The Punchless Wonders Lineup

Slugging percentages and Isolated Power of our 1-9 today:
1) .416/.160 Abreu
2) .372/.094 Aybar
3) .403/.123 Callaspo
4) .364/.123 Izturis
5) .432/.169 Rivera
6) .412/.141 Kendrick
7) .313/.032 Willits
8) .333/.108 Mathis
9) .105/.000 Bourjos

This is one of the weirdest lineups in modern Angels history.

almost 2 years ago mattwelch 18 comments 1 recs |

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Oh, and the AL averages for SLG and ISO are .410 and .148

We have three above-average sluggers in our lineup, two of which are within the margin of error for “average,” and just two guys with above average ISO (one of whom is batting leadoff).

We’ll probably score 10 runs again.

by mattwelch on Aug 8, 2010 9:46 AM PDT reply actions

Only 4 runs today...

With some decent defense, it would’ve been close. Soth called this lineup (and yesterday’s) “creative”…

Whateverrrr!

by K3YEROUT on Aug 8, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions

So are cornrows on a pig

doesn’t mean we want to see ’em.

by rmhalofan on Aug 9, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Who needs sweeps

as long as we win 2 out of 3 from now on………

Also any lineup that features Mathis is an embarrassment. The guy is a joke. We win 2 in a row with Wilson, the one guy in our rotation that Wilson probably has the most experience with in Bell and he’s sitting on the bench. And don’t give me any of that he just played lastnight, Wilson is young and capable of playing and if he doesn’t then Napoli should be. And if both of them were somehow partying lastnight and still haven’t been found, then you DFA Mathis and bring up Conger. And if Conger is hurt you call up Budde, And if Budde is at his child’s birth then you trade Mike Trout to get Jose Molina back.

by MH252525 on Aug 8, 2010 9:53 AM PDT reply actions

Well done

way to hide the lede!

by lightupthehalo29 on Aug 8, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Mathis played well today...

He was not to blame for this fiasco…the relentless bashing of Mathis is tiresome. I have no idea why Soth does not like Napoli as much as many on here love him. There must be a good reason since it is HIS job on the line, not ours. I question playing Howie at 1b and Collapso at 3b more than anything…

by K3YEROUT on Aug 8, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions

his OPS for the game was .500

I saw him struggling mightily with balls in the dirt. If that’s playing well then congrats Mathis!

by MH252525 on Aug 8, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Izturis 4 ????

SERIOUSLY ??

by Gokyle45 on Aug 8, 2010 10:03 AM PDT reply actions

I think this is the let's get in better position for the draft next year lineup.

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by snowhor on Aug 8, 2010 11:32 AM PDT via mobile reply actions

Clearly Scioscia is trying to win a bet...

by Nashdiesel on Aug 8, 2010 11:57 AM PDT reply actions

I'm even more bothered by this

Walk rates in today’s Angels lineup:

1) 12.7% Abreu
2) 6.9% Aybar
3) 4.9% Callaspo
4) 8.2% Izturis
5) 6.7% Rivera
6) 3.9% Kendrick
7) 10.8% Willits
8) 3.1% Mathis
9) 5.0% Bourjos

The American League average is 8.6%. So there are two guys who are above average. It’s not much of a surprise that this lineup only took one walk in the entire game.

by Suboptimal on Aug 8, 2010 1:15 PM PDT reply actions

And I was pointing out the other day in the game thread, that this team was 25th in the league in BB

NA, #34 SP, LAA
Light up the Halo for Nick!

More Howie please...

by hk47 on Aug 9, 2010 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions

And to think...

The Mariners thought they were going to win the division this year with a mightily similar punchless lineup.

by TheQuestforMerlin on Aug 8, 2010 2:43 PM PDT reply actions

Next year

We have talked a lot about signing Carl Crawford to fix the defense and provide speed at the top of the order. Can we sign Adam Dunn to DH and fix the offense too?

I don’t think a year of Bobby Abreu hitting .260 with 15 homers is going to cut it for DH production.

"That boy is our last hope" - Obi Wan Scioscia, as Francisco Rodriguez left for the Mets. "No, there is another" - Yoda Reagins.

by RallyMonkey5 on Aug 8, 2010 8:37 PM PDT reply actions