Angels reinstate Anthony Rendon, DFA Mike Ford

[mmc]

 

[Slegnaac]

It is about time.

[bloodbrother]

Hah, smart play by them to get it out of the way prior to the end of the season

[jsnpritchett]

 

Literally no one believes this.

Edited September 28, 2022 by jsnpritchett

[ten ocho recon scout]

Mike Ford is like "His wrist is still broken, he can't even pick up a bat!"

Angels are like "yeah... crazy... also, we need to do a walk through of your locker or else we keep your security deposit.."

[jsnpritchett]

 

[Revad]

Welcome back Rendon!

[AngelStew43]

Does this mean that Matt Theiss will finish the season as our 1B?

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, AngelStew43 said:

Does this mean that Matt Theiss will finish the season as our 1B?

He'll likely get most of the starts.  He's at 1B tonight.

[Chuck]

Great news!! 

[BTH]

24 minutes ago, AngelStew43 said:

Does this mean that Matt Theiss will finish the season as our 1B?

Probably vs. RHP.

vs. LHP, they could put Duffy at 1B, move Rengifo to 3B, and put Stefanic in at 2B.

[beatlesrule]

53 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Elvis didn't do no drugs.

[tdawg87]

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

Literally no one believes this.

I believe it.

[DMVol]

46 minutes ago, AngelStew43 said:

Does this mean that Matt Theiss will finish the season as our 1B?

Not many other options….Duffy maybe…that’s about it….

[Duren, Duren]

An ignominious end to Ford's season. (Maybe career)? After shuffling between four teams in one season. Makes the term 'journeyman' seem simplistic. At least he collected major league paychecks. 

Mind you, the Angels lineup was sprinkled with these kind of players all year.

Kind of a difficult situation for Rendon. He's hoping for positive feedback, but what if things don't go well for him in a really short 3 game  window? Wouldn't it be better to maybe just sit out the suspension but not take the field till next year?' A lot more time to reset mentally and physically. Obviously he's going to be extremely rusty now. After spring training he's on the same page as everyone else. 

[jsnpritchett]

9 minutes ago, Duren, Duren said:

An ignominious end to Ford's season. (Maybe career)? After shuffling between four teams in one season. Makes the term 'journeyman' seem simplistic. At least he collected major league paychecks. 

Mind you, the Angels lineup was sprinkled with these kind of players all year.

Kind of a difficult situation for Rendon. He's hoping for positive feedback, but what if things don't go well for him in a really short 3 game  window? Wouldn't it be better to maybe just sit out the suspension but not take the field till next year?' A lot more time to reset mentally and physically. Obviously he's going to be extremely rusty now. After spring training he's on the same page as everyone else. 

Jeff Fletcher has consistently said that MLB would probably invalidate him serving his suspension this season if he essentially couldn't "prove" he was actually healthy enough to play.

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Revad said:

Welcome back Rendon!

That reminds me of when the Maravilla guys threw a trashcan at Edward James Olmos in Stand and Deliver, and yelled "Welcome back pelon!"

 

[Jeff Fletcher]

50 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Jeff Fletcher has consistently said that MLB would probably invalidate him serving his suspension this season if he essentially couldn't "prove" he was actually healthy enough to play.

Yes. If there were only 5 games left, MLB would not allow the Angels to activate him. 
 

Now, they activated him with 8 games left. If they get to those last 3 and just don’t play him, MLB would probably also have something to say about that. Either they’d reinstate the suspension and/or issue some big fines or other penalties to the Angels. MLB can pretty much do what they want to the Angels, so it would be just dumb of the Angels to mess around on something with so little upside. 

[Angels 1961]

Jeff, which Angels will be arbitration eligible this winter?

54 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Yes. If there were only 5 games left, MLB would not allow the Angels to activate him. 
 

Now, they activated him with 8 games left. If they get to those last 3 and just don’t play him, MLB would probably also have something to say about that. Either they’d reinstate the suspension and/or issue some big fines or other penalties to the Angels. MLB can pretty much do what they want to the Angels, so it would be just dumb of the Angels to mess around on something with so little upside. 

Which Angels will be arbitration eligible this off season?

[eligrba]

A 10% Rendon is much better than a 100% Ford.

[Jeff Fletcher]

8 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

Jeff, which Angels will be arbitration eligible this winter?

Which Angels will be arbitration eligible this off season?

Walsh, Canning, Sandoval, Ward ... and Ohtani.

Edited September 29, 2022 by Jeff Fletcher

[Angels 1961]

1 hour ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Walsh, Canning, Sandoval, Ward ... and Ohtani.

Thank You

[jsnpritchett]

@Jeff Fletcher, Sam has info that seems to run counter to what you've been saying.

[Jeff Fletcher]

12 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

@Jeff Fletcher, Sam has info that seems to run counter to what you've been saying.

MLB had to approve him being activated, so he had to be able to play. I guess they’re satisfied now that he’s able to play. I suspect it helped that they activated him with 8 games left instead of 5 games left. That might have been a tougher sell. 
 

The point is to avoid having him activated if he couldn’t play. If that were the case, the Angels would essentially be turning his 5-game suspension into an 8-game suspension by activating him now. 

[Blarg]

I have to laugh that a guy in a cast, on the IL, got a 5 game suspension for kicking ass.