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2021 Season | Series #38 | Angels @ Indians | Aug. 20-22

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Was going to suggest that Jet and Sam would be the ones to watch tonight.. but only discussed Sam.. Good outing.. 4 IP.. survived the first inning.. and had a winning performance for the night.. By the time it he left.. the game was well in hand and the hitters brought their bats.. Onto tomorrow's game.... Good W tonight......
 
I thought cats might estimate McDowells fastball.
as a kid I saw McDowell pitch once in Chicago.
I don’t remember the exact year but it was early in Sam’s career.
He only gave up a couple of hits— did walk eight or nine struck at 11 or 12.
it’s fair to say that he was dominating but wild.
 
I thought cats might estimate McDowells fastball.
as a kid I saw McDowell pitch once in Chicago.
I don’t remember the exact year but it was early in Sam’s career.
He only gave up a couple of hits— did walk eight or nine struck at 11 or 12.
it’s fair to say that he was dominating but wild.
 
biggie4 said:
I thought cats might estimate McDowells fastball.
as a kid I saw McDowell pitch once in Chicago.
I don’t remember the exact year but it was early in Sam’s career.
He only gave up a couple of hits— did walk eight or nine struck at 11 or 12.
it’s fair to say that he was dominating but wild.
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In Game 2 this afternoon Tristan McKenzie goes against Reid Detmer, the Angels #1 prospect and the #24 ranked prospect by MLB.com. Detmer is a 22-year-old lefty making his fourth major league start after being called up Aug. 1. His ERA after 15.1 innings is 7.04, but his starts have come against Oakland, the Dodgers, and Houston. He has improved each start with the last start being a gem against the Astros, holding them to 3 hits and one run in six innings. If he pitches like that today it's going to be tough to score runs.

The Indians are coming off a 15-hit game but it's not unusual to see them follow up a big game offensively with a clunker, so I'm not expecting another outburst today. However, Franmil made a mechanical adjustment and had a 5-RBI game last night so maybe he is getting on one of his hot streaks. With four very capable right-handed hitters at the top of the order (Straw, Amed, Josie, and Franmil) we should be able to put some pressure on the young rookie. Too bad we can't put Harold in the #5 spot just yet.

McKenzie is on a roll with a 2.14 ERA in his last three starts. He's coming off an 8-inning one-hitter and should be brimming with confidence after coming within four outs of a perfect game. In those last three starts he has 20 K's against one walk, which is huge considering he walked 39 batters in his first 42.1 innings.

Even though the Angels have been winning lately the Indians seem to be catching them at a good time with Trout and Rendon injured. Taking those two bats out of their lineup is huge. Their #3 hitter last night was Phil Gosselin, a 32-year-old with 909 career at-bats and a .686 career OPS. Their cleanup hitter was Jared Walsh, a 28-year-old with 178 career at-bats coming into this season. Those guys aren't in the same universe as Trout and Rendon, although Walsh is having a solid season.

The Angels have the 4th best record in baseball against teams .500 and below at 32-13. Against teams over .500 they are 30-49. They really have taken advantage of the bottom feeders. The Indians are missing Naylor, Harold Ramirez, and Bobby Bradley from their lineup plus they traded Eddie Rosario and Cesar Hernandez but have surprisingly managed to hit pretty well since the break. Myles Straw has given them a big lift, Zimmer and Amed have been productive lately, and we're starting to see some contributions from the catching position.

We're still waiting to see if any of the young infielders (Chang, Clement, Miller, Gimenez) or Oscar Mercado can make a case for being on the Opening Day roster next year. In my opinion Clement has been the only one so far and only as the UIF.
 
BimboColesHair said:
Outside of his 2 game stint in May Daniel Johnson is slashing .295/.311/.500. Need to keep giving him consistent ABs vs righties.
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I’m still intrigued by Daniel Johnson, but I just don’t see a scenario where both he and Zimmer are on the 40 man roster next season. Not only because of the many R5 eligible prospects they need to protect, but Nolan Jones has to factor into the corner outfield equation next season too.
 
BimboColesHair said:
Outside of his 2 game stint in May Daniel Johnson is slashing .295/.311/.500. Need to keep giving him consistent ABs vs righties.
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I was surprised at how poorly he has played in the field. Is there any explanation for his defensive woes?
He certainly had a higher-than-average glove rep.
 
BimboColesHair said:
Outside of his 2 game stint in May Daniel Johnson is slashing .295/.311/.500. Need to keep giving him consistent ABs vs righties.
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If you take out his first 13 at-bats when he went 0-for-13 he's hitting .325 (13-for-40). However, he only has one walk and 4 RBI's in 53 at-bats. It's such a small sample it's hard to make anything of it, especially since 49 of his 53 AB's have come against RHP's.

He's hitting .300 with nobody on but is only 4-for-23 with runners on and 1-for-9 with RISP. Most of his hits are with the bases empty, 10 of his 13 hits are singles, and he has only walked once in 54 PA's. It looks like an empty batting average to me.

But the power is intriguing. That home run last week was a bomb. But DJ is a left-handed hitting corner OF so he is competing with Zimmer, Naylor, and Nolan Jones.
 
Wham with the Right Hand said:
If you take out his first 13 at-bats when he went 0-for-13 he's hitting .325 (13-for-40). However, he only has one walk and 4 RBI's in 53 at-bats. It's such a small sample it's hard to make anything of it, especially since 49 of his 53 AB's have come against RHP's.

He's hitting .300 with nobody on but is only 4-for-23 with runners on and 1-for-9 with RISP. Most of his hits are with the bases empty, 10 of his 13 hits are singles, and he has only walked once in 54 PA's. It looks like an empty batting average to me.

But the power is intriguing. That home run last week was a bomb. But DJ is a left-handed hitting corner OF so he is competing with Zimmer, Naylor, and Nolan Jones.
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There is almost no way we are keeping Zimmer and Johnson for next season... One of them is going, but not sure really which one though at the moment.
 
TMac comes out on fire...two Ks and his heat is sitting 94, with a 95 mixed in
 
Thought we might play with the lead, but Amed is cut down at the plate, trying to score on JRam double
 
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