Gameday Thread: (8/30/23 10am Pacific) Angels @ Phillies: Detmers on the mound, Rengifo in CF, hitting 2nd

[ADHB]

For someone who only plays because of his defense, Velazquez is a pretty shitty defender.

[eligrba4ever]

3 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Is this going to be Detmers' meltdown inning?

The signs so strong they are.

[eligrba4ever]

I didn't even notice until just now where Rengifo is playing. So amazingly funny. Sorry about the sore back, Mickey.

[Angel Oracle]

Anything to keep Rengifo’s hot bat in the lineup

17-32 in the past 9 games with 6 XBHs

Raised LHH OPS from just under .600 on July 1 to .701.   

Since July 1, has a near 1.000 overall OPS, maybe top 5 in AL since July 1.

Maybe just give him the 3B job in 2024, and work to cut down some the mental errors?    Maybe focusing mainly on one position can help with that?

Seems to hit much better when playing regularly, and has the arm for 3B.

Still re-sign Moose for 2024 insurance?

Edited August 30, 2023 by Angel Oracle

[eligrba4ever]

The Angels made very short work of the top of the third. If you blinked, you missed that Phillies' DP.

Detmers must have had about 90 seconds to take a breather.

[Jay]

Nice catch by Rengifo!

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, Jay said:

Nice catch by Rengifo!

Yep!  Bad initial read, but he recovered and made a nice grab.

[eligrba4ever]

No  gold glove for Detmers.

[jsnpritchett]

Nice to see Detmers get Schwarber to ground into a DP.  Probably only has more more inning in him, unless he's super efficient in the 5th.

[eligrba4ever]

Detmers passes the dreaded fourth inning!!!! Still in the game, albeit with 81 or so pitches already thrown.

[eligrba4ever]

Renfroe is really pressing his case to be summoned to a pennant race.

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, eligrba4ever said:

Renfroe is really pressing his case to be summoned to a pennant race.

Yeah, it's funny to see him going off today after Grichuk last night.  Hey, guys, maybe if you'd done this a little more often in the past month, we wouldn't be in this situation!

[Angel Oracle]

Good 5th inning start, run scoring with no outs and two hottest hitters up

Now really do something!

[jsnpritchett]

I'm sorry, but I do not want to see Schanuel bunting with 2 guys on, no outs in the 5th inning of a game in a lost season.  Let the kid fucking swing away.

Edited August 30, 2023 by jsnpritchett

[eligrba4ever]

Sho reverses his trend with 2 outs and RISP. He was hitting ,205 in that situation. He comes through this time.

[Tank]

2 hours ago, T.G. said:

You have to wonder what's going through Renfroe and Grichuk's minds.... It has to be weird for them.

it's like going to your girlfriends house for the weekend but she breaks up with you on friday but you can't go home until sunday.

[eligrba4ever]

Sho makes the third out at third again. Twice in this series.

EDIT:

His mind just was not in it.

[Tank]

listening to the radio broadcast sucks. the fact terry and mark aren't there in person translates into a poor broadcast.

[Duren, Duren]

Philly broadcasters were surprised that Velasquez was given a hit on his bunt. I guess they don't know he tries to bunt on almost every at bat and for once he finally got rewarded. 

Ohtani steadily adding to his RBI totals. If he still plays almost every day he may have a career high. But he also seems either reckless or over aggressive on the basepaths now. 

[eligrba4ever]

Unspoken thought (except I'm writing it):

Angels lead by 3. Phils have them right where they want them.

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, Duren, Duren said:

Ohtani steadily adding to his RBI totals. If he still plays almost every day he may have a career high. But he also seems either reckless or over aggressive on the basepaths now. 

It's not just now.  For as fast as he is, he doesn't strike me as a particularly good baserunner (I'm sure someone will pull up Statcast stats showing me I'm wrong now...ha). 

[eligrba4ever]

Soft toss by Drury kills the DP.

[gurn67]

9 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Sho makes the third out at third again. Twice in this series.

EDIT:

His mind just was not in it.

His decision making running the bases is giving me Aybar flashbacks. That's not a good thing.

[eligrba4ever]

Velazquez bunt changed to sacrifice, E-1.

[eligrba4ever]

Marsh makes a quick correction to make that catch.