Fletch for Starting Shortstop

[OttoDog]

Who out there thinks David Fletcher should be starting shortstop for our entire shortened season? His clutch hitting is off the charts. 

 

Edited July 29, 2020 by OttoDog
Forgot to add a crucial bit of information.

[Tank]

no one.

[Stradling]

1961

 

Also @Lou would like to share some aviary items with you.  

[Angels 1961]

Yes I do and put Adell in RF

[Taylor]

[mmc]

If we can flip Simmons for a pitcher, sure.

[Slegnaac]

The Spotted Hand fish gives birth to fully formed juveniles.

[Stradling]

 

[Chuck]

7 hours ago, OttoDog said:

Who out there thinks David Fletcher should be starting shortstop for our entire shortened season? His clutch hitting is off the charts. 

 

I do! 

I'm done with Simba.

Let Rengifo/La Stella man 2B. 

[ScottT]

Count me out.  Simmons still is a very good defender.  Fletcher can still play nearly every day... 2B, OF... DH (better than Ward, Thaiss)... occasionally at 3B and SS to give Rendon and Simmons a day off.   He's gonna play a lot.

[Taylor]

Cleopatra was born closer to the creation of Pizza Hut than the creation of the great pyramids.

[Chuck]

Simba is just awful at the plate. He's a great defender, but how many more years will he be able to perform at the level he has?

Pass. 

[Chuck]

 

[ScottT]

Replacing Simmons with Fletcher is not ideal. Replacing a combination of Pujols, Ward, Thaiss, any OF not named Mike Trout... is.

[HaloSpurs]

3 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Simba is just awful at the plate. He's a great defender, but how many more years will he be able to perform at the level he has?

Pass. 

I agree with you Chuck. Bat is so light and the defense while still exceptional is only going to trend one way 

[Jason]

If the Halos could get some higher level pitching for Simmons in a trade, I’d be tempted to do that. 

[CanadianHalo]

Like it.

If Fletch can prove he can play short that opens things up a bit for the Angels this offseason 

Fletch and LeMahieu up the middle!

[CanadianHalo]

6 minutes ago, Jason said:

If the Halos could get some higher level pitching for Simmons in a trade, I’d be tempted to do that. 

Seriously? Why do some people think Simmons has so much value? We’ve been down this road a few times the last couple of seasons and there isn’t many if any teams in ‘win now’ mode needing a defensive shortstop. Especially considering he’d be a rental now this year

 

[Jason]

7 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

Seriously? Why do some people think Simmons has so much value? We’ve been down this road a few times the last couple of seasons and there isn’t many if any teams in ‘win now’ mode needing a defensive shortstop. Especially considering he’d be a rental now this year

 

That’s why i said if and I would not expect front end of the rotation guys. Higher level is probably the wrong word there. 

[Warfarin]

7 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

I do! 

I'm done with Simba.

Let Rengifo/La Stella man 2B. 

Simba will man SS for the rest of this year once he returns (whatever little is left of it), but I think moving forward, Fletcher is our SS "of the future."  Simba will leave as a FA, Fletcher takes over SS, and likely LaStella leaves as a FA too, with Rengifo taking over 2B.  The money that's saved will be used to, hopefully, get another SP.

While Simba is out, against RHP, I'd like to see a lineup like this:  SS Fletcher, CF Trout, 3B Rendon, DH Ohtani, LF Upton, 1B LaStella/Pujols, C Castro/Stassi, 2B Rengifo, RF Goodwin.  Hopefully fairly soon, once the service time manipulation is done, we can call Adell up and slot him in, too

[Angel Oracle]

Three seasons out of five disrupted by DL time + hitting struggles since the beginning of 2019 = it is likely time to let Simba walk after this season.  

[Mark68]

Hionestly, Simba's injury may provide an opportunity for Fletcher to showcase his ability to be a starting SS and allow us to let Simba go at the end of the season.

[Lou]

18 minutes ago, BackUpTheTruck said:

Ankleton Simmons

Should have gone with Ankledone.

[failos]

19 minutes ago, BackUpTheTruck said:

Ankleton Simmons

Good job

[Hubs]

While Fletcher should certainly be starting and leading off most every game right now, this is a bit premature.

You can easily compare him to Simmons as Simmons wasn't hitting much in the 4 games he started, but that is a small sample size. LaStella isn't really hitting either though.

Fletcher's versatility is one of his best attributes, so I can see starting him occasionally at SS even once Andrelton returns, but short of every other hitter at every other position he plays dominating as well, he'll continue to be a super utility player and start somewhere else, every day.