Gameday Thread: Angels @ Indians (03/10/2021)

[angelsnationtalk]

3 minutes ago, Second Base said:

I think most would agree that Rengifo had impressed so far this Spring, but Barreto hasn't been too far behind. I'm looking the way this team lines up. Both Barreto and Rengifo are better than your typical utility infielder. 

Maddon always seems to have a good UT on every team he's associated with. 

Agreed, but one guy that has really impressed me is Walsh. Just his whole story being a 39th round pick he just seems solid at the plate. Also has a good glove. Should 100% be the Opening Day starter at 1b

Lagares has opened eyes as well

[Chuck]

Guys, I want to see Rengifo get some time in RF. This kid looks great this spring. 

[rafibomb]

Rengifo's new swing is so much more balanced. Most importantly, it looks like the new stance is giving him more confidence at the plate as well.

[rafibomb]

Sandoval with a CJ Wilson type inning. If you watched it you wanted to pull your hairs out at times but if you look at the box score it was good. 

[Chuck]

Just now, rafibomb said:

Sandoval with a CJ Wilson type inning. If you watched it you wanted to pull your hairs out at times but if you look at the box score it was good. 

Yep. He's definitely got a lot of CJ Wilson in him. 

[Chuck]

Did I hear that correctly that Cobb hit 95 mph on the gun and regularly sat at 94 MPH today?

His pitches have a lot of life and damn his splitter looked good. 

[rafibomb]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

Did I hear that correctly that Cobb hit 95 mph on the gun and regularly sat at 94 MPH today?

His pitches have a lot of life and damn his splitter looked good. 

 

[AngelsLakersFan]

6 minutes ago, rafibomb said:

 

That's good. I like.

[Inside Pitch]

No bullshit, if they keep defending like they have early on this shit isn't going to suck.   Good lord it's been night and day so far this ST and last year.  Even the third string dudes are picking it.

[Angelsfan1984]

Clearly chemistry wins championships. Bauer who....

[Chuck]

Remember Keynan Middleton? Today he gave up 3 home runs, 5 ER in one inning of relief work. He's given up 4 HR's across 3 innings with a robust 21.00 ERA this spring for the Mariners.

[AngelsLakersFan]

5 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

No bullshit, if they keep defending like they have early on this shit isn't going to suck.   Good lord it's been night and day so far this ST and last year.  Even the third string dudes are picking it.

I know we've been on this train for awhile now but if the defense is good it solves a lot of the perceived pitching problems.

[jsnpritchett]

2 hours ago, Tank said:

Yeah, sorry, guys.  Having issues with screenshotting.  I may just leave it up to Chuck to add those in.

[Angelsfan1984]

12 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Remember Keynan Middleton? Today he gave up 3 home runs, 5 ER in one inning of relief work. He's given up 4 HR's across 3 innings with a robust 21.00 ERA this spring for the Mariners.

Miniasin is a genius. He sent booby traps around the league. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

Why are they still playing? What the heck is an "8th inning?"

[AngelsLakersFan]

3 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Why are they still playing? What the heck is an "8th inning?"

Ok, thank god, someone figured it out and they ended the game.

[rafibomb]

 

 

[Inside Pitch]

10 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Remember Keynan Middleton? Today he gave up 3 home runs, 5 ER in one inning of relief work. He's given up 4 HR's across 3 innings with a robust 21.00 ERA this spring for the Mariners.

Apparently the M's spring training fans haven't cheered hard enough.. 

 

 

[Inside Pitch]

BTW -- the Mariners rolled the inning over 5 times today.  So when people start posting ST stats, yeah..  not everyone is playing it legit.

[Second Base]

45 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Remember Keynan Middleton? Today he gave up 3 home runs, 5 ER in one inning of relief work. He's given up 4 HR's across 3 innings with a robust 21.00 ERA this spring for the Mariners.

Yeah but BLM.

[ThisismineScios]

1 hour ago, Second Base said:

I think most would agree that Rengifo had impressed so far this Spring, but Barreto hasn't been too far behind. I'm looking the way this team lines up. Both Barreto and Rengifo are better than your typical utility infielder. 

Maddon always seems to have a good UT on every team he's associated with. 

I was thinking about this more, and I know you’ve been on the future shortstop train. I mean I think I agree more and more. It’s be awesome to have a Seager or Baez type in the lineup. But if he shows good stuff this year he’s way cheaper. They can use that money elsewhere and have a speedy, switch hitting bat in the lineup. I think it’s something to watch. 

[Second Base]

I'm telling you guys, Angels rotation has been pretty underrated, even by local fans. I think Cobb gets his ERA under 4.00 this year. I believe Cobb, Bundy, Ohtani and Canning are going to be very good this year. 

Sneaky good rotation, solid defense unit, good depth and some team chemistry to go with it. Minasian may have done a low-key solid job this winter. 

[Second Base]

Just now, ThisismineScios said:

I was thinking about this more, and I know you’ve been on the future shortstop train. I mean I think I agree more and more. It’s be awesome to have a Seager or Baez type in the lineup. But if he shows good stuff this year he’s way cheaper. They can use that money elsewhere and have a speedy, switch hitting bat in the lineup. I think it’s something to watch. 

The thing with Rengifo and Barreto is they you don't want to lose either of them to a roster crunch. They're both too good for that. Barreto didn't get a fair shake with the A's and still possesses decent upside, and Rengifo has shown everything you want in a leadoff hitting middle infielder. He gets on base, he can run, bats from both sides of the plate and is a decent defender wherever you put him.

If I had to make some random guess as to how it goes, I think Barreto gets the utility job and performs well this year, but defensively, he isn't a great SS. Iglesias will also do well for the Angels this year but he'll enter FA next winter, save Rengifo tears it up in AAA and really opens some eyes in Anaheim. They won't want to lose him, and they also don't want to move Fletcher away from 2B where he'll win a gold glove this year. So they'll roll with Rengifo at SS, Barreto at utility, and just until Jeremiah Jackson is ready in 2024. 

 

[Warfarin]

It's only ST, but certainly this team looks better than it did last year, despite a lot of the same players.  Have to imagine part of that is Maddon and part of that is perhaps philosophies that Minasian's FO has helped put in place during the offseason.  Scouting reports, swing adjustments, pitching mechanic changes, etc - all of these things occur behind the scenes, and I have to imagine a good amount of it is due to the FO + coaching staff.

[failos]

Suzuki is a pretty good catcher. I’m actually happy he’s on the team.