, Fiers!

[Blarg]

In his limited appearences against his old teammates Valbuena is hitting .314/.385/.514/.899. Maybe Fiers should have been more selective of his location.

 

[stormngt]

22 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Keep the bat flips going, Valbuena. I'm digging it! 

We honestly have ZERO swagger on this team. 

It sucks that it has to come from a FA signing that is hitting a buck 95.  

I agree with Chuck.  A little swagger is good for the game.

[Chuck]

7 minutes ago, stormngt said:

I agree with Chuck.  A little swagger is good for the game.

It sucks that Valbuena has to be our David Ortiz. But I'll take it. 

He's played better of late and he hits home runs.    

[GrittyVeterans]

7 hours ago, totdprods said:

I like how he does it seemingly any time he makes contact. It's almost like he figured if he did it all the time, it would look like part of his follow through instead of showing a pitcher up. 

He sure wound up being a cheap source of lefty power though. The BA isn't pretty and streaky is an understatement, but a pretty solid signing by Eppler when all is said and done. 

In risk of being a Debbie downer here, he's a below replacement level player for the season. Not a solid signing yet.

I do agree the bat flip was cool. I especially liked the one he did on the double after they threw the ball at his head

[well_red]

weren't both these guys on the astro's last year?  unless they had some choice words in the locker room after games last year i find this entirely hypocritical...

[AngelsFaninGA]

7 hours ago, totdprods said:

I like how he does it seemingly any time he makes contact. It's almost like he figured if he did it all the time, it would look like part of his follow through instead of showing a pitcher up. 

He sure wound up being a cheap source of lefty power though. The BA isn't pretty and streaky is an understatement, but a pretty solid signing by Eppler when all is said and done. 

I've seen him do it after a walk. It's so ubiquitous that I don't have a problem with it.

[CanadianHalo]

53 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Keep the bat flips going, Valbuena. I'm digging it! 

We honestly have ZERO swagger on this team. 

It sucks that it has to come from a FA signing that is hitting a buck 95.  

This and its part of the problem imo. 

I'm all for LV and his bat flips if it starts shit and gets some of these other guys fired up 

[m0nkey]

I loved it.  

Also that pitch was no where near Valbuena.  People defended Weaver when he threw high to Avila because they said it wasn't close to his head.  It almost hit Avila compared to the pitch Fiers threw

[m0nkey]

 

For reference

[Angelsfan1984]

14 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

 

For reference

this has to be photoshopped it said 92mph. Stop messing with us.

[Tank]

good for valbuena. a little fire never hurt anyone.

i'm guessing there were some issues between the two of them as teammates.