Whew, the whole three-hour-time-change thing is messing HARD with my usual writing schedule. Well, that, plus trying to get around and see baseball. Sorry for the super late Bullets, but that’s probably how it’s going to be for the next few days. I went to the Angels-Padres game last night, which was only at 6:10pm local time, but that meant I wasn’t back to the hotel until like midnight in the Eastern Time Zone, which means the morning schedule totally gets thrown off.
Speaking of that game last night: Manny Machado got booed a freaking ton by Angels fans in Spring Training. That seems rather dumb. I decided to cheer loudly for him just to see what kind of looks I got. Dirty ones is the answer!
Meanwhile …
Daniel Descalso jammed his left shoulder during Cubs' game against the Angels on Saturday. Shut down from hitting right now. No announced timetable. Could potentially make up ABs in Minor League games later in camp.
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) March 13, 2019
The @Reds positioned 4 outfielders and 3 infielders for #Cubs @KrisBryant_23 So he singled to centerfield #EverybodyIn pic.twitter.com/ptfhdFl3g4
— Mick Gillispie (@BroadcasterMick) March 13, 2019
Asked about Reds using 4-man OF with Mahle pitching, Bryant said "it's smart" but added that he thinks there should be more regulation on shifting.
Here are KB's career spray heatmaps vs. righties overall and then vs. righties' 4-seams/sliders/changeups (Mahle's main pitches). pic.twitter.com/M7cl8kE1Tp
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) March 13, 2019