The Official 2019 Angels Spring Training News & Gameday Thread

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, Dick Enberg said:

It all starts out small. Its still exciting. We all know Thaiss is not going to hit .700. lets just hope he can continue and sparks some interest and over a larger sample size, produce at a decent Major League level.

Yes, let's hope Thaiss continues to 'spark joy.'

[AngelsLakersFan]

Just now, rafibomb said:

Marsh drives in a run with a single to go with a walk. He’s gna have a huge year. The dude is MASSIVE.

He seems to have a good eye at the plate. I'm still looking for him to really square up a ball though.

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, rafibomb said:

Marsh drives in a run with a single to go with a walk. He’s gna have a huge year. The dude is MASSIVE.

I said earlier that he reminds me a lot of Josh Hamilton (sans cocaine) but he also reminds me a lot of Caleb Cowart. His eye at the plate seems to separate him from those two though, which is a great sign (both had terrible pitch recognition).

[rafibomb]

Canning on the mound 

[stormngt]

53 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

no he doesn't... If you are still paying on your car loan and it starts to stall at every light, you don't need to continue to drive it because you still owe money on it.

It is if you cant afford a new car.  

[rafibomb]

Canning 1st batter strikeout followed by 2 easy groundouts. Threw strikes and hit his spots.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Boy does Canning look good. Holy crap.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

2 minutes ago, stormngt said:

It is if you cant afford a new car.  

But if you have extra cars sitting in the garage you might just switch cars and park the one that doesn't run as well as it used too.

[Docwaukee]

Kruger reminds me of Mathis.  

[rafibomb]

 

 

[rafibomb]

Perfect inning for Suarez

[Dick Enberg]

1 minute ago, rafibomb said:

Perfect inning for Suarez

8 pitches, 6 for strikes!

[Docwaukee]

@Second Base @Inside Pitch or anyone else.  

Anyone else see Jam Jones hand setup this spring?  It looks different than I remember.  Not sure I like it.  

[krAbs]

Canning and Suarez going back to back like that is fun. Looking forward to seeing them both starting in the majors.

[rafibomb]

4 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

@Second Base @Inside Pitch or anyone else.  

Anyone else see Jam Jones hand setup this spring?  It looks different than I remember.  Not sure I like it.  

I could be wrong but his hands look fairly similar to what he had in the AFL. Jam changed his approach quite a bit last season from what I remember.

 

[Second Base]

20 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

@Second Base @Inside Pitch or anyone else.  

Anyone else see Jam Jones hand setup this spring?  It looks different than I remember.  Not sure I like it.  

Changed in the last few weeks of the year to it's current placement, and he was wildly successful with it, including a pretty solid performance in the AFL.  I don't much care what he does as long as he squares the ball up and hits it hard.  But at first glace, it does seem to elongate his swing, but his swing was already so direct that him lengthening it in order to drive the ball more is a fair trade off. 

[eligrba4ever]

Arrived late but MLB Network was an hour behind because ... Mountain Time,

Caught the third inning rally and it looks like Thaiss might be getting some 1B and DH action this season with the Halos.

Then I skipped ahead to the seventh by logging into MLBTV and  saw some nice late pitching.

LIGHT IT UP. (Pretend Spring version)

[HaloNArizona]

I know it's early....but with four walks today, the Angels have walked a total of 32 batters.

The 28 heading into today's game was leading the league.

 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

7 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Arrived late but MLB Network was an hour behind because ... Mountain Time,

Caught the third inning rally and it looks like Thaiss might be getting some 1B and DH action this season with the Halos.

Then I skipped ahead to the seventh by logging into MLBTV and  saw some nice late pitching.

LIGHT IT UP. (Pretend Spring version)

I hope he doesn't take AB away from Ohtani, no one should not named Trout.

[eligrba4ever]

3 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

I hope he doesn't take AB away from Ohtani, no one should not named Trout.

Thaiss used to be a catcher, like Percy. Maybe he'll take some innings from Shohei someday. J/K.

[stormngt]

2 hours ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

But if you have extra cars sitting in the garage you might just switch cars and park the one that doesn't run as well as it used too.

Only if you have more confidence in the alternative car to get you where you are going.  I suspect the car owner is more capable of determine which car runs best than neighbor 

[Vlad27Trout27]

Dam missed both Canning and suarez, but looks like both of them looked good!

[Vlad27Trout27]

As much as Marsh, Adell and Thaiss have impressed this spring, Jones has not. Hopefully i'm wrong about Jones.

[AngelsLakersFan]

27 minutes ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

As much as Marsh, Adell and Thaiss have impressed this spring, Jones has not. Hopefully i'm wrong about Jones.

Jones has never really gotten my attention, but so far this spring Rengifo has. We only really need one of them to make it.

[krAbs]

I still have high hopes for Jones, but he has not been impressive this spring. For sure he does not look MLB ready - but I'm hoping he is transitioning and will impress in 2020. A guy with his upside would do a lot for our infield.