Gameday 5/30 Angels @ Tigers Ohtani Returns

[Taylor]

Valbuena and Fiers have a thing.

[Angels#1Fan]

3 minutes ago, Ohtani&Trout said:

No, this is on Maldonado. Ohtani is throwing hittable strikes on 0-2 and 1-2 counts. Ohtani needs to shrug him off before his ERA skyrockets. He needs to pitch for the strikeout and not to contact.

Ohtani only needs to do what he has been doing..which is just fine for most.

[BackUpTheTruck]

Valbuena starting to look pretty good. Hope he can be consistent

[Blarg]

2 minutes ago, Ohtani&Trout said:

No, this is on Maldonado. Ohtani is throwing hittable strikes on 0-2 and 1-2 counts. Ohtani needs to shrug him off before his ERA skyrockets. He needs to pitch for the strikeout and not to contact.

So you just admitted it was Ohtani throwing those hittable pitches, well done. Maldonado has no control where the pitch goes. 

[BackUpTheTruck]

Gubi says what I'm thinking most of the time

[GrittyVeterans]

Kole has been really tough to watch obviously. made tougher by the fact that I think we all really liked the guy coming into the season. Homegrown, fan favorite type

[Stradling]

So he finally goes the other way and hits it right at the left fielder.

[Sherlock31]

This Calhoun, Madly, marte threesom is awful to watch.....

[nando714]

6 hits 1 run 

[nando714]

6 hits 1 run 

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, Sherlock31 said:

This Calhoun, Madly, marte threesom is awful to watch.....

Maldonado has been good of late.  

[Sherlock31]

1 minute ago, nando714 said:

6 hits 1 run 

Angels baseball....

[Angels#1Fan]

Here comes the rain.

[rafibomb]

hopefully the rain delay won't be long enough to keep Ohtani from returning

[totdprods]

Ohtani's mechanics and mound presence are so effortless and smooth. It doesn't look like there would be significant velocity or movement or break, yet there it is. 

Winning games and championships are awesome and all, but it's seriously just a joy watching him, Trout, and Simmons each night. Even Pujols. It's great baseball and great entertainment.

[ADHB]

14 minutes ago, Ohtani&Trout said:

No, this is on Maldonado. Ohtani is throwing hittable strikes on 0-2 and 1-2 counts. Ohtani needs to shrug him off before his ERA skyrockets. He needs to pitch for the strikeout and not to contact.

WTF are you even talking about? If Ohtani does in fact throw a mistake pitch that ends up right down the middle on an 0-2 count, it isn’t because the catcher told him to. Your bias is way too obvious.

[Taylor]

F'ing rain delay.

[Ohtani&Trout]

2 minutes ago, ADHB said:

WTF are you even talking about? If Ohtani does in fact throw a mistake pitch that ends up right down the middle on an 0-2 count, it isn’t because the catcher told him to. Your bias is way too obvious.

No bias here. Ohtani has thrown mostly nothing but strikes on 0-2 and 1-2 counts. That's called "pitching to contact". And luckily, the contact they made didn't end up being hits despite mostly being hit in the air.

Ohtani is the last pitcher one would want to pitch to contact

[ADHB]

Just now, Ohtani&Trout said:

No bias here. Ohtani has thrown mostly nothing but strikes on 0-2 and 1-2 counts. That's called "pitching to contact". And luckily, the contact they made didn't end up being hits.

Ohtani is the last pitcher one would want to pitch to contact

No it’s called missing your spot. Maldonado is not calling for a hanging breaking ball or splitter right down the chute. 

[IIIII]

Well there goes Ohtani's start. They should have looked at the weather report to see this potentially happening...

[Ohtani&Trout]

Just now, ADHB said:

No it’s called missing your spot. Maldonado is not calling for a hanging breaking ball or splitter right down the chute. 

Missing your spot by throwing strikes constantly on 0-2 and 1-2 counts? No.

[ScottT]

Glancing at this thread makes it seem like Ohtani has been awful.

I like awful Ohtani.

[Angels#1Fan]

2 minutes ago, Ohtani&Trout said:

No bias here. Ohtani has thrown mostly nothing but strikes on 0-2 and 1-2 counts. That's called "pitching to contact". And luckily, the contact they made didn't end up being hits despite mostly being hit in the air.

Ohtani is the last pitcher one would want to pitch to contact

Sorry but I'm not buying your analysis.

I think you're being hyper-critical.

YMMV

[Angels#1Fan]

1 minute ago, ScottT said:

Glancing at this thread makes it seem like Ohtani has been awful.

I like awful Ohtani.

Hammer hits nail on the head!

[Ohtani&Trout]

Just now, Angels#1Fan said:

Sorry but I'm not buying your analysis.

I think you're being hyper-critical.

YMMV

 There was no analysis. It was an observation.