Angels sign Ben Revere

[jordan]

Nice depth move to bring back Ben. 

[Blarg]

Rather him than Young.

[KevinJ14]

Closed the deal after he saw the first two AB's from Chris Young

[KevinJ14]

11 minutes ago, KevinJ14 said:

Closed the deal after he saw the first two AB's from Chris Young

three*

[bloodbrother]

I dig it. More OF depth/speed depth and another LH hitter

[Billy_Ball]

Speeeeeeed!!

[Ohtaniland]

Who?

[Chuck]

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

Rather him than Young.

Young sucks

[ten ocho recon scout]

6 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Young sucks

Ive googled that phrase before on incognito.

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Billy_Ball said:

Speeeeeeed!!

 

[Rico]

43 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Young sucks

For real though.

[Stradling]

Why does Young suck?  Because he had a bad game?

[Erstad Grit]

I thought this was another bump

[UndertheHalo]

Glad to have him back.  Useful guy to have around with that speed. 

[Rico]

3 hours ago, SuperTroopers said:

Why does Young suck?  Because he had a bad game?

He had 1 hit in all of spring training.

[DMVol]

[totdprods]

Young's signing makes a lot of sense now that we've seen the Opening Day roster.

The Angels had concerns about Ohtani and Valbuena having a hard time with lefties (rightfully so) and signed a bat, Young,  who is known for hitting lefties well to give them a PH option late in games. Young would also serve as a "platoon" for Kole if he had a hard time with lefties again.

Several things I'm noticing this year though lead me to think Young's time may be short-lived. Valbuena and Ohtani both got a lot of ABs against lefties this spring, so they're obviously trying to get them comfortable in the box, and Kole has made a very apparent effort as well, and to hit to the other field. 

This team really needs some speed, so I could see Revere wind up on the bench by June.

[Stradling]

2 hours ago, Rico said:

He had 1 hit in all of spring training.

He was injured and by the time he came back it was the part of spring where the everyday players log a lot more innings. 

[Warfarin]

2 hours ago, totdprods said:

Young's signing makes a lot of sense now that we've seen the Opening Day roster.

The Angels had concerns about Ohtani and Valbuena having a hard time with lefties (rightfully so) and signed a bat, Young,  who is known for hitting lefties well to give them a PH option late in games. Young would also serve as a "platoon" for Kole if he had a hard time with lefties again.

Several things I'm noticing this year though lead me to think Young's time may be short-lived. Valbuena and Ohtani both got a lot of ABs against lefties this spring, so they're obviously trying to get them comfortable in the box, and Kole has made a very apparent effort as well, and to hit to the other field. 

This team really needs some speed, so I could see Revere wind up on the bench by June.

Great points.  Having more depth is great.  I am not a big fan of Revere's, as I see him as basically a replacement-level player, but there are definitely situations in which he can be used (i.e. pinch runner) that can maximize his abilities.  I just don't want to see him start too many games on the whole for us.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

Great job!!!! I wanted Ben back during the Winter! He's slappy and quick and we need a little of both on our bench!

 

Young is older, has a huge swing and has had injury issues historically.....

 

 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

So, I got Ben back now where is my lefty reliever?...

[Angelsjunky]

I'm just waiting for Slappy to get rid of that huge sig. Maybe the Ben Revere signing will help.

[Taylor]

We've all Ben waiting for this to happen.

[disarcina]

fine to have as a 5-A player at SLC.

we're going to have a need for pinch runners this year with the 1b/DH types on the team and then there's the Ohtani factor which means that these DH/1B types (Pujols/ Valbuena etc.) will be playing the field more this year.

mod-game base hit/ double ? --- pinch runner.

[disarcina]

mid-game -- geez -- typo city here. I guess I can blame it on spell check -- some times.