Gameday Thread: (8/23/23 Game 1 1pm) Reds @ Angels: Ohtani on the mound, no Trout or Schanuel

[No Roles]

he Homer's every game I come to....

[Angelsjunky]

Angels lose 3-2.

[Sho Way That Was A Strike]

Ohtani is the only reason why we should be watching this team. Probably the last time we will have a great pitcher and MVP candidate for a long time. 

[Sho Way That Was A Strike]

3 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Angels lose 3-2.

Ohtani homers twice and strikes out twelve but Loup and Estevez team up to win the game for Cincy. 

[jsnpritchett]

Ugggggh.  Othani leaving the game.  Not good.

[No Roles]

this sucks

[No Roles]

Tyler Anderson in

[Duren, Duren]

Here we go again ...

Ohtani fragile once more. But he already made an impact with the bat. Good luck with 8 + innings of relief now. 

Also, a reminder for buyers to beware about Ohtani's possible health issues down the road. No guarantees. 

[jsnpritchett]

 

[Reveille1984]

I'm guessing more finger/blister problems.  Didn't look like anything serious, but who knows.

[case]

Angels really made a huge mistake not trading Ohtani while his stock was high. Just mind boggling.

[jsnpritchett]

 

[Angelsjunky]

"Arm fatigue."

Prediction: Angels re-sign Shohei for 1/$50M.

[VladdyforHOF]

Maybe a 6 man rotation is very stupid. Maybe it's stupid to completely skip some of his starts. Maybe blisters are more likely to form if the fingers are less calloused from throwing less. Maybe a lot of pundits of pitch count and extra days of rest for starting pitchers have it entirely wrong. Maybe Ohtani has two years left tops of being a TWP, and teams suddenly get scared out of giving him 600 million dollars this winter.

[VladdyforHOF]

I haven't been able to watch the game yet. So any word on why Schanuel isn't playing?

[Taylor]

Ohtani ded

[gurn67]

3 up and 3 down all on called third strikes. I'm sure I've seen that before, but I can't remember when.

[Angelsjunky]

Is Adell out for the season? Moniak is excruciating.

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, Angelsjunky said:

Is Adell out for the season? Moniak is excruciating.

Have you seen Adell?

[Angelsjunky]

Trout after playing one game, realizing how bad the team is:

[Angelsjunky]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

Have you seen Adell?

Even Adell isn't this bad.

That said, I'm kind of looking forward to seeing Moniak's stats read triple-digits Ks and single digit walks (he's at 8-96 now).

[DMVol]

3 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Is Adell out for the season? Moniak is excruciating.

I really thought he had figured things out enough to be a decent player...not a .330 hitter but decent.....for the past 3 weeks, he looks like the guy Phillies gave up on....and for good reason....

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, gurn67 said:

3 up and 3 down all on called third strikes. I'm sure I've seen that before, but I can't remember when.

Are you secretly channeling Olivia Rodrigo?

 

 

[Duren, Duren]

Realistically it's possible that Ohtani as the historic great he has been for three years can't sustain either the work rate or the numbers he's put up. He's played in 125 of 127 games this year. Any new team will expect him to carry a similar load to justify what they pay him. 

It's easy to just focus on the present, and project it into the future. But the human body isn't built to endure such a pace and workload indefinitely without issues. Especially with age creeping up and already identifiable problem areas. 

[jsnpritchett]

2 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

I'm assuming if Trout doesn't start Game 1, he wouldn't play in Game 2, either. 

Also, Erica Weston seems to indicate there's some other potential lineup issue/decision, too:

 

 

16 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

Looking at these tweets together, I wonder if that was what Weston was alluding to?  Like maybe they were considering not starting Ohtani?