The Angels are expected to select the contract of outfielder Scott Schebler before this evening’s game against the Yankees. Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com was among those to note that Schebler has joined the team in the Bronx. Infielder Kean Wong was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake, but the Angels will need to make another transaction to clear space for Schebler on the 40-man roster.
Schebler, who signed a minor league deal with the Angels over the winter, briefly appeared on the big league club earlier in the season. He tallied just 27 plate appearances before being outrighted, but he’s done well at Salt Lake. The left-handed hitter has a .281/.355/.523 line with eight home runs across 172 plate appearances with the Bees. Triple-A West, like its predecessor the Pacific Coast League, has played extremely hitter-friendly. Nevertheless, Schebler’s offensive production has been nine percentage points better than the league’s average, by measure of weighted runs created.
Best known for his time with the Reds, Schebler has appeared in the majors in each of the past seven seasons. He was a regular for Cincinnati between 2017-18, popping 47 homers across those two seasons. Schebler’s never been one to draw many walks, though, and he’s better suited for the corner outfield than center. He wound up squeezed out of Cincinnati early in 2019 and has only tallied a cumulative 123 major league plate appearances over the past three years.
The Angels have been without Mike Trout and Dexter Fowler for extended stretches, and Justin Upton recently went on the 10-day injured list with back soreness over the weekend. That’s left Los Angeles rather thin in the outfield. General manager Perry Minasian told reporters (including Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register) over the weekend that Trout hasn’t begun running or any sort of baseball activity. Trout, who’s been out since May 18, could be a candidate for a transfer to the 60-day IL, if the Angels don’t expect him to return to big league action before the July 12-15 All-Star Break.
He has tore it up in AAA and he deserves a shot. He has to be better than the bodies they have been playing.
Call up Adell already. Schebler really???
please go look adells last couple weeks… I dont think I’ve seen a worse 2 week stretch in the minors in my life. dude is a ways away!40% K rate in AAA will never play in the MLB
Adell is not striking out as much, but he’s not hitting like he did. Which is not the least bit surprising. He hasn’t hit the happy median.
Adell isn’t ready. I’m an Adell fan. I think people are crazy to write him off, but he needs more time.
Anyone remember Dallas McPherson and Brandon Wood?
McPherson had a bad back. Wood was out hit in AAA by Sean Rodriguez. Adell is not close to being placed in the same boat as those two.
It makes sense, if for no other reason, then to have another left-handed hitter with some power in the lineup at Yankee Stadium. I can see it.
Not only that he’s a true outfielder that can make the plays in the outfield angels have lost a couple of games because miss cues by infielders Who have been playing in the outfield
Of course, his 3 strikeouts tonight prove otherwise…dwerp…
Poor man’s Joc Pederson.
Woof. that’s Great Depression poor
Scott is horseshoe head bald!
Get a lefty up for a series in NY. That super short porch is there, why not take a shot at it?
I thought so, too…the 3 strikeouts tonight say otherwise LOL…
A single and a run though, so not terrible
Surprised Scrubler is still in baseball
Schebler seems like the kind of mediocre to average player who could go overseas and kill it in the NPB
I know right? He struck me as that type while I could watch him every day with the Reds. Either way, you’re not going to meet a better dude, good luck to him!