Angels select Barraclough and Wallach, option Diaz, place Suzuki on IL (Covid)

[eligrba]

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

Thought Wallach was on the 40 man already 

Nope:

https://www.mlb.com/angels/roster/40-man

 

[Warfarin]

Barraclough and Wallach are guys who we can add to the 40-man and subsequently DFA when necessary.  I suspect part of this is because the number of times we can option/recall players is now capped with the new CBA.

So - those two are added, then when Suzuki and Duffy are ready to return, they can both be DFA'd (and likely outrighted to AAA when no one signs them).

[Angels 1961]

Happy Jack in derby

[Angels 1961]

Happy Jack in derby

[Taylor]

Suzuki caught "just the flu." Hope he has a speedy recovery.

[failos]

I bet the Red Sux gave Suzuki COVID

[SoCalSportsFan]

3 minutes ago, failos said:

I bet the Red Sux gave Suzuki COVID

Might have caught it when he played 1st Base in Boston.

[failos]

3 minutes ago, SoCalSportsFan said:

Might have caught it when he played 1st Base in Boston.

F’n Maddon

[SoCalSportsFan]

7 minutes ago, failos said:

F’n Maddon

At least the Angels won that game that Kurt played 1st base in

[failos]

Just now, SoCalSportsFan said:

At least the Angels won that game that Kurt played 1st base in

Yeah, it was an awesome game. I was only able to catch the tail end of it when Suzuki was playing 1B…I was thoroughly confused.

[SoCalSportsFan]

3 minutes ago, failos said:

Yeah, it was an awesome game. I was only able to catch the tail end of it when Suzuki was playing 1B…I was thoroughly confused.

Kurt pinch hit (walked for the bases loaded) for Rojas in the top of the 9th before Stassi struck out to end the inning.

Kurt then played 1st for both the 9th and 10th innings.

YES awesome game, followed it on my phone while at my Grandsons soccer practice. Must have been a few other Angels fans at that practice since when the Angels scored, there was a bit of noise amongst the soccer crowd.

[Taylor]

Is he the first Angel to go on the COVID IL?

[mmc]

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

Nope:

https://www.mlb.com/angels/roster/40-man

 

Didn’t realize he ever got outrighted

[mmc]

Just now, Taylor said:

Is he the first Angel to go on the COVID IL?

Duffy is on there as we speak

[T.G.]

I don't know if this team can win without Suzuki

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, mmc said:

Duffy is on there as we speak

Oh right.

[bloodbrother]

On 5/7/2022 at 3:18 PM, mmc said:

 

One of the biggest moves of the season. Wallach just put Suzuki into retirement

[Warfarin]

7 hours ago, bloodbrother said:

One of the biggest moves of the season. Wallach just put Suzuki into retirement

I posted this on another thread, but - how good is Wallach defensively?  Is he an excellent game caller?  I'm curious as to how much of last night's no hitter we can ascribe to Wallach's game calling.

[Revad]

45 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

I posted this on another thread, but - how good is Wallach defensively?  Is he an excellent game caller?  I'm curious as to how much of last night's no hitter we can ascribe to Wallach's game calling.

I wasn’t paying attention early in the game but Detmers did shake off Wallach several times towards the end.

[Jay]

13 minutes ago, Revad said:

I wasn’t paying attention early in the game but Detmers did shake off Wallach several times towards the end.

I think that was more about Detmers than it was about Wallach.

In any case I liked what I saw from Wallach last night behind the plate and with the bat.

[Warfarin]

So maybe we sholuld ask - how good of a catcher is Chad Wallach?  He has now started 3 games, one of which was a no-hitter and another a shutout by a rookie pitcher.  Is Wallach an excellent game caller / pitcher handler?

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Warfarin said:

So maybe we sholuld ask - how good of a catcher is Chad Wallach?  He has now started 3 games, one of which was a no-hitter and another a shutout by a rookie pitcher.  Is Wallach an excellent game caller / pitcher handler?

His CERA makes Jeff Mathis blush.

[Jason]

1 hour ago, Warfarin said:

So maybe we sholuld ask - how good of a catcher is Chad Wallach?  He has now started 3 games, one of which was a no-hitter and another a shutout by a rookie pitcher.  Is Wallach an excellent game caller / pitcher handler?

I think I’ve seen enough to say bye bye to Suzuki 

[Angelsfan1984]

So far so good from Wallach. I’ll need to see at least one more no hitter to really be sure though.