Gameday Thread: A's @ Angels (5/20/22): Silseth on the mound, still no Stassi/Suzuki

[TrumBomb]

These strike outs looking is frustrating as hell swing the damn bat

[Lou]

Suzuki swings the bat there. 

[beatlesrule]

What is Wallach looking for in that situation exactly? Ugh.

[tdawg87]

The A's pitchers gotta be licking their chops to get in there and boost their K rate.

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, CaliAngel said:

Why are we down to Rengifo? Fletcher hurt again? I thought he came back? Wade can't play 2nd because of Ward is hurt? It sucks when we're losing and the best we have to replace them is guys like Rengifo.

He came into the game hitting .304

[TrumBomb]

This team looks exhausted and it’s May

[HeavenlyHalos]

This team is a f**king mess this week.

[CaliAngel]

JESUS EFFING CHRIST WHAT ARE THESE GUYS LOOKING FOR WITH 2 STRIKES IF THEY'RE NOT SWINGING THE BAT???? 

I've watched less than 2 innings and have seen 4 K's looking.

[Lou]

Just now, beatlesrule said:

What is Wallach looking for in that situation exactly? Ugh.

A walk. 

[Jason]

Just now, Lou said:

Suzuki swings the bat there. 

You would think so. It’s obvious that Wallach made the choice to not swing even before the pitch was thrown 

[TrumBomb]

The country theme is making it all worse

[CaliAngel]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

He came into the game hitting .304

Yeah, but still.

[AngelsLakersFan]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

Suzuki swings the bat there. 

And misses

[Angelsjunky]

18 minutes ago, Revad said:

How sure can we be that Silseth is this good?  It’s a huge deal to suddenly uncover a young SP with some upside and insert him in the rotation.  Does this mean Suarez is in the BP going forward?

We can't be sure of anything at this point. But look at this stuff - he's got some pitches, hits upper 90s. I won't out this person unless they want to claim it, but someone here compared him to a young Garrett Richards. 

[CaliAngel]

Just now, TrumBomb said:

The country theme is making it all worse

Agreed.

[Stradling]

Just now, CaliAngel said:

Yeah, but still.

Ok then I’ll explain it this way, he has a better OBP than most every starter not named Trout or Ward. 

[Lou]

Just now, AngelsLakersFan said:

And misses

But maybe he distracts the catcher, who misses the ball and everyone is safe. 

What? It can happen. 

[Angelsjunky]

I miss 24-13. 24-17 doesn't sound quite as good.

[AngelsLakersFan]

Just now, Lou said:

But maybe he distracts the catcher, who misses the ball and everyone is safe. 

What? It can happen. 

I love that rule!

[CaliAngel]

I kind of get sick of them talking about getting through the bottom of the lineup so the top of the line up can come through. They should all be coming through. We shouldn't be looking forward to batters 1-2-3 these guys at the bottom need to be doing the job as well.

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, TrumBomb said:

The country theme is making it all worse

I know. I can't believe they were just playing Montell Jordan. 

[eligrba4ever]

7 minutes ago, CaliAngel said:

Why are we down to Rengifo? Fletcher hurt again? 

Fletcher on the 60-day IL. Don't hold your breath waiting for him.

[Stradling]

Just now, CaliAngel said:

I kind of get sick of them talking about getting through the bottom of the lineup so the top of the line up can come through. They should all be coming through. We shouldn't be looking forward to batters 1-2-3 these guys at the bottom need to be doing the job as well.

Haha ok. 

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, Angelsjunky said:

I miss 24-13. 24-17 doesn't sound quite as good.

Maybe you shouldn't have, well, you know.

[Revad]

Boy those cowbells look fun….