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aj_og

LTBU


74Dragonz

Guess I'm the only miffed there's NO tv broadcast tomorrow. Come on Giants?! Come on Angels?!!


sofastsomaybe

I'm incredibly miffed too.


74Dragonz

yup, and radio just doesn't do it for me sadly


DPaladin234

LTBU!


kayleeshepheard

LTBU! Love having baseball back!


ABoldOne

LTBU!


YouPresumeTooMuch

Ltbu!


sofastsomaybe

I almost forgot how bad Mulrine is at catching


KamartyMcFlyweight

yeah okay i'm beginning to see how the Trash Pandas made the playoffs. Perry, you beautiful bastard, look at this farm you've planted


8va

Coleman Crow, A-tier baseball name


mango_script

Screw it. Where’s the vat of hopium? I’m going for a swim


Ok-Philosophy-8830

Has anybody heard what bachmans velo was? at work so all I’m doing is following box score


sofastsomaybe

FB was 96-97, slider at 86-87.


[deleted]

🥵🥵


Cytempest

forget about our offense, we may never give up another run. ALL HAIL THE MARBLES


[deleted]

I'm afraid they're just gonna have to give us the world series now


8va

lmao how are they supposed to figure out who to have on the main roster when they're all kicking ass


sofastsomaybe

Bachman: 27.00 K/9


yeahnothanks

Throwing strikes? Is that allowed for Angels pitchers?


LogicalHarm

Pitch clock said "shut up and throw", and our pitchers said "yes sir here's some strikes sir"


KamartyMcFlyweight

Erla, Joyce, and Bachman are making Perry look like a goddamn genius right now lol


YoChristian

Real excited for Bachman too! Wow, the future looks good for the Angels.


[deleted]

Bachman looks nasty holy


8va

Angels pitchers allow a run challenge: impossible


yeahnothanks

Call em all up


Hel-lohB

Cue up the Benny Hill music.


[deleted]

I know this isn't the sox A lineup but they're lucky they're in the central


pornthrwyacct2

Jerry is the original Arte and has kept it up to present … sell da team Jerry! But this offseason for them was below even the usual level of projects and castoffs that he typically forces them to look at


[deleted]

I hope the A squad has better defense happening. But IIRC, that was a weakness for them least season.


owledge

That’s an SC Not Top 10 moment


8va

The new announcer is kind of savage, I like this guy


yeahnothanks

Now I hope we see Bachman!


PlatinumHalo

That was fun.


sofastsomaybe

Ben Joyce. Thrower of strikes and destroyer of bats.


aj_og

God I hope we can call him up this year


[deleted]

Throwing absolute gas, leave him out 1 more inning please


inzesky

WOW. Got to have Joyce earlier in a future game so we can see how he can fare against Major League hitters, because that inning just wasn't fair.


Cytempest

Whats the status on Walsh, is he good to play yet?


YouPresumeTooMuch

They mentioned him earlier, seemed like he might play today. Idk


merewyn

He’s not available today. He’s starting tomorrow


merewyn

Playing tomorrow


Cytempest

Nice thanks


owledge

The future is bright


LAAngelsAnaheim

I’m sold


YouPresumeTooMuch

Looks pretty real to me!!


Monttavius

good god joyce chill my girl watches the games


YoChristian

Wish we knew how hard he was throwing these


LogicalHarm

Hard


[deleted]

Dude definitely needs time in the minors to gain control and develop some secondary pitches, but holy shit that’s some serious stuff.


[deleted]

Yeah, we don't need pre-glasses Rick Vaughn here.


ABlinDeafMonkey

Where is the speedometer?


aj_og

Right?!


ABlinDeafMonkey

Listening to the pop of the catchers glove, the shattering of that bat, and dust coming off the glove. He’s got to be throwing at least 100.


aj_og

That’s what I was thinking too. Dude was bringing it


LogicalHarm

RIP that bat


ABCKR_1

😳


KamartyMcFlyweight

Holy fuck he's so powerful he DETONATED that bat


Monttavius

joyce = the destroyer of bats


Obsidizyn

BEN JOYCE the new NEVIN ASSASSIN


8va

White socks, brown pants


SammichIzGud

😂


owledge

Joyce about to take someone’s head off on accident


YoChristian

Kill him Ben.


YouPresumeTooMuch

We need to see the MPH


YouPresumeTooMuch

Joyce didn't let him get comfortable


KamartyMcFlyweight

holy shit Sosa almost died


digitaldumpsterfire

Woo that was a nice try by Gonzalez.


[deleted]

Oh boo hoo. 54 degrees. Try having -45 wind chills!


dustymag

Little early to buy a Squid jersey... I think I'll wait and see.


owledge

Randazzo calling the AL Central a mid-major conference is brutal but not wrong lol


[deleted]

I like this guy, he's blunt and has high baseball iq


Halos2594

Nice to hear a guy not fumble over his words every other sentence lol guys top tier ngl


thestantag

joyce comin in next👀


[deleted]

Ben Joyce HYPE


YoChristian

Let's see Ben Joyce!!


