WeekEnd HaloLinks: Valbuena & Calhoun a Designated Hit

Smoking hot David Fletcher rode he pine last night. I am sure that did not go unnoticed for long. He sat in favor of Luis Valbuena. Maddening, right? Except that Valbuena had the best day of any position player in MLB yesterday with 0.3 fWAR.

Kole Calhoun and Martin Maldonado were tied for 2nd-best at 0.2, and that helped power the Angels to an 8-5 series opening victory over the Blue Jays.

Valuable-ena gave us a 2-homer game. This was one of them.....Calhoun gave us one homer, but it was his second in 2 nights and a 2-run bomb at that.....Mike Trout kept a spot warm on the bench next to Fletcher for long spells as he DH’ed with a sprain finger that has been bothering him since…