Welcome to my new segment, You Said What? Short rants based on real quotes. Spring training is up and running. Let’s rant about some arbitrary quotes. “I still expect to win the World Series. I do. And I don’t think that there’s anybody that’s a part of our organization or fan base that doesn’t feel that same way.” – Dave …

The pop of the mitt. The sound of mowers cutting down excess growth. The chatter from dugouts and the stands are back, but it’s also accompanied by more “boo’s” than has ever been heard on the spring training fields. Current hit batsman count is seven players, at the time of this writing, that all wear Houston Astros jerseys. That is …

Spring Training games are already in action for a few teams, but Angels’ fans will have to wait one more day to see their boys in red. The first Angels’ spring training games start on Saturday, (2/22). Injury Updates Jose Soriano Jonathan Mayo (MiLB insider for MLB and MLB pipeline) reveals Angels Top 10 Prospect SP Jose Soriano had Tommy …

The Angels held their first full-squad workouts this week and that means Spring Training has arrived. The Angels play their first 2 games this Saturday as they have a split-squad against the Chicago White Sox and Kansas Royals. Now is a good time to look at the two most intriguing battles to look for this Spring. The first battle is …

The Angels have announced 19 players have been invited to Spring Training. The players include 8 Pitchers, 5 Catchers, 3 Infielders, and 3 Outfielders. Starting Pitchers RHP Matt Ball Ball is a 25-year-old right-handed pitcher, who has both started and pitched out in relief. He had a solid year in Double-A as a Starter and struggled in Triple-A as a …

We are less than two weeks until pitchers and catchers report, and there is a lot to unpack, and still possible transactions – can you say, Mookie Betts? – to be made. This time last year, Bryce Harper was playing the long game and still not close to sniffing the pine tar. Looking at the landscape of the league, and …

Although Spring Training stats especially at the very beginning don’t mean very much (Trout is hitting .143 so far), the stats themselves give players a chance to showcase their talents and that is what is happening with Matt Thaiss up to this point. He’s had 11 plate appearances (yes, it’s a small sample size), but so far Thaiss is raking. …

Spring Training has been going strong for over two weeks now, yet the return of actual baseball being played, has seemed to be playing second fiddle to what’s happening with Bryce Harper. The yo-yoing of all the reports by those in media, have made the storyline quite unbearable for most fans, and certainly frustrating if you are Philadelphia Phillies, San …

Albert Pujols turned 39 in January (the 16th to be exact) and apparently Pujols thinks he can play 162 games in 2019. “I’m expecting to play 162 games,” the Los Angeles Angels first baseman said Sunday. “One hundred ninety games I’m going to play this year, including spring training.” That bold prediction seems ambitious at best. In fact it sounds ridiculous …

“Pitchers and catchers report.” Last week, all of Major League Baseball reported for duty for the 2019 season. It wasn’t until this past Tuesday that the action really started getting interesting. Not from the arid climate of the Arizona desert, or even from the Sunshine State of Florida. Instead, it came from Dodgers Stadium South, also known as San Diego. …