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David Fletcher is the most overlooked Angel ...

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I remember a while back there was a thread asking about the biggest surprise of the year for us.  At the end time most said La Stella which was obvious.  A handful of us mentioned Fletcher (who at the time had an OPS above .800).  I know in the modern era of baseball baseball unless you hit 20 plus HR's and have an OPS over 900 you'll be an after thought.  But, this is the first time that Mike Trout this deep in the season has lead the American League in RBI's.  We never had a true lead off man in front of him.  If you subtract HR's from runs scored, David Fletcher has 43 (only behind Trout with 44).  In other words, he gets on base and scores a lot of runs.  At this rate, Fletcher is on pace to have a WAR around 5.  IMHO, Fletcher deserved all-star consideration this year, but didn't have the pop or flash to draw the attention.  I believe next to Trout, David Fletcher has been our most valuable player.  

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8 hours ago, Blarg said:

Fletcher 35 games Leading off 23 runs scored

La Stella 38 games Leading off 26 runs scored

The two have nearly the same batting line except La Stella has a much higher slugging percentage. That is why La Stella was picked for the All Star game over Fletcher.

 

So your are saying he could be an All-Star?

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Overlooked by whom? Not Angels fans, or at least those on this board. He is well appreciated.

But sure, Fletcher is the type of player that gets lost by non-fans. He's going to hit around .300, but with no power and only modest speed. He's a 4 fWAR player, which is in that in-between zone between solid regulars and true stars.

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7 hours ago, RBM said:

I agree. Fletcher is an underrated player. I think he's the kind of player a team needs to have to make a run into the playoffs and I feel like we are going to be one of those teams in 2020/2021. 

His game is more suited to that of a middle infielder but I think he'll be our everyday 3B next year. He doesn't have the power numbers you hope for in a corner infielder but I think the Angels can make up for that with the addition of Jo Adell and an upgrade at catcher and the backup to 1B.

A less power version of Terry Pendleton?

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10 hours ago, Blarg said:

Fletcher 35 games Leading off 23 runs scored

La Stella 38 games Leading off 26 runs scored

The two have nearly the same batting line except La Stella has a much higher slugging percentage. That is why La Stella was picked for the All Star game over Fletcher.

 

There is no doubt La Stella has been awesome.  But unfortunately, he's out for a while.  I thought his all-star bid was well deserved, but Fletcher didn't even make a blip in the voting.  Admittedly, though, I was curious to see if La Stella would continue his same level of production in the second half of the season.  

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