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I think Detmers has the best chance to be a sleeper for this team. The pure stuff is there and now just has to put it together with the experience he has gotten. I really think Adell is going to break out this season. Not maybe like a superstar season but one where he is at least an average player. I just really like the reports of how hard he hard he works and just feel like everything comes together.

The interesting part is that if I recall right, his first injury was some type of sprain/strain. Then he got drilled by a fastball in the wrist.  Third injury was fouling a ball off his tibia causing him to miss rest of the season. Not sure how much of his off season training program will help on those last two injuries.

Do I want Ohtani to get hurt, no. But I will root for him just like I do all the other Dodgers, hoping they all suck!!

I think the talk of Schanuel’s lack of power is just a little premature. The guy is literally just learning hit as a professional barely two months after being drafted. I would definitely give him the benefit of the doubt after showing he did hit for power in college. The bats in college do have some limits to their exit velocity, so they are not completely different from wood bats when barreled up. I think with the fact he has come up and not completely stuck it up means he has some serious bat ball skills, which will translate into more power. Plus, the guy is only 21 years old, and still is a few years from physically maturing. Get him some professional training and professional hitting instruction, should do wonders for him.

The injury that Trout suffered was a piece of the hamate bone was fractured called the hook of the hamate. The surgery took out the piece but the rest of the bone is intact. There is no further risk of injury once he returns.

I unfortunately was at the game and it was just embarrassing. Although, I did get a chance to talk with Kyren Paris’ father before the game. He was obviously very proud of his son and was a very nice guy and am really pulling for Paris to do well

Not sure if anyone saw this but last night quite a few of our new draft picks made their debuts in the ACL including our 1st rounder who went 2-3.

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and what about all the other injuries, multiple suspensions, and overall terrible play when healthy?

He's in the $hit list of angel fans and deserves it all. 

I don’t have any problem being disappointed in his play, suspensions and all the rest but this injury is like the last injury getting hit on the wrist by a fastball, bad luck and part of baseball 

I know everyone needs someone to complain about and Pujols isn’t here anymore but to complain that Rendon is not tough enough is just plain ridiculous. It would be like having someone hit you in the tibia with a sledgehammer. Remember the same thing happened to LaStella and broke his tibia. It’s just not a “bruise”.

I think the Angels take one of the college pitchers not named Skenes if they are still there. One thing we know about Perry is that he likes to stockpile pitching as currency and we all know we can’t have enough pitching.

We are definitely going through a rough patch but I feel like the starting pitchers are getting better the last times through with a few awful innings. If they can maintain their stuff better through their starts then we can be in the playoff hunt and quite possibly make the playoffs. I know, it’s an optimistic view but I like that better than being too realistic

The Rangers are just 5-29 with RISP the first two games after hitting above .350 at home which obviously is not sustainable. Let’s hope Detmers can continue the string of good pitching.

I grew up in Bakersfield and the Dodgers had their single A team there. I grew up watching the Angels because of my dad and all my friends were Dodgers fans. In the 70s and early 80s, the Dodgers were good and the Angels not so much. My friends gave me a lot of grief about the Angels so I grew up hating the Dodgers!! And still have two favorite teams, the Angels and whoever the Dodgers are playing.

It’s not my favorite rule but if the Angels could actually be better playing extra inning games it would make me feel better about the rule

I was surprised to see Calabrese so high though he did have a good second half. And Jackson was not on the list.

Thanks for posting that article.  One other question I have is whether WBC participation had a positive or negative effect on a players stats for the year after playing in the WBC.  Were pitchers sharper on the mound earlier and were hitters in the zone a little sooner?  Wondering if anyone has any info on this.

I think Walsh will benefit the most because of his tendency to pull the ball and the sheer number of times he was shifted. Ohtani as well. My sleeper is Stassi because he hits the ball up the middle to the shortstop side of the bag a lot which most of the time will be hits this year.

I think there were a few Angels last year that really struggled with whatever the hitting instructors were teaching. Walsh, Stassi, Marsh, Adell and others seemed to have a really weird approach where they were taking fastballs over the plate (even on two strike counts) and swinging at off speed pitches that were not close to the plate. I am hopeful the new hitting coaches in Anaheim and at SLC can help Adell improve his approach.  Marsh looked better in just a short time with the Phillies although still looked lost part of the time.  Give Adell the time to make some adjustments with hopefully a better instructor(s) and see if he can become a better player for next year.   Not sure we can get much for him now.

One thing that is positive from last year is that we had some really good improvement from players in the minors not just for the year but also mid year improvement. This seems to show our player development has improved and if we see a similar improvement this year then we know Minasian is on the right track. Really interested in seeing if Jackson and Adams can make that kind of improvement this year. It also helps to have more talent in the system through the draft.

Regarding Walsh and the TOS, I work as a PT and anytime you are dealing with neurological symptoms, those symptoms are always different with each person. If the symptoms get bad enough it would absolutely be an issue swinging a bat. We just don’t know how bad the symptoms were for Walsh. It is all speculation on our parts and I am willing to take his word on it.

It seems to me that the hitters just seem to have too much going on in their heads. They seem to swing at pitches way out of the zone guessing on a pitch and then let pitches go right down the middle obviously expecting something else. They swing at pitches that don’t look close from the time it leaves the pitcher’s hand. Is it too much information causing them to lock up? Or is the information they are getting not accurate? Are they just going all in off tendencies of a pitcher and not working on adjusting to pitches especially with two strikes? 

CRod's injury is listed as a lat strain which means it is probably not located in his back or even related to his back injury from before.  The lat attaches up in the shoulder which is most likely the area he injured and re-injured according to IP.  I'm sure they have shut him down from throwing for now and will slowly try and build him back to be ready for the season next year which could mean he may not be ready by Spring Training.  If he's not ready by Spring Training, he should be ready soon after as long as there is no re-injury.

Just to clear Trout's injury up, there are 3 degrees of strains.  1st degree is a few fibers which usually heal fairly quickly. 2nd degree is a section of the muscle is torn and depending on how many of the fibers are torn is how long it takes to recover.  3rd degree strain is a complete rupture of the muscle which requires surgery to repair especially if you are a superstar athlete.  So 2nd degree strains are the ones that are the most difficult to put a time table for the healing because it depends on the amount of muscle fibers torn and then allowing the scar tissue fill in without causing more problems.  I am surprised that it has taken this long but sometimes it does take a long time.  I am sure the Angel's medical staff is very good at their jobs and are doing all they can to get him healthy.  Hopefully that clarifies some of the confusion on his injury.