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Adell improved significantly from '20 to '21. His defense wasn't that bad last season. -1 OAA isn't good but Upton was far worse(-6). Rojas (-4) and Gosselin (-4) were also worse. DRS had Adell at (+1 overall but -3 in LF) while Upton was -11. Whatever the metric he wasn't terrible. On offense he was striking out less (23%) while still occasionally walking (6%). At least he looked like a Major league player. This year he's taken about 3 steps back except for batting average and slugging. When he makes contact he's hitting it harder but you can't overcome 24 ks to 1 walk. It's still only 18 games but you want to see improvement on the weak parts of his game, not regression. If he gets sent down he needs to to focus on defense and plate discipline.

Anderson has worn out Angel pitching.

The Chi announcers said Adell 'broke back' on the play. No way for us to see his jump on tv as the camera switch was too late. https://www.mlb.com/gameday/angels-vs-white-sox/2022/05/01/661531#game_state=live,game_tab=videos,game=661531,lock_state=live Statcast has that hit with an xBA (expected batting average) of only .340, meaning 66% of similar balls are outs. With the sloppy field I think it would have been a difficult catch even with a good break.

LOL. Routine win. All those dudes took their shirts of for nothing.

Fly ball then a double play works.

Lorenzen is good. Almost like Minasian knows what he's doing. Erika as a Bronco Cheerleader.

Santino was almost as stupid as Fredo. The Godfather was only a .333 hitter when it came to sons.

Check swing triple!

Good. "If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him." I don't think Bregman liked Marsh tagging up, either. Tough.

8 caught stealing for the Angels is a lot. The next team has 3.

Dominant

Just 2 innings but I don't remember a start when Ohtani had both slider and split working so well.

Taylor, Tyler, Jordan, Flynn... THOSE ARE NOT REAL NAMES! Baseball players Kyle Tucker and Kyle Tyler get clowned twice.

Maybe the camera director is remote too.

With a rested pen I hope they have a short leash on Herget.

This ump is the worst I've seen in a long time.

That was great defense.

That has to be top 5 distance for Trout. He hit a 489 ft in KC. Hate the artificial turf but like the camera angle. No parallax.

Angels have a Moran and a guy with infinity ERA warming up in the pen. Now would be a good time to score some runs.

Seattle's version of a disappointing top prospect: Kelenic 0/4 4k Rendon needs to step up here.

Marsh!

Bundy pitching for the Twins. 5IP 1h 0ER

Solid at-bats from Marsh. Time to cash them in.

Nice pitching wedge, Walsh.

Curve looks good.