Walsh

[Jason]

9 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

Jake Lamb raking at SLC. Nice lefty off the bench.

No thanks 

[BTH]

4 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Walsh went from zero to hitting .440 at Salt Lake, and now this is what he’s done in the majors. 
 

Bear that in mind when looking at anyone’s AAA stats (Fletcher, Adell, Stefanic, Cabbage, etc) and sticking him in the majors. 

Trey Cabbage and Jo Adell actually impact the baseball, unlike Fletcher, Stefanic, and Walsh.

That’s evidenced in their average EV and their max EV.

Walsh’s avg EV in AAA was 85.6 mph, which should’ve carried more weight than his batting average. A lot of his hits in AAA were 60-80 mph bloopers.

He clearly hasn’t regained his physical strength that he lost before he got surgery in 2022, evidenced by his EV numbers.

And the Angels have even more data than we do which should tell them that, like bat speed.

[Blarg]

There is no doubt in my mind he should have spent three weeks in AAA to regain a lost half season due to his injury. But the defensive shortfalls at 1st base between three different players necessitated a change.

So now you're just going to have to wait out his slump. Like we've been waiting for Trout to pull out of his slump for the last 25 games where he has hit .211/.330/.422/.752 and more recently the last 6 games .143/.280/.286/.566 out of the #3 spot in the order. 

You want to complain about Walsh batting 7th or 8th while Trout has been killing rallies for the last month, go ahead. 

[Jeff Fletcher]

4 hours ago, Trendon said:

Trey Cabbage and Jo Adell actually impact the baseball, unlike Fletcher, Stefanic, and Walsh.

That’s evidenced in their average EV and their max EV.

Walsh’s avg EV in AAA was 85.6 mph, which should’ve carried more weight than his batting average. A lot of his hits in AAA were 60-80 mph bloopers.

He clearly hasn’t regained his physical strength that he lost before he got surgery in 2022, evidenced by his EV numbers.

And the Angels have even more data than we do which should tell them that, like bat speed.

They don’t impact the baseball if they’re missing it.

And, yes, the Angels do have more data. That’s why they haven’t called up those other guys. 

[VladdyforHOF]

6 hours ago, Blarg said:

There is no doubt in my mind he should have spent three weeks in AAA to regain a lost half season due to his injury. But the defensive shortfalls at 1st base between three different players necessitated a change.

So now you're just going to have to wait out his slump. Like we've been waiting for Trout to pull out of his slump for the last 25 games where he has hit .211/.330/.422/.752 and more recently the last 6 games .143/.280/.286/.566 out of the #3 spot in the order. 

You want to complain about Walsh batting 7th or 8th while Trout has been killing rallies for the last month, go ahead. 

You sir do not have a baseball mind.

[gurn67]

Maybe he's got the hitters version of Steve Blass disease. He was crushing it in Spring Training. He was crushing it at Salt Lake. Has an OPS under .500 now in the games that count.

[TheLordofOuts]

Walsh is done. Stick a fork in him

[Angels 1961]

David Fletcher 3 more hits today, now hitting 365. Is it time for Walsh to be sent down? Drury and Urshela could place 1B. 

[full circle]

Man, good for Fletch. He was left for dead and has not gone down without a fight. 

[VladdyforHOF]

Pull the plug. Not to brag but my thread was right on the money.

[TheLordofOuts]

Walsh better start filling out applications to work at Dick's Sporting Goods

[Tyler]

Why the hell is this guy still rostered? This is insane.

[Stradling]

21 minutes ago, Tyler said:

Why the hell is this guy still rostered? This is insane.

Because of his defense. 

[mmc]

Gotta think if Murphy hits in SL he'll get called up

[Docwaukee]

Feel really bad for the kid but damn he looks broken.  Makes you wonder if TOS was ever actually the real problem.  

[Erstad Grit]

Call up Fletcher or sign Hosmer please. He's an automatic out. Teams don't carry 1B defensive specialists. 

[Angels 1961]

Put Ward and 1B

[Angel Oracle]

Walsh did hit the ball solidly 3 times Wednesday, and had a key double tonight.

Finally emerging from the extensive slumber?

[Dtwncbad]

.111 now.  .089 below the Mendoza line.

Is there even a name for the .100 line?  We are going to need to know soon.

 

[Dtwncbad]

Can we hire Mark Grace to take Walsh out for a night somewhere in the Inland Empire?

[REDneck]

57 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

Can we hire Mark Grace to take Walsh out for a night somewhere in the Inland Empire?

Fontucky is great, if u want to slum for a bit.

I wouldn't know anything about it anymore.

[Jason]

23 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

 

Finally emerging from the extensive slumber?

Nope 

[Tank]

1 hour ago, REDneck said:

Fontucky is great, if u want to slum for a bit.

I wouldn't know anything about it anymore.

[CaliAngel]

On 6/14/2023 at 8:02 PM, Stradling said:

Because of his defense. 

Ah, the good 'ol Jeff Mathis excuse...we all know how that went...

[HeavenlyHalos]

He's at a premium offensive position too. He looks done but I think the only way to salvage him is sending him down to AAA