Gameday Thread: Twins @ Angels 5/20/2019 (Walsh 1B)

[Roy Hobbs]

[krAbs]

In the last month, Calhoun has had a batting average above .300 and an OPS near 1.000.

I...like this lineup. Like, the whole lineup.

[beatlesrule]

[Slegnaac]

I really hope this lineup produces tonight.

[Blarg]

There must be a broken key on the lineup calculator because Simmons is not a clean up hitter. 

[mmc]

How long before Ausmus realizes Simmons should not be hitting cleanup?

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, mymerlincat said:

How long before Ausmus realizes Simmons should not be hitting cleanup?

As soon as their is a better right handed option?  Which means when Upton comes back.  

[Dick Enberg]

3 minutes ago, Stradling said:

As soon as their is a better right handed option?  Which means when Upton comes back.  

or he realizes he can use Cozy at clean up while giving Simmy a day off (heaven forbid!)

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

9 minutes ago, mymerlincat said:

How long before Ausmus realizes Simmons should not be hitting cleanup?

til Upton returns

[Stradling]

If I was creating a line up it wouldn’t look to much different than it does right now.  I like Trout batting 2nd.  So here is what I would do now.

Against a right handed pitcher

La Stella

Trout

Ohtani

Simmons

Kole

Lucroy

Goodwin

Walsh

Fletcher

Against a left handed pitcher

Fletcher 

Trout

Ohtani

Simmons

Kole

Albert

La Stella

Lucroy

Goodwin

 

[Jay]

What if the opener is a LHP and then the "starter" is a RHP?

[krAbs]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

If I was creating a line up it wouldn’t look to much different than it does right now.  I like Trout batting 2nd.  So here is what I would do now.

Against a right handed pitcher

La Stella

Trout

Ohtani

Simmons

Kole

Lucroy

Goodwin

Walsh

Fletcher

Against a left handed pitcher

Fletcher 

Trout

Ohtani

Simmons

Kole

Albert

La Stella

Lucroy

Goodwin

 

Dude, you forgot Cozart.

[Stradling]

Just now, krAbs said:

Dude, you forgot Cozart.

He comes in when our pinch hitter, Trevor Cahill, hurts himself mid at bat.  

[krAbs]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

He comes in when our pinch hitter, Trevor Cahill, hurts himself mid at bat.  

If Cozart is batting against Cahill, what happens? Strike out on a wild pitch where Cozart runs to first, and would have been able to make it if he didn't trip and fall on the way and end up on the DL?

[goldenGlove]

19 minutes ago, Stradling said:

As soon as their is a better right handed option?  Which means when Upton comes back.  

Hadn't thought about the right handed hitter element, as to why Simmons is hitting cleanup and not Calhoun or La Stella. Good point

[Stradling]

13 minutes ago, kj_maestro said:

Hadn't thought about the right handed hitter element, as to why Simmons is hitting cleanup and not Calhoun or La Stella. Good point

I just think if you have Ohtani and Kole you are just asking for a team to bring in that tough lefty out of the pen late in the game to face both of them.  La Stella doesn’t strike out so he would be less of a problem.  

[Angel Oracle]

22 minutes ago, krAbs said:

If Cozart is batting against Cahill, what happens? Strike out on a wild pitch where Cozart runs to first, and would have been able to make it if he didn't trip and fall on the way and end up on the DL?

And Cahill injures his forearm on the delivery to the plate. 

[fan_since79]

I like Cozart as a late inning defensive replacement when we're up by three runs or more.

Other than that, NO.

 

[Dick Enberg]

42 minutes ago, krAbs said:

If Cozart is batting against Cahill, what happens? Strike out on a wild pitch where Cozart runs to first, and would have been able to make it if he didn't trip and fall on the way and end up on the DL?

Krabs - your thinking of Bour

[Stradling]

15 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

I like Cozart as a late inning defensive replacement when we're up by three runs or more.

Other than that, NO.

 

He’s going to start once or twice a week. If he is the difference between winning and losing then a lot of other people didn’t do their jobs with the bat.  

[rafibomb]

Sample size but that Walsh part is very interesting.

 

 

[Chuck]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

If I was creating a line up it wouldn’t look to much different than it does right now.  I like Trout batting 2nd.  So here is what I would do now.

Against a right handed pitcher

La Stella

Trout

Ohtani

Simmons

Kole

Lucroy

Goodwin

Walsh

Fletcher

Against a left handed pitcher

Fletcher 

Trout

Ohtani

Simmons

Kole

Albert

La Stella

Lucroy

Goodwin

 

I would put Lucroy over Simmons against both righties and lefties. 

Simmons just swings at shit, never strikes out, but seemingly doesn't know a fucking thing about pitch recognition. The guy tomahawk chops every pitch it seems. 

He's a good hitter, but he's not a cleanup hitter. Lucroy has a higher slugging pct. than Simmons, more extra base hits and HR's. 

[Justin]

11 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Simmons just swings at shit, never strikes out, but seemingly doesn't know a Facking thing about pitch recognition. The guy tomahawk chops every pitch it seems. 

This is the part that has been maddening this year. Was he always like this and I somehow didn't notice?

In the 1st inning yesterday, Ohtani walked on 4 pitches (with Trout on second after hitting a double) and then Simmons just hacked away at the fist pitch he saw and popped out. Couldn't even advance the runners. The guy might be the smartest player I have ever seen in the field. How can he be so brain-dead at the plate so much of the time?

[Ray McKigney]

I hope Goodwin can pick it back up. With the exception of a game or two, he's been terrible for the last few weeks. 

[BackUpTheTruck]

1 hour ago, mymerlincat said:

How long before Ausmus realizes Simmons should not be hitting cleanup?

Simmons is not a bad option considering he leads the team in hits (55) and doubles (13).

That being said, I would much rather have La Stella hit behind Shohei.