Ronald Acuna Jr. called out Brian Snitker for having a double standard after Jarred Kelenic cadillacked along admiring his “homer” that didn’t clear the fence. Kelenic got thrown out at second. Acuna was benched by Snitker in 2019 for doing something similar. Snitker basically said “That’s different.” Yeah, it was different. Acuna Jr. stayed at first and didn’t get thrown out. We will see whether these guys will be able to bury the hatchet going forward. Jazz Chisholm Jr. was suspended one game after he went straight to social media to complain about the umpire who ejected him from a game. Davey Martinez and Jorge Lopez both got suspended for intentionally throwing at Andrew McCutchen the other day.
The Brewers acquired Cesar Espinal from the Royals as the player to be named later in their Mark Canha trade. Omar Narvaez passed through waivers and elected free agency. The Guardians just DFAd Triston McKenzie. He was good, but now he’s not. The Braves just designated Jose Suarez for assignment. He’s also not good. The Cubs will acquire Drew Pomeranz from the Mariners. I am not sure at this time who or what is going back the other way. The age of Nick Kurtz is upon us.
Luis Arraez is on the concussion IL thanks to his collision at first base over the weekend. Spencer Strider is now on the injured list with a hamstring strain. Not Aragorn!
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
No Wednesday links, so I guess extended Tuesday links?
John Henry scheduled them for 10 A.M. I’m not sure why.
Heef free lineup
https://x.com/JeffFletcherOCR/status/1914793562136568005
Simply having Newman in the lineup is enough to tank the offense.
Poor Louie got a boo boo.
He went to the dentist yesterday to get his grill gold plated and I guess it still hurts.
fresh faces!
some one new batting second
some one new starting at 3B
Good, Rengifo is really stinking up the joint. He kicks in around July.
Do catchers and relievers matter yet?
Why do you ask? Did you get a health notice from the county again?
So what difference does it make?
Oh, what difference does it make?
Oh, it makes none
Watch him paste these pathetic Pirate palookas with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachydermous percussion pitch.
Perchance he prudently proves he possesses profound potential for providing proficient, potent pitching.
Polish the poopdeck after pounding Pirate pole-holes
It maybe six years later but it looks like another Ohio Murracle.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/04/guardians-select-will-wilson.html
Stoopid Billy
He was.
Looks like we get to miss Skenes and get to face Heaney.
Let’s get another series W.
Yeah. Let’s enjoy Skenes…. on TV.
Unless he’s wearing a Halo uniform I don’t want to see him on our mound.
I wouldn’t mind seeing him live. Was actually kind of hoping to do so this week.
He should pitch at Dodger stadium this weekend.
Me too, we’ll be there Thursday night.
Kind of a nice fortunate mishap for us on a mistake by the Pirates org. Rotation could have easily been altered to let a guy pitch where he grew up. Skenes went to El Toro in Lake Forest, so literally his backyard. Guess he’ll just have to wait a few years until he signs with us to pitch at the Big A.
Inb4 he signs with the Dodgers.
Acuna has a point. Snitker’s original response to Kelenic’s blunder was awful.
His response of “I wasn’t watching the play” doesn’t make him look any better, either.
When I read that part my first thought was, “What the hell?”
I think it’s pretty reasonable to expect the Manager to watch the game.
Snitiker should stop talking.
This is a case of if he’d just said, “You know, he has a point, I just spaced out in the moment and didn’t pull him because I was busy managing a ball game.” he’d pretty much squash it. Even if someone wanted to bitch more, he could just say “see my previous statement” and there’d be no new shit in the fan.
The truth is that Acuna, who I really enjoy following as payer, also seems like an entitled prick. Thus manager types tend to react negatively to them when they piss them off.
The double standard. Ronald, is that the manager and coaches have to put up with you day in and day out while other players don’t piss them off as much.
That and you expect more from star players so when they dog it you really get pissed off.
D@MN!!
The Halos org lost Nicky Lopez as he elected Free Agency.
We might never recover.
If we’re lucky.
I remember when Nolan Ryan declared free agency and now this.
But Nolan could have been replaced by a couple of 8-7 pitchers. How can they replace what Nicky Lopez brought the team?
Suarez? 😉
Maybe he can join Wagaman in Miami and form an amazing infield combo.
