Angels reclaim Cowart....

[DMVol]

SIAP but didn’t see in other threads....

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/02/angels-claim-kaleb-cowart.html

[beatlesrule]

Ugh.

[mulwin444]

We can't quit you, KC

[Rico]

Why?

[Lou]

YES!!!

[OhtaniSan]

Great move. If we’re giving Walsh the chance to redefine what a UT man is, doesn’t hurt to give Cowart the same chance. Cowart plays more positions and is better at those positions than Walsh anyhow. Imagine if they both excel this spring and we have two active two-way players this year. 

[Tank]

LOL. The sorta kinda piece!

[Tank]

Cowart must be an old Algonquin word that means Valbuena.

[Docwaukee]

definition of a two-way player - ability to both hit and pitch.  

anyone? 

[Broad Street]

If anything, Cowart is just a 1 way player, unless he sucks at pitching too. Then he's just John MacDonald.

[failos]

I can’t do this shit every year 

[halomatt]

I'm cool with it if Cowart shows value in pitching.  It the Angels can extract that value and add it to his defensive skills, he becomes a very useful piece of the puzzle.  Just wish they would have seen this outcome a couple of years ago while he had time to develop in the minors. 

[Stradling]

1 hour ago, failos said:

I can’t do this shit every year 

Then don’t.  This is so far from being important.  He isn’t taking anyone’s place.  He is a guy that will be the first off the 40 man if they have a chance to get someone else.  He will then clear waivers and work on pitching in the minors.  

[DMVol]

1 hour ago, halomatt said:

Just wish they would have seen this outcome a couple of years ago while he had time to develop in the minors. 

[failos]

56 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Then don’t.  This is so far from being important.  He isn’t taking anyone’s place.  He is a guy that will be the first off the 40 man if they have a chance to get someone else.  He will then clear waivers and work on pitching in the minors.  

Just saying, I’m not expecting anything from this guy.

[Stradling]

17 minutes ago, failos said:

Just saying, I’m not expecting anything from this guy.

No one is, but it really isn’t anything to be down on.  It says nothing about the organization other than lets give him a try as a pitcher. 

[Glen]

Sweet jumpin' Jehosiphat, Cowart is back! Hot diggity.

[disarcina]

hey - Ohtani may have started something.

in recent years we've seen more teams in either very long extra inning games or in blow outs (usually the team losing ) the use of position players pitching,

some do OK - some do terrible, none of the position player pitchers do great.

so - why not have your 25th guy on the roster be a depth MIF/3B guy who can also pitch an inning or two if called upon.

I feel the same way about DH/C -- have a guy on the roster who can DH and serve as your third string catcher if called upon. 

the return with the 'two way' player designation indicates Cowart realizes he really needs to bring something more to the table than his prior efforts to make the opening day roster.

[Jeff Fletcher]

By the way, it was Cowart who came to the Angels about pitching in September, not vice versa. 

[halomatt]

2 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

By the way, it was Cowart who came to the Angels about pitching in September, not vice versa. 

Based on the team's willingness to sign him as a position player (due to his desire to try), it would appear that the decision had to be Cowart's, and that he realized that his window of opportunity was closing, and was willing to try the pitching again. 

[DMVol]

7 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

By the way, it was Cowart who came to the Angels about pitching in September, not vice versa. 

This past Sept? 

[ettin]

8 hours ago, Dochalo said:

definition of a two-way player - ability to both hit and pitch.  

anyone? 

Agreed.

Call it a 1 1/2-way player.

[Jeff Fletcher]

3 hours ago, DMVol said:

This past Sept? 

Yes. Just before the season ended. 

[WeatherWonk]

Well, at least he doesnt have a thousand innings on his arm since Little League. 

[IEAngelsfan]

3 hours ago, ettin said:

Agreed.

Call it a 1 1/2-way player.

Ok, this is good.