Gameday Thread: Blue Jays @ Angels 5/1/2019 (La Stella leading off, Kole 6th)

[Roy Hobbs]

[krAbs]

Fletcher! HE'S ALIVE!!

In other news, no Rengifo. Would have liked to see him get a larger sample size, but he has had some trouble since those first two days.

[rafibomb]

[Lou]

who's the follower?

[Roy Hobbs]

12 minutes ago, Lou said:

who's the follower?

Felix Peña

[totdprods]

6 minutes ago, Roy Hobbs said:

Felix Peña

Worked well for him last time.

[Chuck]

43 minutes ago, krAbs said:

Fletcher! HE'S ALIVE!!

In other news, no Rengifo. Would have liked to see him get a larger sample size, but he has had some trouble since those first two days.

I posted this elsewhere, but it can go here as well. 

 

[GrittyVeterans]

Probably our best lineup until Ohtani gets back. I like rengifo but Fletcher is better right now

[Dick Enberg]

4 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Probably our best lineup until Ohtani gets back. I like rengifo but Fletcher is better right now

Not with Bour in it. LaStella at 1st, Rengifo at 2nd. 

[GrittyVeterans]

10 minutes ago, Dick Enberg said:

Not with Bour in it. LaStella at 1st, Rengifo at 2nd. 

Maybe this is total false hope, but I'm still willing to give Bour another month of at bats against righties before being done with him. 

But yeah, he's definitely on thin ice

[beatlesrule]

Justin Bour has a -0.2 WAR.

[DMVol]

Wouldn’t be surprised if LaStella gets some looks at 1b at some point.

[GrittyVeterans]

1 minute ago, beatlesrule said:

Justin Bour has a -0.2 WAR.

He's been shit. But again, would you rather have him taking at bats or Pujols? I tend to think he has higher upside than Albert moving forward

[Duren, Duren]

Well, now that Trout got his one (relatively) bad game out of the way I expect he will find his way quickly back over 300.

Kole being moved from leadoff is a good decision. Just not enough on base presence to give Mike better pitches or run producing opportunities. The 5 - 8 hitters in this lineup have power, and even though they haven't gotten hot yet maybe will make their occasional  hits count more if there are more runners on base. 

I'm surprisingly impressed by La Stella's efforts at the plate. He battles, understands situations and tries to work the pitcher to the best of his ability. Not great talent, but savvy and useful.

Goodwin is making a believer out of me. He whipped around like he knew exactly what pitch was coming on his homer. Overall he is a more than adequate replacement for Upton, though for how long remains to be seen. So far, surprisingly good.

The Jays have their best starters coming up now, so it will be important to try and get to them early. 

 

[Chuck]

I feel like the Angels are going to start working La Stella in at 1B before or shortly after Ohtani comes back.

[Vlad27Trout27]

smh, Fletcher is in the line-up you guy mad that Rengifo isn't in it! make up your minds.  

But i'm liking La Stella in front of trout.

[Ray McKigney]

Glad to see Fletcher in there.  He's too good to be sitting on the bench every game. 

[krAbs]

10 minutes ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

smh, Fletcher is in the line-up you guy mad that Rengifo isn't in it! make up your minds.  

But i'm liking La Stella in front of trout.

[jordan]

Pujols will get a couple hits tonight and reach 2000 RBI’s. 

[BackUpTheTruck]

Fletcher and LaStella in front of Trout is a good look.

[rallybug]

The angels 3 hole has been a joke this whole season. 3rd is and always has been your best hitter = trouts spot

[Troll Daddy]

 

[Angel Oracle]

David Fletcher, channeling his inner Joe Sewell

[beatlesrule]

16 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

 

It's Ausmus' fault for even playing Bour in the first place.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, rallybug said:

The angels 3 hole has been a joke this whole season. 3rd is and always has been your best hitter = trouts spot

the 3rd spot in the order has the 3rd highest ops in the batting order.