On another note: How about Seattle’s Julio Rodriguez? He’s plummeting back to earth. 💩
Stupid Perry
Let’s pulverize the Pittsburgh Pirates!!
(We won’t face Skenes in the series)
Go Halos!!
It hurts me to say it, but yeas, the Pirates must be briefly pummeled these next few days.
just want to know one thing –
when does the Heandog pitch?
Game 2.
a glorious return – he’s like Limu Emu –
– he left here to win a World Series game, and by gum, that dog did it.
now that dog is a Pirate!
At least take 2 of 3 and make them lose control of their sphincters.
https://x.com/NBCSGiants/status/1913461250845286656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1913461250845286656%7Ctwgr%5E9f6f73280c7a23878199ec75164f8b97002e2f06%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fiframely.barstoolsports.com%2F5RgClxX%3F_showcaption%3Dtruev%3D1app%3D1
With the way Kochanowicz pitched the last two games, taking 2 of 3 might be the best case.
If they bring up Bubba Chandler to Cy Rookie us this series we’re doomed. That kids sick.
If we continue to play our regular shitty defense when Koch pitches then we probably are in trouble on Wednesday.
Gentlemen, relax your sphincters!
Braves designate Suarez. What did that take – 4 weeks? Meanwhile he pitched for the Angels for how long?
Just like Beetlejuice, don’t say his name anymore, he may materialize in Anaheim….or Salt Lake City.
The Angels dfa’d him as well last June then outrighted him to the minors before adding back onto the 40 man roster in last September . The Braves will probably do the same thing with him now (assuming another team doesn’t pick him up) He actually pitched pretty good for the Braves in the 3 games he was in. In fact Suarez last 7 Major league outings dating back to when the Angels added him back onto their 40 man roster on September 8th :
7 games 24-1/3 innings 1.15 WHIP 1.85 ERA 24 K’s. Unfortunately his achilles heel has always been the base on balls
He sucks
Meanwhile EVERY inning Suarez pitched for us was total crap so there was NO EXCUSE for him being on the team for the entire time he was on the roster. Especially when we kept bringing him back on the roster while there were dozens of better lefty options we could have used. I plop this squarely at Arte’s feet and demand he come out and apologize to me for it. I am engorged with righteous fury and incredible baseball wisdom.
I never claimed it was a rational distain. He’s the guy who calls the cops on his own party that’s happening at his house in high school just as it starts to get fun.
I always thought of Suarez the way I thought of lunch at school when it was “burrito day” which was a tortilla full of melted government cheese with oil. It’s edible. I survived. I wasn’t stoked.
Plenty of good stuff going on. Thank gah if I’ve been worried about how my ass has been less red and less chapped lately we have this nugget to furrow our brow and shake our head over. Obviously there was no other reason we kept Suarez so long other than we thought he was excellent because we are stupid. Because Arte is evil.
Everyone has an opinion on who is the best pick at #2 in the draft, most see pitchers who will compete quickly, I’m hoping for a Holliday because he has a chance to be what we want to see every night in 3 years
Sadly, I like most of the current top picks fine accept Arquette and my Gaucho homie Bremner. Hernandez, Arnold, Holiday, even Willits and Houston…. all have issues and all would be fine. Hell LaViolette is bouncing back nicely.
trAdition says, if we want Bremner, he’d get taken out by a bear.
https://x.com/steve_wendt/status/1913365372230910262
What ever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger…. accept bears. They will just kill you. My neighborhood as a kid would get bears all the time, but UCSB is across a slough from there…. so Bremner’s pretty protected.
I’m still high from the 9th inning comeback 🔝
I’m still recovering from last nights Kings vs. Edmonton game. That was Halolike in its drama-queen-ness.
Blowing that 5-2 lead in the 3rd period was pretty stressful. Good thing they got the fluke goal late. If they had lost it could have been devastating.
I didn’t watch to the end.
I know Edmonton is good, but letting them claw their way back after being down four is not good.
Also, could someone please explain why Nurse was not immediately laid-the-fuck out for his bush-league move last week on Q? Or did I miss it and need to search YT?
Hopefully Nurse gets Nursed sometime in game 5 as we clinch the series.
They will knock those Canadian assholes off this year, right?
Go Kings!
Definitely need revenge in this situation.
Angels learning…….and we have a Joyce siting.
https://x.com/Patrick_ONeal/status/1914523595071742364
Who is frosty?
