“I’ve been feeling great, but today I was just a little antsy and jumpy,” Trout said. “I felt like that a little bit last night, but my last at-bat I felt good. Sometimes you try to do too much and get out of your swing, but that last one, they just caught it.”

Antsy and jumpy. You would think antsy and jumpy would have had him swinging at those two meatballs pitched to him in dead center instead of just watching it pass by. Then compounded with the horrible decision of swinging outside the zone because he had to protect since he’s behind.

If there was anyone that needed rest yesterday, it should have been Trout, considering his aversion to day games also. DH Neto and you would still have him at lead-off, (instead of Aybar Jr.,) and his bat on the lineup, while giving his body a rest from the field.

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PedroCerrano

41 minutes ago

Reply to smithy610

That at bat by Trout earlier in the game with RISP was huge. He got two pitches in his preferred swing path and just didn’t swing. It was hard to watch for me.

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MarineLayer

13 minutes ago

Reply to smithy610

We all know he has degraded physically. Now we are seeing it mentally as well.

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GrandpaBaseball

5 hours ago

Day games at the Big A can be explosive because of the heat makes baseballs look like missile shots. Trout has always said that he dislikes day games at the Big A, why was he in the line up? Why no Neato? Just resting him to PH? He said he feels great at 24 and told the team he wants to play. He and Schanny propel the team, not Renny and Schanny. The young guys need to play, not the cast offs or older guys who take up space.

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Senator_John_Blutarsky

4 hours ago

Reply to GrandpaBaseball

I’m asking because maybe you read something that I haven’t seen….

So after the game Neto stated he felt great and didn’t know why he wasn’t in the starting lineup?

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steelgolf

3 hours ago

Reply to Senator_John_Blutarsky

TrAdition

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Pineapple12

2 hours ago

Reply to GrandpaBaseball

You are making a big deal out of one game.

Guys are going to get a day off here and there. Turn the page and move on.

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SchofieldsWalkoff

2 hours ago

Reply to Pineapple12

Especially when the player in getting a break has a stat line of
.195/.267/.268/.535 over the prior 10 games.

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Pineapple12

2 hours ago

Reply to SchofieldsWalkoff

Who has been taking a beating with HBPs, foul balls off his body and I’m pretty sure something else from fielding/running lol.

Of course Neto will say he can play. His bat is heating back up a little and he got a some rest.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

47 minutes ago

Reply to Pineapple12

“You are making a big deal out of one game.”

Someone please launch the whole thing about how CtPG isn’t full of huffing mouth breathers but is in fact full of real baseball guys who are FANS which is short for fanatic and thus they actually own a .0001% stake in the team and should thus be expected to not use any common sense or keep their emotional briefs clean and it’s because they care more and Arte owes them an apology here.

Yes, P12. Neto’s played a lot lately. He got a HBP yesterday. He probably said he’s fine, which is what players say even when their brain is showing through a headwound. It made perfect sense to rest him. Why aren’t you mad? This was, after all, a game against the first place Astros in June for none of the marbles.

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LanaBanana

2 minutes ago

Reply to GrandpaBaseball

This is what we have been talking about at my house all morning. Player’s are coddled way too much these days. No one expects them to strive for Cal Ripkin Jr.’s record, but come on…..and like you said, Neto is only 24 years old

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Roy Hobbs

7 seconds ago

Reply to LanaBanana

When I was growing up, Players regularly played 150+ games a year as long as they were healthy.