The launcher of the angels Caden Dana says that the arm feels good despite the difficulties – the register of Orange County

Peoria, Arizona – The best hopes for pitching angels, Caden Dana, quickly decided to dispel any suggestion that her spring difficulties have something to do with the discomfort of the arms.

Tuesday against the Cleveland Guardians, the right -hander arrived in relief, left the match after some initial difficulties and returned to the next round mound, as the rules of spring allow. None of the two rounds went well.

Subsequently, the director of the angels, Ron Washington, suggested that the joint fatigue of the arm in mid -upri could have been a culprit.

“There were times when I thought he had jumped the ball fairly well,” said Washington.

A day of physical leave seems certainly plausible. Dana was not characteristic by giving seven points on five strokes and four steps while recording three withdrawals on the two sleeves he appeared, while recording three total.

The 21 -year -old, who came to the camp as an external candidate for space n ° 5 in the rotation, could be in a way, but that had nothing to do with his arm.

“My arm is certainly not dead. I feel good, ”said Dana. “Getting out of the pen is a little different for me. I always try to adapt to this. So keep working on it. Continue to get better.

His emergency time this spring is more circumstances. The angels do not provide a new role for a launcher whom they consider as a long -term play of rotation. The club has what seems to be four starters with the left -hander Yusei Kikuchi on time of the opening day, to follow in a certain order by the left -hander Tyler Anderson and the right -handers Jose Soriano and Kyle Hendricks.

Other starting opportunities this spring go straight to Jack Kochanowicz and Lefty Reid Detmers, who are in a lively battle for the end of rotation.

The battle leaves Dana to enter her work in the middle of the game. And although the role is an out of the body, Dana is a game to take up the challenge, even if it could have the upper hand.

“I felt a little out of pace, of course,” said Dana Thursday about her previous release. “This is the name of the game, launching strikes and that’s not what I did.”

While Dana admitted that the difficulties during her brief appearance in the major league last season were a confidence, he remains provocative in the face of unwanted results this spring which left him with an MPM of 15.88 out of 5 innings.

“I know I am a starter,” said Dana, who shaped a record of 12-12 with an MPM of 3.01 in 41 minor league departures on three seasons. He succeeded 244 stick withdraws in 212 rounds.

“I mean, I’m not going to get out of the pen too often. But for the moment, it adapts to this mentally and physically. It is definitely a different world that comes out of the pen. I have experienced this now and I still believe in me.

Central park

A day after playing in the left field, Mickey Moniak was back in the central field on Thursday, while Jo Adell played in the right field against the Seattle Mariners. Washington said there was no deeper meaning for positioning, the two players are still targeted for the central field this season.

“Today was Moniak in the center, but (it was) Jo to play so he went to the right,” said Washington. “(There) will be a time when Jo goes to the center and Moniak goes to the right. We try to give them as much time in both places as possible. »»

Lid

Friday, Kikuchi will make his second start of the Cactus League in a home match against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

During his first official action, the left -hander granted two points on three strokes with a step and three stick withdrawals in 2 rounds against the Dodgers last Friday. The first striker he faced, the Countryman of Japan Shohei Ohtani, tagged him for a home run.

At his current rate, Kikuchi would only have two other departures from the remaining cacti league before facing the Chicago White Sox during the opening of the season on March 27 on the road.

The right -hander Jose Soriano will also start on Friday in a match in Carrés split against the Kansas City Royals with surprise.

Notes

It could be the middle of spring training, but it is never too early to start treating games as if it were the regular season. The Angels took the rare stage of having a complete striker before a road match in the Cactus League.

Taylor Ward took off and went 1 for 3 with a double as a designated angel striker in his first match action since time with a knee injury.