Velazquez offensively

[GrittyVeterans]

Batting .170 with an OPS below .500. Time to find someone else and the answer won’t be Fletcher either imo

[failos]

How about our core lineup delivering one run.

[Tank]

next winter, they really need to target a SS who can hit and field. no one crazy expensive since that historically doesn't work well for us, but someone established.

honestly, i would be okay if they got simba again, but there hopefully are better options out there.

[T.G.]

Renig.... never mind 

[aznhockeyguy]

The opposite of Velazquez is Jose Iglesias, good bat, terrible glove.  Would you rather have him back? 

[tomsred]

There were a lot of free agent shortstops available after last year's season, and the Angels didn't really move aggressively on any of them.

[Tank]

3 minutes ago, tomsred said:

There were a lot of free agent shortstops available after last year's season, and the Angels didn't really move aggressively on any of them.

we tend to want to shop at saks fifth avenue or niemann marcus when sometimes going to nordstrom will do just fine.

but then again, too often we end up ducking into JC Penny just to see what they have, and we walk away with a carload of bargains.

[mmc]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

next winter, they really need to target a SS who can hit and field. no one crazy expensive since that historically doesn't work well for us, but someone established.

honestly, i would be okay if they got simba again, but there hopefully are better options out there.

Velazquez has a higher batting average than Simmons

[Tank]

5 minutes ago, mmc said:

Velazquez has a higher batting average than Simmons

every year or just this year?

[mmc]

1 minute ago, Tank said:

every year or just this year?

This season, but it's the first where Velazquez has played more than 50 games

[Tank]

4 minutes ago, mmc said:

This season, but it's the first where Velazquez has played more than 50 games

i'd still rather have simba between the two of them, but for a long term solution, i'd aim a lot higher than either of them.

[tomsred]

Should have signed Trevor Story.

[Tank]

2 minutes ago, tomsred said:

Should have signed Trevor Story.

he signed for 6/140. would that have been affordable for this team, all things considered?

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, tomsred said:

Should have signed Trevor Story.

6/$140M 

.671 OPS away from Fenway

[Tank]

3 minutes ago, Lou said:

6/$140M 

.671 OPS away from Fenway

that's better than what we're getting from squid, fwiw.

[Docwaukee]

you can have 1 black hole in your lineup.  not four.  

[Lou]

6 minutes ago, Tank said:

that's better than what we're getting from squid, fwiw.

For an additional $16.8M this year alone. 

Then $122.5M moving forward.

[Erstad Grit]

28 minutes ago, tomsred said:

Should have signed Trevor Story.

Story is hitting .218

[Erstad Grit]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

next winter, they really need to target a SS who can hit and field. no one crazy expensive since that historically doesn't work well for us, but someone established.

honestly, i would be okay if they got simba again, but there hopefully are better options out there.

Simba is hitting .163

[Angelsjunky]

I actually thought Arte was going to sneak attack with a Carlos Correa splash. 

[Angelsjunky]

Simmons has all of 50 PA. Stop comparing his BA to Velazquez's.

[Erstad Grit]

2 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

I actually thought Arte was going to sneak attack with a Carlos Correa splash. 

I did to

[Jason]

4 hours ago, aznhockeyguy said:

The opposite of Velazquez is Jose Iglesias, good bat, terrible glove.  Would you rather have him back? 

Nope but it isn’t unreasonable to expect something better than .172 and ops of .492 on the offensive side 

[eligrba]

Not the problem. 

[eligrba]

Didn't he hit the go ahead homerun to end the last losing streak?