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Randazzo and Gubie keep saying Maldonado blocked the plate on that play. I'm not sure what else he's supposed to do in that instance.

Well said.

Ok, he's making up for last night.

I'm very curious to see how quickly Schanuel gets to AA. Sonny DiChiara, who's splitting time between 1B and DH, still has shown zero of the power and hitting ability he supposedly had. In 220 AB in AA across last year and this year, he only has 11 extra base hits (8 2B, 3 HR) and 98 (!!) K. He does have 42 BB, which is nice, but you can't have a 1B/DH who hits .200 with a .277 slugging %. Gabe Matthews is at AA now, too, but he's a 25-year-old non-prospect, so he shouldn't block Schanuel. DiChiara went straight to Rocket City last year. Maybe Schanuel will, too?

...as I was saying. (Though he really should have been called out on strikes...I'll take what we can get at this point!)

In this article, Fletcher switches to fingernail, matching what Blum said:

Don't know that an Estevez-type would be high on their priority list, though, given that they have Bautista and Cano already.

Slightly different take from Fletcher.

Ward has hit almost .500 in 20+ ABs against Framber Valdez. None of the other Angels have done much against him--and Ohtani has historically been godawful against him. Curious to see what happens today!

Sending Rengifo right back out there, I see.

There's also a lot of wiggle room in the phrase "top 100 type prospects".

I don't think this video shows that Ohtani is "frustrated" with Rendon, but it is kinda funny that he just ignores him when Rendon tries to fist bump.

Sorry if these have been posted elsewhere, but I haven't seen them. Chase Gockel (9th round) signed for $1,000. https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/98-mph-fastball-former-edwardsville-pitcher-chase-gockel-signs-with-la-angels-66448.cfm https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/angels-2023-draft-signings-tracker?t=mlb-draft-coverage Chris Barazza (10th round) signed for $7,500: https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/angels-2023-draft-signings-tracker?t=mlb-draft-coverage So looks like they took the savings from those two, plus Chris Clark, to get the extra $ for Wimmer.

Agreed. Bizarre to be playing for a single run, down 3 with no outs, and 2 guys on.

I was being sarcastic.