Pick 3 players

[Torridd]

Choose 3 players on the team that if they have "good" years, we should make the playoffs.

 

I'll say Ohtani, which I think will be on most lists, Canning, and Raisel Iglesias.  

[tdawg87]

Ohtani is absolutely the key.

I'll say Heaney and then Butt.

[Torridd]

25 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Ohtani is absolutely the key.

I'll say Heaney and then Butt.

Butt?

[Chuck]

Ohtani, Cobb & Buttrey. 

[Chuck]

Just now, Torridd said:

Butt?

[Angel Oracle]

Ohtani, Cobb, and Quintana

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

2 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Ohtani, Cobb, and Quintana

Yup. If we get solid SP then we should make it. 

[WicketMaiden]

Upton - on the basis that a 'good year' is a given for Fletcher, Trout and Rendon, so if Upton is hot too then this line-up is much longer.

Raisel Iglesias - lots of saves = lots of wins.

Ohtani - because that will mean we finally have an ace! (Who just happens to hit homers four days a week.)

 

[tdawg87]

6 minutes ago, WicketMaiden said:

Upton - on the basis that a 'good year' is a given for Fletcher, Trout and Rendon, so if Upton is hot too then this line-up is much longer.

Raisel Iglesias - lots of saves = lots of wins.

Ohtani - because that will mean we finally have an ace! (Who just happens to hit homers four days a week.)

 

Upton is a good one. Our offense is lethal if he is back near his normal numbers.

[WicketMaiden]

16 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Upton is a good one. Our offense is lethal if he is back near his normal numbers.

I think he's a solid bounce-back candidate. He finished 2020 hitting really well and has looked good at the plate in spring, and without the pressure of being Trout's main protection in the line-up he can hit a little more freely at 5 or 6 in the order and just be himself. On a good day with Upton on a tear and either Albert or Walsh hitting well at 6 and then Iglesias at 7, and Stassi at 8, this line-up is going to end games early.

[Chuck]

The key to this exercise isn't to pick someone who should have a good season, but a player who you have low expectations for to succeed. 

If you're doing this right, you're probably picking from this group: Cobb, Buttrey, Ohtani (on the mound), Canning, Quintana and Fowler. 

[Dtwncbad]

Freese, Hamilton and Wilson

[Angels 1961]

Mike Mayers, Jared Walsh and Justin Upton

[AngelsLakersFan]

Ohtani is obvious so I'm gona skip him...

Upton, Cobb, Fowler

[Docwaukee]

Ohtani, Walsh and Canning.  

[Docwaukee]

Can I include the bullpen as one guy?  If not then I want to choose a fourth player.  Mayers.  

[Don]

Ohtani, Bundy, and Walsh. Frankly if Bundy and Walsh manage to repeat or come close to the level they performed at last year and Ohtani has a good year on both sides of the ball we become a pretty freaking good team.

[Don]

I think this team just has a ton of "if" players. And for the first time in awhile I actually feel pretty good about most of them. I could list a lot more than those three being critical to our season.

[wopphil]

Upton, Cobb and Heaney. 

[sammyscioscia]

Walsh, Cobb, Ohtani. 

I trust Quintana will be reliable, same with Bundy.  Walsh is a curious one, considering he could've just been on a long streak of better than usual hitting last season, I'd say if he maintains 85% of what he could do last year that would be a success.  Partly because pitchers will have updated scouting reports on him, expecting regression is expected.  But he still needs to prove himself to be reliably good.

Ohtani is an obvious one but the most important player we need to play well to gain the most wins, he will have to succeed at both pitching and hitting to do that.  Well beyond a reasonable request by baseball standards, and a Herculean task he has proven he can take on, but can he do it again? And can it last most of the season?

Cobb will need to prove he can keep us in many games,  a 4.00-4.25 ERA in that range should work.  However, he could also not keep us in many ballgames and give up the long ball a few too many times.

 

[AngelsWest]

Ohtani, Heaney, Canning

pitching, pitching, pitching

[mmc]

Brandon Wood, Dallas McPherson, and Casey Kotchman

[tomsred]

Ohtani, Walsh, Cobb

[tdawg87]

3 hours ago, mmc said:

Brandon Wood, Dallas McPherson, and Casey Kotchman

[Inside Pitch]

Walsh, RF, Ohtani the pitcher.