Gameday Thread (6/19/22): Angels @ Mariners - Rosenberg's first career start

[failos]

Just now, bloodbrother said:

Too soon to say that. Mariners might just be this bad. Still, team desperately needed a series like this after how much they've been struggling for weeks

Obviously too early to say, but I feel hopeful. Regardless of how bad the Mariners are, it’s nice to see some improvement across the board (hitting, SP, defense, young BP arms).

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Just now, tdawg87 said:

2nd and 3rd, 1 out is Angels' kryptonite.

Ward on first with Trout up is our TNT...

[AngelsFaninGA]

M's are truly awful

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

1 minute ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

M's are truly awful

GOOD

[DMVol]

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

2nd and 3rd, 1 out is Angels' kryptonite.

It is with Velasquez at the plate…

[MichaelTroutFan]

Rosenberg looked good. Tough to tell in a first career start though. We’ll wait to see how he adjusts when teams have watched tape on him. 

[Blarg]

7 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

We will cede our argument based upon millions of all time plate appearances to your gut feeling blarg!

You mean every crappy team that didn't have three players that could hit put in whatever order the manager felt like that day? Like putting Rengifo as the cleanup hitter, that really makes your argument work, somehow? 

Moving Ohtani in front of Trout may afford him better pitches to select from than having Walsh or Duffy hitting behind him. It could give him a better chance of getting into a grove instead of floundering where he is at. Trout will never have a better hitter behind him to force pitchers to give him something to work with and yet he still excels because he is the superior hitter.

Yes, we disagree. 

[DMVol]

Don’t think Upton would have helped us any….maybe he finds a hot streak but I’m glad we aren’t waiting on it…

[eligrba4ever]

Ward provides the potential second run on Trout's potential next bomb!!!

[tdawg87]

Ward having a nice game.

[eligrba4ever]

Ohhh. Mighty Casey, er, Mike, strikes out. I could feel the breeze from that whiff.

[tdawg87]

Strike Trout.

[Jason]

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Ward having a nice game.

Hopefully he gets his timing back 

[eligrba4ever]

Ohtani with a bat is full of every kind of "true outcome" there is, including Ks. 

[bloodbrother]

Lol Mariners

[eligrba4ever]

Ward's fast takeoff created that run. 

[m0nkey]

Angels making the Mariners look like the Angels out there

[eligrba4ever]

1 minute ago, bloodbrother said:

Lol Mariners

It's almost like watching the Angels of two weeks ago.

[tdawg87]

We take those

[AngelsLakersFan]

8 minutes ago, Blarg said:

You mean every crappy team that didn't have three players that could hit put in whatever order the manager felt like that day? Like putting Rengifo as the cleanup hitter, that really makes your argument work, somehow? 

You are having an argument with yourself.

9 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Moving Ohtani in front of Trout may afford him better pitches to select from than having Walsh or Duffy hitting behind him. It could give him a better chance of getting into a grove instead of floundering where he is at. Trout will never have a better hitter behind him to force pitchers to give him something to work with and yet he still excels because he is the superior hitter.

Yes, we disagree. 

That's a different discussion. I thought you were thinking of moving him down. We've seen Ohtani hit better with Trout behind him, but it's a question of how much that could positively influence his performance vs how much it negatively impacts Trout's influence on the lineup. Trout is already giving that benefit to Ward, who is a breakout star this season, so it's hard to know if redistributing that benefit to Ohtani would be a net positive.

Trout batting third is a bad idea though.

[Swordsman78]

I stated anything less than 3 wins in Seattle was unacceptable.   Now we’re rolling again!

[eligrba4ever]

Nice play, Duff-man!!!

[Waybackman]

Can we just play the Mariners the rest of the season?

[tdawg87]

[drpiranha]

I don't like Nevin pulling starters 1 out away from a win, but I do like his use of the bullpen.