Gameday Thread (3/30/24 @ 1pm Pacific): Angels @ Orioles: Canning on the mound

[jsnpritchett]

 

 

[Stradling]

Washington said we’d have a more set line up. 

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

Washington said we’d have a more set line up. 

Yep. I just didn't think it would be set with Hicks and Sano.

[Taylor]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

Washington said we’d have a more set line up. 

50/50 Rendon gets the day off tomorrow.

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, Taylor said:

50/50 Rendon gets the day off tomorrow.

I doubt it. But I could see him get a day off in Miami. I just think Washington will play guys a ton. 

[stormngt]

29 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

If we are in a transition year, why in hell are we playing Sano over Adell.

[Swiss Angel Fan]

Sano playing over Rengifo, Moniak and Adell is wild.

[Stradling]

22 minutes ago, stormngt said:

If we are in a transition year, why in hell are we playing Sano over Adell.

Why not?  

[Halo in Chicago]

I assume we have to pretend this isn’t a transition season until it’s obvious, but not pumped about Hicks and Sano again. 

[No Roles]

Rengifo is one of our best hitters and he is just riding the pine (except for his ph hit).  Let's release Rendon he is a cancer to the team, fan base, and baseball in general ! Time to move on.

[Stradling]

ITS TWO GAMES IN. 

[BTH]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

50/50 Rendon gets the day off tomorrow.

I could see him DHing with Rengifo or Sanó at 3B.

[BTH]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Washington said we’d have a more set line up. 

 

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

Yep. I just didn't think it would be set with Hicks and Sano.

These two comments sum it up well.

[HeavenlyHalos]

so much for this being a season to see what the young players have. Adell and Moniak on the bench again is crazy to me

[Blarg]

37 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Why not?  

Because it doesn't develop players you need to have for the next 5 years in Moniak and Adell, while Sano struggles to pick up another bench job next season. The same can be said for Hicks. He is another borderline veteran bench guy given playing time over younger guys, with a higher ceiling, that need to be on the field.

Washington is playing too safe thinking this year is about winning a wildcard over creating the finished 2025 roster. They have a very slim chance of a wildcard slot this season and none next year if Moniak and Adell don't get their skills honed this year. 

[full circle]

1 hour ago, Swiss Angel Fan said:

Sano playing over Rengifo, Moniak and Adell is wild.

It’s retarded.  Like something a Coke head would do. 

[Stradling]

6 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Because it doesn't develop players you need to have for the next 5 years in Moniak and Adell, while Sano struggles to pick up another bench job next season. The same can be said for Hicks. He is another borderline veteran bench guy given playing time over younger guys, with a higher ceiling, that need to be on the field.

Washington is playing too safe thinking this year is about winning a wildcard over creating the finished 2025 roster. They have a very slim chance of a wildcard slot this season and none next year if Moniak and Adell don't get their skills honed this year. 

It’s two games in and the team isn’t going to start a season by throwing in the towel and not put who the manager feels is the best equipped to help them win right now. As the season goes these line ups and the starters will evolve, we’ve seen that every year. If you ran a poll asking this website would you rather see a more set line up each night or have the ever changing line up we’ve seen for quite some time they’d ask for consistency. 

[Stradling]

10 minutes ago, HeavenlyHalos said:

so much for this being a season to see what the young players have. Adell and Moniak on the bench again is crazy to me

Yep after two games we can clearly state that Adell and Moniak won’t ever start again. 

[CaliAngel]

So you guys want Adell in the lineup over Hicks, is he supposed to play RF? 

Or would he go to Left and shift Ward to right?

I'm probably the biggest critic of Adell on this board, but I kind of agree that it's his time to show what he's got. We need the young guys to start showing up. He should be in the starting lineup, and after 6 innings, let Sanó come in as pinch batter for him, and let Hicks replace him. 

 

[Blarg]

11 minutes ago, Stradling said:

It’s two games in and the team isn’t going to start a season by throwing in the towel and not put who the manager feels is the best equipped to help them win right now. As the season goes these line ups and the starters will evolve, we’ve seen that every year. If you ran a poll asking this website would you rather see a more set line up each night or have the ever changing line up we’ve seen for quite some time they’d ask for consistency. 

It is two games in and it says Washington isn't going to give those guys chances over the veterans he knows. Moniak showed he has what it takes to play right field, hit for average and power. There is no excuse to bench him for another left handed bat.

I know you think you're being such a smart guy backing Washington's roster but this is not moving the team forward, it is putting it in another year of a holding pattern. I want this team to progress, not keep repeating the same non developmental mistake of filling holes with barely league average veterans. Sano and Hicks won't be on the roster next year, they should be in the backup role they were signed for. 

[Blarg]

14 minutes ago, CaliAngel said:

So you guys want Adell in the lineup over Hicks, is he supposed to play RF? 

Or would he go to Left and shift Ward to right?

I'm probably the biggest critic of Adell on this board, but I kind of agree that it's his time to show what he's got. We need the young guys to start showing up. He should be in the starting lineup, and after 6 innings, let Sanó come in as pinch batter for him, and let Hicks replace him. 

 

Moniak is a left handed hitter and plays right field. Hicks should sit over developing Moniak to take that position as a platoon with Adell when a left hander is on the mound. Hicks should be the backup for when Trout is out and Moniak slides over to center and the Angels want a left handed bat. 

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