feel bad for the guy...seems like its in his head. He had that hot start last year and then downhill from there. Amazing defense and seems like a great clubhouse guy. Wish he'd get it together.
Angels back up 7-5. 2 3-R HRs for Pujols. Rangers really have a huge problem with their rotation. Hope Keuchel can stay dominant
i love altuve but sorry man if the angels ever offered trout for altuve straight up, i'm taking it and never looking back. altuve is having a career year/MVP-year but this is mike trout we're talking about...
Don't think they had anyone up in the pen but I would pull him now, he's already at 99 pitches and facing 3 righties next time up. Semien and Smolinski have good #'s vs him too. If anything, 7 innings max or when he faces first sign of trouble. It's not like our 7-8-9 has gotten work in a while.
Does it make sense for Altuve to hit cleanup? Dude is a machine, and it would provide Correa with even more protection to flip them in the order. Imagine this lineup: Springer RF Bregman 3B Correa SS Altuve 2B Valbuena DH Margo 1B Rasmus LF Gomez CF Castro C
Altuve is already losing about 10 games worth of plate appearances throughout the year batting 3rd instead of 1st. He'd lose another 4 games worth or so hitting 4th.
Being jerked around in and out of the lineup doesn't help but Gomez isn't any better and you can't pry his ass out of the lineup, who's shaking their head over Gomer?