Sam Blum
@SamBlum3
MLB and Angels writer @TheAthletic. Email me: [email protected]. @dailyorange C/O 2016. Fan of LBSU hoops.
Exciting news! We're launching an Angels podcast at @TheAthletic. My co-host is former SI baseball editor @connorgrossman. We're going to give an unbiased look at the Angels. Ep. 1 below: Should Arte Moreno defend his investments? Enjoy! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sho…
FINAL: The Angels win on a walkoff single by Zach Neto. It's the first of his career. They are 50-54, and move back to 4.5 games back of the final WC spot, with 5 games before the trade deadline.
I'll be very interested to see the ump scorecard for Mike Muchlinski tonight. It feels like he's been all over the place. Strikes are balls. Balls are strikes.
Meanwhile in Anaheim, Julio Rodriguez has only hit a pedestrian two homers so far tonight.
Nick Kurtz just hit his fourth homer of the game. He’s the first rookie in baseball history with four homers in a game. What a night. What a player.
Zach LaVine of the Sacramento Kings is in the Angels clubhouse right now. Unclear what the corresponding move is.
One month before being picked No. 2 overall, Tyler Bremner lost his mother. She battled a terminal cancer diagnosis. "Her dream" was to see Tyler drafted. I spoke with Tyler about Jen Bremner. Who she was, what she meant & the pain of her loss. Read: nytimes.com/athletic/65136…
Congrats to Angels legend Jesse Chavez. On MLB's most traded player: nytimes.com/athletic/35071…
BREAKING: Jesse Chavez announces his retirement from Major League Baseball. Congratulations on a great career, Jesse!
There are a lot of reasons the Angels need to embrace their role as trade deadline sellers. Possibly even aggressive sellers. I laid those reasons out here. Read: nytimes.com/athletic/65119…
Disclaimer: If the Angels go 7-0 this next week you can all yell at me and throw tomatoes in the press box.
There are a lot of reasons the Angels need to embrace their role as trade deadline sellers. Possibly even aggressive sellers. I laid those reasons out here. Read: nytimes.com/athletic/65119…
FINAL: The Angels lose 6-3, and were swept by the Mets. This was a big series for the Angels, and it did not go well. They are 49-53.
Chris Taylor was hit in the helmet by a 96-mile per hour Edwin Diaz fastball. He's staying in the game after being checked out.
Mike Trout on if he puts pressure on himself in late/close situations (6-for-50, with 1 HR this year): "Nah, I think when I feel good and when my swing is where it should be, I get good results. I feel like I've just been battling through some stuff in the cage sicne the break."