Fletcher left tonight’s game with hip tightness, dealt with injury before season

[HanfordGuy]

12 hours ago, Angels 1961 said:

I think Ward comes back Fletcher be on IL they call up pitcher till Ward back. You still have Duffy, Wade, Mayfield and Rojas.

 

3 hours ago, Taylor said:

Is this written in ebonics?

 

2 hours ago, Jason said:

fo rizzle 

 

[HanfordGuy]

11 hours ago, ScottT said:

Dude needs to hack less.  His outside the the zone swing percentage has gotten crazy

Fletcher thinks he’s Vlad Guerrero at the plate.

[Blarg]

Guerrero usually went after low pitches not ones at eye level. Fletcher needs to be clubhouse fined for his idiocy at the plate. 

[Jason]

37 minutes ago, HanfordGuy said:

 

 

 

I wish they still made movies like this. 

[Angels 1961]

Fletcher problems started right after he signed extension. Trade him sign Trea Turner in off season. 

[totdprods]

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

Time soon to relegate him to a utility role?  Problem is, he’s still owed $25.5m (including 2026/2027 buyouts) through 2025.

Can Wade handle SS well enough?

...I'm not entirely sure Wade's gonna be much different.

Fletch won't be a problem when the rest of the offense is functioning. He'll be fine as the #9 hitter as he is. It's just magnified when there aren't 4-5 above-average hitters and maybe 1-2 average hitters in the lineup. 

We didn't have that most of last year, we haven't had it in the first five games.

What he does with the bat - not strike out, make a lot contact - actually works really well (even when he's struggling) if the other parts of the line-up are working. I really like the speed of Adell/Wade/Marsh ahead of Fletcher for that reason, and having him as the #9 ahead of Ohtani, Trout and Rendon. He doesn't walk a lot, sure, but by not striking out a lot there's at least reasonable chance he's on when they start coming up later in the game.

Edited April 12, 2022 by totdprods

[Don]

27 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

Fletcher problems started right after he signed extension. Trade him sign Trea Turner in off season. 

Turner’s gonna cost something like 7/220-230. Heck, that might be low.

[Angel Oracle]

49 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

Fletcher problems started right after he signed extension. Trade him sign Trea Turner in off season. 

So sign a big money guy then?   Not with Ohtani and Thor potentially being re-signed and paying Trout/Rendon some $70-75m combined per year

[Angels 1961]

12 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

So sign a big money guy then?   Not with Ohtani and Thor potentially being re-signed and paying Trout/Rendon some $70-75m combined per year

Upton money coming off the books after this year. Have cheap OF besides Trout in Adell, Ward and Marsh. Your 1B in Walsh cheap plus 3 to 4 young starters cheap. Catcher is signed along with 3 big pieces in bullpen for next year. Angels way under 230 tax limit for this year. Minasian has put team in decent position for future. Halos will have many options going forward. Ohtani is big question mark and should be first priority. I have no idea what you start his extension at and for how long.

[mmc]

 

[mmc]

 

[Angel Oracle]

17 hours ago, mmc said:

 

Desperately need his defense.

[Jason]

4 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Desperately need his defense.

Velazquez's defense hasn't been that bad though. At this point, having Fletcher on the roster doesn't make the Angels a better team  

[Angel Oracle]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Velazquez's defense hasn't been that bad though. At this point, having Fletcher on the roster doesn't make the Angels a better team  

At least have both Fletcher and Velasquez in there often enough, without taking too much from the offense.

Wade, Mayfield, and Duffy are just decent defensively.

[HanfordGuy]

17 hours ago, mmc said:

 

I’m glad our elite athletic training staff is on top of this…

[Vlad27Trout27]

Biggest way that Flec can rebound is to have that plate discipline return to where it was a few years ago. He's going to hit, but he needs to start working the counts and drawing walks. 

Also slide him back to 2nd and put Wade at ss.