Angels @ Reds 1:05 PST
I got the red team winning
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17 Comments
Legend
1 hour ago
Yes, we did!
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Super Member
2 hours ago
Just finished listening to Jamie Arnold’s debut on the A’s spring training broadcast. First pitches he’s thrown against professional competition since drafting (he didn’t debut last season).
He faced the meat of the Royals order, K’ed two, and made it through scoreless on 18 pitches. It wasn’t without traffic – broken bat infield single and HBP on a slider in – but imagine pitching in the MLB and facing Bobby Witt Jr in your first inning of work.
Good first look for the rook. I predict he makes his MLB debut this fall.
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Legend
1 hour ago
Solid. Be interesting to see where the A’s start Arnold.
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Super Member
1 hour ago
He’s pretty advanced, and there’s a lot of buzz around him in camp, so an assignment at AA Midland isn’t out of the question. If they put him at Lansing, I suspect he’ll be promoted in short order if he looks like he did today.
He’s the first ST look at one of what I’ll call the “2025 college five” (Anderson, Arnold, Doyle, Bremner, Witherspoon) we’ve seen. The other clubs have held back the other starters in minor league camp thus far. Bremner was supposed to pitch an inning on Wednesday, but he threw a bullpen session instead to work on his slider. He says he expects to see game action next week.
Legend
20 minutes ago
Good for Arnold, the A’s need him to make the jump. Looks like they are out there trying to lock up The Big Amish. The A’s are on an organization roll. Fisher’s Folly in Las Vegas is a real thing, I’ll be relocated out there and will attend opening day…and Perry will have drafted two more middle relievers during that time frame.
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Super Member
18 minutes ago
Speaking of making the “jump” – Gage Jump is the A’s other big arm, and he’s even closer to the show. He’s looked filthy in camp.
Legend
15 minutes ago
Have yet to have the pleasure of watching Gage throw, thanks for the tidbit
Super Member
3 hours ago
O’Hoppe bomb!
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Super Member
3 hours ago
O’Hoppe puts the Angels ahead.
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Super Member
3 hours ago
Urena working 98-100 with the sinker. Two 100 mph pitches to Sal Stewart, both Bleday and Stewart couldn’t do much, just weak GB contact. Got Suarez to swing through it twice, King him on a 99.5 mph ball inside.
Like Klassen, you could put this guy into the BP right now as a single inning guy, and likely have a late game weapon by the ASB, if the team were willing to live with a half season of volatility.
Super Member
3 hours ago
I don’t disagree but I feel with the way Minasian loaded up on veteran relief arms, developing the young guys as starters is the plan.
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Super Member
3 hours ago
Well, loading up on veteran relief arms was the plan because they only had a single durable arm (Burke) remaining in the pen, and they traded that one, so one-year cheap oldsters and rehab projects were really the only avenue.
But if they want an affordable bullpen that’s sustainable, they’re going to have to go homegrown at some point.
Legend
3 hours ago
Wally Wally !! I can get behind starting Klassen and/or Urena as relievers in the majors as long as we aren’t giving up on them as starters. Similar to Soriano’s major league beginning
Legend
17 minutes ago
Spring time where the birds are chirping and where the pitchers are ahead of the hitters but yes there guys throw hard and look intriguing
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Super Member
3 hours ago
There’s one of those doubles Schanuel was talking about hitting.
Super Member
3 hours ago
I am once again asking for an Angels base hit
Super Member
3 hours ago
Thank you Schanuel
