Most of the links are about pitchers today. I guess it’s pitcher day. Jimmy Herget got a little attention from the Pitching Ninja. Meanwhile, Michael Lorenzen got a lot of attention from Fangraphs.
The Astros are going with a temporary six man rotation because they will only have one day off in 34 days. The Royals acquired right hander Matt Peacock from the Diamondbacks for cash considerations.
The Dodgers are now having COVID related absences. Here is Kyle Schwarber getting himself kicked out of a baseball game. This is pretty intense. It’s a pitcher catching a line drive comebacker without using a glove. Speaking of line drive comebackers, Tyler Zombro just pitched a AAA game less than a year after having 16 plates and 36 screws put into his head. Holy mackerel!
Angel Hernandez doing what he does best (or worst).
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
.375 5hr’s 6rbi’s $734.5K
.362 6hr’s 10rbi’s $6M a yr
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doesn’t matter to me what you think, BTW they’re both MLB players so it is related. just like little fence lizards and T-Rexes are both reptiles. Furthermore I didn’t reply to you or anybody else…….did I?
How the f*** is this related to the Angels?
They’re baseball players!
The Angels play…baseball!
You make non bayseball and Angel’s reelated komments alhl the tyme.
Go back to gnawing on your anvil, because you’re not done yet. BTW wasn’t Joc Pederson a Angel for about a day until your deity nixed the deel?
Ok so I’ll humor you. What are you trying to point out here?
That players under team control make less?
That the Giants should have traded for France?
That Joc is overpaid?
Joc isn’t overpaid.
But Justin Upton still is and he can’t field anymore either.
I can’t point out a good player personnel move by another team with a better won loss record and lower team payroll now?
Thin skin here?
You didn’t point anything out. You posted some pics and some stats.
It’s still not clear if you’re saying France getting paid pre-arb money is the good move or if Joc is the good move.
Hey 2002, Was Joc overpaid the last 2 years when he mustered a whopping OPS+ of 90 while earning $12,250,000?
Here’s a clue for you Toots: It doesn’t really matter to any of us what YOU think.
Coming from guy who probably was always picked last in 7th grade PE class plus still can’t change a light bulb or a flat tire either as retirement age is near. You and RF should have your testosterone levels checked and eat more protein.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ6nF6JKtRc
Are these you nephews?
maybee
admin, can we at least take away the “trusted member” moniker from this guy already?
I don’t understand why you post random pics of players who are off to good starts. Are the Angels rumored to sign them or something?
No. This truly is random.
I beg of all of you. Do not respond to that nitwit (i.e. 2002). He is a troll who lives for the responses. Stop responding and he will not get what he is after. This is a guy who would post pictures of other players and other GMs even if the Angels won the World Series. He is hoping you will get pissy and respond in anger. That is what he wants. Stop giving him what he wants.
We did have Pederson for a while, he fields well and is a cheap left handed power bat who the Giants signed on a one yr. How’s our defense going again, apparently it’s gonna be a issue yet again.
You didn’t reply to the Ward post down below. What do you think of it?
Hey maybe a dumb question, if so I’ll use my “1 dumb question per month” allotment now. Is Taylor Ward the “Taylor Blake Ward” that has done so much Twitter posting over the last few years? Usually the tweets were in support of other players or detailed stuff about baseball. That “Taylor Blake Ward” I really like and am hoping it’s the same guy. Thanks!
Just a happy accident. Taylor Blake Ward covers the Angels and is not one and the same with Taylor Ward the baseball god.
That would be cool though. Cover the beat during the day, smash some dingers at night.
Thanks! Now I like them both, the writer and “the baseball god”
One plays baseball the other writes about it.
Well they both play baseball. Its just that one is a lot better at it than the other.
Some on this site have taken to calling the baseball playing TW “Blake” in reference to this fun coincidence.
Some? I thought the only one who doesn’t call TW, Blake is his mom. But now I’m hearing even she’s coming around.
Okay…but who does Tyler Blake Wade report for?
I’ll take my answer off the air.
Number 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZALSvE6N5d0
The Kyle Schwarber and Angel Hernandez links are linked. Schwarber is rightfully pissed. Hernandez called a terrible game culminating in a blown call in the bottom of the 9th that turned a 1-out walk, placing the tying run on base, into the 2nd out.
This video that shows you what Schwarber said is totally worth 5 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPFERnpO-QQ
Jomboy rocks!
It’s absurd that Hernandez is ever put behind the plate, never mind on a Nationally televised Sunday night game. But maybe at least this showcases how truly horrible he is.
And the umps have no accountability. Once you are in, you are in and considered tenured. Sure, you have the media and bloggers calling them out, but have you ever heard of an umpire being disciplined or demoted to the minor leagues?
