Gameday: 9/24 Angels/ Astros

[WeatherWonk]

Listen, guys, I'm not bagging on Trout. He's human.

I'd just like to see the organization give him a better chance to succeed. He's definitely being pitched around. I feel bad for him.

[JustATroutFan]

5 minutes ago, WeatherWonk said:

I'm no sabermetrician, but here's what you do. 

Go to baseball-reference.com. In the upper part of the home page, plug in Mike Trout and do the search. You will get his player page. Look for the drop down menu entitled "splits" and choose "career" or any year you want.

All his offensive numbers are down, across the board, in Sept/Oct. Especially this year.

But also take into account that it also includes September of 2011. That was Trout's first year in the big leagues in which he didn't do too hot. You know, before he became the player that we all know today. His overall slash line in his career in September/October are screwed because of 2011.

[stormngt]

5 minutes ago, JustATroutFan said:

Yeah, and what about Pujols' performance prior to September? Those games before this month matters as well. If Pujols wasn't hitting like trash prior to September, the Angels might be ahead of the Twins in the Wild Card race and not behind!

Being tied:

Losing a game with 115 games left is bot as important as losing a game with 15 games left.

Now if we were ten games back in September i would say the May games were more important. 

[JustATroutFan]

But anyways, Trout has had great September when his team needed him to. 2014 and 2015. 2014, he had a .274/.398/.571 slash line in 103 plate appearances.  2015, he had a .316/.432/.653 in 118 plate appearances in September. He won't always have a good month of September though. Some years, you just struggle in a particular month.

[Angels#1Fan]

Lets Go Halos!!

[Stradling]

55 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Pujols down a couple spots to begin with.

 

Ok so move down in the lineup one of the few guys that's been hitting this month.  

[JustATroutFan]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

Ok so move down in the lineup one of the few guys that's been hitting this month.  

His slash line this month would be a big time disappointment for Trout. That is how far this dude has fallen, lowering expectations for the dude.

[Stradling]

Just now, JustATroutFan said:

His slash line this month would be a big time disappointment for Trout. That is how far this dude has fallen, lowering expectations for the dude.

And that means nothing in this discussion.  FS says will all the recent losing why not mix up the line up.  So if we're going to mix the line up it's because of recent performance.  That's what this discussion is about.  

[Stradling]

24 minutes ago, JustATroutFan said:

What do you want him to do if pitchers are being little girls and not giving him anything good to hit? And no, they would not bring it up. Winning cures everything.

This is bullshit.  He's striking out, grounding out, hitting lazy fly balls.  He's not performing and it has nothing to do with being pitched around any more than usual. 

[JustATroutFan]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

This is bullshit.  He's striking out, grounding out, hitting lazy fly balls.  He's not performing and it has nothing to do with being pitched around any more than usual. 

I was referring to his career numbers in September/October. But this month, he has been getting really unlucky.

[eligrba4ever]

Trout's slide in September may still be fallout from that bad hand. He jumped off the DL and played relatively well for a couple of weeks, but he has since been in a long slide. The BA was nearly .350 in mid-August. He has 3 homers since Aug. 19.

[eligrba4ever]

Angels down 5 games to Minny with 8 to play. 

Maybe .500 might be a goal to reach first.

[Bull58]

Ghost Trout gets a double.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Career Sept for Trout .273/.408/.498/.905 only in 2015 was he over .300

[Billy_Ball]

Angels score first, 1-0.

[eligrba4ever]

13 minutes ago, Billy_Ball said:

Angels score first, 1-0.

Then Houston's Bregman makes it 2-1 Astros.

[eligrba4ever]

Oh, I hear that choo-choo just whistling along. Sigh. 4-1 Astros.

[Blarg]

I woke up from a nap for this?

[GrittyVeterans]

This is what happens when you start walking batters against a lineup stacked with good hitters

[eligrba4ever]

Woo Hoo!! Patented Angels solo homer. Brandon. 4-2 Astros.

[eligrba4ever]

McCullers' rehab start ends early. Or on time in pitch-count land.

[eligrba4ever]

Twinkies' magic number is 3. Go Angels.

[eligrba4ever]

Odds on CJ making an effective effort in this AB?

[eligrba4ever]

2 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Odds on CJ making an effective effort in this AB?

Apparently not so much. First-pitch can of corn.

[eligrba4ever]

They are rubbing it in with those Astros hitting stats.