drpiranha

Hicks providing comedy relief and little else.

This game is so much fun, I don't even mind Patrick O'Neill.

With a win tonight, the Angels will be tied for 1st.

Tyler Anderson through 4 innings....57 pitches. Blake Snell through 2 innings...........59 pitches.

1/2 of a cycle.

Anderson looks great, so far.

No esta bien?

WHEW

I kind of like this power bullpen.

That means you doubted him 2 or more times.

Good thing I'm an Optometrist. I can check my own eyes.

He sent Shanuel was he was 1 step from 3B and the left fielder hadn't thrown the ball yet. It took a perfect throw to the cutoff man and a dart from Anderson to get him.

oops...Wash on the phone now cancelling the team meeting.

Ohtani with 20. Velasquez 2nd with 13 and Rengifo 3rd with 6. Wash is prioritizing the running game and Adell stole 5 in the spring including 3B twice.

Adell may be the best base stealer on the team.

I agree. I would rather see Adell and Moniak get AB's over Sano and Hicks. However, Sano and Hicks will get more walks and strike out less than Adell and Moniak. Right now, Wash is favoring OBP and putting the ball in play.

Maybe you can root for Houston. Oh wait.....they are 0 and 2.

I hope it's nothing. It's time to stop glorifying the Home Run. I'd much rather have the batter hit the ball to the right side with less than 2 outs and a runner on 2B, 80% of the time rather than swing for the fences and hit a Home Run 5% of the time, while striking out 30% of the time.

Good Choice. You have to figure, they won't win vs. Burnes, so might as well start Sandoval.

Split the 1st 6 on the road vs Baltimore and Miami, win 4 of 6 at home vs Boston and Tampa Bay, win 4 of 10 on the road vs Boston, Tampa Bay, and the Reds. Yes, I know that's 22 games, but I like to think of complete series. If they can do this (be at .500 through the 1st 22 games), that portends real well for the future, considering that 16 of the 1st 22 are on the road.

No pressure. They can't lose.

Soriano is older than both Detmers and Silseth.

Everyone seems to be willing to accept deferred payments. Wise teams use this to keep the current budget down. Arte refuses to use it. WHY???

I'm GUESSING the thinking with Syndergaard is there was a lot of doubt if he would be successful after his surgery. If he was fantastic, they would try to extend him. If he sucked, he would be dropped after the year. If he was kind of average, they could shop him mid-season for something more promising than a 2nd round pick. The latter is what happened and we ended up with Jadiel Sanchez and Moniak (which is better than a 2nd round pick. The difference here (with Snell) is if he were fantastic, he won't extend the contract. However, you could still trade him mid season for more value than a 2nd round pick.

He has shown flashes of brilliance. He probably has 3 more starts in ST. Let the new staff work with him and fix it.