Gameday Thread (4/16/24): Angels @ Rays: Soriano on the mound, Sano at 1B, Trout DH'ing

[jsnpritchett]

[Make Angels Great Again]

Good lineup, tho no idea why Moniak is in front of O'Hoppe. I guess left/right switching? But 7 of 9 hitters are righty...lol.

[Jay]

Mike Trout on Chatting Practice (mlb.com)

Not clear exactly when it starts presumably soon.

[Jay]

Just now, Jay said:

Mike Trout on Chatting Practice (mlb.com)

Not clear exactly when it starts presumably soon.

Starting now.

[Ochocinco!]

Hopefully Soriano can give 5 innings 

[jsnpritchett]

4 minutes ago, Jay said:

Mike Trout on Chatting Practice (mlb.com)

Not clear exactly when it starts presumably soon.

I'm gonna guess he'll be terrible at this.  His interview skills are still basic at best.  Just not his thing.

[Erstad Grit]

What a huge signing if Sano can keep hitting and play a decent 3B/1B. 

[jsnpritchett]

Drury is out.  Forgot about him tweaking his hamstring late in the game yesterday. 

[Lhalo]

9 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I'm gonna guess he'll be terrible at this.  His interview skills are still basic at best.  Just not his thing.

He's actually telling some interesting stories. I didn't know he was building a Tiger Woods' designed golf course.

[Angelsjunky]

Trout is telling a funny Jered Weaver story when he was a rookie, including Jered paying him back for dinner with a bucket of quarters.

[T.G.]

17 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I'm gonna guess he'll be terrible at this.  His interview skills are still basic at best.  Just not his thing.

He was terrific.  Showed a lot of personality.  Good stories.

[T.G.]

Great to see Adell and Rengifo in there again.

[totdprods]

11 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

What a huge signing if Sano can keep hitting and play a decent 3B/1B. 

Pretty happy with it so far. Hasn’t translated to HRs yet but he’s hitting the bar insanely hard (maybe best in baseball?) and not chasing. Defense has been fine. Drawing walks. 

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, T.G. said:

He was terrific.  Showed a lot of personality.  Good stories.

That's great! Maybe he's finally getting more comfortable in that type of setting.

[jsnpritchett]

 

[ScottM]

More or less the ideal lineup. I worry Neto needs more time in AAA.

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, ScottM said:

More or less the ideal lineup. I worry Neto needs more time in AAA.

If Neto and Schanuel both need more time at AAA, then this team is truly screwed this season--and potentially in the next couple.  If you're drafting guys because you think they're ready for the majors ASAP and then they're really not, your whole strategy kinda falls apart.

[Erstad Grit]

16 minutes ago, T.G. said:

Great to see Adell and Rengifo in there again.

Adell better cease the base-running blunders or Wash is going to bench him. 

[Angelsjunky]

2 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

If Neto and Schanuel both need more time at AAA, then this team is truly screwed this season--and potentially in the next couple.  If you're drafting guys because you think they're ready for the majors ASAP and then they're really not, your whole strategy kinda falls apart.

No worries, we've got Sonny DiChiara.

[ScottM]

3 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

If Neto and Schanuel both need more time at AAA, then this team is truly screwed this season--and potentially in the next couple.  If you're drafting guys because you think they're ready for the majors ASAP and then they're really not, your whole strategy kinda falls apart.

I've already written off this season mentally, so if they need 2-3 months to get right in AAA it's fine by me. 

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, Angelsjunky said:

No worries, we've got Sonny DiChiara.

God, what a complete dumpster fire he's been.  .305 slugging % over 126 games in the minors so far. 

[redoctober2002]

29 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Hasn’t translated to HRs yet but he’s hitting the bar insanely hard (maybe best in baseball?) and not chasing

According to baseball savant he's leading the league in average exit velocity at 100.6 with the next closest being Bobby Whitt Jr at 97.6.

[Make Angels Great Again]

1 hour ago, Jay said:

Mike Trout on Chatting Practice (mlb.com)

Not clear exactly when it starts presumably soon.

Chatting Practice: Mike Trout | 04/16/2024 | MLB.com

[jsnpritchett]

 

[Jason]

7 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

Yay??