Gameday Thread (5/21/24 5:10 Pacific): Angels @ Astros: Canning on the mound

[jsnpritchett]

Something must be wrong physically with Javier.  Velocity on all of his pitch types is down.

[Chuck]

51 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Looks like we get bad Canning tonight.

He's settled down after a rough first, but let's see if he can give us a couple more solid innings with the 4-2 lead. 

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Rengifo lookin' good tonight!

...well, at least at the plate.  Not so much on the bases.

[fan_since79]

Good to see the Angels baserunning is consistent as always.

[CaliAngel]

Goddammit how many stupid outs are we going to give away on the basepaths this year. Runs come at a premium in Houston, and he's already in f**king scoring position, what the hell is he doing?

[Justin]

An RBI hit followed by a complete brain fart. Very Aybar-esque. 

[samwum]

It is pretty funny that the group of young position players Eppler brought in appear to be the most clueless knuckleheads around the league. Wash must be going crazy with Gifo, Adell, Paris, and Adams.

[Chuck]

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

...well, at least at the plate.  Not so much on the bases.

These guys are brain dead at times on the bases. 

But hey, I'm loving his 12 stolen bases. 

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

Good to see the Angels baserunning is consistent as always.

 

[samwum]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

 

Wish we knew what #2 was.

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, samwum said:

Wish we knew what #2 was.

I actually tweeted at Fletcher to ask that.  I'm not sure where to find those stats.

[jsnpritchett]

6 minutes ago, samwum said:

Wish we knew what #2 was.

Actually, I found it:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2024-baserunning-batting.shtml

Looks like the Rays are second-worst, with 38 coming into today, with the Guardians close behind at 37.  So not a huge gap.

[samwum]

1 hour ago, totdprods said:

I don’t think it’s entirely impossible that Calhoun settles into a decent bench bat dude who can put up an .800 OPS if not overexposed to regular playing time. He even has a couple years of control left, I believe.

Pillar? Times a tickin’, so I’d just enjoy it while he’s hitting. Ideally once he starts to cool off either Moniak has started hitting or guys like Sano, Drury or even Trout have returned and pushed him back to a 4th/5th OF guy.

As for trading Ward or Rengifo…I think it’s same deal as Sandoval or Canning (and I guess even Detmers) where you have to at least be open to dealing an arm and a bat, but don’t have to. Too early to say. Let’s see how things look once July starts, where the team is, how the team is, how the minors are, who they draft, if Trout and Rendon are back…I won’t hold out hope they compete this year but next year is still on the table, especially if they play well. A strong end to the year could entice FAs too.

 

Yeah I mean or we could just platoon Moniak against righties now and send Pillar to the pine. But I guess if we did that, we might find out if Moniak is actually any good, or he might develop a bit. Two things which are clearly nowhere near as valuable as sneaking out an extra win or two.

[totdprods]

11 minutes ago, samwum said:

Yeah I mean or we could just platoon Moniak against righties now and send Pillar to the pine. But I guess if we did that, we might find out if Moniak is actually any good, or he might develop a bit. Two things which are clearly nowhere near as valuable as sneaking out an extra win or two.

I imagine that’ll happen once Pillar starts coming back to earth.

[jsnpritchett]

22 minutes ago, Chuck said:

He's settled down after a rough first, but let's see if he can give us a couple more solid innings with the 4-2 lead. 

Yeah, night and day between the first inning and then 2-5.  Probably done for the night now.

[No Roles]

this soon to be powerhouse Halos team are gonna win A LOT...If the batting line up all contributes, Starting Pitchers keep improving, and bullpen actually becomes shutdown !

[No Roles]

the halos have to be batting over .300  as a team the last 5 games...it's rather strange

[Slegnaac]

3 hours ago, Chuck said:

Who else remembers this?

 

As I recall they went on a massive losing swing right after that accident.   It really sunk their season.

Edited May 22 by Slegnaac

[Waybackman]

Sigh

[Ochocinco!]

Well it was fun while it lasted 

[AngelsFaninGA]

This team could actually be interesting if the pitching was mediocre instead of outright disastrous

[No Roles]

way to blow your opportunity Fulmer !

[Erstad Grit]

1 minute ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

This team could actually be interesting if the pitching was mediocre instead of outright disastrous

Good thing Perry spent the whole wad on the pen 

[jsnpritchett]

6 minutes ago, No Roles said:

the halos have to be batting over .300  as a team the last 5 games...it's rather strange

.261 in the last four games + the 6 innings so far tonight.

[BTH]

what is this trash?