Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Blue Jays (4-10-2021)

[Chuck]

[ukyah]

i'm so sick of pujols hitting in the middle of the lineup.

also, for those who like witty corrections.

i'm so sick of pujols hitting in the middle of the lineup.

[failos]

No Walsh? Wtf?

[Chuck]

I really hope Maddon is not going with a straight platoon at 1B with Walsh/Pujols. 

Walsh hit .324 against southpaws with a .471 slugging .pct last season. 

[axalar]

This is dumb

[WicketMaiden]

16 minutes ago, ukyah said:

i'm so sick of pujols hitting in the middle of the lineup.

also, for those who like witty corrections.

i'm so sick of pujols hitting in the middle of the lineup.

i'm so sick of pujols hitting missing in the middle of the lineup.

[Warfarin]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

I really hope Maddon is not going with a straight platoon at 1B with Walsh/Pujols. 

Walsh hit .324 against southpaws with a .471 slugging .pct last season. 

Yeah, would be silly a straight platoon.  I get they will start Pujols, but in games like this, Walsh should be starting in RF.  Walsh should get some occasional days off, but the frequency of that is too high right now, as this is the 3rd game that he hasn't started already.  Given he's one of our top 3 hitters currently and blistering the ball, seems suboptimal to have him sit so often.

[Inside Pitch]

I doubt they play this one....  The rain is coming and I doubt that field drains as well as a MLB park would.

[beatlesrule]

Why are people here still surprised to see Pujols? We are only 9 games in but this is how it's going to be for awhile. Again, 30 million, last year and he's one of the best ever. Maddon will keep going to his veteran and hopefully get it out of his system by the time August comes around.

[Chuck]

4 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

I doubt they play this one....  The rain is coming and I doubt that field drains as well as a MLB park would.

Yeah it's not looking good, though you and I know that some of those thunderstorms can pass through pretty quickly in Florida. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

4 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Why are people here still surprised to see Pujols? We are only 9 games in but this is how it's going to be for awhile. Again, 30 million, last year and he's one of the best ever. Maddon will keep going to his veteran and hopefully get it out of his system by the time August comes around.

If it was the 70s or 80s, we could at least hope aliens would abduct him and solve the problem. But they stopped visiting earth when the 90s got here, apparently, so were screwed

Vladdylonglegs disagrees, but he wont play with us on here anymore. (Hope hes ok)

[Angelsjunky]

It isn't just Pujols starting over Walsh, it is also Lagares.

[Don]

11 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

I really hope Maddon is not going with a straight platoon at 1B with Walsh/Pujols. 

Walsh hit .324 against southpaws with a .471 slugging .pct last season. 

The dude has done enough to prove he needs to play every day. Whether it’s at 1B or RF I don’t particularly care. But he’s easily one of the three best hitters on this team right now.

[Taylor]

39 minutes ago, failos said:

No Walsh? Wtf?

Scioscia is posthumously punishing him for showing up Pujols.

[Taylor]

32 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Yeah it's not looking good, though you and I know that some of those thunderstorms can pass through pretty quickly in Florida. 

Florida skus.

[failos]

Just now, Taylor said:

Scioscia is posthumously punishing him for showing up Pujols.

I like Sosh, but it does seem like a Scioscia-esque move

[Taylor]

1 minute ago, failos said:

I like Sosh, but it does seem like a Scioscia-esque move

You know, when we don't talk politics we agree on almost everything.

Except for in the Billy Eppler thread.

[failos]

Just now, Taylor said:

You know, when we don't talk politics we agree on almost everything.

Except for in the Billy Eppler thread.

That’s why I stopped posting in the political forum. I started picking fights with you, cals, and those other dems.

 

also take a gander at the Billy Eppler thread. I posted something positive 

[Lou]

44 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

If it was the 70s or 80s, we could at least hope aliens would abduct him and solve the problem. But they stopped visiting earth when the 90s got here, apparently, so were screwed

Vladdylonglegs disagrees, but he wont play with us on here anymore. (Hope hes ok)

Bad news. He fell off the side of the earth. 

[Taylor]

15 minutes ago, failos said:

That’s why I stopped posting in the political forum. I started picking fights with you, cals, and those other dems.

 

also take a gander at the Billy Eppler thread. I posted something positive 

Yep, I've been Spin Forum free for a few weeks now. I haven't lost anything.

[Angelsjunky]

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

I really hope Maddon is not going with a straight platoon at 1B with Walsh/Pujols. 

Walsh hit .324 against southpaws with a .471 slugging .pct last season. 

I doubt it.

Or maybe he suspected it was going to be a rainout, so he threw Pujols and Lagares a bone, but will start Walsh tomorrow.

Anyhow, over the course of the year I expect we'll see something like this, in terms of games started:

LF Upton 120, Lagares 10, Marsh/Adell 30

CF Trout 140, Lagares 10, Marsh/Adell 10

RF Fowler 70, Lagares 20, Walsh 20, Marsh/Adell 50

1B Walsh 110, Pujols 50

DH Ohtani 90, Walsh 20, Pujols 20, Others 30

Or something like that. And, of course, adjust for injury. Also, Rojas and Ward might get some time at DH, 1B, and the corner outfield spots.

The only players that I expect will get a full season's worth of starts (say, 130+ games) are Trout, Rendon, Fletcher, Walsh, Iglesias, and maybe Upton (if healthy/performing). Pujols, Fowler, and Lagares--and, of course, Stassi and Suzuki--are all platoon players.

 

 

 

Edited April 10, 2021 by Angelsjunky

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

Yeah it's not looking good, though you and I know that some of those thunderstorms can pass through pretty quickly in Florida. 

Its all about the drainage...  If that field gets Florida sloppy wet, injuries can happen.   You've been out there, the ground gets super mushy.

[Angels 1961]

Albert 2 for 16 to start the season. So do you hope he goes 0 for next 20 and will consider retirement? Do you want him to get hits when he is playing even if it takes AB away from Walsh. In the long run which will benefit Angels the most?

[failos]

13 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Yep, I've been Spin Forum free for a few weeks now. I haven't lost anything.

That’s because your boy Biden has been in hiding for months and there’s nothing to talk about 

[ten ocho recon scout]

26 minutes ago, Lou said:

Bad news. He fell off the side of the earth. 

Did he land in the stanley kubrick movie set? I mean the moon?