Reputation from Jeff Fletcher

Jeff Fletcher reacted to jsnpritchett in Why isn't Jo Adell getting more playing time? April 26

I haven't read through this whole thread, but why are we all the sudden trying to move Adell to 1B, a position at which the Angels already have a young player they're trying to develop? Seems more like creating new problems than solving any existing ones.

Jeff Fletcher reacted to Taylor in Why isn't Jo Adell getting more playing time? April 25

I'm not sure if it's an AW thing or an every baseball fan thing, but it's cute how certain folks think you can simply move a player from one position to a completely different position.

Jeff Fletcher got a reaction from Tank in What happened in the 9th inning? April 24

Geez, I can’t believe this is still going on.

Yesterday before the game I asked another coach a little more about the situation and was told that they still could have bunted. Why they didn’t probably had something to do with the changing pitch probabilities as you get into the count and the changing value of the bunt when you’re moving one runner instead of two. Also, and this is my interpretation, but it’s a lot more risky to bunt with Adell at 3B than with him at 2B because he’s got to actually make some decisions on his own in that case, and well, we’ve seen how that’s gone.

Finally I think that Drury’s absence from yesterdays lineup adds a whole new layer to this. Even though Wash says he was available, and he looked to be available as he was pacing in the dugout, maybe all that was an act. When I get to the ballpark today I plan to ask more about Drury. (And also Ward. He’s the second best OFer so I don’t know why he was DHing.)

Jeff Fletcher got a reaction from BTH in What happened in the 9th inning? April 24

Geez, I can’t believe this is still going on.

Yesterday before the game I asked another coach a little more about the situation and was told that they still could have bunted. Why they didn’t probably had something to do with the changing pitch probabilities as you get into the count and the changing value of the bunt when you’re moving one runner instead of two. Also, and this is my interpretation, but it’s a lot more risky to bunt with Adell at 3B than with him at 2B because he’s got to actually make some decisions on his own in that case, and well, we’ve seen how that’s gone.

Finally I think that Drury’s absence from yesterdays lineup adds a whole new layer to this. Even though Wash says he was available, and he looked to be available as he was pacing in the dugout, maybe all that was an act. When I get to the ballpark today I plan to ask more about Drury. (And also Ward. He’s the second best OFer so I don’t know why he was DHing.)

Jeff Fletcher got a reaction from Chuck in What happened in the 9th inning? April 24

Geez, I can’t believe this is still going on.

Yesterday before the game I asked another coach a little more about the situation and was told that they still could have bunted. Why they didn’t probably had something to do with the changing pitch probabilities as you get into the count and the changing value of the bunt when you’re moving one runner instead of two. Also, and this is my interpretation, but it’s a lot more risky to bunt with Adell at 3B than with him at 2B because he’s got to actually make some decisions on his own in that case, and well, we’ve seen how that’s gone.

Finally I think that Drury’s absence from yesterdays lineup adds a whole new layer to this. Even though Wash says he was available, and he looked to be available as he was pacing in the dugout, maybe all that was an act. When I get to the ballpark today I plan to ask more about Drury. (And also Ward. He’s the second best OFer so I don’t know why he was DHing.)

Jeff Fletcher got a reaction from Blarg in What happened in the 9th inning? April 24

Geez, I can’t believe this is still going on.

Yesterday before the game I asked another coach a little more about the situation and was told that they still could have bunted. Why they didn’t probably had something to do with the changing pitch probabilities as you get into the count and the changing value of the bunt when you’re moving one runner instead of two. Also, and this is my interpretation, but it’s a lot more risky to bunt with Adell at 3B than with him at 2B because he’s got to actually make some decisions on his own in that case, and well, we’ve seen how that’s gone.

Finally I think that Drury’s absence from yesterdays lineup adds a whole new layer to this. Even though Wash says he was available, and he looked to be available as he was pacing in the dugout, maybe all that was an act. When I get to the ballpark today I plan to ask more about Drury. (And also Ward. He’s the second best OFer so I don’t know why he was DHing.)

Jeff Fletcher got a reaction from Taylor in What happened in the 9th inning? April 24

Geez, I can’t believe this is still going on.

Yesterday before the game I asked another coach a little more about the situation and was told that they still could have bunted. Why they didn’t probably had something to do with the changing pitch probabilities as you get into the count and the changing value of the bunt when you’re moving one runner instead of two. Also, and this is my interpretation, but it’s a lot more risky to bunt with Adell at 3B than with him at 2B because he’s got to actually make some decisions on his own in that case, and well, we’ve seen how that’s gone.

Finally I think that Drury’s absence from yesterdays lineup adds a whole new layer to this. Even though Wash says he was available, and he looked to be available as he was pacing in the dugout, maybe all that was an act. When I get to the ballpark today I plan to ask more about Drury. (And also Ward. He’s the second best OFer so I don’t know why he was DHing.)

Jeff Fletcher got a reaction from Blarg in What happened in the 9th inning? April 23

It was a little confusing, but we asked Wash all of that.

He said he wanted Adrianza to bunt. It wouldn’t surprise me if Adell stole third on his own, which then changed the equation. You’re not going to then lift Adrianza for Drury in the middle of the AB.
Rengifo for Neto made sense because Rengifo has been hitting better and he’s a lefty.

He could have hit Drury for Schanuel, but he said he wanted Schanuel to learn how to handle that situation, which does make some sense too. Also, Schanuel is a lefty and is likely to put the ball in play. It was unfortunate that he popped up.

I noticed Drury walking around with his bat and helmet in the dugout throughout the inning so I’m not sure what they had in mind for him if it was none of those situations.

Jeff Fletcher reacted to Angelsjunky in Nolan Schanuel April 18

Which means that expectations are very different. Half of Neto's value is his defense, while maybe about 10% of Schanuel's value--as a first baseman--is defense. Not to mention base-running.

Jeff Fletcher reacted to Stradling in Stephenson? April 15

Except they didn’t sign him fairly quickly. They signed him in January about three weeks before spring training started.

Jeff Fletcher got a reaction from Taylor in What will become of our friend Ippei? April 11

This is correct.

I would say most players who use interpreters for interviews (Japanese and Spanish) speak English well enough for informal conversations but not for on the record interviews.

As an aside, that doesn’t bother me at all. Luís Rengifo tries really hard at English and wants to do interviews in English, which is admirable. But there are times I think it would be better for my purposes (and therefore the readers) if he’d just use the interpreter so he could give more detailed and nuanced answers.