Gameday Thread: Rangers @ Angels (5/5/23): Anderson on the mound

[jsnpritchett]

 

Edited May 5, 2023 by jsnpritchett

[daygloman]

Go Halos!

[eligrba4ever]

GO ANGELS!!!!

One game at a time. Make it 5 straight Ws tonight.

[Chuck]

 

[Chuck]

 

[Chuck]

 

[daygloman]

5 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

LOL! I was juuuuuuust a few days shy of being born, when that took place!

[stormngt]

 Concerned that our weakest pitchers pitch in two of the three games

[Angels 1961]

32 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

I was at that game, Dave Nicholsen fouled to Felix Torres for final out. Belinsky went on to have a great May that year.

[REDneck]

Rangers always go with the X rated lineup?

Semian , Grossman, and Heiman

 

 

 

 

Come on now.

 

[Jason]

Hopefully Anderson turned a corner last start and brings that game tonight 

[Kurt Z]

Damn! O'Neill on the mike tonight. I just switched to the Rangers broadcast. May have to hit the mute button if they suck too!

[Revad]

Come on Anderson, one more out!

[AngelsLakersFan]

9 minutes ago, Kurt Z said:

Damn! O'Neill on the mike tonight. May have to hit the mute button if they suck too!

Gross

[Jason]

1 minute ago, Revad said:

Come on Anderson, one more out!

Lol! Isn’t that something we say in the 9th inning?

[HeavenlyHalos]

another crappy ump

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

1 minute ago, Kurt Z said:

Damn! O'Neill on the mike tonight. I just switched to the Rangers broadcast. May have to hit the mute button if they suck too!

I guess I'll have to listen to the radio simulcast on LBtv.

[Revad]

11 minutes ago, Jason said:

Lol! Isn’t that something we say in the 9th inning?

I thought we start early on Fridays.

[Halo in Chicago]

I really dislike Heim…. Glad to see him stranded. 

[UndertheHalo]

Probably the best thing Rendon has done all season. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

3 minutes ago, Revad said:

I thought we start early on Fridays.

Saturdays 1/2 earlier

[jsnpritchett]

 

[jsnpritchett]

I'll post this here, too, for folks who are hanging out in this thread only tonight.  Another good article here.  Deep-dive into what's going on with Loup:

"But there’s a lot more to his season than meets the eye. He pointed to a shift in pitch usage that’s been at the heart of some of his struggles.

The 35-year-old has relied heavily on his off-speed pitches this year. His curveball usage is up from 2.8 percent last year to 13.2 percent this year. His changeup is up from 12.5 percent last year to 23.6 percent this year. And his fastball and sinker have taken significant dips.

It’s likely connected to why he called himself “a little b—-“ after blowing the season opener in Oakland. Not attacking hitters in the same way he always has.

The reason, Loup said, is based on a larger team philosophy. The new shift rules, he said, have led to the team emphasizing off-speed pitches more and more in order to get more swing and miss. For Loup, the results have been quite poor, and his swing-and-miss is below his career average.

He said the emphasis on off-speed pitches has been a mixture of his choices and partly team-dictated.

“I’ve always been a guy that relied on my fastball more so than anything else,” Loup said. “Whereas this year, I think I’ve been a little more off-speed heavy. I think that’s a part of it, but I don’t think that’s all of it.”

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“His pitch usage is a lot different than when he was good,” said Angels manager Phil Nevin. “And I think I can leave it at that. I think everyone can look that stuff up. We’ve got to get him back to where he was.

“We still feel like it’s in there. If it’s throwing more fastballs — at the end of the day, he’s got to locate them better too. And that’s one of the things that we’ve talked about.”

 

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[HeavenlyHalos]

freaking eh Anderson

[Inside Pitch]

37 minutes ago, Kurt Z said:

Damn! O'Neill on the mike tonight. I just switched to the Rangers broadcast. May have to hit the mute button if they suck too!

Dude just doesn't know when to stop talking.  I switched telecasts just now too.