Gameday Thread: (8/18/23): Rays @ Angels: Schanuel leading off & O'Hoppe is back!

[jsnpritchett]

The Rays' lineup graphic is horrible.

Edited August 19, 2023 by jsnpritchett

[Dtwncbad]

With Ohoppe and Schanuel in the lineup, I might just grab some tickets and go

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, Dtwncbad said:

With Ohoppe and Schanuel in the lineup, I might just grab some tickets and go

Yeah, my birthday is on Monday and if that game doesn't get rained out, I might try to snag some last-minute tickets to see the new kids in person. 

[Revad]

I get busy for a week and don’t pay attention, and now things are interesting again.

[Deek]

F-Yeah…

 

let’s get Trout and Neto back in the lineup and this will be a super fun team to watch…

 

if the pitching doesn’t melt down…!

[ScottT]

I still think his is a good team.  Ugh.  

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, ScottT said:

I still think his is a good team.  Ugh.  

I think hers is maybe a little better, though.

[Blarg]

2 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I think hers is maybe a little better, though.

They or them?

[jsnpritchett]

 

[m0nkey]

It’s like picking up two impact bats, after the trade deadline. Playoff push baby!

[stormngt]

SHANUEL MOVE IS AN ACT OF DESPERATION

[tdawg87]

Cool. Fuck it. Let's get weird.

[Chuck]

 

[Deek]

41 minutes ago, ScottT said:

I still think his is a good team.  Ugh.  

That's because it is...

 

This team has endured a ridiculous and debilitating number of injuries...

 

However improbable: I'm still holding out hope for a Trout/Ohtani beast-mode run for the ages... to do that though, they need the complimentary bats in the lineup (see: O'Hoppe, Zeto, Mous, Drury, Rengifo, Renfroe)...

 

Unlike recent history - I don't think many of us would be surprised if the Halos ripped off 10-12 straight or 16/20... This lineup is capable of that...

[tomsred]

Wow, quite the lineup, makes the game really fun to watch tonight.  Any one know what the shortest time a draft pick has taken to get to the MLB.  I( would guess maybe someone went immediately, I just never hear about that being done.

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, tomsred said:

Wow, quite the lineup, makes the game really fun to watch tonight.  Any one know what the shortest time a draft pick has taken to get to the MLB.  I( would guess maybe someone went immediately, I just never hear about that being done.

Over 20 guys have gone straight to the majors in the draft era.  Here's a list:

 

[daygloman]

Go Halos!

[tomsred]

8 minutes ago, stormngt said:

SHANUEL MOVE IS AN ACT OF DESPERATION

 

So what, got to think out of the box when you suffer these amounts of injuries, and have less than a 1% chance of making the playoffs.  It's best to see what we have at this point in time than shut down completely with recycled veterans.  There is nothing to lose at this time.

[jsnpritchett]

 

[Stradling]

21 minutes ago, stormngt said:

SHANUEL MOVE IS AN ACT OF DESPERATION

No it isn’t. 

[Brian Ilten]

30 minutes ago, stormngt said:

SHANUEL MOVE IS AN ACT OF DESPERATION

I thought so too at first.  But the more I think about it, what have you got to loose?  Is he going to get 130ABs?  If he does, it probably means the team is hitting and if its hitting we are being competitive.

 

i know this.... I am watching the game now tonight.  I probably would have opted for HS Football otherwise.

Edited August 18, 2023 by Brian Ilten

[Jay]

34 minutes ago, stormngt said:

SHANUEL MOVE IS AN ACT OF DESPERATION

I like this move better than some of the moves we made at the deadline.

[jsnpritchett]

4 minutes ago, Jay said:

I like this move better than some of the moves we made at the deadline.

Ha. Exactly.  This is maybe the 7th or 8th most desperate thing they've done this year. 

[Stradling]

I just don’t see it as desperation because that would assume Perry actually believes the team still has a chance.  It is very reasonable to believe they had a chance at the deadline when they were 3 games out.  It isn’t reasonable to believe they still have a chance now.  This very well could simply be they think he can hit major league pitching now, so why not let him do it.  Arte won’t be around when his service time becomes an issue. 

[Brian Ilten]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

 Arte won’t be around when his service time becomes an issue. 

Fingers crossed