Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Rangers (4-21-2021)

[Blarg]

QuinTanana with two clean innings.

[T.G.]

16 minutes ago, reteegz said:

Thoughts on Sutton?

I really liked him at first, but then he started to get on my nerves a bit... I like Matt V. much more.  I'm kind of undecided on Sutton at this point.  Victor Rojas was authentic and I'm not feeling that with Sutton.  It's like he's trying too hard, but I'm still deciding if I like the way he does a game at this point.  He's not awful, that's for sure.

[Slegnaac]

Weaver Game Face!

[rafibomb]

This dude is getting away with way too many hanging sliders

[fan_since79]

Trout's home run yesterday was the hardest hit of his career.

115.5 mph exit velocity.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mike-trout-hits-hardest-home-run-of-his-career

[Angels in 2030]

29 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Wow, Cy Quintana.

He forgot where he was supposed to stand.  Go the the X and throw the ball Quintana.  Listen to your teacher.  

[Angel Oracle]

Ump screwing Quintana this inning, at least 3 pitches on the corners called balls

[fan_since79]

Pitching around these two horrible hitters?!

Just stop it Quintana!!

[Angel Oracle]

It’s the POS ump, FOUR pitches on the edge of the zone called balls this inning.

F U ump!!!!!

[Blarg]

QuinTanana with 3 scoreless innings.

[fan_since79]

Shohei Showtime!

[jsnpritchett]

24 minutes ago, True Grich said:

I really liked him at first, but then he started to get on my nerves a bit... I like Matt V. much more.  I'm kind of undecided on Sutton at this point.  Victor Rojas was authentic and I'm not feeling that with Sutton.  It's like he's trying too hard, but I'm still deciding if I like the way he does a game at this point.  He's not awful, that's for sure.

My memories of Sutton from his previous stint here were generally positive, but either I don't really remember him as well as I thought I did, or he's different.  I do know that he incorporates advanced stats more now--which isn't surprising, given that they weren't really a thing when he was here before.  But I think he takes it a little too far sometimes, almost as if he has to give a constant stream of stats in every inning, sometimes without any context.  I'm all for making broadcasts "smarter," but when it gets in the way of the narrative and flow of the game, it can be annoying, at least to me. 

[Jason]

It's awesome when Trout and Ohtani are hitting at the same time 

[jsnpritchett]

Nice HR for Ohtani!

[T.G.]

Boom!

 

[Blarg]

After that monster foul ball Fuckowitz grooves one down the middle to challenge Shohei. That was dumb.

[fan_since79]

Was that a fair ball?

[Lou]

lol at Ohtani sprinting around the bases on that HR. 

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Trout with the perfectly-placed blooper double. Man, is he good. 

Edit: oh damn I thought that was fair. 

[jsnpritchett]

(As an example of what I mentioned above re: Sutton, he just said something about Ohtani rounding the bases in 17.3 seconds.  He started to say, "The league average is..." but then didn't finish.  Without context, most people won't know if that's really fast, about average, etc.)

[Angel Oracle]

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

It's awesome when Trout and Ohtani are hitting at the same time 

Now just need for Fletcher to get on base often enough in front of them.

[Lou]

Just now, Angel Dog and Beer said:

Trout with the perfectly-placed blooper double. Man, is he good. 

I agree

[Blarg]

When Trout is on a hitting streak even an infield shot comes up a base hit.

[T.G.]

Watching Trout and Ohtani is just pure baseball joy.

[JustATroutFan]

I wonder what Trout's slash line from 2019 would have looked like if his BABIP was .350 that season, let alone over .500.