Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Astros (4/23/2018)

[101halo]

10 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

How did AW miss on this guy

My quick search of Scotty's posts yields nothing in last 3 years. If he didn't post about him, it's pretty safe to say nobody here saw that coming today. 

[Homebrewer]

30 minutes ago, Ohtani&Trout said:

He’s going to blow the game. Velocity is down, no control. Why let Middleton pitch 3 days in a row? Those weren’t stress-free innings.

I agree.

[Jay]

Nice win. The Anderson story is pretty cool.

[tdawg87]

3 minutes ago, Tank said:

anderson wasn't invited to big league camp according to mota.

kid moved from AA to AA to the bigs in less than a month. yikes.

Well good on him for getting himself sober before heading to Mobile.

[101halo]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

Well good on him for getting himself sober before heading to Mobile.

I would've thought Sosh needed some time in AA when I saw him put a guy making his MLB debut in when we're leading 2-0, against the Astros, against that part of their lineup. Pretty fun how it worked out. 

[Angel Oracle]

The good news, in addition to the run, is that Johnson is ready to close tomorrow.

[Troll Daddy]

9 minutes ago, 101halo said:

My quick search of Scotty's posts yields nothing in last 3 years. If he didn't post about him, it's pretty safe to say nobody here saw that coming today. 

It was just a question ... some here are sensitive. Surprises are always fun to watch. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

I wonder if we can read anything into Scioscia's use of Anderson tonight. He's not the type of manager you'd expect to see throw a rookie to the wolves in his major league debut.

[101halo]

1 minute ago, Troll Daddy said:

It was just a question ... some here are sensitive. Surprises are always fun to watch. 

Oh I was agreeing with you, I saw him warming up and thought I'd missed a trade yesterday. 

[Angelsfirst]

 

2 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I wonder if we can read anything into Scioscia's use of Anderson tonight. He's not the type of manager you'd expect to see throw a rookie to the wolves in his major league debut.

Definitely an out of the ordinary move to bring him in there. 

[Mark68]

2 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I wonder if we can read anything into Scioscia's use of Anderson tonight. He's not the type of manager you'd expect to see throw a rookie to the wolves in his major league debut.

Probably the only thing that can be read into it is "fresh arm".

[101halo]

2 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I wonder if we can read anything into Scioscia's use of Anderson tonight. He's not the type of manager you'd expect to see throw a rookie to the wolves in his major league debut.

Well, when you have James Harden, you can hide a rookie against Minnesota. 

[Homebrewer]

2 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I wonder if we can read anything into Scioscia's use of Anderson tonight. He's not the type of manager you'd expect to see throw a rookie to the wolves in his major league debut.

Yeah. we can read the fact that he has little faith in the bulk of the relief core...nor should be have.

Wake up call for the pen, which is a solid move by Scioscia.

[WeatherWonk]

2 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I wonder if we can read anything into Scioscia's use of Anderson tonight. He's not the type of manager you'd expect to see throw a rookie to the wolves in his major league debut.

Good observation, there. Very un-Scioscia like, since, well, 2002. 

[Docwaukee]

9 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Apparently you didn’t know much about him ... name calling lol

I certainly didn't realize he had 99.  But you're welcome for all the info we provide while you troll around and act like you bring something to this site.  Some of us want to share our research with everyone here because we love Angels baseball.  While some treat it like it's a waste of their time.  

You're kinda fun to have around here like a pet hamster.   

[Stradling]

When Bedrosian came up he was pretty highly regarded and Scioscia threw him right into the fire, and If I am not mistaken it might have been here in Houston.  I realize he hasn’t been what we all wanted, but he did do it with him.  

[Docwaukee]

8 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I wonder if we can read anything into Scioscia's use of Anderson tonight. He's not the type of manager you'd expect to see throw a rookie to the wolves in his major league debut.

honestly, I'd love to glamorize his debut, but the pen was spent and there was nothing else.  glad the kid stepped up.  

[101halo]

1 minute ago, Dochalo said:

honestly, I'd love to glamorize his debut, but the pen was spent and there was nothing else.  glad the kid stepped up.  

Middleton might need a day off tomorrow, while we're at it. 

[Troll Daddy]

8 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

I certainly didn't realize he had 99.  But you're welcome for all the info we provide while you troll around and act like you bring something to this site.  Some of us want to share our research with everyone here because we love Angels baseball.  While some treat it like it's a waste of their time.  

You're kinda fun to have around here like a pet hamster.   

Ok

[Chuck]

41 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

How did AW miss on this guy

Do you not read our articles here or prospects thread?

You being dumb or trolling as usual. 

[Troll Daddy]

11 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Do you not read our articles here or prospects thread?

You being dumb or trolling as usual. 

No doubt there was content here about him ... just nothing that jumped out of the box. 

My bad sorry 

[stormngt]

26 minutes ago, WeatherWonk said:

Good observation, there. Very un-Scioscia like, since, well, 2002. 

Just maybe....

Scioscia hasn't done anything like this since 2002 was because of personal differences.

[Docwaukee]

2 minutes ago, stormngt said:

Just maybe....

Scioscia hasn't done anything like this since 2002 was because of personal differences.

or since he hit Ohtani at cleanup.  on Sunday.  

[Lou]

26 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

I certainly didn't realize he had 99.  But you're welcome for all the info we provide while you troll around and act like you bring something to this site.  Some of us want to share our research with everyone here because we love Angels baseball.  While some treat it like it's a waste of their time.  

You're kinda fun to have around here like a pet hamster.   

I appreciate you, doc.

Seriously, I've probably read more about the prospects this year than I have combined since Trout came up. 

[Lou]

6 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Know doubt there was content here about him ... just nothing that jumped out of the box. 

My bad sorry 

Now you no