Gameday Thread (3/1/24): Angels @ Padres: Detmers makes his spring debut

[PattyD22]

Boy the Angels have looked really sloppy the entire game.

Bad pitching, walks, errors, unearned runs, poor situational hitting, etc…

And it’s only the 4th inning.  I guess the bright side is there is plenty of time to right the ship

[jsnpritchett]

...and now for some inexplicable reason, Dozier double-pumped on a throw to the plate and allowed a run to score.  Not sure what is going on with him.  He's played over 150 games at 1B at the major league level.

[PattyD22]

2 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Ok, I've seen enough of Dozier at 1B to know that he should never play there again.  Now he just completely zoned out and wasn't anywhere near the base on a grounder to SS.  Bizarre.

Youre right Jason.  He just fell asleep again and let a runner score on a ground out from second base.

What the hell?

[Inside Pitch]

5 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Ok, I've seen enough of Dozier at 1B to know that he should never play there again.  Now he just completely zoned out and wasn't anywhere near the base on a grounder to SS.  Bizarre.

I don't think I've ever watched a 1B watch a ball go by him like that, it was absolutely hilarious.  He must have had a brain fart and thought he was playing second or suffered a stroke.  That shit was comedy gold, as was the look on Kyren Paris's face after the fact..  Dude had WTF just happened written all over his face.

[Inside Pitch]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

...and now for some inexplicable reason, Dozier double-pumped on a throw to the plate and allowed a run to score.  Not sure what is going on with him.  He's played over 150 games at 1B at the major league level.

Dain bramage.

[jsnpritchett]

I have the feeling that Ben Joyce is maybe gonna be the most frustrating Angels pitcher ever...

[Ochocinco!]

Dozier getting released soon and Joyce still not looking sharp in any way 

[Inside Pitch]

4 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I have the feeling that Ben Joyce is maybe gonna be the most frustrating Angels pitcher ever...

I think part of why they signed so many RPs was to give him more time in the minors.  There was a lot of smoke and mirrors to his game last year -- yes he throws hard, everyone does these days.

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, Inside Pitch said:

I think part of why they signed so many RPs was to give him more time in the minors.  There was a lot of smoke and mirrors to his game last year -- yes he throws hard, everyone does these days.

Yep, that's been my refrain for a while.  It's not even that special or impressive to see 99, 100, + MPH.  Every team has at least a handful of guys who do it.  He's max effort, too, so I'm just waiting for him to blow out his arm again.

[jsnpritchett]

Lol, Dozier AGAIN.  WHAT IS GOING ON?!  Just botched a foul pop-up, but luckily Paris was going after it, too, and managed to catch it on the rebound.

[PattyD22]

Sano has the range of a freaking Sea Lion at 3rd.

He let O’hoppe catch a foul ball that should have easily have been the third baseman’s play, then just watched a hard hit grounder go by him down the line with no effort at all.

And the Hunter Dozier bad game stuff continues as Kyren Paris just bailed his ass out on a dropped pop foul.

Yikes

[tdawg87]

Yeahhhh Dozier might be retarded. 

[jsnpritchett]

O'Hoppe-Carter-Bench with a nice solo shot to LF!

[Inside Pitch]

 

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Yeahhhh Dozier might be retarded. 

It's definitely dain bramage.

[Inside Pitch]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

O'Hoppe-Carter-Bench with a nice solo shot to LF!

Ron "Bagger Vance" Washington probably told him to do that.

[PattyD22]

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

O'Hoppe-Carter-Bench with a nice solo shot to LF!

Sano goes yard for back to back shots.

4-3 Halos.

[jsnpritchett]

And now Sano with an absolute blast into LF!  Sano doing Sano things so far this spring: Ks, walks, bad defense, and tape-measure blasts.

Edited March 1 by jsnpritchett

[Inside Pitch]

2 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

And now Sano with an absolute blast into LF!  Sano doing Sano things so far this spring: Ks, walks, bad defense, and tape-measure blasts.

Yep, he's Sano'd about as hard as one can possibly Sano.  

One of the funniest scouting reports I've ever seen came at Sano's "expense", the scout watching him play made a comment along the lines of, bad hands but does a good job of bouncing the ball off his body and keeping it in front of him.  Dude wasn't even being sarcastic, it was his legit opinion of his defense.

[ScottM]

4 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

And now Sano with an absolute blast into LF!  Sano doing Sano things so far this spring: Ks, walks, bad defense, and tape-measure blasts.

even 2021 Sano would be useful

[Blarg]

27 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

I don't think I've ever watched a 1B watch a ball go by him like that, it was absolutely hilarious.

I think you missed the human road cone, Adam Dunn, playing 1st base for the Nationals. He was a DH playing in the wrong league.

[jsnpritchett]

Here's the Dozier/Paris play.

 

[PattyD22]

10 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

And now Sano with an absolute blast into LF!  Sano doing Sano things so far this spring: Ks, walks, bad defense, and tape-measure blasts.

I saw Sano hit a home run off Matt Harvey in 2019 at Angels Stadium that probably caused $10,000 damage to the stucco at the Jersey Mike’s stand in Left Field.

It must have sounded like the building was hit by a Scud Missle for the employees.  It sure looked like one.

Edited March 1 by PattyD22

[Inside Pitch]

Bobby Valentine is not a fan of top 100 prospect lists... LOL..

[Chuck]

Koch time!

 

[Chuck]

Rada has incredible range in the OF.