Wednesday, April 24, 2013

HBT: Angels drop Hamilton from cleanup spot

Teams have been pitching around Albert Pujols to get to Josh Hamilton, so the Angels have dropped Hamilton to No. 5 in the lineup tonight after using him in the cleanup spot for each of the first 17 games.

That could be partly due to facing a left-hander in Derek Holland, but if Hamilton were hitting well the handedness of the pitcher probably wouldn?t be much of a factor. Instead he?s just 12-for-68 (.176) with 23 strikeouts and a .570 OPS, and manager Mike Scioscia prefers Mike Trumbo behind Pujols.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/22/angels-drop-struggling-josh-hamilton-out-of-cleanup-spot/related/

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