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No, Adell doesn't become a free agent until after the 2027 season.  He's just out of options, so the Angels can't send him to the minors without exposing him to waivers.
Also, Hicks, not Hooks.  Ha.

The Angels would be better if they weren't giving up 12-13 runs.

Why does Adell have to "earn" playing time while Hicks and Sano just get it automatically? Both those guys' glory days are long in the past. Sano didn't play at all last season and the Yankees dumped Hicks.

I think originally, the idea was to platoon Moniak and Adell based on pitcher handedness. With Hicks and Sano making the roster, this takes away the ABs Adell would have gotten against lefties and clogs up the DH even more since Sano isn't great in the field. I agree that it feels like a waste letting him sit on the bench as much as he had to start the season.

Game nine of the season, and Adell has only started two or three of them.
In the limited ABs he's had, he's look solid and like someone who could be ready to break out. His ceiling is way too high to ride the bench 75% of the time.
What gives? With the likes of Hicks, Sano, and Moniak getting more starts than Adell, you have to wonder if there's something else going on.

If Schanuel is still struggling in the middle of May I'd be more entertained with the idea of sending him down. Until then though I'm willing to let him try to figure it out.
I do agree with some other posters that Rengifo should figure into the lineup more. Maybe a platoon with Drury or just leaving Sano as a bench bat rather than the main DH.

Suarez I'm sure will be the first to get waived but it's doubtful Schanuel gets demoted or benched. 
Posted this earlier on X. 
Nolan Schanuel has gotten off to a slow start with just a .482 OPS through the first nine games of the season, and fans are already calling for benching him or sending him down to the minors.
Julio Rodriguez has a slightly better .493 OPS through 10 games and the following qualifying players have an OPS lower than Schanuel’s out of the gate:
Lindor, Hays, Varsho, Outman, Encarnacion-Strand, Drury, Rendon, Castellanos, McNeil, JJ Crawford, Nimmo, Verdugo, Torkelson, Hoerner, Bryant and Parker Meadows and Henry Davis who were picks to break out this season.
Schanuel through his first 29 games last season had .732 OPS, he then had a .750 OPS with two HR through 19 games this spring.
Let’s keep it real. It’s EARLY.
He will be fine!

Sorry I missed it. I don't think that's an easy play and therefore I don't think an error should have been charged. That's what they call pretty much a "bang-bang" play. Yes, if the pitcher catches the ball, he's out but if you look at everything else: the distance the 1st baseman had to leap to get to the play, throwing the ball pretty much from his stomach, and where the ball was thrown to the pitcher. My wife says they basicallly didn't want Schanuel to continue the streak and changed the ruling. It's hard to disagree with her. 

Sorry I missed it. I don't think that's an easy play and therefore I don't think an error should have been charged. That's what they call pretty much a "bang-bang" play. Yes, if the pitcher catches the ball, he's out but if you look at everything else: the distance the 1st baseman had to leap to get to the play, throwing the ball pretty much from his stomach, and where the ball was thrown to the pitcher. My wife says they basicallly didn't want Schanuel to continue the streak and changed the ruling. It's hard to disagree with her. 

Ridiculous to change a call this long after the play occurred.
 

Go fly a kite! 😄

Oh you. 

Arte should sell. Based on the Ben Franklin chart, a new owner is bound to have more electricity and spectacle.

Arte should sell. Based on the Ben Franklin chart, a new owner is bound to have more electricity and spectacle.

Arte should sell. Based on the Ben Franklin chart, a new owner is bound to have more electricity and spectacle.

I really think Adell should be starting more. I was afraid this would happen when Hicks joined the team.

It’s a moosical number. 

Great first post, @UBstrange!! Welcome to AngelsWin.com. 
To respond to your post, I'll take it.
Maybe the players literally RAN THROUGH A WALL for Ron Washington after his closed door meeting and it knocked some good sense and on the field success into them.

Hello, this is my first new topic since signing up.
I was thinking about when Taylor Ward faceplanted into the wall.  Obviously everybody knows that he wasn't the same after that.
But then I started thinking about how he got hit in the face with the ball last year and whether he'd ever be the same again, being traumatized twice in 2 years like that.  Strangely, it would almost appear like getting hit in the face has reverse-concussed him, if that's even a thing!  Like it somehow knocked him back into his old self.

Btw, fun random fact:  Taylor Ward's wife's name......is Taylor.

Game 2 update
Notes:   This team is not what we were told we were getting.   More infield errors (2) than stolen bases (which is 0). 

Can we just have fun? I'm not telling people how to "fan" or whatever, but constant negativity is getting quite old and tired. Yes, Arte sucks and needs to sell the team. But how about we just enjoy some Angels baseball? I see probably more negativity on social media than I do here. However, it's just growing tiresome. 

Ron Washington wins manager of the year as halos make playoffs

Jo Adell 30 HR and 30 SB  

Trout and Rendon play more games this season than any of the past four seasons.