To top that, he is super litigious as well. If he perceives he’s being shadow disciplined by losing post-season assignments he calls up Frito Pendejo and files the most dumb dumb lawsuit possible, given the abundant and downright abhorrent video evidence that supports the un-biased reason he doesn’t get primo assignments.
https://calltothepen.com/2022/01/22/angel-hernandez-proves-incompetence-not-discrimination/
Disciplined yes, demoted no.
The infamous game in Houston where their manager was allowed to replace a pitcher without throwing a pitch
Was that game protested by the opponent? It certainly should have been because that is actually what the “protest” is for. It is for either a misinterpretation or misapplication of the rule book. Unfortunately the protest was removed as an option by MLB in 2021. But if that game happened prior to the 2021 season the protest should still have been on the table.
The last protest that was upheld by MLB was in 2014.
Game was protested, but then removed because Angels won but umpiring crew was disciplined by MLB.
Jomboy is great entertainment, enjoy the detail dive into the perspective topic matters, not only baseball
Can’t imagine Ohtani ever exploding like that….he has the right, nobody seems to get “Angel Hernandez’ed” more often than him. He must take that “Patience is a virtue” thing very seriously.
Others have noticed that too: https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1518780963727237121
Ok, bad situation, but pretty funny commentary and quotes… 😂
I’ve said it before, but I repeat: Angel Hernandez epitomizes the Peter Principle..
I’m not sure that applies. The skillset required for a MLB umpire are the same as for a minor league umpire.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Hernandez got his promotion because he was one of the few umpires with a hispanic last name and the minimum experience requirements.
Yet he ironically uses his surname as the reason he doesn’t get playoff series in lawsuits.
Race Card only when convenient. Hernandez can get away with anything that a bad umpire can. He has sued MLB using the race card. Complain to libel press about how he’s treated and still the powers to be fear him.
I guess the impending 8 man bullpen limitation gets a reprieve. Now the question is will the Angels take advantage of this ? If they do it would mean both Captain Jack and the Jo Adell will be heading to the Great Salt Lake next week. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/04/mlb-mlbpa-allowing-14-pitchers-on-active-rosters-through-may-29-13-pitcher-limit-to-take-effect-thereafter.html
It would be kind of sad to see Jo go back down to Salt Lake. I mean, despite his defensive struggles, I do think he deserves a chance at regular playing time. Now is the time. I never want to wish injury on anyone, but it would be shall we say “convenient” if Rendone got some sort of new issue that put him on the 60 day IL. After all, he has been saying that his lower half is not under him and he’s not fully healed. Well, I have a solution, how bout getting fully healthy before you come back? Don’t play until you are 100%. That way we don’t have to listen to your excuses. We don’t do excuses here.
But if something else sort of cropped up, like an injured toe, or hangnail or something, then we could move Ward to 3B while Gump and Jo played with Trout in the OF.
That would be ideal !
Blake hasn’t played Third at the big league level since 44 games back in the 2018-2019 seasons and the defensive metrics were not very kind to him. His time there included 7 errors, a BIS defensive saved runs above average of -23 and a Range factor of 1.84 when the average 3B league range factor is 2.61.
I think I’d prefer Tony’s Tin Hip.
New agreement reduces pitchers to 14 from 15 so you will have 1 less pitcher
Up to 14 pitchers (Ohtani doesn’t count against that total) so that would mean up to a 9 man bullpen. I would think it will be Iggy, Tepera, Loup, Archie, Ortega, Mayers, Barria, Herget and hopefully Buttrey. The A & W boys will probably be sent back down to AAA to keep sharp.
I don’t really see the benefit in sending Adell down right now. I like seeing Ward with the hot bat and I wouldn’t take him out right now, but I think that overall, Maddon could do some job sharing between Walsh, Ward, and Adell for the corner outfield spots and also use them to spell Trout and Ohtani (who looks like he could use a day off or two). Between all of that, there should be enough playing time so that Ward, Adell, and Marsh can each start between 65 and 85% of the games. We’re at the beginning of a stretch of days with no byes, so having some folks to play would be good.
I also don’t really see a reason to send Mayfield down. While we all like Velazquez’s glove, his bat has been non-existent. When Fletch returns, I think they should send Velazquez down.
I like your time sharing plan. In particular, giving Shohei a night off now and then is a good idea. Especially over the course of a full season he will need that.
Agreed. We have 4 OF. We need that many. There is no OF to send to AAA.
Cap Jack already has his ticket, Spirit Air, dated 5-2-2022 or when Fletch reappears, Section A, Row 12, Seat C, it’s a window seat. He has a 4 hour layover in Albuquerque……….Cheap Arte.
Adell not sure……Wantz has only 1 inning so far. Do we go bold and send his ass down, “we don’t need no stinking 14 pitchers”.
