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Why Angels supervisor Ron Washington thinks ‘issues can go method higher than you assume’

By Editorial Board Published March 1, 2025 6 Min Read
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Why Angels supervisor Ron Washington thinks ‘issues can go method higher than you assume’

TEMPE, Ariz. — His workforce misplaced 99 video games final yr, hasn’t made the playoffs in a decade, and earlier than a pitch was thrown the proprietor mentioned the Angels would lose “$50 [million] to $60 million, minimum” this season.

Nonetheless, supervisor Ron Washington says he’s optimistic.

“This is the greatest time of the year,” Washington mentioned Thursday, sitting in a golf cart as his gamers loosened up within the mid-morning Arizona solar. “Spring training. You’ve got a chance to prepare. You’ve got a chance to get your skill set right. You’ve got a chance to come to the ballpark and work.”

And, he might need added, even the lowliest groups consider they’ve an opportunity to win.

Spring is the season of renewal and rebirth, of recent beginnings and new hopes. That’s very true in baseball. The Angels could have misplaced 99 video games final yr, however they’ll begin this one unbeaten.

“It’s always important to have a reset. And that’s what spring training is,” Washington mentioned. “We’ve got a group that’s been impressive as far as going about their business. We’ve got a group that can execute things a lot better than the year before.”

Washington, a baseball lifer, nonetheless is perpetually upbeat, having spent 55 of his 72 years within the sport. And in that point he’s seen rather a lot.

In Texas, he took a Rangers workforce that misplaced 87 video games to consecutive World Collection appearances three years later. As a coach in Atlanta, he watched the Braves lose 90 video games, then win 90 the subsequent season.

Issues like which have occurred earlier than and might occur once more. But when spring is all about that form of optimism, when the season begins it’s essential again that hope with efficiency.

“You know you can talk,” Washington mentioned, “but you’ve just got to walk the walk. In the game of baseball, it’s always about: What have you done for me lately?”

“It’s always important to have a reset. And that’s what spring training is,” Angels supervisor Ron Washington mentioned.

(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Instances)

Catcher Logan O’Hoppe agrees.

“Everyone always loves a clean slate,” he mentioned. “But we can’t win opening day today. We can’t win the division today. We can’t win a ring today.”

Nonetheless, the Angels can think about doing all these issues. And O’Hoppe, who has but to play on a successful workforce in three big-league seasons, says that’s the mindset within the clubhouse.

“We’re pretty present in this room,” he mentioned. “Right now is my favorite time of year. A tough year last year brought us all closer. I learned a lot of lessons from last year.

“But I don’t ever want to go through it again.”

Nonetheless, Washington mentioned, forgetting final yr, when the Angels set a workforce file for losses — and even the final 9 seasons, all of which ended with the Angels posting a dropping file — wouldn’t be useful.

“Last season does matter [so] that you don’t fall into where things didn’t go right,” he mentioned. “That’s what you’ve got to prevent. And that’s the only reason it matters.”

Loads of issues must go proper if the Angels are to keep away from a repeat. Left-hander Yusei Kikuchi, signed as a free agent in November, must solidify a beginning rotation that had the worst earnmed-run common within the American League. Offensively, the workforce was third worst within the majors in runs and batting common and twenty seventh in slugging proportion.

Crucial individual in turning it round could also be Mike Frostad, the Angels’ head athletic coach and the person chargeable for preserving Mike Trout wholesome. Trout, 33, a three-time most precious participant, performed a career-low 29 video games final season and has averaged fewer than 64 video games during the last 5. The Angels’ offense has sputtered consequently, regardless of younger gamers comparable to O’Hoppe, shortstop Zach Neto and first baseman Nolan Schanuel displaying promise.

“We need our core to stay healthy,” mentioned Washington, who wasn’t together with himself in that assertion regardless of lacking the final three days due to flu-like signs.

“You know that means Mike,” he continued. “[But] that means [Jorge] Soler staying healthy. That means Taylor Ward staying healthy. That means O’Hoppe, Neto, Schanuel, [Jo] Adell. And if those guys do that, then, OK, we’re going to be able to help our pitching staff on the offensive side score more runs, we’re gonna be much more solid on the defensive end because of the professionals we have out there. That will equate to some extra wins.

“Now to put an amount on it, I don’t know. Sometimes things can go way better than you think.”

Or they may go method worse. All Washington is aware of for sure is the Angels will begin the season with the identical file as everybody else. And two weeks into spring coaching, he’s nonetheless optimistic this yr will probably be higher than the final one.

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