For those of you new to following Spring Training, this is about the time when starting position players get 3 at bats per game and starting pitchers go about 4 innings and are followed by more guys you know than you don’t. This is my favorite time to attend Spring Training. However, I’m already back from this year’s trip.
Angels vs. Rockies Gamethread
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Legend
9 days ago
officially, the knife.
New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will undergo Tommy John surgery tomorrow to repair a torn right ulnar collateral ligament and miss the 2025 season.
Last edited 9 days ago by Twebur
Member
9 days ago
I blame the Angels medical staff. Worse in baseball.
Legend
9 days ago
That’s rough. Will he ever come back to 75% of what he was? Already had signs of slipping. Good Luck, Cash-man
Legend
9 days ago
Should have signed with us. he’d already be 2 years removed from his TJS by now and half way to his second one.
Legend
9 days ago
Holly crap. We had a Ben Gobell and a Sam Brown sighting today…. like they literally sent a guy over to another field to get some bench bench to finish out this game.
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Legend
9 days ago
This is the time when pitchers start mixing in their full repertoire. Early outings are fastball heavy.
let’s see how Paris new swing works these last couple of weeks but so far so great.
Legend
9 days ago
I know. I keep waiting for the off speed shoe to drop, but we’ll see. He sure looks like he has a better idea about how he himself is gonna swing at a pitch.
Super Member
9 days ago
So Paris has a double AND a HR
In this inning!
Legend
9 days ago
Could you imagine if Baseball Jesus touched Paris and anointed him an All-Star caliber infielder, with a huge bat going forward……. Just because he felt like it and wanted to do us a solid.
Legend
9 days ago
We’ll always have Paris
Legend
9 days ago
So dont Forget Paris?
Legend
9 days ago
This is how Paris got strong like bull, eating French grilled cheese. Way better than ‘Merica with its white bread and Velveeta
Legend
9 days ago
Paris be like “NO TIM ANDERSON! DEE SPOT IS MINE!”
Super Member
9 days ago
For real tho. TA has looked fine. Paris looks electric
Legend
9 days ago
Maaayybbeee…
it wuuuuzzz….
smart to start playing TA in CF a little? maybe?
Super Member
9 days ago
Yeah, despite Wash’s comments insinuating he’s not ready, Paris has been scorching everything he sees.
Legend
9 days ago
Good. Maybe that will motivate him even more.
But we might want take this all with a grain of salt as this current Angel batted .378 with 6 HRs and 11 RBIs in 15 spring training games in 2022 and slashed .409/.435/.750 in 18 spring training games in 2023.
But how did this translate into the regular season for Mickey Moniak?
Super Member
9 days ago
While the hopium is high, do we have our infield of the future? Please let this Paris breakout be real 🙏
C – O’Hoppe
1B – Schanuel
2B – Paris
SS – Neto
3B – Moore
Legend
9 days ago
if we’re talking about the future then (cough…cough) I believe Schanuel might not be in that group. I’d like to see him develop more power because .270 with a dozen HRs is not enough
Legend
9 days ago
I think you’re just spoiled by all the generational production we’ve been getting out of 1B since we were kids….
Super Member
9 days ago
I knew you couldn’t resist, I’m with Eric.
Super Member
9 days ago
Good thing Nolan turned 23 less than a month ago. Give him time
Legend
9 days ago
washed
Legend
9 days ago
I’m hopeful.
Legend
9 days ago
He needs to flop to get replaced.otherwise he is locked in for a couple more seasons. He is in a better space than anyone not named Neto and O’Hoppe.
Member
9 days ago
A .270 average would have placed Nolan 43rd in all of baseball last year. His actual average was .250. I’ll take a 20 point increase in average even with the same HR rate. Baseball is still ‘hit the ball catch the ball’. Hitting 20 points higher and setting up for Soler, Trout, Ward, and occasionally Adell, would be fine with me. Hell, if all Angel players increased 20 points in average they could make the playoffs.
And to show he great baseball has become, .270 would tie one at 113th place in 2004.
