Gameday Thread (4/21/24 10:40am Pacific): Soriano on the mound, Hicks leading off, Adrianza has a locker

[Duren, Duren]

Hopefully they snap this skid and get going at home. 

Anyways, 4 NHL playoff games in a row are on today so I'll record the Angel game and watch it tonight. 

[Vlad27Trout27]

Need 6 solid innings from Soriano today. Offense needs to come thru!

[fan_since79]

8 minutes ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

.152 and .170 lineup bookends.  Fantastic. 

Batting average, hits, runs...overrated.

[Fontana Halo]

Can we take a drink every time they try to use the road trip as an excuse?

[AngelsLakersFan]

2 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Hicks leading off.

That's just awesome.

Hicks!

[Swordsman78]

Start us off Trouty!!!

#GoHalos

[AngelsLakersFan]

2 minutes ago, Fontana Halo said:

Can we take a drink every time they try to use the road trip as an excuse?

My man, you can take a drink whenever you like.

[AngelsLakersFan]

HOLY CRAP! HICKS!

[T.G.]

Good AB for Hicks.

But I still don't like him.

[Fontana Halo]

2 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

My man, you can take a drink whenever you like.

What's the fun in that?

[Swordsman78]

Looks like its now a bullpen day for the Reds.   Golden opportunity here.

[jsnpritchett]

Yikes.  Ward with a 101-mph liner off of Montas' forearm.  Montas threw him out, but he's being taken out.  Doesn't look good.

[T.G.]

That had to hurt 

[Swordsman78]

Situational hitting opportunity.  Need someone to be clutch

[AngelsLakersFan]

7 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Yikes.  Ward with a 101-mph liner off of Montas' forearm.  Montas threw him out, but he's being taken out.  Doesn't look good.

Payback

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, Swordsman78 said:

Situational hitting opportunity.  Need someone to be clutch

[Swordsman78]

3 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Riiiiight?!?!?!

What difference does it make.  At least it garnered the expected putz reaction.

[Vlad27Trout27]

My God a 94/95 mph split! shoot that looks like a plus-plus pitch!

[Ariamus]

27 minutes ago, Duren, Duren said:

2 hours ago, Ariamus said:

After, they come home for 9 games against three teams, two of which are legitimate World Series contenders. And the third was a preseason consensus favorite to win their division. Then they go back on the road to face the team with the best record in the AL.

This is going to get ugly quick…

At the 1/8th point 4 games below .500 turns into 32 games below at this pace. 

Obviously there will be hot spells and winning streaks and the numbers should be better. But even this early they already need a hot streak just to even their record. Let alone to actually compete for first place or a wild card. 

It’s actually worse than you suggest.

A really good team, one that wins in the mid-90s, averages 1 game over .500 per week of the season. That means, if they lose today, the Angels would theoretically need A WHOLE MONTH to get back to .500. And that’d only be if they were a really good team, which we know they most certainly are not.

37 minutes ago, Duren, Duren said:

Hopefully home games will reverse at least some of this early trend.

I’d love to be as optimistic as you but I simply can’t. So I’ll just remind you the Halos are 2-4 at home so far this season playing mid-range clubs like Boston and Tampa.

[jsnpritchett]

Soriano didn't mess around that inning.  Good to see him start strong.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Soriano looks so much better than Canning

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

We need Soriano to throw a no no to have a chance. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

Soriano didn't mess around that inning.  Good to see him start strong.

He'll be fine as long as he doesnt allow any baserunners...

[Halo in Chicago]

Soriano looks legit

[Ariamus]

25 minutes ago, Fontana Halo said:

Can we take a drink every time they try to use the road trip as an excuse?

My college/frat party days are long behind me…