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Story probably makes that play easily.

Dealing right now.

I think they mentioned last night his dad was a bodybuilder. He definitely looks like that could have been a career path for him also.

Loved it.

Lol... It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

Great start.

I would bet against that. I thought for years that eventually we would see an end to the shift being prevalent because hitters would start to try to utilize that part of the field again.

Area code where Neto grew up.

Rengifo has gotten what, one start this season? I figured this year would be the year they give guys like him to get consistent ABs all season.

Sigh...

As long as they keep getting outs I don't care what they throw.

Great bounce back series to get some mojo going into the home opener. Sandoval with a much better performance than the turd he had on Opening Day, Nolan keeps the streak alive, and Ward continues to mash.

Who had Anderson having the best start the first time through the rotation? Great start for him, hopefully he can build upon it and have a successful season.

If Adell and Rengifo had gotten the bulk of the starts to start the season I wouldn't mind throwing Sano and Hicks in for this one. Since they haven't, I'm kinda upset about it.

Adell should be in the starting lineup at least 2 out of 3 games either in the OF or DH. This is pretty much the year to decide whether Adell is worth keeping or cutting bait on. The fact he's hitting the ball hard should be even more of a reason to find ways to keep him in the lineup.

I don't remember hearing anything during the game. I also watched the replay and I don't think Trout looks lazy at all. If anything, he took his time to get his grip since the ball was probably wet due to the rain.

Maybe the strategy is to get blown out every game so you can have ABs for Sano and Hicks at the beginning and Adell, Moniak, and Regnifo at the end.

Lol... Half credit since you didn't guess two base hits.

I liked the decision to give Canning a shot to get through the 6th. Too bad he seemed to just lose it. I hate that sequence to Mountcastle. Up 0-2 and then don't even challenge him afterwards.

Not much they really needed to do. Their core is all locked up for the next 2-3 years.

Ump has a wide zone today.

I'm with you on this. I was fine with not signing someone like JD Martinez since keeping that DH spot allows Moniak and Adell to get consistent ABs. IMO getting a good long look at them this season benefits the team long term rather than giving them to Hicks who's gone at the end of the year anyway.

I think 75-79 is about right. Pitching staff will be slightly improved with a return to a 5 man but the offense and depth are really suspect.

Like what was said yesterday, this is kind of the no mans land of Spring Training. The initial excitement has worn off and won't pick back up until the Opening Day roster really starts to take shape.

In a way, it's pretty impressive that how we've gone from Snell/Boras wanting an unrealistically long and expensive contract (IIRC 9/270) to now wanting ~$30M to pitch less than a full season and try FA again. In the midst of all this there's been almost nothing on Montgomery who put together a great season last year, including a solid postseason. At a certain point you just have to wonder when the player steps in and tells Boras to just get a deal done so they can start playing.