When is the Aybar in the leadoff spot experiment over?

[Chuck]

Seriously, hitting .250, just 3 walks and only one stolen base. 

 

I'm trying to wrap my mind around how Scioscia pencils him in that spot on a daily basis. 

 

Bourjos, come back soon! But until then, I'd like to see JB Shuck in that spot with Aybar in the 9-hole. 

 

To make matters worse for Aybar, his defense has been pretty terrible this season as well. 

[Willy J.]

Hopefully when Bourjos gets back.

 

Any word on his progress?

[Chuck]

Hopefully when Bourjos gets back.

 

Any word on his progress?

 

2-3 more weeks away. 

[Tyler]

It's not like Bourjos is an ideal leadoff hitter either. They are both bottom of the order hitters.

[Inside Pitch]

Seriously, hitting .250, just 3 walks and only one stolen base. 

 

I'm trying to wrap my mind around how Scioscia pencils him in that spot on a daily basis. 

 

Bourjos, come back soon! But until then, I'd like to see JB Shuck in that spot with Aybar in the 9-hole. 

 

To make matters worse for Aybar, his defense has been pretty terrible this season as well. 

 

He's likely waiting/hoping on Aybar to do his Aybar thing...   Remember this time last year?  Aybar was hitting .219/.247/.281 - .528 OPS, a year ago today..  Aybar busted out in June, dipped a bit in July but then went apeshit the last two months.   

 

I do agree they have nothing to lose by trying Shuck for a week.

 

 

       

[CaliAngel]

It's not like Bourjos is an ideal leadoff hitter either. They are both bottom of the order hitters.

 

You must have had your head in the sand the first month of the season because this is not true at all.

 

Bourjos was doing a great job at leadoff. 

 

The rest of the team, unfortunately at the time, was not. 

[Tyler]

You guys just pick and choose when you want to apply the small sample size theory.

[Mile High Dreams]

LOL

[2002_halos_II]

Shuck until Peter gets back.

[Mile High Dreams]

It just means we have some pieces to trade with at the deadline

[CanadianHalo]

Cant imagine sosh makes a line up change like that during a winning streak. So until they lose a game I'd have to think Aybar's staying put.

But i do agree that he needs to be moved from that spot.

[WallyWorld]

You must have had your head in the sand the first month of the season because this is not true at all.

 

Bourjos was doing a great job at leadoff. 

 

The rest of the team, unfortunately at the time, was not. 

 

Bourjos was doing a good job, but Shane is correct - historically Bourjos has been a low OBP, high K rate, bad base stealer guy.  

[mancini79]

While the Angels continue to win, don't expect any changes.

[DropOfAnaheim]

The fact Mike put Aybar in that spot right off the DL was insane to begin with. I would put shuck in the spot, then ease peter back into it.

[Glen]

Bourjos was doing a good job, but Shane is correct - historically Bourjos has been a low OBP, high K rate, bad base stealer guy.  

 

 

 

Speaking historically of this year, Aybar has been a terrible leadoff hitter and Bourjos has been an ideal one.  Last year Bourjos had 19 SB and 3 CS.  Is that bad base-stealing?

[CaliAngel]

Bourjos was doing a good job, but Shane is correct -   

 

No, he's not. Bourjos was finally getting consistent playing time this season, a majority of his ABs were in the 1 slot and he was doing a great job. And I imagine with how the teams performing right now he'd be on a roll, hitting even better.

 

 

historically Bourjos has been a low OBP, high K rate, bad base stealer guy.  

 

That's fine, but has nothing to do with how he has performed this year because historically Bourjos never had an opportunity to play every day. This year he was, and look how his performance has improved. It just gets old having the same people jump on the *shit on Bourjos* bandwagon no matter how he performs. And I think its pretty obvious that Bourjos has earned batting in the 1 slot more than Aybar has earned it trying to bat there his entire career. 

[Tyler]

Perhaps you shouldn't take offense to Bourjos not being an ideal leadoff hitter.

[The God of Runs]

When? June 1st 2014

[gurn67]

While the Angels continue to win, don't expect any changes.

I don't care if they guy was 0-30 in his last 7 games, as long as they're winning, don't change a thing.

[Mark68]

2-3 more weeks away. 

So...that means about 2-3 more weeks of Aybar leading off. Good times.

[Glen]

Perhaps you shouldn't take offense to Bourjos not being an ideal leadoff hitter.

Except for this year, when he was. You know, the year when the stats matter the most right now.

[Tyler]

Mod edit:  Shane, you are not making friends around here.  Try to keep away from personal attacks.  

[Tyler]

I said the statement was dumb, not the writer of it. The hell?

[Tyler]

That's some bullshit right there. That was a perfectly fine post, he just couldn't answer to it.

Also, brilliant mod edit telling me I'm not making friends around here and then says to try not to personal attack. I'm here to talk baseball.

[Docwaukee]

Bourjos is not a leadoff hitter.  He was doing well and has a good obp because of his unusually high batting average.  His walk rate this year is 4.2%.  He was seeing 3.5 p/pa which would put him in the bottom 10% of the league if qualified.  His BABIP is .387. 

 

I'd like to see them give Calhoun a shot.  Better hitter, more power, better defender than Shuck.  Maybe a shade less discipline.