Lo and behold, Fangraphs shows Nolan’s ST average at .269.
Legend
9 days ago
As far as being “The Future @ First” Nolan’s off to a nice start but he does, indeed, need to hit for more power. Not a ton. But a 1B with a .270/.340/.380 slash line, while not a BAD player at all, is easily replaced by a lot of players.
I just think it’s stupid to look at a guy who had a first pro season on the MLB team and hit like he did last year and say “Yep. This guy’s just not gonna get it done.”. He’s got stuff that needs doing, but he also seems pretty good and has plenty of time to get to a little more power.
It’s likely to chap some red ass, but it won’t shock me if Nolan doesn’t hit for THAT much more power this year and (Lord Have MERCY!) they still won’t give up on him at age 24 in his third pro season in 2026.
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Legend
9 days ago
That would be sweet. Or Paris could be the Rengifo guy who moves around if the breakout is legit.
Super Member
9 days ago
Hi everyone! We have a
BLITZ
And Wash in the back
Said, “Everyone attack!”
And it turned into a Halo Blitz!
And other Wash in the corner
Said, “Boys I gotta warn ya,
It’ll turn into a Halo Blitz!”
Halo Blitz…. Halo Blitz…
Halo Blitz…. Halo Blitz…
It’s a Halo Blitz!
IT’S A HALO BLITZ!!!!
Legend
9 days ago
heh…I was just thinking, with 7 runs in, “surely this must be a blitz”
Super Member
9 days ago
😀
Legend
9 days ago
Sam the Man!
Legend
9 days ago
Downtown Sammy Brown
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Legend
9 days ago
What a turnaround this inning. Spring games are fun when you win.
Angels actually winning a lot this past week.
Legend
9 days ago
sure, spring training, sure, the Rockies, but I’m encouraged by two shutout innings for Detmers
Legend
9 days ago
I know. detmers…. makin a race out of it. Silseth…. bummer man.
Legend
9 days ago
Reid should replace Anderson. I’m on a mission to rid Tyler out of the roster.
Legend
9 days ago
I want anderson to have a fantastic spring. Then make about six great starts for us. Then get traded to Baltimore for prospects.
Super Member
9 days ago
Paris launched that shit 💣
Trusted Member
9 days ago
Absolute bomb. The launch angle looked steep on that thing.
Trusted Member
9 days ago
Kyren Paris might really be a thing. I’m starting to believe.
All it took was him getting some coaching from outside the Angels org.
Legend
9 days ago
So does anyone know what the Angels thinking was to start Silseth against the regulars but bring Detmers in relief to face the late inning scrubs?
Also. Surprise : I guess Suarez will be starting tomorrow’s away game against the Rangers while Hendricks stays back at camp to do a bullpen/ simulation game. Is this to showcase Saurez for a trade so Detmers can work out of the pen this year?
Last edited 9 days ago by Cowboy26
Super Member
9 days ago
In one Fletch’s articles it was said to be about giving Chase a chance since he’s been following Detmers.
Considering how much better Reid looks, I’d consider today a 1 off
Last edited 9 days ago by Pineapple12
Legend
9 days ago
Detmers still going 4 and still stretched out?
Legend
9 days ago
Solar Power
Super Member
9 days ago
Soler 💣 jeez lol
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Legend
9 days ago
That has to be a bad feeling as a pitcher when you hit somebody in the head.
Trusted Member
9 days ago
Anderson starting to look a little more comfortable at the plate.
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Legend
9 days ago
I was genuinely surprised at his speed out of the box on Saturday. He still has good burst.
Contact rate is definitely going up.
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Legend
9 days ago
Just tuning in. Sounds like Silseth isn’t his best today but that’s alright. He’s working his way back from injury.
And to be real, he probably doesn’t sniff MLB the last couple of years in any other organization so if he’s in AAA three years after he’s drafted that’s on target.
Super Member
9 days ago
Trouty’s timing is off + swing looks long today
Super Member
9 days ago
Silseth is the Giffy of the pitching staff
Super Member
9 days ago
That is an insult to Rengifo!
