Gameday Thread: Angels @ Brewers (03/08/2021)

[jsnpritchett]

7 innings today. There's also apparently a "B" game that Bundy is going to start in.  Hopefully Detmers sees action in that one, since he's not listed on this one. Looks like Rodriguez will get an inning in this one, though. 

[angelsnationtalk]

Would expect Rivera to be getting some action in that one as well

[tdawg87]

Could very well be the opening day lineup.

[jsnpritchett]

9 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

Would expect Rivera to be getting some action in that one as well

Yep.  Need to see what he's got. At this point, seems like he is probably a long shot to actually stick on the roster, but who knows...

[jsnpritchett]

B game lineup, and Detmers and Rivera are scheduled to pitch. 

[jsnpritchett]

 

[Vlad27Trout27]

Fuck Pujol's isn't hitting 4th after going 2-2! Fuck!

 

Also good chance we may see Rodriguez today.

[angelsnationtalk]

6 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

Heaney on TV confirmed 

[greginpsca]

2 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Could very well be the opening day lineup.

Replace Pujols with Walsh. Then that should be the opening day lineup.

[eligrba4ever]

GO ANGELS!!!

Just five more noon standard-time starts!! (Day off on Tuesday.)

[Blarg]

This is how silly spring training stats are. Guess which player leads the team in OPS at 1.600.

 

Spoiler

 

[Blarg]

29 minutes ago, greginpsca said:

Replace Pujols with Walsh. Then that should be the opening day lineup.

Are you crazy? Pujols is batting .500.

[Justin]

That 1-4, man, it makes me smile. 

[Angel Oracle]

40 minutes ago, greginpsca said:

Replace Pujols with Walsh. Then that should be the opening day lineup.

Add Stassi too.

[Make Angels Great Again]

4 minutes ago, Justin said:

That 1-4, man, it makes me smile. 

 

Also, if Upton returns to form and Walsh is for real, the entire 1-6 is legit dangerous.

[Justin]

Just now, Make Angels Great Again said:

Also, if Upton returns to form and Walsh is for real, the entire 1-6 is legit dangerous.

I actually wrote the words "And if Upton is in the middle of one of his typical hot streaks...."

But I didn't want to get ahead of myself and I erased the words. 

But I have not been this excited about a foursome (well, the baseball kind) since Vlad/Teixeria/Hunter/GA in the last two months of '08. 

[failos]

28 minutes ago, Blarg said:

This is how silly spring training stats are. Guess which player leads the team in OPS at 1.600.

 

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Not silly at all. Maybe he’s actually good....

[Tank]

3 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

well that's disappointing. i'm going to be there next monday & tuesday and was hopeful we'd get to see him on the mound.

[Angel Oracle]

44 minutes ago, failos said:

Not silly at all. Maybe he’s actually good....

And Iglesias hitting 9th like he has since 2020?

TDawg heading to that place 

[Bronson]

I’m so baked right now and that just really tripped me out.

[jsnpritchett]

Maddon should just end this half inning after 20 pitches.  F over the Brewers.

[jsnpritchett]

21 pitches, no outs, down 2-0, Heaney has zero feel for the ball today.

[rafibomb]

This ump isn't giving Heaney anything lmao

[Justin]

I've written this before, but I would have rather had that one more year of Kendrick than the six of Heaney. 

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, rafibomb said:

This ump isn't giving Heaney anything lmao

That's an unfortunate by-product of him being wild.  You don't get "close" calls.

Also, Mota just said something about Heaney possibly coming back into the game next inning, even though they're pulling him for another pitcher now.  I guess I didn't realize that was possible under the new rules.  Did I just miss that?