Mickey Moniak suffers fractured left middle finger

[AngelsFaninGA]

[DMVol]

I missed the game. Why was he bunting with a lead anyway?

[Stradling]

8 minutes ago, DMVol said:

I missed the game. Why was he bunting with a lead anyway?

To get on base. 

[fan_since79]

Mickey, welcome to the Angels, and now goodbye.

This team...this cursed team.

 

[Stradling]

Kinda crazy how much they’ve been bunting lately. Hopefully this injury doesn’t derail that philosophy.  

[79CAAman]

Must have hurt like a mother… I was once trying to select some watermelon sized river rocks for my garden when one rolled over and smashed my finger. Obviously all the nerve endings in the finger tips. Hope it’s a quick recovery, I like the kid. 

[Angels 1961]

1 hour ago, DMVol said:

I missed the game. Why was he bunting with a lead anyway?

He was leading off and by getting on hoping for insurance run. He did score plus shows another part of his game

[Angels 1961]

2 hours ago, Second Base said:

We'll see him in February when he's competing for that 4th outfield spot. 

Maybe playing in left or until an OF gets cramps

[DMVol]

Just now, Angels 1961 said:

He was leading off and by getting on hoping for insurance run. He did score plus shows another part of his game

 

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

To get on base. 

Hindsight I know....he has good speed so you have to give him credit for using it....

[Angels 1961]

1 minute ago, DMVol said:

 

Hindsight I know....he has good speed so you have to give him credit for using it....

I feel bad for him was going to get to play a lot rest of season

[mmc]

 

[Angels 1961]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

 

I feel bad for him just getting to play a lot, spring training all over again. I think he was a good pickup by Minasian.

[Angels 1961]

2 hours ago, Second Base said:

We'll see him in February when he's competing for that 4th outfield spot. 

Maybe he ends up as starting LF

[mmc]

 

[khouse]

15 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

I feel bad for him just getting to play a lot, spring training all over again. I think he was a good pickup by Minasian.

Time will tell...

[Blarg]

I feel bad for him. That in all of these years of playing baseball he can't bunt properly.

[Inside Pitch]

27 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

Unfortunate, for him and the team.   

I don't think much of what he's done to date in the minors but he was getting a fresh start and he wouldn't be the first guy to revitalize his career with a change of scenery.  Hopefully he still gets the chance to do that..  This team needs an Orlando Palmiero.  Someone that can play any OF position and not embarrass himself offensively.  If Moniak can become that the Angels end up ahead.

 

[khouse]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Kinda crazy how much they’ve been bunting lately. Hopefully this injury doesn’t derail that philosophy.  

They should have been doing more of it this season along with being more aggressive, IMO, in stealing bases. As, I believe that they underutilized Wade as a pinch-runner where his speed could have helped them to manufacture more runs. But, maybe, bunting is not something many teams do/teach anymore which might explain why Moniak's attempt, somehow, involved his fingers...

[Blarg]

I miss players like Palmiero and Izturis. 

[Angels 1961]

46 minutes ago, Blarg said:

I miss players like Palmiero and Izturis. 

I miss teams they played on

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

Yet, it's the "healthy" players who suck.

[Angels 1961]

2 minutes ago, cysomeawfulpitcher said:

Yet, it's the "healthy" players who suck.

Not Suzuki

[Tank]

i liked that the kid was starting. looked like he was going to be alright for us.

i hope he takes this time on the IL to refresh his memory on the proper way to hold a bat when bunting. 

[m0nkey]

1 hour ago, Inside Pitch said:

Unfortunate, for him and the team.   

I don't think much of what he's done to date in the minors but he was getting a fresh start and he wouldn't be the first guy to revitalize his career with a change of scenery.  Hopefully he still gets the chance to do that..  This team needs an Orlando Palmiero.  Someone that can play any OF position and not embarrass himself offensively.  If Moniak can become that the Angels end up ahead.

 

I loved OP.  He and Fullmer were my favorite players on the 02 team as a 9/10 year old

[Inside Pitch]

3 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

I loved OP.  He and Fullmer were my favorite players on the 02 team as a 9/10 year old

One of the all time underrated Angels IMO.  His overall performance in comparison to the league was dulled by the era he played in, which is a shame but he had a good run..  Career OPS+ of 85 as an Angel doesn't look like much but that was entirely due to the lack of power.  OBP of .361 as an Angel, walked 40+ more times than he struck out as an Angel and finished with more walks than K's for his entire career.  Poor guy broke in with Salmon, Edmonds, Erstad and Anderson and STILL managed to make it all the way through to 2002.

OP managed a 13 year MLB career despite hitting a total of 12 HRs which was no small feat given the entirety of his career was during the roid era.   When people ask me what player I believe was better than his WAR, OP is always the guy that comes to mind.  Dude had NO power, NONE...  But he did everything else well and his superior OBP meant he was never a black hole.