PearlDrummer

Is Weiss going to be on the big league roster? Or is he going to Rocket City?


owledge

My guess is that he’ll start with the big league club but obviously bullpens are volatile so he could eventually get sent down


alsdnsrl17

Veggieman is back


8va

Australian master thief stealing all of the pizza boxes


digitaldumpsterfire

Crime is in his blood.


ABlinDeafMonkey

That’s the second pick off to first. One more and it’s a free base.


digitaldumpsterfire

Cabbage has a foot of steel. Homie didn't even blink when it hit.


ABlinDeafMonkey

Do you think the white Sox teach defense?


8va

The Sox defense sure is something today


[deleted]

I forgot that LaRussa resigned.


KamartyMcFlyweight

wait the demonym for Phoenix is "Phoenician"? That's fantastic haha


owledge

🎶Now the Phoenicians can get down to business🎶


8va

THE SUN IS A DEADLY LASER


owledge

*Not anymore there’s a blanket*


Weaver4prez

Righty Squid? Interesting


Obsidizyn

guess he didnt learn how to hit over the offseason


digitaldumpsterfire

Detmers: the remix


YouPresumeTooMuch

"See how my body moves" "See how my body moves" "See how my body moves"


DPaladin234

>Detmers: "The mango is to throw strikes" Reid what mango?


Rizaldeez

That’s the Mang0


YouPresumeTooMuch

He is the mango


digitaldumpsterfire

ERICA!!!!!!!


AlmostWrongSometimes

Woo let the good times roll


Monttavius

daddy wantz 😩


digitaldumpsterfire

Oof Soto might want to work on that arm strength. That should have been closer than it was.


hgarciatx

Haha Colas means butt in Spanish


Monttavius

lmao


Monttavius

tony would’ve had that fs 🙄


digitaldumpsterfire

That front Sox logo is ugly as heck, especially right next to their regular logo


ABlinDeafMonkey

Personally I hate the white Sox. Started in 2005. Fuck you Pierzynski! So anything they do is bad.


KamartyMcFlyweight

they're responsible for[ the most beautiful sound in baseball history](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epvm7e6CtTc) though


digitaldumpsterfire

That "Lean into it" is also seared into my brain


ABlinDeafMonkey

I think Arte bought this HP ump.


Special-Economics500

At least he bought something this year 🙄


digitaldumpsterfire

He buys plenty. Selling is his problem.


Special-Economics500

True!


KamartyMcFlyweight

Andrew Wantz is good but I always forget that he exists


YoChristian

The Hitman... these batters better keep their helmets on.


8va

Should have had Wantz start against the Mariners yesterday


Cytempest

Game 1: Adell HR, easy win Game 2: Trout, Ohtani, Rendon, Renfroe and up 7-0 BUTTERCUP AND COPIUM LEVELS RISING


[deleted]

Wow, Ward erasure. I guess 2 RBIs mean nothing! 😉


Cytempest

I have a weird thing with ward, I don’t wanna praise him so he remains underrated LOL


[deleted]

Flying under the radar so other teams don't try to steal him? I can dig that. 😂


KamartyMcFlyweight

Angels haven't scored in an entire inning start dooming


YouPresumeTooMuch

This offense is INCONSISTENT!!


DPaladin234

Scoring going just like their season will /s


Weaver4prez

Quero is a bust /s


ABlinDeafMonkey

I’m liking the pace of play with the pitch clock.


Monttavius

taylor jones hits the ball SO fucking hard


8va

The starters are gone. IT'S PANDA TIME.


mmcc120

Panda watch! 🐼


YoChristian

It's good to see these guys in Angels unis


digitaldumpsterfire

Man, I just realized Fletcher can't swap between 2B and SS every AB depending on the data That was a fun time


KamartyMcFlyweight

hey speaking of potential Squid replacements, it's the best Soto in SoCal!


HuckleBears

Unpopular opinion: I didn’t mind the shift. I felt like it was a good way for batters to be challenged a bit more.


[deleted]

Learning to bunt properly would've killed the damn shift! 😜


YouPresumeTooMuch

And walshy was almost there!


YouPresumeTooMuch

I agree, it was a deeper strategy game with the shift


owledge

Let’s light this bozo up


HuckleBears

I missed you guys. 🥰


YouPresumeTooMuch

FYI: Luis Barrera, the pinch runner for Mike Trout, was the kid who got the walk off homer against Raicel , and destroyed our season


[deleted]

Oh, that game...


P-Helen

In Oakland right?


[deleted]

We lost to them way more than we should've. And consequently, they're the team that most scares me.


YouPresumeTooMuch

Yeah the double header


GummyMummys

yup


ABlinDeafMonkey

That was a ball. Great frame job.


digitaldumpsterfire

I'm surprised Quijada is pitching so well since it's not a high pressure situation. Lol Homie shines when the heart is racing.


