Gameday 4/6/18 A's @ Angels

[bloodbrother]

JFC Trout, stop sucking already

[101halo]

That may be the worst pitch Trout has ever swung at. Weird. 

[IheartLA]

Trout needs to ditch the c flap

[UndertheHalo]

Ya sort of hate the bunt generally.  Really hate it there with Cozart.  Oh well.  Back in it !

[Angel97]

Trout beyond bad so far.

 

[Lou]

5 hours ago, Lou said:

Oakland owns Bridewell

Yep

[101halo]

Just noticed that Ohtani is out-OPSing Trout and Upton on the year so far. Combined. 

[Inside Pitch]

7 minutes ago, ArturoMoreno said:

I get what you're saying, but the whole "smoke and mirrors" analogy is a little aggressive on a dude who really had one bad start in over a year-- I mean you literally just compared this start to Weaver's 2016 season. Way, way too early to start pulling correlations from all his previous data..

It's not aggressive and it's not too early.   It's unpleasant to see or even for me to say but, he's pitching to what his history projects him to do.

Parker Bridwell has been pitching as a professional baseball player since 2010 -- there is a lot of statistical information on him, a lot to base future performance on.  I'd be a lot less willing to say what I have had we seen a big bump in all that predictive data last year but we didn't.   That's not to say tonight's effort is his real level of talent but...  a 5.00 ERA is a pretty real expectation.  The lone thing about Bridwells MLB career that gives a sliver of hope is that his HR/9 rate at the highest level is nearly twice his minor league rate -- but in the era of launch angle, it's hard to know if the previous data means anything.

Not trying to be excessively harsh Arte, I'm rarely completely down on a guy and would gladly love for him to continue to fake his way through things, but it's not something I'd bet on. 

Hopefully Parker does better next time out.

[Inside Pitch]

12 minutes ago, OregonLAA said:

I’ve never seen a player do this to an Angels crowd. The energy. The buzz. Trout didn’t even make this happen

Reggie when he first came over...   

[eligrba4ever]

Just now, Inside Pitch said:

Reggie when he first came over...   

REGGIE!!!! REGGIE!!!! REGGIE!!!

[IheartLA]

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

It's not aggressive and it's not too early.   It's unpleasant to see or even for me to say but, he's pitching to what his history projects him to do.

Parker Bridwell has been pitching as a professional baseball player since 2010 -- there is a lot of statistical information on him, a lot to base future performance on.  I'd be a lot less willing to say what I have had we seen a big bump in all that predictive data last year but we didn't.   That's not to say tonight's effort is his real level of talent but...  a 5.00 ERA is a pretty real expectation.  The lone thing about Bridwells MLB career that gives a sliver of hope is that his HR/9 rate at the highest level is nearly twice his minor league rate -- but in the era of launch angle, it's hard to know if the previous data means anything.

Not trying to be excessively harsh Arte, I'm rarely completely down on a guy and would gladly love for him to continue to fake his way through things, but it's not something I'd bet on. 

Hopefully Parker does better next time out.

even though I agree with you that Bridwell's pheripherals and past performance indicate last year will never happen again, the fact of the matter is that Parker did have a good year for us last year. The idea that he wouldn't get a start or first crack once someone hit the DL is incredibly arrogant. The same mindset of Ohtani is a bust after 3 ST innings, after 3 games in the ML - "I knew he was going to do this all along!".

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

Reggie when he first came over...   

Good point. 

Willits was amazing from, as the kids used to say, jump street. 

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

It's not aggressive and it's not too early.   It's unpleasant to see or even for me to say but, he's pitching to what his history projects him to do.

Parker Bridwell has been pitching as a professional baseball player since 2010 -- there is a lot of statistical information on him, a lot to base future performance on.  I'd be a lot less willing to say what I have had we seen a big bump in all that predictive data last year but we didn't.   That's not to say tonight's effort is his real level of talent but...  a 5.00 ERA is a pretty real expectation.  The lone thing about Bridwells MLB career that gives a sliver of hope is that his HR/9 rate at the highest level is nearly twice his minor league rate -- but in the era of launch angle, it's hard to know if the previous data means anything.

Not trying to be excessively harsh Arte, I'm rarely completely down on a guy and would gladly love for him to continue to fake his way through things, but it's not something I'd bet on. 

Hopefully Parker does better next time out.

He only really sucks ass vs Oakland 

[tdawg87]

Reggie Willits has the blackest name ever

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Baldoquin is 3-3 in the 66ers game.

[bloodbrother]

Shits the Bedrosian right on cue

[Ohtani&Trout]

Good job. From 0-2 to 3-2 to a HR. Even when he gets outs, they're all crushed. 

[IheartLA]

whoops, bedrosian gives up a bomb..

[UndertheHalo]

Bedrosian is a guy that I doubt I will ever have faith in. 

[bloodbrother]

That quality 92 MPH straight belt high fastball right over the heart of the plate.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Fuck you Bedrock

[Ohtaniland]

Chapman hits a jack in front of his whole family that’s sitting in front of me.

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

He only really sucks ass vs Oakland 

.... vs teams he's faced more than once 

[eligrba4ever]

Just now, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Baldoquin is 3-3 in the 66ers game.

He has had enough A-Ball practice to get that league down pat.

[AngelsFaninGA]

Send this scrub down. We have guys in AA who are better