Gameday Thread: Padres vs Angels (9/23/2020)

[John Taylor]

[Lou]

Looks like AW pulled a Simmons and opted out of the season.

[Bronson]

Lol at all you guys sold on Barria.... the dude isn’t that good. 

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, Bronson said:

Lol at all you guys sold on Barria.... the dude isn’t that good. 

He's fine. He's a #3 at best but that's very useful.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

9 minutes ago, John Taylor said:

Where did you get this ^ jpg

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Clevenger is the opener? weird.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Gone Ohtani 2-2.

[Bronson]

7 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

He's fine. He's a #3 at best but that's very useful.

I don’t even think he’s a #3. Good teams don’t have a Barria at #3. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Upton gone 3-2 Angels.

[Revad]

This offense Could be pretty good, just saying 

[Chuck]

Really good to see Upton continue to rake as the season's end approaches and Ohtani excel after he had 5-6 games off to clear his head and work on shit. 

It's also good to see Ohtani hit against a lefty and start pulling the ball more.

[Revad]

The defense could be Really good, like once in a geneRation

[Bronson]

No reason to get catching this offseason. Stassi and Benboom is perfectly good enough.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Love to have 2 catchers that can hit...

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Revad said:

The defense could be Really good, like once in a geneRation

Which team are you watching?

[tdawg87]

5 minutes ago, Bronson said:

I don’t even think he’s a #3. Good teams don’t have a Barria at #3. 

That's your opinion and I respect that.

His numbers say otherwise, in my opinion.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

1 minute ago, Revad said:

The defense could be Really good, like once in a geneRation

We need a SS or a 2B next year if Simmons isn't re-signed. I don't trust Rengifo at all.

Everyone else needs to be a pitcher.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Barria 3.73 ERA

[John Taylor]

13 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Where did you get this ^ jpg

Angels Official Twitter account.

 

Also AngelsWin has media credentials so I get sent a gameday package from the Angels daily, but I've been slammed at work so I didn't get to use the media release to make a Twitter status on the AW Twitter.

[Lou]

I see Clevinger opted out of the game.

Quitter.

[rafibomb]

Patrick Sandoval warming up after a quick 1-2-3 inning by Barria...

[Angel Oracle]

15 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Love to have 2 catchers that can hit...

And doing fine behind the plate

[JustATroutFan]

Trout just struck out against another chump pitcher. Time for Trout to opt out of this fake season and get ready for the real 162-game season in 2021.

[rafibomb]

I just don't get this move.  Replace Barria after just one time through the order with Sandoval,  who is prone to giving up homers, to face a lineup that is prone to hitting them

Edited September 23, 2020 by rafibomb

[totdprods]

Anthony Bemboom has really taken advantage of his opportunity. 30 years old, was a classic 4A catcher without much (any?) really prospect or even depth hype.

He’s demonstrating that he very well could be a good MLB back-up catcher. Great arm, good defense, and he’s seemingly found a bit of an eye and power this year. He looked good back in ST 1.0