Ohtani Update

[Lou]

Have at it.

[Barf]

He should rest tomorrow tbh. If Maddon plays him, then he's a moron.

[PattyD22]

3 minutes ago, Barf said:

He should rest tomorrow tbh. If Maddon plays him, then he's a moron.

Hold on Barf.  Let me interpret this for you.  
 

Precautionary reasons and expects to play tomorrow means we won’t see him for at least 10 days.

Day to Day…..oh shit.  Could be season threatening.

[fan_since79]

What exactly happened? I was out for a while and missed it.

 

[Angel Oracle]

5 minutes ago, Barf said:

He should rest tomorrow tbh. If Maddon plays him, then he's a moron.

It is cold again tomorrow and the next two days in Boston.

Whoever on here lives in either of those areas, mad respect to ya.

[failos]

I don’t really trust Ohtani with this kind of thing, since he’s too much of a competitor. I’ll wait for the team doctor to chime in.

[bloodbrother]

Let Ippei play tomorrow

[PattyD22]

Just now, fan_since79 said:

What exactly happened? I was out for a while and missed it.

 

It looked like he stumbled a little trying to outrun a come backer to the pitcher and he pulled up.  Didn’t look serious, but it’s the Angels.  Anything could happen

[tdawg87]

11 minutes ago, Lou said:

Have at it.

He's not playing tomorrow.

[fan_since79]

Hope it's mild and he misses no more than a few games.

 

[Pancake Bear]

He should take tomorrow off regardless. Not like he's been hitting the cover off the ball or anything. 

[HanfordGuy]

29 minutes ago, Lou said:

Have at it.

For precautionary reasons, Ohtani is being moved to a farm upstate to live out his happy years.

[tdawg87]

7 minutes ago, HanfordGuy said:

For precautionary reasons, Ohtani is being moved to a farm upstate to live out his happy years.

Barbaro hearth update 

[Justin]

Remember when Trout got hit on the hand and everyone thought he would be out 2-3 months? 

This year is different. 

 

 

 

 

I hope

[tdawg87]

6 minutes ago, Justin said:

Remember when Trout got hit on the hand and everyone thought he would be out 2-3 months? 

This year is different. 

 

 

 

 

I hope

I mean last year's team would have lost this game 8-6 on a walkoff GS so yeah, you're definitely right.

[Justin]

Just now, tdawg87 said:

I mean last year's team would have lost this game 8-6 on a walkoff GS so yeah, you're definitely right.

I was actually flashing back to Jim Thome's 500th homer to walk off in 2007. I thought for sure we were gonna see Abreu hit a grand slam. 

[UndertheHalo]

He may not feel great tomorrow.  We’ll see.  Probably not a bad idea to let him take it easy until his start.  Tomorrow at least.  I’m sure that’s the plan. 

[Taylor]

Knee replacement surgery scheduled for June 8.

[Angels 1961]

1 hour ago, bloodbrother said:

Let Ippei play tomorrow

He cannot hit right handed pitching. When Ohtani does not play Ippei does not get paid. Arte saving wherever he can

[Second Base]

Thank goodness this has nothing to do with dehydration. In Angels speak that means he's got life threatening conjunctivitis. 

[FromJapan]

According to Japanese sports media, his symptom is "the tension around the right hip joint".

[Blarg]

50 minutes ago, FromJapan said:

According to Japanese sports media, his symptom is "the tension around the right hip joint".

That sounds much worse.

[Slegnaac]

They cannot afford to lose him in the rotation.

Although, if he was out of the rotation would they just go to the standard 5 day instead of 6?

[fan_since79]

5 hours ago, Justin said:

Remember when Trout got hit on the hand and everyone thought he would be out 2-3 months? 

This year is different. 

 

 

 

 

I hope

How about when he strained his calf, was supposed to be out for a couple weeks, then was gone for five months?

[Second Base]

56 minutes ago, Slegnaac said:

They cannot afford to lose him in the rotation.

Although, if he was out of the rotation would they just go to the standard 5 day instead of 6?

I think their entire schedule and regimen they've built is based on 6 man rotation. Their bodies have become accustomed to it, do it would seem unlikely they'd change everything mid-year like that. 

I really think 6 man rotations and two times through the order is the future of baseball. Most starters if they're healthy will be in that 130-150 inning range. Gone will be the days of 180 innings, much less 200.