Gameday 9/7 Angels @ White Sox (Upton back)

[Make Angels Great Again]

[Stradling]

Back again

[BackUpTheTruck]

If Pujols and his platoon partner (Fernandez/Walsh/Thaiss) were to hit 7th next year, that is an excellent lineup.

[Angelsfan1984]

Other than the turd burglar Marte, that's not a bad lineup.

[Troll Daddy]

2 minutes ago, BackUpTheTruck said:

If Pujols and his platoon partner (Fernandez/Walsh/Thaiss) were to hit 7th next year, that is an excellent lineup.

Huh what about Ohtani 

[BackUpTheTruck]

Just now, Troll Daddy said:

Huh what about Ohtani 

First base platoon.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Yeah if someone other than Marte were in there at first, this would be a beautiful lineup. It's still not terrible.

[Troll Daddy]

13 minutes ago, BackUpTheTruck said:

First base platoon.

Asking him to throw a baseball ️ next season is asking a lot

[BackUpTheTruck]

1 minute ago, Troll Daddy said:

Asking him to throw a baseball ️ next season is asking a lot

Pujols/Fernandez/Walsh/Thaiss

R/L/L/L

[failos]

How do you guys feel about Ohtani playing? 

[Angel Oracle]

Could be a bit of a low scoring game through the 6th inning, as both Rodon and Pena have been pitching really well over the past couple of months.

ChiSox started out 42-76, but are 14-8 in their past 22 games.   They won't be pushovers this weekend.

[BackUpTheTruck]

13 minutes ago, failos said:

How do you guys feel about Ohtani playing? 

I'm assuming he'll be ready for next year if he gets the surgery in October, so I'm okay with it.

[Lou]

57 minutes ago, failos said:

How do you guys feel about Ohtani playing? 

tingly 

 

in my pants region 

[Second Base]

The time it'll take for Shohei to be ready fully participat offensively is 4-6 months post-op. At least that's what has been reported. 

If he gets the operation in October, worst case scenario is he'll miss all of Spring Training, which will probably screw him up for all of April and part of May. Best case scenario, he's ready to go 100% in Spring Training. Middle of the road suggests that he probably only gets half a Spring Training in. As I understand, a Japanese players typically aren't going 100% on anything in Soring Training, so it probably doesn't hurt him. 

Still, I think if it were me, I'd want him to get the surgery now, just to be safe. 

[Troll Daddy]

4 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

The time it'll take for Shohei to be ready fully participat offensively is 4-6 months post-op. At least that's what has been reported. 

If he gets the operation in October, worst case scenario is he'll miss all of Spring Training, which will probably screw him up for all of April and part of May. Best case scenario, he's ready to go 100% in Spring Training. Middle of the road suggests that he probably only gets half a Spring Training in. As I understand, a Japanese players typically aren't going 100% on anything in Soring Training, so it probably doesn't hurt him. 

Still, I think if it were me, I'd want him to get the surgery now, just to be safe. 

Has Ohtani agreed yet to have surgery 

[Second Base]

2 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Has Ohtani agreed yet to have surgery 

No he hasn't. But I'm assuming he'll get it done after he finishes the season at the plate.

[DMVol]

Just now, Scotty@AW said:

No he hasn't. But I'm assuming he'll get it done after he finishes the season at the plate.

With a 6 month rehab, would it make sense to have the surgery now rather than early October?  Would like to see him hit this month but I’d also like to see him ready for spring training too...

[Troll Daddy]

6 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

No he hasn't. But I'm assuming he'll get it done after he finishes the season at the plate.

It does make you wonder why he hasn’t decided yet. Box office?

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

43 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

The time it'll take for Shohei to be ready fully participat offensively is 4-6 months post-op. At least that's what has been reported. 

If he gets the operation in October, worst case scenario is he'll miss all of Spring Training, which will probably screw him up for all of April and part of May. Best case scenario, he's ready to go 100% in Spring Training. Middle of the road suggests that he probably only gets half a Spring Training in. As I understand, a Japanese players typically aren't going 100% on anything in Soring Training, so it probably doesn't hurt him. 

Still, I think if it were me, I'd want him to get the surgery now, just to be safe. 

Ohtani said he won't decide on surgery until after the season is over. He said he wants all the experience he can get now.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

31 minutes ago, DMVol said:

With a 6 month rehab, would it make sense to have the surgery now rather than early October?  Would like to see him hit this month but I’d also like to see him ready for spring training too...

He can start batting practice at the 3 month period according to doctors.

[Stradling]

27 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

It does make you wonder why he hasn’t decided yet. Box office?

He has said he wants to finish the season as a hitter and then decide whether or not he wants to have surgery.  He will have the surgery.  

[Troll Daddy]

7 minutes ago, Stradling said:

He has said he wants to finish the season as a hitter and then decide whether or not he wants to have surgery.  He will have the surgery.  

Unless he decides not to and go full bore GR

[failos]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

tingly 

 

in my pants region 

Same. He's a beautiful man.

[eligrba4ever]

GO ANGELS!!!

Go Felix Pena!!! Keep up the good work! The bats will  come through!!!

Go Calhoun, Fletcher, Trout, Upton, Ohtani,

Simmons, Marte, Ward and Brioceno!!!

Woo Hoo!! Mostly Angels lineup!!! Fighting to the finish!!

TODAY'S ELIMINATION NUMBER: 7!!!

*Delayed by Charter/Spectrum outage.

 

 

[BackUpTheTruck]

Time to shine Ward!