Gameday Thread (4/13/24 1:10 Pacific): Angels @ Red Sox: Canning on the mound

[jsnpritchett]

4 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

It's funny, I remember telling everyone to calm the fuck down.

Well, to be fair, he didn't have a great year last year even when healthy.  So that, combined with a crazy high K rate over the entire spring, was enough to justify at least some concern.

[AngelsLakersFan]

6 minutes ago, Blarg said:

I'm all for moving him up in the order. He has obviously earned Washington's respect for game prep and execution but he also needs to rest. Thaiss is exactly what he is, a backup catcher. You are not going to get much better without paying a lot more for a free agent or trade high ranked prospects for one. So Washington is just going to have to pick the match ups and put Thaiss in. The Angels do have a decent catching prospect in Rios moving up the ranks but I doubt we will see him before 2025. 

I think Thaiss showed last year that he was adequate behind the plate, and definitely above average with the bat for a backup catcher.

[Blarg]

7 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I think Thaiss showed last year that he was adequate behind the plate, and definitely above average with the bat for a backup catcher.

Agreed. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

15 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Well, to be fair, he didn't have a great year last year even when healthy.  So that, combined with a crazy high K rate over the entire spring, was enough to justify at least some concern.

The lizard brain is inescapable. Trout's older, had health issues, but the underlying statcast metrics have remained elite.

[Vlad27Trout27]

Personally, I would mind considering moving Thaiss from Backup C and move In a backup 3rd,1st and C. I think his bat deserves to get m0re time in the line-up. Something to maybe consider next year. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

Just now, Vlad27Trout27 said:

Personally, I would mind considering moving Thaiss from Backup C and move In a backup 3rd,1st and C. I think his bat deserves to get m0re time in the line-up. Something to maybe consider next year. 

I think he definitely deserves more playing time, but hes also not good enough or young enough for the team to really be missing out that much. I think they should consider using OHoppe at DH from time to time to keep his bat in the lineup but get him off his feet and out from behind the plate.

[T.G.]

Thaiss had an OPS+ of 81 last season.

[Lazorko Saves]

3 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

O'Hoppe has said he wants to play as much as possible (I think I remember seeing something where he said he wanted to play 140+ games?). Of course, you don't always have to do what a player says--but I guess for now, they're just letting him go while he's hot.

C'mon Wash, let's get O'Hoppe to beat Randy Hundley's record....

[Torridd]

1 hour ago, Angels 1961 said:

Rengifo and Adell need to play everyday. 

I wholeheartedly agree. 

[Lazorko Saves]

Topps photographer in 1968: "Randy we'd like to get you standing up on your baseball card this year."

Randy Hundley: "Sorry, I can't stand up."

[daygloman]

Go Halos!

[jsnpritchett]

Trent Rush signed off of the pre-game show by saying that Canning versus Criswell was a "good matchup."  I'm not sure anyone other than their parents would see it that way.

[T.G.]

[CaliAngel]

Looks like Rendon watched 2 strikes then swung at the ball.

Looks like Schanuel swung at ball 3 then watched strike 3.

[T.G.]

Hicks… well…

[CaliAngel]

Adell would have caught that.

[jsnpritchett]

Hicks botched that ball on the slide.  Hell, Adell can do that!

[HeavenlyHalos]

and we trail. Thanks Hicks!

[eligrba4ever]

GO ANGELS!!!!

BUILD A WINNING STREAK!!!

[HeavenlyHalos]

Canning blows

[CaliAngel]

*sigh*

[jsnpritchett]

Maybe Canning needed a few more days off.

[T.G.]

Canning sucks. I mean he really sucks. Really, really sucks.

[HeavenlyHalos]

That was a terrible terrible pitch

[eligrba4ever]

Is the gopher ball a big part of Canning's rebuilt arsenal?