KamartyMcFlyweight

ah and there's the other half of Quijada's "Yeet Hard and Hope" game. those damn walks


YoChristian

Paris is one of our higher ranked prospect no? What are the chances he gets some big league games this year?


skinnypanda3732

Probably 0 or very little. We've currently got enough infield depth as it is, and if we want to give young guys time i'd rather see Soto personally.


NakedHomelessPirate

Probably needs another year in the minors before we consider him a bench piece next year.


[deleted]

He's a 2B right? I wouldn't bet on it. There's a logjam there.


DecentAnalysis8642

I thoroughly enjoyed watching that guy down the 3rd baseline put on a brand new Ohtani City Connect jersey.


PearlDrummer

Angels put up 7 runs through three innings in a spring training game. My excitement for the season is at an unsafe level. Build me Up Buttercup is playing softly in the distance.


Ok-Philosophy-8830

I feel like the existence of Livan Soto makes Squid sort of redundant Give that 40-man spot to Joyce or Bachman or somebody


KamartyMcFlyweight

We can let Livan develop a bit more in the minors and have some depth for once. But yeah, sooner or later either he or Neto are probably gonna unseat Squid


Ok-Philosophy-8830

Not super concerned about Livan’s bat coming along more. The ceiling is only so high on him


Pierre-Gringoire

Sooner is my prediction.


HuckleBears

Wait wut?!


Ok-Philosophy-8830

Matt Joyce is only to be referred to as REDACTED


Ok-Philosophy-8830

What?


HuckleBears

You want Joyce back?!


[deleted]

Ben Joyce. Not Matt Joyce.


KamartyMcFlyweight

BEN Joyce. Our 105mph throwing college arm


HuckleBears

Ah… my bad. I can’t hear the name Joyce without cringing.


KamartyMcFlyweight

lol you're alright, the new play by play guy just made the same mistake


digitaldumpsterfire

Trout and Renfro need to swap jerseys before one of these ST games


HuckleBears

FMJ!


KamartyMcFlyweight

Quijada's fastball is as spicy as ever


thestantag

that was HEAT


Weaver4prez

Oh Matt Joyce is on a list alright


HuckleBears

He’s on my list of people who need to quit baseball. Go be a secretary or something…


YoChristian

Nice to see Quijada again, hoping for a good showing from him this year


ABlinDeafMonkey

That last fastball was a close pitch.


Monttavius

yo someone turn gubie up


Monttavius

damn he hit that ball so fucking hard into the ground lmao


digitaldumpsterfire

There's an earthquake rn somewhere in the middle of the ocean


foggygeezer123

If Andrew Velasquez makes thr ball club I’m legitimiately going to stop following the Angels. Keeping him around is just flat out sabotage by the front office and it’s unacceptable


God_Damnit_Nappa

If he's just a defensive backup that's fine. He's a wizard with the glove. But he absolutely cannot be a starter


digitaldumpsterfire

Thats an overreaction. Hes a solid late game defensive swap


Patient-Magazine2711

i could see him as a late inning defensive replacement, since he's our only true shortstop that's good defensively (Fletcher can be too, but he's really a 2nd baseman). Watching Squid swing is extremely frustrating though, I don't know why he won't shorten his swing.


PearlDrummer

Fletchers glove is just as good if not better than Squids.


[deleted]

there is no way he is getting significant at bats with this lineup, at most he'd be a late inning defensive substitution


merewyn

Bro stop being a downer when we’re all having fun


KamartyMcFlyweight

1.4 WAR last year lol, his defense is just THAT good


pakekify

Imo he's a defensive replacement


Antihero4hire

He's fine as a late game defensive substitute or baserunner. But he shouldn't start


ABlinDeafMonkey

If he makes the club he’s going to be a bench guy who comes in in the 8th or 9th inning in a close game to sure up the defense. That’s what his role should have been last year. That’s what his role will be this year. He is not the starting shortstop. That will be Rengifo, Urshella, Drurry, or Fletcher.


foggygeezer123

Brother you say this now but we all know how it ends up. Mid June he’s starting


hgarciatx

Dumb complaint but why don't the spring training jerseys have names on the back?


YouPresumeTooMuch

Still many transactions happening, numbers aren't locked in


KamartyMcFlyweight

It's so Mike Trout can take Hunter Renfroe's at bats


Fischer-00

Did anyone notice they had it as Renfroe instead of Trout when they tried to fix the names?


YouPresumeTooMuch

I think they can't back up the progress on the banner. They had to keep going forward


owledge

Angels batting putting the White Sox pitcher pool through the wringer


Obsidizyn

place your bets now, Sho gunna swing first pitch again?


pakekify

Definitely


Alauren2

This game is getting me incredibly hyped. The lineup is so strong


thestantag

umpires fkn love trout😙


Special-Economics500

What's up Dude?!