Embarrassing: Pujols 6 man outfield shift

[Jeff Fletcher]

10 minutes ago, VariousCrap said:

 

If Fletcher is right and this makes Pujols have to run out grounders more, this could mean more DL stints for Pujols which will only help the team overall.  lol

It's not going to happen often enough to really affect his health. It only is a factor when the bases are empty. 

And the Astros always play more extreme defenses than other teams. Let's see what other teams do. 

[m0nkey]

So why is it a big deal when some players don't "hustle" down the line and get benched for it but when others do it, it's ok

[GrittyVeterans]

I mean it's not like that ball was even hit that hard. It's the perfect defense against him. Takes away the line drive single over the shortstops head, still allows you to throw him out at first on anything slow. He's probably a .215 hitter if  teams played him like that the whole year

[red321]

30 minutes ago, red321 said:

The Astros are more extreme than most teams...I wouldn't expect this to be an every at bat thing. If Pujols is up with nobody on (and in this case it looks like there was 2 outs) when he's more inclined to try and drive the ball...sure...maybe. But runners on base, scoring position where Pujols has shown he's willing to take the ball the other way. Probably not.

 

28 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

It's not going to happen often enough to really affect his health. It only is a factor when the bases are empty. 

And the Astros always play more extreme defenses than other teams. Let's see what other teams do. 

Hey! I feel like I've been ripped off a little!!!! It's easier just to type "What Red Said"! 

[fan_since79]

2 hours ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Then hes going to have to learn to do what he always did in the past and go the other way.

But...but...the career numbers!

He's not paid to actually get on base with any frequency. He's paid to hit a home run every two weeks and pad his Hall of Fame numbers.

/sarc

 

[fan_since79]

That Pujols gif is the saddest baseball thing I've ever seen.

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, red321 said:

now...let's not be hasty...the pitcher could pull a hammy, trip and dislocate their shoulder when falling to the ground

If it was spring, and they were just scrimmaging against their own guys, and the pitcher was an angel, it would absolutely happen.

[HaloCory22]

This is hilariously awful. 

 

Serious question here.

Is there a reason Albert can't spend an offseason with a personal trainer and actually lose some weight? FFS, Sandoval did it twice! There is zero reason a professional athlete should be that out of shape and slow. Grow a sack, Arte/Eppler and demand that he come into camp 30 lbs lighter. Again, there may be a reason for this (injuries) but damn. A little discipline please, Albert. Your talent can't carry you anymore.

[yk9001]

1 hour ago, TroutBaseball said:

Here is a gif

I can't stop watching it

[Angel Oracle]

It's almost as bad as John Goodman's Babe Ruth trotting to 1B at the end of his career.

[well_red]

be curious to see what happens this offseason, his foot ailments seem degenerative at this point.  4+ years of playing on bad feet and offseason surgeries and it is only getting worse?

[fan_since79]

Can you imagine what's it going to be like in three years?

I don't see him walking away from all those millions.

 

[Jobu]

19 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Can you imagine what's it going to be like in three years?

I don't see him walking

 

 

[Docwaukee]

I was embarrassed for him.  It's just so sad to see what he's become.  If other teams adopt this, there's a chance he might not get a pull hit that's not a hr for the rest of the year.  

Literally, Correa could have hit the cutoff man and it still would have been close.  

They actually don't even need to shift really.  They could all just play about 5-6 feet on the grass.  

[red321]

7 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

I was embarrassed for him.  It's just so sad to see what he's become.  If other teams adopt this, there's a chance he might not get a pull hit that's not a hr for the rest of the year.  

Literally, Correa could have hit the cutoff man and it still would have been close.  

They actually don't even need to shift really.  They could all just play about 5-6 feet on the grass.  

I think Eckstein might have required a cutoff man to get it that far

[Jobu]

Eckstein could have run it to the bag himself.

[Blarg]

4 hours ago, yk9001 said:

no video.  I'd like to see that.

Altuve played in short right field against Calhoun, about the same distance Correa was for Pujols. If Calhoun push bunts it past the pitcher on the right side he has an uncontested single. Calhoun still tried to pull the ball and ended up grounding it right to Altuve for the out.

There are plenty of ways to beat these shifts but the batters have to let go of the hit it as hard as you can philosophy. Rod Carew would have raped these infield shifts.

[nate]

Mentioned in that article is that Pujols is the slowest player in baseball.  Not that we needed a stat to tell us that.

Brutal.  I wonder if there is anything that he could legit do health wise to fix his legs.

[Lou]

2 hours ago, m0nkey said:

So why is it a big deal when some players don't "hustle" down the line and get benched for it but when others do it, it's ok

Because one is a healthy 21-year old would be my guess.

And the other was hustling. 

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

 

And the other was hustling. 

 

Yep. Not trying to depend pujols here, but every highlight he has, when they do the slowmo replay, dude looks out of breath right out of the box. 

[tdawg87]

I've been lolling at that gif for 8 straight minutes now

Bitch how you getting thrown out by two full steps from left field? This is the baseball equivalent to seeing the early onset of dementia slowly taking meemaw. 

[Season Over]

Isn't there a way to do cardio this offseason that doesn't destroy his feet and knees?

Nah, keep getting them checks.

[KevinJ14]

 

[gurn67]

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sprint_speed_leaderboard

 

Angels have 5 of the 40 slowest players in MLB. Of the 5, only Graterol wasn't expected to log significant playing time this year.

Now that Trout has slowed a little, the Angels have 0 of the 40 fastest players in MLB.

[Stradling]

5 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Can you imagine what's it going to be like in three years?

I don't see him walking away from all those millions.

 

If this is what he's like next year, then it will be his last.