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Don’t look now, but Trout tied the major league lead with this blast. At the time, it pulled the Angels to a 1-1 tie early in this game before the Astros unleashed their wrath on Jack Kochanowicz and the Angels bullpen. Nevertheless, it’s amazing to see Trout healthy and mashing for the time being. Fingers crossed he can stay on the field and we get one more vintage season from Trout.
18 days ago
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3 days ago
And no strikeouts. It’s amazing that the combination led to just four runs. With some help from Luis Rengifo’s botched play, Kikuchi loaded the bases with no outs in the third before being lifted. Ryan Johnson entered and managed to strand all three runners by striking out Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa and then getting Ty France to ground out. Kikuchi dropped to 0-4 with a 4.31 ERA. Kikuchi’s fastball velocity this season was already down 1.3 mph from last year, and it was down another half-mph from that today. His changeup velocity declined even further. Kikuchi just doesn’t seem like a quality mixed-league option right now. He’s due to face the Tigers next.
LAA • SS
3 days ago
How brilliant of a talent Neto is that not even the Angels could mess him up. He’s 9-for-30 with three homers in eight games since returning from shoulder surgery. He started off as a No. 7 hitter in his first three games, but he’s been in the second spot the last five in a row.
LAA • SS
3 days ago
Coming off a year and a half run as one of the game’s very worst players, Anderson didn’t really do much of anything to earn a spot on the Angels this spring, and it’s hard to understand why he’s playing now. If the Angels don’t believe in Paris — which is justifiable, even if his batted ball numbers this year are still pretty good overall — Kevin Newman sure figures to be the better alternative going forward. Anderson is batting .176/.222/.196 through 54 plate appearances. He has a 27 OPS+ since the beginning of last year and a 49 OPS+ since the beginning of 2023.
BOS • DH
3 days ago
Devers had gone hitless in five straight games, but he again seemed to move past his timing issues today and raised his OPS from .657 to .722 between the two games.
CHC • DH
3 days ago
Suzuki was in the lineup on Saturday, batting second as the designated hitter. He drove in three of the team’s four runs on the day, starting with a two-RBI single in the fifth inning. He later drove in a run with his second base hit in the seventh. The 30-year-old outfielder is slashing .292/.361/.552 with six homers and 23 RBI across 108 plate appearances.
