.359 .446 .795 1.241

[RallyMo]

Trout's last 21 games.

 

LOCKED IN.

[Greenbaumer]

Trout's last 20 games.

 

LOCKED IN.

#ManCrush

[jshep]

Can you imagine what he would be hitting if he wasn't fat and bitter about his raise?

[Tyler]

Luckily the Angels gave him back CF.

[RallyMo]

Those 20 games coincide precisely with his return to CF.

[Lifetime]

and it's still a hogwash notion

[Angelsjunky]

#GayforTrout

[Mile High Dreams]

and it's still a hogwash notion

Until he moves back to LF and his numbers decline.

[tdawg87]

Trout gives me an ultra-boner.

[RallyMo]

and it's still a hogwash notion

 

What's a hogwash notion?

[DropOfAnaheim]

Shuck has been a pleasant surprise. Peter could net us some pitching. 

[Lifetime]

Until he moves back to LF and his numbers decline.

You mean like they did last year when he played LF? 

[Lifetime]

What's a hogwash notion?

That playing in LF was the reason for his slow start and the move back to CF is the cause of his surge. 

[AZMike]

Luckily the Angels gave him back CF.

Unfortunately Josh doesn't hit well unless he's playing in CF 

[nate]

Well my post got deleted but LT acting like he knows what is going on is asinine.

 

Trout had said that he prefers CF.  I have heard multiple players say that the position they play on the field influences their at bats.  It could be coincidence, but it also could be true.

[Lifetime]

Last year's results while playing in LF, more games and more innings than this year so far, say that it isn't a factor. 

 

It's post hoc reasoning pure and simple. 

[Thomas]

What if we call it center field left, center field center, and center field right?

[Stradling]

I think it's silly to have the position you play to affect your at bats. I could understand if the player was going from 1st to 3rd base, or outfield to 3rd. But left to center, that's just silly. What it basically says is Trout isn't comfortable playing arguably the easiest position (LF) on the field. I'm guessing that isn't the case, I'm guessing he prefers CF because he feels like he's more in control.

[nate]

Last year's results while playing in LF, more games and more innings than this year so far, say that it isn't a factor. 

 

It's post hoc reasoning pure and simple. 

 

I am working on those numbers now.  Can't find an easy way to research them... since you know already can you share them with us?

[AZMike]

I am working on those numbers now.  Can't find an easy way to research them... since you know already can you share them with us?

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=troutmi01&year=2012&t=b#defp

[jshep]

From Baseball-Reference:

 

As LF in 2012: .326/.395/.645 in 47 games(157 PAs)

 

And for comparison's sake, he's played 22 games with 98 PAs as the LF this season.

[nate]

Ya he was better in LF than CF last season.

[ettin]

Trout gives me an ultra-boner.

 

It is a game of inches.

[ettin]

What if we call it center field left, center field center, and center field right?

 

Awesomely done. Moreno is a master of branding after all! Get it done!

[stormngt]

Luckily the Angels gave him back CF.

yea we all remembered how much his hitting sucked when he played left field last year!