Erstad Grit

We had those those and Wade lol

This game feels oddly large for mid-April. If we lose we've now lost 4/5 series to start the year. if we win we're over .500 and potentially in 1st.

Something something Blake Snell only goes 5

Missed the whole game being at my son's game. Beatdown in Fenway always nice

I would agree with you if it were truly an organizational plan. If we're going young to rebuild then it was stupid to trade assets for Gio and to not trade Ohtani. It was stupid to spend our entire budget on a pen. Nolan looks 100% overmatched right now and some time in AAA would probably be good for him. Someone like Josh Bell could have been had for cheap.

Same. I still think Cron or Belt isn't the worst idea.

Hicks and Sano are k machines

Same old Angels. Get RISP with less than 2 outs and then start whiffing.

need a lousy single as hudler would say

I'm calling a Sano bomb today

Of course Eddings, Angel's favorite umpire. Great lead off at bat there stolen from Rengifo

The second runner scoring sure was

Well this blows. Thais is not a catcher.

Geeze

UGH that was an easy double play right at 2B.

Sandy is a good SP. Almost any team would love him as their 4 or 5. Problem is he's our 1.

pretty bad PH there

Rendon is the closest we've seen him in a long while.

The bigger point I'm making, which I feel you're ignoring, is we are unnecessarily deep in the OF resulting with JA on the bench, and not a lot of options at 1B if Nolan struggles. It's less about the players and more about the depth. Belt instead of Cron would be a fine option.

Nolan is our 1B who was playing college baseball last year. I'm excited about the kid, but he might be over his head. If Nolan has to go down, I'm not thrilled with Drury being our starting 1B. I get that Sano might be viewed as a viable option at 1B. However Cron was decent in 2021 and 2002, albeit with home games in Coors. Our office liked him enough to trade for him last year in our big playoff push. In terms of depth I think 1B, given where Nolan is at in his career, would be more wise than Hicks being a 5th OF and JA sitting on the bench.

I'm loving Sano and think he just just be the full-time DH. I'd prefer JA playing more in the OF, and Cron would be a better option than Hicks being a 5th OF.

Not me I said TA would have a nice bounce back year........but I'm hoping Rendon is about to make me look dumb.

He's just sitting there. I'd rather sign Cron and cut Hicks. Let JA play more and Sano become regular DH. Cron is a better back-up option at 1B than what we have.

Tied for 1st!!!!!

yeah this has Strickland written all over it