The Angels’ head trainer.
One of Perry’s old buddies from Atlanta. He doesn’t get a lot of pub because the Angels never let him talk to the press.
The Shoulder chaperon, the shoulder whisperer….. look at who he’s with. Neto Shoulder. Joyce Shoulder. O’Hop Shoulder dislocation.
Thanks
Even the Angels know you root for the Kings, not the sucks!
I’m not a big hockey guy but I do like the playoffs. I flipped that bad boy off when I got my son into the shower about the end of the second period and was shocked to see the final score.
Well, it was 4/20 that day.
Owners just can’t help themselves from making poor choices, referring to Soto going for the 💲 instead of the 🌎 Series and being with 👪 friends. He wants to be Reggie, the straw that stirs the drink.
Soto wishes he could carry Jackson’s jock strap.
You’ve piqued my interest.
Reggie Jackson career stat line: .262/.356/.490
Reggie Jackson through 8 full seasons: .268/.362/.509 (not including his 35 game debut season) 49 WAR per bbref
Juan Soto career to date (8 seasons): .284/.420/.530 37.2 WAR per bb ref
The slash lines are comparable but Reggie appears to be the vastly superior defender and runner.
I just don’t like when young stars are compared to legends. I experienced (In ST) the aura of a few MLB superstars and when Reggie got to the plate the other team’s heart rate and blood pressure increased.
Just like all that Mickey Mantle comparisons to young Mike Trout. I know that well-known/legend players are there to be compared to, but I say give it 8-9 years before the media sycophants start crowning a new legend.
Yup. Let’s just see what 32 year old Soto is doing. I kind of hope he’s a 3000 hit guy cause there won’t be many of them coming up. Also, nothing other than Red Sox greatness pisses off Yankee fan more than Mets greatness. Plus, if the Mets win big it means the Doyers didn’t and Mets fans know how to have fun at a ball game.
You mean that shanking opponent’s fans in the parking lot isn’t a way to have fun?
Reggie grades out as an average base runner, though he could steal bases, but before he turned 30, he was a beast in right field. Over his first 8 years, Reggie had 35 total zone runs (defensive component of WAR) as was known for being able to dig a ball out of the right field corner and throw all the way to home plate. Too bad we never got to see that Reggie when he played for the Angels.
The Reggie that played for the Angels was still a pretty hitter.
The Reggie that played with the Angels was still so fast he prevented a home invasion robbery just by cruising around the neighborhood.
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/09/10/California-Angels-slugger-Reggie-Jackson-captured-two-robbery-suspects/5360400478400/
I remember that. Pretty hilarious. He was certainly an interesting individual in that there were people who liked him and people that did not. And he lived for the big moment. He wanted to be up when the game was on the line and was often successful.
Reggie Willits?
Meant to say “good”.
Reggie had acumulated substantial counting numbers like 228 SBs, 463 2Bs, 563 HRs, and 1702 RBIs, during a time when run scoring was suppressed and he has a lot of postseason recognition as well with 5WS, and 2x WS MVP while playing for the A’s and the Yankees. Reggie was also a 14 time AS compared to Juan’s 4X so far. Juan has his work cut out for him but he does have a Mickey Mantle OBA which is his greatest strength, and a superior OPS+.
Good morning ya’ll, can we make a prediction right here, The Halos will NOT throw at the once MVP Andrew McCutchen, there simply can’t be a reason for throwing at a guy who hasn’t seen that the end is very near but at least he will go out a Pirate.
The. Braves are having a rough start to the season.
Team with surprise start of the season-Giants 🔼 , fans in the Bay Area can root for a winner but not be green with envy that the other team is history. Braves, Mets, Orioles and Blue Jays are all off to surprising starts too 🔽
I didn’t notice until yesterday how badly the Orioles have done so far this year.
They lost 24-2 on Sunday, yikes
Yeah. They are weirdly bad.
Good thing they got that safety to avoid the shutout !
I would like a chance to fix McKenzie. We’d fail to do so, but that’s a bit more than our normal lottery ticket MO.
I agree that Triston is worth exploring. But he will probably go to the Rays and become good again.
Problem is he may be physically ruined. You know. One of those assholes who doesn’t want to play bad enough.
Not Aragorn! There must be great joy in the Shire over that.
One does not simply walk into Atlanta…