Gameday Thread (4/17/24): Angels @ Rays: Detmers on the mound, O'Hoppe hitting cleanup, Schanuel dropped to 8th

[nando714]

Wash using Strickland again lol

I’m glad that happened 

[Blarg]

Y'all can blame Trout for misplaying the 3rd out. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

3 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I wonder if the plan is for Strickland to go two innings tonight?  Or else to have Suarez pitch the 9th?

It would appear that the plan is for him to just lose the game right away

[Slegnaac]

7 - 8 - 9 hitters due up

 

[tdawg87]

So the bullpen is, once again, a fucking problem.

Who could have seen this coming?

[mmc]

This team is autistic 

[CaliAngel]

Losing the lead and giving up the go ahead in the 8th for away games is so painful. Go from 6 outs to win, to 3 outs or you lose in the blink of an eye.

[HeavenlyHalos]

I feel pretty stupid thinking the pen would be the strength of the team this season. 

[Slegnaac]

Just now, tdawg87 said:

So the bullpen is, once again, a fucking problem.

Who could have seen this coming?

That plus the 5 - 9 hitters and 3 of the starters....

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

So the bullpen is, once again, a fucking problem.

Who could have seen this coming?

[Mark68]

Two quick outs and then...the wheels fall off. We keep seeing the remake of this movie, and every time, it's worse.

[jonickell25]

Trout big time misplayed that ball. But again…another blown save. It’s been this way for a decade. It sucks to spend 2-3 hours watching your team winning then give it up. Should have been an easy sweep.

[Justin]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

So the bullpen is, once again, a fucking problem.

Who could have seen this coming?

Shohei

[Inside Pitch]

43 minutes ago, CaliAngel said:

At least Adell gets on base.

And actually hits the ball.

He's looked like a MLB player.  I miss making fun of the routes he took defensively, he's completely turned that part of his game around.

[CaliAngel]

3 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Y'all can blame Trout for misplaying the 3rd out. 

Really?

I thought that was a tough line drive, so he did the right thing and limited it to a single.

[bloodbrother]

Perry spending all that money on the pen for it to still stink and only have what? 2 arms you actually feel somewhat good about. Ownership is an issue for any GM coming here which will hamstring a GM, but Perry's really done nothing to show that he deserves keeping his job after this season. Just not a whole lot to show from a player evaluation standpoint from him.

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, HeavenlyHalos said:

I feel pretty stupid thinking the pen would be the strength of the team this season. 

Realistically, the only way it would have been a true strength would have been if Stephenson was a) actually healthy, and b) performing at about 90%+ of the way he did with Tampa last season.  The other moves in the off-season were honestly sort of head-scratchers.  Random veterans who either haven't ever really been good or who've been wildly inconsistent.

EDIT: Forgot about Moore.  That was a decent move.

Edited April 18 by jsnpritchett

[Blarg]

1 minute ago, CaliAngel said:

Really?

That was a tough line drive. I thought he did the right thing and limited it to a single.

Nope. That was a routine fly ball that hung up long enough if he had read it correctly off the bat. 

[Blarg]

Schanuel...

[T.G.]

Steal a base, Adell!

[Inside Pitch]

18 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

When the Angels are up by a run or two in the late innings, I just assume they're going to lose.

Nostrajunky.

Your seer skills are on point today!

[Mark68]

What happens if they tie the game? With Drury out, who plays first? Sano?

 

[jsnpritchett]

Jesus.  Adell, dude: DO NOT GET PICKED OFF.

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, Mark68 said:

What happens if they tie the game? With Drury out, who plays first? Sano?

 

I would assume. 

[Justin]

Just now, CaliAngel said:

Schanuel batting .130?

What the hell is he still doing in the lineup?

Wait.. where did this post go?