Calhoun's bat is colder than a pimp's heart

[Glen]

WTF? This was supposed to be his bounce-back season. He's one more bad night from dipping below the Mendoza line. 

Just venting.

[eaterfan]

2 minutes ago, Glen said:

WTF? This was supposed to be his bounce-back season. He's one more bad night from dipping below the Mendoza line. 

Just venting.

He needs to bunt against the shift. The Red Sox were begging him to do it last night and he wouldn't just take his base. 

[Lhalo]

He's hacking at shit out of the zone and guessing at pitches as well. 

[JustATroutFan]

Wait until May.........because any good ball player can have bad months. He has always been a streak hitter. 

[fan_since79]

4 minutes ago, LHalo said:

He's hacking at shit out of the zone and guessing at pitches as well. 

He needs to get his head out of Little League and into the majors. He's too old and experienced for this crap. Needs a heart-to-heart with himself.

Edited April 19, 2018 by fan_since79

[Ohtaniland]

They lowered the fence to exploit his power. He has how many home runs at home this season? 

[IEAngelsfan]

Yeah, he's one of two players I'm disappointed with.  The other is Skaggs.

[Troll Daddy]

This early in the season stats change fast ... I suggest we reevaluate in one month 

 

[krAbs]

Honestly...if he doesn't start batting against the shift, he has no future as a starter in baseball. I love Calhoun. Great guy, great with kids in the stands, fun home grown kid...but, he is at best a defensive 4th outfielder right now.

[fan_since79]

The point about streaky hitters is right though. When he has that two-week stretch of hitting the cover off the ball, all will be forgiven.

But I hate this kind of streakiness, because we have to endure one month or more of awfulness night after night. It's getting to the point where he may need to reevaluate his entire approach to be more consistent. Isn't that where the hitting coach comes into the picture?

Edited April 19, 2018 by fan_since79

[Blarg]

13 minutes ago, eaterfan said:

He needs to bunt against the shift. The Red Sox were begging him to do it last night and he wouldn't just take his base. 

Valbuena did that last night. If you want to force teams to play straight up you have to swallow pride and play for the cheap hit instead of swing out of your cleats every at bat. Save that shit for when they've abandoned shifting. 

[Second Base]

I'd love to see the Angels give Hermosillo, Blash or Liriano a shot out there.

[Chuck]

8 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

This early in the season stats change fast ... I suggest we reevaluate in one month 

 

We've been evaluating since the start of last season. 

[eaterfan]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

Valbuena did that last night. If you want to force teams to play straight up you have to swallow pride and play for the cheap hit instead of swing out of your cleats every at bat. Save that shit for when they've abandoned shifting. 

Yep. I think they were shifting Calhoun even harder than LV. LV's bunt wasn't great, but it didn't have to be. Calhoun could do the same thing.

[Troll Daddy]

4 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

We've been evaluating since the start of last season. 

Sounds like you're on top of everything ... my bad

[fan_since79]

19 SO, 2 BB

.501 OPS

Yikes!

[Jason]

6 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

19 SO, 2 BB

.501 OPS

Yikes!

I'm not sure how you justify starting a player with those numbers.

 

[totdprods]

He had a .500ish OPS over half of '17 as well. 

[Angelsfan1984]

Might as well start (insert random AAA players name here) and you would be getting more production. Are you going to tell me that joe shmoe with a glove and a bat couldn't do what he's doing? Why is it that the guy who is responsible for making this change cant see it, but random baseball fans online can?

The worst part about this all is the lack of urgency in getting this rectified. Games lost in April have the same bearing as games lost in September. I'm sure we will get the "hes working on things and turning pages" bs. He'll then get a day off to clear his head. Followed up by moving him to the 8 hole where he should have already been.

 

[kevinb]

The question is when does his leash get pulled in and they start someone else out there and give someone else a shot. Another month of this or two?

[Taylor]

I read the title as "colder than pimp's heart" and thought you were referring to Troll Daddy.

[kevinb]

5 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Might as well start (insert random AAA players name here) and you would be getting more production. Are you going to tell me that joe shmoe with a glove and a bat couldn't do what he's doing? Why is it that the guy who is responsible for making this change cant see it, but random baseball fans online can?

The worst part about this all is the lack of urgency in getting this rectified. Games lost in April have the same bearing as games lost in September. I'm sure we will get the "hes working on things and turning pages" bs. He'll then get a day off to clear his head. Followed up by moving him to the 8 hole where he should have already been.

 

The problem is Baseball is so long that you can’t just yank someone because they had a bad week or two stretch. But after a month or two of bad baseball they have to consider it

[T.G.]

Tonight's lineup is out... Calhoun is on the bench with Chris Young playing RF

[fan_since79]

11 minutes ago, True Grich said:

Tonight's lineup is out... Calhoun is on the bench with Chris Young playing RF

Scioscia obviously has AW bookmarked.

[Angel Oracle]

56 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Valbuena did that last night. If you want to force teams to play straight up you have to swallow pride and play for the cheap hit instead of swing out of your cleats every at bat. Save that shit for when they've abandoned shifting. 

And it’s not like he’s Pujols, who would even have trouble beating out a bunt against the shift.   Cold Calhoun would beat it out easily for a hit.