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On 3/10/2024 at 8:25 PM, Second Base said:

I'm guessing Adell is going to be dealt at the end of Spring Training. Probably for a lesser pitcher with options remaining. It'll be an uneventful finale for Adell and the Angels. 

He'll go elsewhere, I'm guessing Detroit or Washington maybe, and he'll do exactly what he's done here, just in much higher volume. He'll blast 30 HR's yet somehow post an OBP under .300.

And whoever the Angels get back will work out of the rotation in AAA and operate as a swing starter or reliever for the Angels and will eventually be DFA'd when he's out of options. 

As for Aaron Hicks, he'll rotate between RF, DH and the bench. He'll manage a .340 OBP and 15 HR's and be dealt at the trade deadline for some random 6'5" reliever in AA that throws 100 but has a 6.0 BB/9.

Lmao

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On 3/10/2024 at 7:37 PM, AngelsLakersFan said:

We are not yet at a point where any of these stats count........

 

On 3/10/2024 at 9:55 PM, CaliAngel said:

So should we look at the Adell ones that do?

Yes, let's circle back and check in on how things are going for the two

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Hicks must have seen thousands of pitches in his career. But he seems totally lost now. Confused and guessing most of the time. And badly fooled. 

What has caused this regression? 

Not just in the big drop in his stats. But his generally weak at bats. 

Rhetorical question but speculating,  I think it's a combination of a few things. Age and slowing reaction and reads. Possibly an eyesight issue too. Lack or forgotten familiarity with pitchers and their patterns. Unsettled with this team and feeling pressure. Possibly the seemingly habitual approach of swinging for the long ball rather than just making solid contact. 

And don't discount the often terrible ball/strike calls that have made some hitters defensive and uncertain of what will be called a ball or strike. Often from pitch to pitch. Ward too seems to be affected this way. And even Trout to some degree. 

Ironically, Adell has been having much better at bats and patience at the plate. 

It's a bit sad watching previously respectable veterans struggle so mightily. Age and skill erosion  clearly are factors, but it shouldn't be so overwhelmingly devastating. Pitch recognition and solid contact ought to be at least modestly better despite Hicks' multiple issues. 

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2 minutes ago, Halo in Chicago said:

Go Wilson Bruins lol

What's up with that?  I mean...  school colors are the same as USC, but the mascot is the same at UCLA's?

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