Gameday Thread (6/1/23): Angels @ Astros - Detmers on the mound, Drury moved to cleanup

[Revad]

40 minutes ago, Swordsman78 said:

Ohtani certainly isn't making much of a case for being worth 1/2 Billion $$, and he certainly has come up empty in far to many opportunities that would have helped the Halos get into striking distance.

But what an appealing rental, a single player that’s in your playoff starting rotation and a bat for the middle of the lineup.  If we’re out of contention Artie should just do it and pick up the remainder of the salary we’d get at least one can’t miss prospect (ha ha) and a couple of other interesting ones.  Or we can watch an unmotivated Ohtani which would still be a pleasure and get a comp pick.

[rafibomb]

Insane

 

[Slegnaac]

What a freaking joke.

[REDneck]

2 hours ago, angelsfan100 said:

Angels were outmanaged by a 73 year old man tonight

Your, our president is 80 years old..with a much more demanding gig.

Just sayin.

[SoWhat]

Detmers currently has a lower FIP than Ohtani lol.

Detmers: 3.63 
Ohtani: 3.78 

[Duren, Duren]

One ugly game. 

13 men left on base. 

I may be totally wrong, but Ohtani is looking really selfish. It's a team game. All his at bats seem the same, regardless of score and situation. Swinging for the fences the same way with every pitch. 

At one point he had swung at about nine of the first ten pitches that he saw. 

The at bat with the bases loaded was the worst. Seemingly without prioritizing the situation. A chance to do serious damage against a real nemesis team in a critical series. At least try to put some pressure on the pitcher and make him work. Or try to just make solid contact and not always try and pull the ball with every swing. Situations call for adaptability. And a team first attitude.

Now it seems every damn at bat is an all or nothing result. And even when he hits singles it's almost like he's disappointed. The single or double weren't what he wanted but he has to settle for them. 

What good are forty homers if many don't come at important times? And a long stream of men were left on base at other critical situations. 

Not just Ohtani, really. the Angels are one of the best home run hitting teams. But they struggle to stay around .500. 

[Angelsfan1984]

Ohtani does look like he’s aiming to put one in the parking lot almost every at bat. I’d love to see him with that left center approach again. 

[T.G.]

11 hours ago, stormngt said:

He doesnt want to be here, then F him.  I am tired of all these doomsday comments about him leaving!

He has contributed a lot to us being in 3rd or 4th place.

 

13 hours ago, stormngt said:

"Bi***** has to Bi***"

 

[Amazing Larry]

13 hours ago, stormngt said:

He doesnt want to be here, then F him.  I am tired of all these doomsday comments about him leaving!

He has contributed a lot to us being in 3rd or 4th place.

F him because doesn't want to be here? Ok.

And it's not doomsday, it's reality. He'll be in the playoffs while Trout and Rendon have tee times at Pelican.

Edited June 2, 2023 by Lhalo

[stormngt]

2 hours ago, T.G. said:

 

 

Well played

[stormngt]

26 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

F him because doesn't want to be here? Ok.

And it's not doomsday, it's reality. He'll be in the playoffs while Trout and Rendon have tee times at Pelican.

God bless him for being on a playoff team.  I  tired of every other pessimistic post stating "Ohtani is leaving for sure".

 

[Ender]

12 hours ago, Slegnaac said:

What a freaking joke.

That was a horrible call in a big situation.

All umpires are jokes. Well except that one guy who is usually like 98% accurate.

[Amazing Larry]

3 minutes ago, stormngt said:

God bless him for being on a playoff team.  I  tired of every other pessimistic post stating "Ohtani is leaving for sure".

I can see how that could be annoying. I’m more worried about getting the rest of the staff straightened out though. 

[Don3347]

12 hours ago, Slegnaac said:

What a freaking joke.

Does this umpire still have a job? Why???

[Farmbuildingfan]

The baseball gods have no moral fabric.

  A cheating team is handed a win they do not deserve. No surprise the  Angels were the victims.

 

[Lazorko Saves]

20 hours ago, angelsfan100 said:

Angels were outmanaged by a 73 year old man tonight

The home plate umpire is that old?  Wow, he looks young for his age.