LA Angels Monday News Crash- Bundy Still Good

Dylan Bundy is still good.  That’s a relief.  Both of the Iglesii made MLB’s All-Underrated Team.  Here is the MLB Trade Rumors analysis of the Angels offseasonShohei Ohtani gave up a home run over the weekend.  He claims to be excited nevertheless

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The Mariners cannot escape the injury bug this spring.  Roenis Elias has suffered a serious arm injury, although just how serious remains to be seen.  Stephen Strasburg of the Nationals is day to day with a calf injuryPadres catcher Austin Nola has a fractured finger thanks to a foul tip.  There’s no telling at the moment when he will be able to play again.  The Yankees are having wrist issues this year.  Miguel Andujar is merely experiencing soreness while Robinson Chirinos’ wrist is straight up fractured.  Nick Markakis retired.  All right.  Just how well done was this steak?  Inquiring minds want to know. 

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LanaBanana
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Eric_in_Portland
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3 years ago
Reply to  LanaBanana

which makes sense. Did we sign an ace? No? Then our best pitcher from last year should be the opening day starter.

red floyd
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3 years ago
Reply to  LanaBanana

Not only that, but I heard he once scored four touchdowns in one game.

matthiasstephan
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3 years ago

Are we going to have a prediction round?

We have the givens (Trout – CF, Upton – LF, Pujols – DH (or bench), Walsh – 1B, Fletcher – 2B, Iglesias – SS, Rendon – 3B, Stassi/Suzuki – C) leaving RF and the bench with open questions for position players.

Is that Fowler, Rengifo, the other C, and Ward? Does Jay, Lagares, Schebler, Barretto, Thaiss, Mayfield force a spot? At whose expense? I think it is safe to say Adell and Marsh start in the minors (for who knows how long).

Rotation is Bundy, Canning, Heaney, Quintana, Cobb, Ohtani.
Bullpen is Iglesias, Buttrey, Claudio, Mayers, and then I have ?s. Spots for 2 of Sandoval; Barria, Slegers, Pena, Suarez, Bard, Keller? Does Yan, C-Rod, Rivera push for a spot?

Would love to see the site management polled on this? Or just everyone?

I don’t know if many if any of the fringe players (or even Fowler) have impressed me as much as some of the guys I am sure won’t make the roster in 2021 (Jeremiah Jackson, Chris Rodriguez, Detmers, for example).

Last edited 3 years ago by matthiasstephan
matthiasstephan
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3 years ago
Reply to  Charles Sutton

That isn’t really what I was thinking. More ‘who makes the 26-man team’ and who gets sent to AAA or packing, based on ST.

Cowboy26
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3 years ago

Should we take a poll to see if we want a poll? because my answer would be yes

GrandpaBaseball
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3 years ago

Why does this years Spring Training seem so weird to me. I think that it is the length of the games. I still do not understand what the theory to short games is.

matthiasstephan
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3 years ago

I still contend it is a product of Covid restrictions – not having a bunch of extra players on stand by just in case – focused more on a specific number of pitchers, pitching a given number of pitches. More practice, less simulated game environment.

RexFregosi
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3 years ago

they don’t have the extra minor leaguers in camp to finish games

GrandpaBaseball
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3 years ago

Nick Markakis retired, what a fine career he had. Played RF as well as anyone. Good luck in retirement Nick.

LanaBanana
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3 years ago

That’s pretty cool about both of our Iglesii!
It’s been a long time since we’ve had two guys make the same positive hypothetical lineup at the same time.

RexFregosi
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3 years ago

Here are some pictures from two games this Spring: Mar 5 (A’s) and Mar 11 (Giants) . Even though I miss attending the practices this year, I can’t complain about the games I got to see – both games had great weather, featured pretty much the starting line-up, and even got to see Shohei’s first pitching outing at Hohokam.

Besides the mask and social distancing situation, everything else felt pretty normal.

matthiasstephan
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3 years ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

Excellent pictures as always. Thank you for sharing.