Gameday Thread: 4/19 Angels @ Astros

[Mark68]

3 minutes ago, VariousCrap said:

Why oh why is Morin used in close games?  Can ANYONE give me a legit answer to that?  @Jeff Fletcher perhaps???

Morin should only be used in games where the Angels have a huge lead or are losing my a lot.  He has no business in close games.

He's this year's Salas?

[Homebrewer]

Got in and turned the game on just as the ball sailed over Maybin's glove into the seats..

[bloodbrother]

4 minutes ago, VariousCrap said:

Why oh why is Morin used in close games?  Can ANYONE give me a legit answer to that?  @Jeff Fletcher perhaps???

Morin should only be used in games where the Angels have a huge lead or are losing my a lot.  He has no business in close games.

He has no business on the 25-man roster

[VariousCrap]

Just now, Homebrewer said:

Got in and turned the game on just as the ball sailed over Maybin's glove into the seats..

 

So it was your fault. Jerk.

[Ohtaniland]

Great effort there. 3 up 3 down

 

[eligrba4ever]

Hap and Leonard have been much more interesting the past 50 minutes than what I've been following on GameDay.

[bloodbrother]

Beyond Morin being bad, the offense again struggling to score runs.

3, 3, 1, 2, 0, 0, 5, 1 are their totals their past 8 games. That Pujols 3-run HR yesterday spared them from putting up only 2 runs in that game. Trout and Escobar are about the only hitters who aren't sucking at the plate.

[Homebrewer]

1 minute ago, CALZONE said:

Great effort there. 3 up 3 down

 

I took dinner out of the oven and sat back down and the Astros were already back up to bat. Must have taken about 5 pitches to retire the side?

[fan_since79]

If it's any consolation, Texas is 5-10 after getting buried today by the A's.

 

[bloodbrother]

Just now, fan_since79 said:

If it's any consolation, Texas is 5-10 after getting buried today by the A's.

 

Really, beyond the Astros(who were favorites to win this division anyway), everyone else in the West is off to a slow start, so that is encouraging

 

[Stradling]

9 minutes ago, VariousCrap said:

Why oh why is Morin used in close games?  Can ANYONE give me a legit answer to that?  @Jeff Fletcher perhaps???

Morin should only be used in games where the Angels have a huge lead or are losing my a lot.  He has no business in close games.

It is really simple.  We play a ton of close games.  Our starters are averaging about 5 innings a start.  Our bullpen is far from great and overused.  So the close games we are winning Scioscia goes with the best pitchers (it is really difficult to put an "s" at the end of pitcher because we don't really have good pitching in the pen outside of Bedrosian).  The close games we are losing he uses other pitchers like Morin, or last year it was Salas.  If we got length out of our starters this wouldn't be such an issue.  Or if we had 3-4 really good pieces in the pen that weren't overworked, then this would be a valid question.  

[daygloman]

This.... Be it!

[Ohtaniland]

@Jeff Fletcher

Does the effect of a closed door team meeting only last one game?

[daygloman]

Early game tomorrow people.............

C-ya all then.......................

[jchalos89]

Starting pitchers from other teams must be looking at their schedule and wish their rotation falls in vs Angels series so that they can have free game to lower their ERA

[Mark68]

 

[bloodbrother]

1 minute ago, jchalos89 said:

Starting pitchers from other teams must be looking at their schedule and wish their rotation falls in vs Angels series so that they can have free game to lower their ERA

Blue Jays are probably stoked that they face the Halos next. Could be just what they need to get their season back on track

[eligrba4ever]

Is the lighted A more distracting to passing traffic than the unlighted one? Maybe turning it off is safer.

[Homebrewer]

11 pitches to get them in the 9th.

Not exactly grinding out tough ABs. If this shit keeps up I'm thinking they will be forced to fire Mickey Hatcher.

[disarcina]

meanwhile 2-1 Ducks third period.........15 minutes remaining

[Inside Pitch]

3 hours ago, CALZONE said:

Reddick does not advance to 3rd if vintage Torii Hunter was playing RF tonight. Maybin is a very overrated defender.

Vintage Hunter was a CF..   The RF version of Hunter had a negative DRS for his career.  Maybin entered this season with 0.0 innings in RF for his career.  

Kudos on the excellent analysis.

[Inside Pitch]

2 hours ago, Homebrewer said:

11 pitches to get them in the 9th.

Not exactly grinding out tough ABs. If this shit keeps up I'm thinking they will be forced to fire Mickey Hatcher.

LOL.....  

 

[Jeff Fletcher]

3 hours ago, VariousCrap said:

Why oh why is Morin used in close games?  Can ANYONE give me a legit answer to that?  @Jeff Fletcher perhaps???

Morin should only be used in games where the Angels have a huge lead or are losing my a lot.  He has no business in close games.

In case you haven't noticed, the Angels don't have a whole lot of consistent reliable relievers. Looks like Bedrosian, Norris, Alvarez, Parker  are the only ones he really trusts with a lead. That leaves Morin, Guerra, Petit to pitch when they're behind. 

Morin may be gone on Friday anyway, since he has options and they need a spot for Meyer 

[Ohtaniland]

8 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Vintage Hunter was a CF..   The RF version of Hunter had a negative DRS for his career.  Maybin entered this season with 0.0 innings in RF for his career.  

Kudos on the excellent analysis.

You obviously never saw Hunter throw a ball from RF. He had a rocket arm and didn't put himself in a position that required him to throw off of his back foot like Maybin did last night. But there's a reason why Maybin has more career errors than assists. 

[Lou]

1 hour ago, CALZONE said:

You obviously never saw Hunter throw a ball from RF. He had a rocket arm and didn't put himself in a position that required him to throw off of his back foot like Maybin did last night. But there's a reason why Maybin has more career errors than assists. 

That's because Maybin has such a cannon that teams are afraid to run on him

 

 

 

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