Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Twins (5/13/2018) No Trout

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

 

Angels

Shohei Ohtani (R)

 

1. Zack Cozart (R) 3B

2. Kole Calhoun (L) RF

3. Justin Upton (R) LF

4. Albert Pujols (R) DH

5. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS

6. Luis Valbuena (L) 1B

7. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B

8. Chris Young (R) CF

9. Martin Maldonado (R) C

[robblin17]

And here, we, go!!!!

[Stradling]

No Trout, Kole batting 2nd, and I have tickets to the game.  

Go OHTANI!!!!

[Stradling]

So do we score 12 or 13 today?

[IheartLA]

An already punchless lineup now looks like absolute dogshit

[IheartLA]

Calhoun basting second? Lol, scioscia is senile.

[Homebrewer]

Lasagna brain has completely lost it.

[Stradling]

This is like when Maddon bats his struggling batters lead off.  Hope it works.  

Edited May 13, 2018 by SuperTroopers

[Homebrewer]

1 minute ago, SuperTroopers said:

This is like when Madden bats his struggling batters lead off.  Hope it works.  

Madden was a football coach.

[tdawg87]

Typical Sunday lineup. 

9 runs minimum.

[Stradling]

Just now, Homebrewer said:

Madden was a football coach.

Shit I always screw that up.  

[Dick B Back]

I’m good with this lineup as Trout needs a day off.

[Make Angels Great Again]

5 minutes ago, SuperTroopers said:

This is like when Maddon bats his struggling batters lead off.  Hope it works.  

 

The subtle trolling in this is brilliant.

[Make Angels Great Again]

That being said, this lineup lineup just made me puke.

[Lou]

13 minutes ago, IheartLA said:

An already punchless lineup now looks like absolute dogshit

See, it's these types of posts that gets people called out. (it's not just IheartLA, his is just the most recent post) 

Our punchless lineup is 3rd in the AL in runs scored and OPS.

Our punchless lineup is 2nd in the league in HRs, total bases and slugging percentage.

Edited May 13, 2018 by Lou

[IheartLA]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

See, it's these types of posts that gets people called out. (it's not just IheartLA, his is just the most recent post) 

Our punchless lineup is 3rd in the AL in runs scored and OPS.

Our punchless lineup is 2nd in the league in HRs, total bases and slugging percentage.

A lineup with no Ohtani and Trout is dogshit is what I meant.

I basically think our lineup with no Ohtani is already light on capability, so take out Trout too and I'm sorry but on paper it looks disgusting.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

6 minutes ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

That being said, this lineup lineup just made me puke.

Good thing Ohtani shuts out Twins with a complete game.

[bloodbrother]

Trout getting a breather is fine but what on earth would possess Sosh to move Kole to the 2 spot in his absence? At least have Simmons there or something.

[Slegnaac]

Last Sunday they came back with a solid win after a heartbreaking extra inning loss. Hopefully they can do the same today.

[Glen]

5 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

Trout getting a breather is fine but what on earth would possess Sosh to move Kole to the 2 spot in his absence? At least have Simmons there or something.

Shit like this is when I question Scioscia.

Of course, this all but guarantees Calhoun will have a monster game.

[tomsred]

This lineup is worth a shot, this team is banging it's head against the wall right now.  Something has to radically change.  Throwing Kole into the number two spot will maybe increase the urgency for Kole to bust out of his slump.

[bloodbrother]

Only thing I can think of is this is Sosh trying whatever he can to get Calhoun going. Perhaps he thinks moving him up in the lineup with Upton/Pujols following him will lead to him seeing better pitches in his AB's ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[tdawg87]

Calhoun: 4-4, 2 HR, 5 RBI

[bloodbrother]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

Calhoun: 4-4, 2 HR, 5 RBI

[JustATroutFan]

I think people want to see Ohtani hit more than he pitches. He has made great strides as a hitter. In Spring Training, he was slumping but once the regular season started, he has been hitting at an elite clip. In my opinion, I think he'll be a terrific hitter.

And I'm cool with people wanting to see him hit more than he pitches since he gets to play in more games.