Our offense will be better.
Boom! Astros get ASS JAMMED by MLB
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believe the pitcher has to hit the entire game, no matter if they have been replacedbhofferb wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2020 3:37 pmI have a question- If you start the game with your pitcher hitting as Maddon claims to want to do, can you add a DH later, or do you have to send your pitcher to the plate the entire game? Thinking that the second scenario would make whatever Ohtani does with the bat be offset by sending up some poor relief pitcher in the later innings...Donn Beach wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2020 1:12 pmMadden wants to let Ohtani hit on the days he pitches
Maddon said at the Winter Meetings that he’d be willing to have Ohtani hit on the days when he pitches, which would forfeit the designated hitter. But it would allow Ohtani’s bat to be in the lineup an extra day. As a rookie, Ohtani pitched on Sundays, but he didn’t serve as DH on the day before, the day of and the day after his starts. But that could change next season when Ohtani makes his return to the mound after surgery kept him from pitching in 2019.
Angels general manager Billy Eppler said he hasn’t quite signed off on the idea because they’re waiting for more information from the doctors and training staff, but Maddon made it clear he wants Ohtani to be in the lineup as much as possible in 2020.
"Don't treat your guys like China dolls," Maddon said. "They're not. He's gone through some tough moments. He's gone through his rehab, and now it's time to be a baseball player. Sometimes we do go overboard, I think, with the protection of athletes and players and pitchers. This guy is special."
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They aren't new.Donn Beach wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:18 pmyou're no longer an Ohtani believer?...how many pitchers recovering from TJ surgery still delivered 2.5 WAR?
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The guys with the bats will score more runs this year than last year.
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guess I don't know what we are talking about, thought we were comparing the Mariners to the Angels, and what does batting average have to do with anything?
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I was responding to Hy who doesn't think our offense will be better.Donn Beach wrote: ↑Wed Jan 15, 2020 12:10 amguess I don't know what we are talking about, thought we were comparing the Mariners to the Angels, and what does batting average have to do with anything?
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