Perhaps, though I don’t think the pen is in that bad of a shape coverage wise if they just DFA one of Fulmer/Suarez and add Kristofak.
Estévez, Moore, García, Cimber, Strickland, and Cisnero should all be available.
I guess it depends on what you want out of your leadoff hitter.
I’d prefer someone who can get on base ahead of the middle of the order.
He excelled in that spot last season, and I would’ve just left him in that spot to begin this season.
I admittedly didn’t watch today’s game, but:
Soriano’s 1st start, he got screwed by bad luck/defense. He was fine after the weird 1st inning where the ball kept pin-balling everywhere and Thaiss couldn’t locate the ball.
His 2nd and 3rd starts were good.
His 4th was bad, it appears.
This shouldn’t even be a thought processed by anyone with the Angels.
What an embarrassment that’d be if they option Soriano after one bad start, while keeping a bunch of bad pitchers (Cisnero, Suarez, Fulmer).
It’d be a stupid move and send an awful message to the clubhouse and fans.
Good thing the Angels delayed Bachman’s start of the season to “manage his innings.”
Everything related to Bachman has been moronic. The pick in the first place, moving him to the pen, Nevin overusing him in a short stint, “managing” his innings.