Gameday Thread: White Sox Vs Angels 4/4/2021 (ESPN Broadcast - Ohtani on the mound, batting second!!)

[beatlesrule]

SP Dylan Cease vs. SP Shohei Ohtani

[WicketMaiden]

Nice to see Lagares replace Fowler, hope he has a good game and takes the RF spot for himself. 

[bloodbrother]

Despise Maddon actually going forward with punting the DH against an AL team.

[AngelsLakersFan]

9 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

Despise Maddon actually going forward with punting the DH against an AL team.

I'm not inherently against it, it just seems like it has a high probability of not working out well at this stage of the season. 

I'm no fan of Pujols but the difference between his bat and Ohtani's probably doesn't justify the downside of inserting the pitchers spot in front of Mike Trout the second time around the order.

[UndertheHalo]

I like Ohtani hitting today.  I don’t like him batting 2nd.  Excited for this one !

[tdawg87]

So uh, batting Ohtani 2nd when he's pitching is probably not the best idea imo

[Taylor]

I am stoked for this game, but going in with the assumption that Ohtani will have command issues.

[Taylor]

2 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I'm not inherently against it, it just seems like it has a high probability of not working out well at this stage of the season. 

I'm no fan of Pujols but the difference between his bat and Ohtani's probably doesn't justify the downside of inserting the pitchers spot in front of Mike Trout the second time around the order.

Game 4 of the season is a good chance to try it out. If it is a disaster, they can say they tried it once and not do it again.

[failos]

What happens if Ohtani lasts 3 innings? No DH right? Asking for a friend

[AngelsLakersFan]

4 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

So uh, batting Ohtani 2nd when he's pitching is probably not the best idea imo

I'd just like to see us have a little confidence in his ability to pitch 5 innings before we do this. Ohtani is probably the 3rd best hitter on the team, but Pujols or Rojas are on this team specifically for their bats, so it's not huge upside IMO.

[AngelsLakersFan]

4 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Game 4 of the season is a good chance to try it out. If it is a disaster, they can say they tried it once and not do it again.

You could justify literally anything with that logic.

[AngelsLakersFan]

2 minutes ago, failos said:

What happens if Ohtani lasts 3 innings? No DH right? Asking for a friend

Pitchers spot is inserted in the #2 spot and they will most likely use pinch hitters each time around.

[failos]

3 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Pitchers spot is inserted in the #2 spot and they will most likely use pinch hitters each time around.

Yeah, maybe putting him in the 2 slot isn’t the best idea then. We’ll see though—it will be an interesting game regardless of the outcome.

[Taylor]

14 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

You could justify literally anything with that logic.

Okay.

[tdawg87]

Even if we lose I'm satisfied with a split.

Oh don't worry, I'll be bitching and whining when we lose.

[tdawg87]

25 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I'd just like to see us have a little confidence in his ability to pitch 5 innings before we do this. Ohtani is probably the 3rd best hitter on the team, but Pujols or Rojas are on this team specifically for their bats, so it's not huge upside IMO.

Batting order doesn't matter so much but when Ohtani is out of the game, we may very well have a reliever hitting in front of Trout and Rendon.

If he only lasts a few innings it's especially bad.

[sammyscioscia]

Hahaha yes! Ohtani pitching and batting in the same game in the AL against a playoff bound team, this is gonna be interesting!!  

[bloodbrother]

3 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Batting order doesn't matter so much but when Ohtani is out of the game, we may very well have a reliever hitting in front of Trout and Rendon.

If he only lasts a few innings it's especially bad.

Excited to watch Cishek batting in the 8th inning after the Angels run out of pinch hitters

[Warfarin]

1 hour ago, WicketMaiden said:

Nice to see Lagares replace Fowler, hope he has a good game and takes the RF spot for himself. 

I'm glad Lagares got a start.  He had such a solid spring, he certainly deserves to get some starts moving forward, since Fowler is not looking good.  

[Warfarin]

54 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

So uh, batting Ohtani 2nd when he's pitching is probably not the best idea imo

I was thinking we'd see it later on, at least when we felt we could count on him to go deeper into the game.  Based on his ST results, I'm not sure he can pitch too deep into the game, which really makes letting him hit 2nd quite a gamble.

[Chuck]

Download the attached lineup scorecard should you wish to keep score at home.

 

Lineups - 4.4 vs. CWS.PDF

[tdawg87]

If we win this series I'll be at full mast.

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

So uh, batting Ohtani 2nd when he's pitching is probably not the best idea imo

Maddon gonna Maddon

[Chuck]

 

[tdawg87]

The Astros absolutely fucked the A's this weekend.