Gameday Thread: Nationals @ Angels (4/12/23 1pm): Canning on the mound, Phillips in CF

[Chuck]

I know Brett Phillips had a good game, but we gave Griffin Canning our player of the game earlier. 

[Angels 1961]

30 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

I know Brett Phillips had a good game, but we gave Griffin Canning our player of the game earlier. 

No way that hat belongs to Philips.

[Swordsman78]

Another Series win!  What is that now 3 of 4?

[Swordsman78]

4 hours ago, CaliAngel said:

My biggest gripe with Nevin is not having a feel for when to pull pitchers. Especially after they just get a quick couple outs.

IMO Canning should have been back out there.

Jeez -o.  Skip can never catch the benefit of the doubt on this forum.

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 minutes ago, Swordsman78 said:

Another Series win!  What is that now 3 of 4?

And very well should have been all 4. 

The pen has frustrated for sure, but there's some definite positives compared to recent years.

If Canning is indeed back that's a pretty huge boost depth wise. And the offense finally feels like it can score any given game.

 

[Swordsman78]

5 hours ago, angelsfan100 said:

here comes the dp 

Can.WE.Be.Positive.This.Year?

[Blarg]

13 minutes ago, Swordsman78 said:

Can.WE.Be.Positive.This.Year?

 

[Inside Pitch]

4 hours ago, HeavenlyHalos said:

Alright, another series win. 4 IP by the bullpen with only one baserunner is also a pleasant surprise. Taking 3/4 @ Boston would be a lovely start to the season.

They entered the game with the 11th best fWAR in MLB among RPs.  People mocked Perry for saying it but he was right when he said the underlying numbers are good -- minus Tepera.  

Its early.  BPs are volatile, but like the Suarez situation they actually have options for a change.  

[Jeff Fletcher]

4 hours ago, Trendon said:

Does Canning throw a cutter or two types of sliders? @Jeff Fletcher

From his outing today, there was a gap of about 10 inches in horizontal movement on what was classified as sliders.

Everybody throws two sliders now, it seems. Usually they call one of them a sweeper. 

[Swordsman78]

Thankfully the halos won't be going 6-14 to start the season, as they have done too many times.

A winning record after the first 20 would be fantastic and something that has not happened too often in the past 10 years.

[stormngt]

I maybe mistaken but hadn't the Angels played well at the first month the past few years?  

[Blarg]

Swordsman is new as an Angels fan. 

[Jay]

8 hours ago, stormngt said:

I maybe mistaken but hadn't the Angels played well at the first month the past few years?  

They almost had me believing last season and then they went on a 14-game losing streak.

[Angels 1961]

16 hours ago, CaliAngel said:

My biggest gripe with Nevin is not having a feel for when to pull pitchers. Especially after they just get a quick couple outs.

IMO Canning should have been back out there.

Maybe he was on a pitch count.

[REDneck]

20 hours ago, REDneck said:

7-4 Halos...4-4 until the later innings.

Halos take the lead and BP holds it.

Well at least I predicted the Win and the BP holding the lead correctly.

[BTH]

16 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Everybody throws two sliders now, it seems. Usually they call one of them a sweeper. 

yeah, I'm well aware of the new sweeper phase in baseball.

I was just wondering if Canning had mentioned anything about it.

I knew he threw a cutter in 2020, but looking back, that had different movement than either of these sliders.

[Jeff Fletcher]

2 hours ago, Trendon said:

yeah, I'm well aware of the new sweeper phase in baseball.

I was just wondering if Canning had mentioned anything about it.

I knew he threw a cutter in 2020, but looking back, that had different movement than either of these sliders.

We haven’t really asked too much about the specifics of his repertoire because we were all just waiting for him to actually be healthy. I’m sure if he sticks around in the rotation we’ll get to that. 

[Chuck]

In our interview with Griffin Canning back in 2018 he talked about all of his pitches and showed all of his pitches grips.