Gameday Thread: 4/1 Angels @ A's: Ohtani's pitching debut

[UndertheHalo]

On the bright side.  Other then the queer looking red tips in his hair.  Middleton looks competent.

Nice start to the season.  

[101halo]

Cozart = best signing of any team of the offseason. 

[daygloman]

Ohtani gets his "W".

[JarsOfClay]

Nice job Kenyan!

[tdawg87]

Season no longer over

[Inside Pitch]

Just now, JarsOfClay said:

This is why Scioscia's bullpen management is so horrible.

Bringing in a struggling Parker was so stupid.  And I said so from the 2nd batter, so you cant accuse me of hindsight

LOL, you're right -- better instead to not pitch him at all and then bring him in with a one run lead instead of a four run lead where he has wiggle room.  

[Jason]

Good game from Ohtain

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

What a bullpen...

[bloodbrother]

Ohtani has never lost a MLB game ever.

[Blarg]

Flaming Hot Cheetosfor the win!

[IheartLA]

good win

[CanadianHalo]

Thank you Middleton.

Blake Parker isn’t a closer 

[daygloman]

1 minute ago, Mark68 said:

Light that shit!

Just sparked, brother!

[Angelsfirst]

Light it! What a great game, Congratulations to Shohei on his first start, strikeout and win. Gonna be a fun season.

[tdawg87]

The Angels have a 1.000 winning percentage in April. 

[JarsOfClay]

Just now, Inside Pitch said:

LOL, you're right -- better instead to not pitch him at all and then bring him in with a one run lead instead of a four run lead where he has wiggle room.  

I wouldn't pitch him except in blowouts, or give him a quick leash in the early innings till he figures it out.  He's been shaky all spring, yet Scioscia makes him the stopper? lol

[bloodbrother]

Parker probably just lost his closers gig for now. Dude needs to pitch in some low leverage situations until he gets his shit together, if he does. Dude was abysmal in spring and hasn't looked good in his first 2 outings this season

[fan_since79]

Three out of four!

I was worried about a disaster. Definitely feeling better about the team now.

[JarsOfClay]

Nice win, I missed the entire game except the 9th, but it's good to take 3 of 4. Hopefully April is kind this year.

[Troll Daddy]

Tired of the closer by committee bullshit ... 

[Dick B Back]

We have a better record than the Skanks, how could that be?

[Angel Oracle]

After 4 games, hard to judge a pen.  So far though, it’s been shaky.

Johnson has looked really good, though.

Good thing they have some $25 million to play with, they may need to use some of it later on on a proven reliever.

[Warfarin]

7 minutes ago, JarsOfClay said:

This is why Scioscia's bullpen management is so horrible.

Bringing in a struggling Parker was so stupid.  And I said so from the 2nd batter, so you cant accuse me of hindsight

To his credit, he pulled him before it was too late.  I'm okay rolling Parker out with a 4 run lead in the 9th, as long as a contingency plan is in place.  But yeah, after this outing, in conjunction with his ST + previous outing, he's probably ticketed to have some low-leverage work for now until he figures things out.

[Angel Oracle]

What’s happened to Parker?

League figured him out?  Lost his release point?   Lost his confidence?

[101halo]

1 minute ago, Angel Oracle said:

After 4 games, hard to judge a pen.  So far though, it’s been shaky.

Johnson has looked really good, though.

Good thing they have some $25 million to play with, they may need to use some of it later on on a proven reliever.

I really wish we'd signed Holland. Hard to fault Eppler, though, considering how much we keep being appreciative of him rebuilding the farm. Tough to lose a high pick for a reliever.