BTH

I’m not a big fan of looking at stats with a 6-game sample.

16 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Placencia back down to A ball, where he started two years ago then was promoted to A+ and AA last year, but stank up the joint (except for walks). Was awful in the AFL. 

Also notice Werner Blakely get demoted and move to the outfield. I had such high hopes for him after his 2022 performance.

Placencia getting demoted is weird.

He was almost league average by wRC+ in HiA.

Makes me wonder if it’s some sort of disciplinary thing? Or if he really regressed during the offseason or something?

12 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Also, being able to see directly into the Angels dugout, Rendon was one of the more animated guys in there, he was constantly up and hyping others --ditto Adell.  So for those of you that have convinced yourself he's an awful teammate -- it didn't look like it from the way the other players interacted with him.

That's nice to hear.

I've said in the past that all that matters about the off-field stuff is how his teammates perceive him.

If his teammates like him and he isn't bothering any of them, then the opinions of others (fans, media, etc) don't matter.

If Bazzana keeps hitting like he does, he’ll be off the board long before the Angels pick.

3 hours ago, Chuck said:

Man Tri-Cities really sucks. They need to find another High-A level affiliate. 

Though I do have some good news that I came across a couple weeks back from the folks there that they will be announcing later this week. 

Interesting.

I know they announced in the offseason that they were gonna make $5M in stadium upgrades.

14 hours ago, Chuck said:

Sounds like it's going to be Caden Dana. 

 

We already know, based on reports/IG, that Rada and Dana will both be in AA.

Mederos, Kochanowicz, Paris, and Joyce will be there.

Could see Placencia, Sanchez, Minacci, Hurtado, Ureña, and others there potentially.

14 hours ago, PattyD22 said:

 

Me and my family will be there.  What should we do?  I’m torn.  Boo or stand?  Let me know before Friday.

Do nothing.

2 hours ago, mmc said:

I would rather have Thaiss for his versatility.  Bart is probably better behind the plate and Thaiss is a bit better offensively

The Angels don’t seem to be using Thaiss’ versatility anymore though.

Having said that, I’d be surprised if the A’s didn’t claim Bart so it’s probably moot.

I suppose they could try and jump the waiver process and trade for him, but that’s unlikely.

It only took 4 games for the Royals fans to realize how bad Renfroe is:

He has a ton of family at the game and I believe a portion of them went to Baltimore as well.

Might be over amped/trying to do too much.

On 3/25/2024 at 9:56 PM, BTH said:

Kelvin Caceres is the Angels best reliever at season’s end.

It only took a week for one of my bold predictions to absolutely blow up.

Good stuff.

1 hour ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

They do this every year too. Rengifo could hit 30 HR's in the second half and he'd still lose meaningful playing time to someone like Paul DeJong next year

Gee, I wonder why he always loses playing time in the first half.

19 hours ago, Angels 1961 said:

Jose "Goose" Soriano, 3 inn 34 pitches when would he be available to pitch again next week?

17 hours ago, greginpsca said:

Friday.

I think he could probably go Wednesday. Only 34 pitches.

Thank you @Inside Pitch for all that info.

I had no idea about all that (That was all before I got deeply involved in following the team). Sucks that it happened, but informative stuff.

6 hours ago, Swordsman78 said:

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). 

Game 2 update

Notes: you’re still butt hurt about Phil Nevin being fired.

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Washington said we’d have a more set line up. 

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

Yep. I just didn't think it would be set with Hicks and Sano.

These two comments sum it up well.

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

50/50 Rendon gets the day off tomorrow.

I could see him DHing with Rengifo or Sanó at 3B.

IMO, I thought this was actually pretty revealing.

Based on what he said, and reading between the lines, it seems like the plan is to “retool” or whatever word you want to use.

They wanted to keep their draft picks, keep the payroll clean, and give young players a chance to prove themselves.

One thing that gives me some trepidation, though, is that he’s in the last year of his deal (as far as we know). So that may be the plan, but is he gonna be the one overseeing it?

19 minutes ago, mmc said:

Salt Lake is not a good place for our pitchers to develop and Kochanowicz hasn’t even put up a great season in AA before.  It’s the right place to start him IMO.

 

I’d be fine with the pitchers we’re developing more or less skipping AAA and having Salt Lake’s pitching staff mainly just being MLB caliber vet depth

Yeah, it seems like the plan is to develop all the actual prospect types in AA.

Paris, Kochanowicz, Mederos, Dana, etc.

3 minutes ago, AngelStew43 said:

It is very cool that the Angels open up on the road, against a 101 win team in2023, and against the NL Cy Young award winner, while the other team in town opened up at home against a 71-win team in 2023.  

Why does it seem like the Angels start on the road every season?  

my theory is that MLB knows the Angels will draw a big crowd for their first home game, whether it's on the first game of the season or the 7th.

so instead, they give another team a home opener on actual opening day in hopes of that team drawing more.

O's would've drawn anyway, but that could explain all those years in Oakland.

1 hour ago, No Roles said:

what concerns me most is we struck out more than 50 percent of our outs...we are well on our way to lead the league in this category again this year !

against the best pitcher in the league tho.

I'm not gonna fret too much about the offense's performance against a great pitcher when their own starter choked

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

Mike "Scioscia" Trout.

as soon as I saw that quote from Trout, that's what I immediately thought of

“It’s just one game,” Trout said. “We’ve got to turn the page. It was a rough one, and we have to get ready for Saturday.”

https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/mike-trout-homers-in-first-at-bat-of-2024-season

11-9 record or better.

No more than 2 leads blown (and subsequently games lost) in the 7th inning or later.

No more than 2 games where two runs or less are scored.

Health.

2 hours ago, m0nkey said:

Did those prospects from the stassi trade ever pan out? I remember Scotty liking those guys lol

Raider Uceta played two games in the Astros org.

Rainier Rivas hit .152/.199/.261 in A ball in 2022 and hasn’t played since.