Gameday Thread 4/15 Angels @ Rangers (Trout back!)

[Make Angels Great Again]

[nando714]

The team managed trouts injury so well

no sense in letting him travel to Chicago. Kept him home for some more rest and receive treatment 

[beatlesrule]

Lol Pujols batting cleanup again.

[Taylor]

2 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Lol Pujols batting cleanup again.

I'm excited for Ohtani and Upton to come back, because then Albert will be batting 6th.

[RedEyeBleed]

Yeah, at home eating lobster tails and filet mignons. I’m his butcher he came in on Friday and bought 6 lobster tails and 3 pounds of filet mignon. He said he wasn’t traveling with the team and felt good it was the cold weather that kept him out of the line up. 

[Taylor]

3 minutes ago, RedEyeBleed said:

Yeah, at home eating lobster tails and filet mignons. I’m his butcher he came in on Friday and bought 6 lobster tails and 3 pounds of filet mignon. He said he wasn’t traveling with the team and felt good it was the cold weather that kept him out of the line up. 

Hopefully Mike Trout the Blimp doesn't make a comeback.

[Angel Oracle]

Why is Calhoun still leading off?    He's become KOLD Calhoun again (.526 OPS).    Why not put Goodwin's solid hitting so far in that leadoff spot?   

[tdawg87]

Kole just isn't meant for leading off. I think he'd be more successful batting at the bottom of the order. Then again it's all arbitrary. I just think it's mental at this point. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

15 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I'm excited for Ohtani and Upton to come back, because then Albert will be batting 6th.

or batting bench...

[tdawg87]

2 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

or batting bench...

...th

[GrittyVeterans]

It's time to give Goodwin some reps batting leadoff, I think. 

The good news is that Fletcher is finally playing every game, which he absolutely deserves. Doesn't matter what position it's in, get him in there every single game. One of our top 5 position players

[Stradling]

40 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Lol Pujols batting cleanup again.

If you believe in OPS then Albert deserves to be batting in the top 4 of this line up.  If you’d rather see Tommy La Stella at four, ok.  Until others start hitting and others come back I am fine where he is.  If Bour was playing Albert would be hitting 5th or 6th.  

[Chuck]

24 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Kole just isn't meant for leading off. I think he'd be more successful batting at the bottom of the order. Then again it's all arbitrary. I just think it's mental at this point. 

Yep. As much shit as I've given La Stella, he needs to be leading off. Either him or Fletcher. Calhoun is such a disappointment. 

[Chuck]

21 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

It's time to give Goodwin some reps batting leadoff, I think. 

The good news is that Fletcher is finally playing every game, which he absolutely deserves. Doesn't matter what position it's in, get him in there every single game. One of our top 5 position players

Goodwin, La Stella or Fletcher would all be good candidates. 

I'm really not sure why the hell Calhoun is leading off. 

[Angelsfan1984]

27 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Kole just isn't meant for leading off. I think he'd be more successful batting at the bottom of the order. Then again it's all arbitrary. I just think it's mental at this point. 

bottom of the order like 11th

[Chuck]

45 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Lol Pujols batting cleanup again.

He hasn't been that bad and he absolutely rakes in Texas. 

He won't be batting cleanup once Ohtani and Upton are back. 

[Angelsfan1984]

12 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

He hasn't been that bad and he absolutely rakes in Texas. 

He won't be batting cleanup once Ohtani and Upton are back. 

Hopefully he's just cleaning up......the isles at the stadium after games.

[SoCalSportsFan]

I'm very happy Mike is back. I'd switch Fletch and Kole in the lineup but other than that not too bad today!

[Docwaukee]

I trust Albert to bat 4th right now vs. others on the roster more than I have any time in the previous 2 years.  

[stormngt]

1 hour ago, beatlesrule said:

Lol Pujols batting cleanup again.

F'n Sosh

[beatlesrule]

29 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

He hasn't been that bad and he absolutely rakes in Texas. 

He won't be batting cleanup once Ohtani and Upton are back. 

So another two or three weeks of this crap? I hope he does rake.

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

I'm excited for Ohtani and Upton to come back, because then Albert will be batting 6th.

[Stradling]

23 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

I trust Albert to bat 4th right now vs. others on the roster more than I have any time in the previous 2 years.  

Yep. 

[Duren, Duren]

It's still incredibly early in the season. Team ok around .500 with big bats returning before summer kicks in. 

No need to panic or knee jerk react to slow starts yet.

With Kole and Albert people are projecting a continuation of their decline from last year. That very well may happen, but give them adequate time and more opportunity till a large enough data base is established for this specific season.

As Tiger proved, redemption is possible and adequate recovery from major injuries possible. Baseball isn't golf, but Albert especially deserves patience this season until the results are so self evident that change is unavoidable.

Kole is different based on career status, and a change in batting order should be contemplated. Until a full time young replacement is on the roster it's a matter of juggling lineups to get the best matchup in each game. But he still is worth having patience now because of his defense, savvy and contract year motivation. 

As long as the team plays respectably till Ohtani and Upton return I wouldn't give up on these guys. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

38 minutes ago, Duren, Duren said:

As Tiger proved, redemption is possible and adequate recovery from major injuries possible. Baseball isn't golf, but Albert especially deserves patience this season until the results are so self evident that change is unavoidable.

Albert is so slow, he loses hits, and turns fielder choices into double plays. There is no regaining speed...