Cano, Prince and Choo (small sample size)

[Cdaniel]

@chazlong21: Recent AL West additions Cano, Fielder and Choo are a combined 6 for 24 with 0 HR vs @HecSantiago53. #WeWonTheOffseason .... again

Edited December 22, 2013 by Cdaniel

[Ohtaniland]

@chazlong21: Recent AL West additions Cano, Fielder and Choo are a combined 6 for 24 with 0 HR vs @HecSantiago53. #WeWonTheOffseason .... again

 

Cano, Prince and Choo (larger sample size)

 

Cano .313 //////// Prince .313 //////// Choo .329 are all their lifetime batting averages vs our Angels.

[Cdaniel]

I guess those numbers are about to go down now that we have Santiago.

[nikkachez]

Wilson, Santiago, Skaggs, Burnett, Moran, and Rapada we need you know

[Second Base]

The thing about guys like Cano, Fielder and Choo, they're being paid hundreds of millions of dollars for a reason.  They hit RHP and LHP alike.  If they didn't, they would be platoon players, not stars.  I won't take anything away from them to make myself feel better.  It'll be tough winning the division, but I think we have a reasonable shot. 

[Redondo]

Our division keeps getting tougher every year.

 

It's up to the Angels to step up their game and meet the challenge. I believe if we put it together that we can compete for first place. I like our young pitching and I have to believe that Pujols and Hamilton will rebound this year. At least I'm hoping.

[Brent Maguire]

The thing about guys like Cano, Fielder and Choo, they're being paid hundreds of millions of dollars for a reason.  They hit RHP and LHP alike.  If they didn't, they would be platoon players, not stars.  I won't take anything away from them to make myself feel better.  It'll be tough winning the division, but I think we have a reasonable shot. 

Choo has a career .680 OPS against lefties and last year it was .612. 

 

Cano and Fielder are both good against lefties though. 

[Angel Oracle]

The thing about guys like Cano, Fielder and Choo, they're being paid hundreds of millions of dollars for a reason. They hit RHP and LHP alike. If they didn't, they would be platoon players, not stars. I won't take anything away from them to make myself feel better. It'll be tough winning the division, but I think we have a reasonable shot.

Except that Choo has never, eever hit lefties well. He only dominated us in past years because until Wilson arrived we didn't have much in lefty starting pitching. Now we could have three lefty starters in a division with a significant number of solid lefty hitters.

In fact, when the lefties are facing Texas, I'd pitch very carefully to Beltre and make the lefty hitters beat the Halos.

The A's will still be tough on lefties with Cespedes and Donaldson.

Edited December 22, 2013 by Angel Oracle

[nikkachez]

The thing about guys like Cano, Fielder and Choo, they're being paid hundreds of millions of dollars for a reason.  They hit RHP and LHP alike.  If they didn't, they would be platoon players, not stars.  I won't take anything away from them to make myself feel better.  It'll be tough winning the division, but I think we have a reasonable shot. 

Cano and Fielder but not Choo and while it's true they don't completely fall apart against lefties, Cano has a .790 OPS against lefties and Prince has hit .267 with a .803 OPS against lefties. While those are solid numbers, they're certainly not worth hundreds of millions. Stacking up on lefties will certainly help

Edited December 22, 2013 by nikkachez

[Halos of Anaheim]

We have to continue to add pitching to our team, even at the cost of our hitting. If we have the chance this season, send away Howie/Aybar for some more cost controlled young guns. Ignore all these big bats that our rivals are acquiring, we've had enough retaliation for a lifetime honestly. We need to continue to work on our SP and bullpen, until we have a solid foundation to move on with in the future.

[ODNight]

Looking at the numbers, Choo may have high OBP but his OPS vs. LHP is horrible. Brian Kenny may  have a mancrush on Choo, but it will come back to bite Texas in the future.

Edited December 23, 2013 by sbrockies10

[sneaky_flute]

These contracts only bite a team if they hinder financial flexibility. Unless Daniels decides to buy every free agent for the next 7 years, I don't see the Choo or Fielder contract hurting them. Their 2014 payroll is expected to be 115 million. That's hardly Dodgers/Yankee/Luxury tax threshold territory. 

[Erick McClendon]

Looking at the numbers, Choo may have high OBP but his OPS vs. LHP is horrible. Brian Kenny may  have a mancrush on Choo, but it will come back to bite Texas in the future.

Says the fan of a team with Josh hamilton and Albert Pujols 

[Inside Pitch]

Says the fan of a team with Josh hamilton and Albert Pujols 

 

Which is why you should listen, experience is a hell of a teacher.  

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Says the fan of a team with Josh hamilton and Albert Pujols

I love it when you Ranger fans use that as a come back. He never said they weren't bad contracts. I'm glad The Rangers/Daniels haven't learned from the Angels recent mistakes.

[tdawg87]

Rangers fans are so defensive it's hilarious. Do you guys keep watch over Marinerswin.com as well?

[ODNight]

Even though MLB is not as reactive as "one team signs a few left handed hitters --> we need more lefty pitchers" the Angels are certainly suited for the likes of the Strangers. Choo's platoon splits are borderline horrible if my memory serves me correctly.

 

Choo: 

vs L (Multi) .220 .338 .290 .241 vs R (Multi) .315 .432 .534 .336

 

Yea. Yea it does.

[ODNight]

Will be interesting to see if Profrar produces and the Rangers end up in the same situation the Angels are in with a ton of big contracts and need to lock him up. Doubt it will be the same historic stats as Trout, but still expect Profrar to be solid.

[Brent Maguire]

Rangers fans are so defensive it's hilarious. Do you guys keep watch over Marinerswin.com as well?

Which is funny when they're posting on Angels websites. 

 

It's like they're only here to defend any statement against their team. 

[Mark68]

The thing about guys like Cano, Fielder and Choo, they're being paid hundreds of millions of dollars for a reason.  They hit RHP and LHP alike.  If they didn't, they would be platoon players, not stars.  I won't take anything away from them to make myself feel better.  It'll be tough winning the division, but I think we have a reasonable shot. 

They all have OPS stats more than 100 points less against LHP than against RHP.

 

Fielder: .803 vs .971

Cano: .790 vs .894

Choo: .680 vs .932

 

They may not be platooning, but, at the very least, Choo should be.