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Yeah, I selfishly wanted him to fall to us. Some mocks had him as a possibility. He’s really a great guy with a great personality and a lot of fun. We had a particularly gruff player on the team and N

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Watch Schanuel throw a no hitter and hit a grand slam in the same game.....   😆    

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Rookie is batting leadoff first night, and against the Rays so yeah....go Nolan Schanuel!

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2 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38215228/sources-angels-call-23-first-rounder-nolan-schanuel
 

Lol desperation is a stinky cologne. 

I have mixed feelings about this. I coached him in 2021 with the BigTrain and he was a very advanced hitter. I’m not surprised he was promoted aggressively but I had no idea that he’d only spend 6 weeks in the minors. The Angels have been pretty aggressive with bats in the past. 

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2 minutes ago, MCO'sFan said:

I have mixed feelings about this. I coached him in 2021 with the BigTrain and he was a very advanced hitter. I’m not surprised he was promoted aggressively but I had no idea that he’d only spend 6 weeks in the minors. The Angels have been pretty aggressive with bats in the past. 

That's cool, he looks like a great prospect.  But I'm pretty positive they don't promote him this quickly unless they're trying to snag a playoff spot and keep Ohtani.  

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1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

That's cool, he looks like a great prospect.  But I'm pretty positive they don't promote him this quickly unless they're trying to snag a playoff spot and keep Ohtani.  

I agree. I have not checked BA but Nolan isn’t in MLB’s top 100. He is the Angels #2 prospect. Their system is pretty bare. 

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And we thought Oregon Ridge crabcakes or whatever would be impressive wooing of Carl Pavano.

No stone is being left unturned to try and convince Ohtani this wreck of an organization will be "good for him".

Though it will be good Westburg-Cowser-Kjerstad fun if Schanuel just rolls.

Like Masyn Winn in the NL, this 43rd or 44th to last day of the season is also a bit of an unofficial start to the 2024 Rookie of the Year race and that sweet sweet Comp A bonus pick.

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3 hours ago, FlaO'sFan said:

Nolan was who I wanted, if he fell to our spot, because of his great analytic numbers. Didn't happen, but I'm interested in seeing how he develops. Agree that this seems like a really wierd move by the Angels.

Yeah, I selfishly wanted him to fall to us. Some mocks had him as a possibility. He’s really a great guy with a great personality and a lot of fun. We had a particularly gruff player on the team and Nolan said to him on day 1 that he would make this kid like him and they’d be best friends by the end of the summer. They weren’t but Nolan had 28 other best friends. 

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This Angels team is just awful. The fact that management looked at this team and thought they could make a run is just laughable. 
 

Staked themselves to a 6-2 lead against Glasnow through a series of bloop hits, errors, passed balls. And now have blown most of that lead already with the Rays still batting in the fourth. 
 

I mean FFS Moustakas is their cleanup hitter. Just a terrible roster. 

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MLB Tonight ripped the Angels a couple of nights ago on their failure to trade Ohtani at the deadline.   One quote I remember was that if you can't make the playoffs paying Ohtani at a discount, how are you going to do it full price.  I wonder if there will be a big attendance drop for the Angels in 2024?  Come watch Rendon hit singles and Trout (sorry, Trout is on the DL).

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Ohtani done pitching for the season with a torn UCL. I think any team signing Ohtani needs to keep this in mind that eventually he's probably just going to be a position player.

Ohtani's UCL keeps getting injured and his pitching career is going to have a limited shelf life. Realistically he's not pitching until 2025 if gets surgery. Not sure how long the surgery would sideline him as a hitter.

 

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