Gameday Thread: Angels @ Tigers 5/9/2019 ( Fletcher LF) 2K Version

[Glen]

This game is what it feels like when a project or home/auto repair goes exactly as planned. 

[Lou]

Mota is a damn sharp dresser 

[Angel Oracle]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

66 pitches in 6 innings for Peña 

Allowing just two baserunners will make that easier to do.    And also prevent him from going through the order a third time.  

[totdprods]

3 minutes ago, floplag said:

indeed, but its kinda hard to read too much into it if its against a lot more 7-9 vs 1-4 type guys... but it does seem to be doing what its intended to do so... party on

Yep - but, that's also the point of what the 'opener' strategy is supposed to do. Instead of a SP getting bogged down with 20-25 pitches and facing 3-5 hitters in the first, a reliever gets them through that opening salvo and the SP gets a better shot at getting through innings 2 and 3 with more ease. 

I wasn't too keen on the 'opener' strategy from a far last year, but my early impressions this year are that it makes a whole lot of sense, especially with teams front-loading their best bats more to #1-#2 instead of #3-#4 like the 90's and 00's. If the opener catches on I'm sure we'll see some teams adjust again.

Edited May 9, 2019 by totdprods

[Glen]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

Mota is a damn sharp dresser 

He's really a cool dude.

[PattyD22]

And just like that, Cozart gets off the hitless list and bumps his average up to .125

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, Glen said:

This game is what it feels like when a project or home/auto repair goes exactly as planned. 

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, Glen said:

He's really a cool dude.

I agree 

[beatlesrule]

What a glorious day!

[ScottT]

Terry Smith and Mark Langston are sounding pretty silly criticizing the guy that got the ball

[krAbs]

6 minutes ago, floplag said:

Im not sure we can draw that conclusion till we see how many times hes facing the tops of the order in that list, it could be smoke padded from seeing the bottom more... but i like the numbers i see and im one that legit hates the opener strategy. 

Well, that's kind of the point of an opener, though - it is designed to minimize the amount of times you face the top of an order, and therefore to theoretically let a starter go longer. I think the thinking is kinda like...a typical reliever will be called on to get 3 outs. Doesn't really matter if its the 1-3 or the 7-9, his job is often just to get 3 (though, that is changing). The starter's job is different though; its more to get as far through the order as they can, while limiting the damage as much as possible. So, the idea is that we try to make it so when our starter is hitting 80+ pitches and running out of gas, he is pitching to like the 5th or 6th guy in the order instead of the 1st or 2nd, and so maybe he can get an out or two more. Basically, what happens is we shift a time through the top of the order from the starter to the reliever, and use the relievers bullets on the best hitters instead of wasting them on the worst hitters (and then have the starter use his worst bullets on the worst hitters, instead of watching them get squared up by the best hitters).

For sure though, it is a limited sample size. I think its worth looking to see if the increase in length they are getting out of pena keeps going, though. That's kinda the first thing I noticed here.

[PattyD22]

The in game Fix Auto commercials are about as cool as Gubie's "Go-To's" and Gubie's "Keys to the Game".

Can't get enough of them

[Docwaukee]

if we pitched and hit like this every game, we'd have a much better record.  

[aznhockeyguy]

Hopefully Ausmus lets Pena stretch out and go 7-8+ and save the bullpen for the next game.

[Bronson]

Dammit let Trout get one more at bat.

[Lou]

Well, it appears the whiney bitches have a free evening ahead of them 

[Dick Enberg]

its during games like this I start thinking World Series and Trout hitting a walk off slammer in the bottom of the 9th, 7th game. Yes, living the high life right now!

[stormngt]

20 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Five players in today’s lineup with over a .800 OPS

If not mistaken last year at one time we had 6 players with sub 700 OPS.

[Dick Enberg]

4 minutes ago, Lou said:

Well, it appears the whiney bitches have a free evening ahead of them 

 

[eligrba]

6 minutes ago, Lou said:

Well, it appears the whiney bitches have a free evening ahead of them 

Not if they start a new thread about Eppler's poor signings or Albert still playing. 

[eligrba]

Smart play by Simmons.  Shitty tag by La Stella. He got lucky. 

[PattyD22]

I was wondering if this lead is big enough to put Cody Allen in the game to try and get 3 outs in the 9th, but my buddy said no way.

So Cam will work the 9th instead it appears

[Torridd]

Does anyone remember the last day game laugher we had? I can't even remember the last day game we won.

[krAbs]

Can Bour do that in a game that matters??

[Dick Enberg]

3 minutes ago, Torridd said:

Does anyone remember the last day game laugher we had? I can't even remember the last day game we won.

last year against Toronto, weekday, only on facebook....