Adell also might stick because I’m sure this “Irritable Bowel Syndrome” thing ain’t going away, eventually someone will need the IL.
I’ll be honest. Seeing the Beebs on the hill for Cleveland last night made me think it would be their night.
Really great win.
Great win. I thought Trout’s triple being wasted was a bad omen but Ward had a great night. Big fan of shuffling the lineup.
Sounds like all the wrangling over the City of Anaheim’s land sale is finally over: https://voiceofoc.org/2022/04/anaheim-denies-breaking-state-law-while-agreeing-to-96-million-fine-for-breaking-state-law/
Have give them State their kickbacks, err fees.
Now that everyone’s pockets are lined we can move forward.
I didn’t fully grasp the fine thing. It seems like the fine just gets credited or later used toward a separate affordable housing development Anaheim has to make? Or did I misunderstand
You are correct, money is reallocated for affordable housing elsewhere over the next 5 years which is what Anaheim offered to begin with
Wondering if today will be David Fletcher day?
I hope he can get his hitting mojo back. For a couple years there he seemed like a “mini -Vlad”. And the day after he signed his extension, at least to me, it looked like he couldn’t hit any more. With that being said he is probably my favorite player, or one of them, on the team. A lot of the plays he makes in the field make my jaw drop with “wow!”…
When he started trying to hit everything to rf he completely changed as a hitter imo.
Yeah, I too hope he gets his mojo back. He is a really important “glue” kind of player for our team..
ONLY 700K AND DESTROYS 6MILLION CY YOUNG SO CAL NATIVE💪 💪 💪 👈
Can He Pitch?
Can he catch? 😛
In the OF? Not very well……
Yea he’s kinda doodoo with the glove but then you look up Adell and you realize TW is basically Willie Mays in comparison.
This is like an anti-2022HaloFan post. I like it!
I think that was the intent.
No ill intent, it was just coincedentally against the guy we badly missed on the draft.
I assumed the intent was not ill, but humorous.
I’m hoping we see Marsh tonight. If we don’t, his stomach Flu may be something he is really sick with, and we all hope for a quick recovery. Adell has gone 2 games without a strikeout. And a shout out to Fletch, get back in the hitting zone by staying within yourself. Stay in the strike zone and your hitting will return and you’ll be returning soon.
Going for 3 in a row tonight and we will prevail 8-5 with Mike, Anthony and Walsh hitting well.
Beriberi? Ptomaine? Scurvy? Dengue fever?
Didn’t Beriberi just pitch for Cleveland last night?
Yes, but their offense was down with sdleroderma of their bats (to our advantage)
Nope. Just an old fashioned case of butt mud. Drink plenty of fluids and rest. Also make sure you are always no further than 20′ in any direction, from toilet facilities.
“And a shout out to Fletch, get back in the hitting zone by staying within yourself.” Fingers crossed we can get the old “get on base” Fletch back, that would really help to light up the offense!
You got your wish. He is in the lineup !
Good morning and a great day this promises to be. Last night we saw one of the oddest triples in history. The ball traveled all of 175 feet and Trout push a single into a double and then said, “OH what the heck why not” and pushed it into a triple. More for less.
So. Joe has a brain flash. Ward is hot and Shohei is not. I think I’ll put Ward at leadoff. A wave of a wand and presto 2 HRs in one night. Good for Joe and great for Ward. Wonder if Wally and the Beave saw the game.? lol
We are now still a half game out still, but you know we will win tonight again. 6:40pm start once more.
Lorenzen was just lights out in a pitching duel, just simply outstanding.
I wonder when’s the brain flash that gets him to move RenDone to the bottom third or to the IL to deal with his still unhealed “lower half” injury.
Trout’s triple was one of the best Mike Trout things I’ve ever seen.
i’m enjoying the reclamation of Taylor Ward immensely.
A Rehab Ward?
Zombro to his wife “Honey, will you go down to the corner store and pick up some paper plates”,
Wife,” I thought we had plenty of plates, what happened?”,
Zombro, “The Doc made a house call and used all 16 plates and 36 screws to put my head back together. But we still have the cups and saucers.”
Guess you’ve not had any brain surgeries…
Asking for a friend 🙂
Have you?
My “friend” has had 3. The effects never go away.
Wow! So sorry to hear this!
Metal plates can have side effects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9G1VWo_yyU
…and there’s this nugget:
In a murder trial, the defense attorney was cross-examining the coroner:
Before you signed the death certificate, did you take the pulse, listen to the heart or check for breathing?
No.
So, when you signed the death certificate, you weren’t sure the man was dead, were you?
Well, the man’s brain was in a jar on my desk, but I suppose he could have still been practicing law for a living.