Wayne Randazzo reflects on Edward Cabrera's outstanding Cubs debut (Hour 4)
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This hour is brought to you by Wintrust. It's a fly ball to right toward the corner. Hit pretty well near the foul pole. It's gone. A home run. So Mankata makes up for it there. Gets the two runs back as he hits his first home run of the season. And the Angels are on the board here in the seventh. Hakuna Mankata blast. That's the kind of power he has when he's locked in.
103 miles per hour off back on. This is about 380. Yoan Mankata taking Hobie Milner deep last night. That was the Angels' representation in the game in which the Cubs won 7-2. Now 2-2 on the season. We are honored right now to jump on the phone with the man that That had the call. Wayne Randazzo, the TV play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Angels and Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV+. He is also a former score host. Wayne, welcome into the program. You're on with Marshall Harris and your guy, as he called you, his guy, Russell Dorsey.
Yeah, I think that's a fair assessment from Russ. Happy to be on with you guys.
Pleasure's all ours. What did you make of last night's performance by Edward Cabrera, somebody who was calling it from the opposing vantage point, the way he looked tremendous in facing just one over the minimum through six innings?
Yeah, he carved up a lineup that was pretty hot, too. The Angels had scored a lot of runs in their first four games in Houston, and they were quieted by a guy who's really good. I mean, the challenge for Cabrera has been to stay healthy. He's been on the injured list eight different times in his career for various injuries, and he's got an incredible arm. He's a top-of-the-line starter when he's in there, but It's been hard to keep him healthy for a full season. Last year was the first time he pitched over 100 innings in a season, so that's been the difficulty for Cabrera. He looked great last night, and I think the Cubs should be very encouraged by what they saw from Edward Cabrera yesterday. Six innings, one hit.
I mean, he didn't even really break a sweat, and he was pretty efficient, too. His command was really good. He struggled with walks in the past. That wasn't really the case Last year, and it certainly wasn't the case last night, and he actually had a good game against the Angels last year, too. He had a 10-strikeout game against them. So the Angels have seen him a couple of times in the last two years, and he's been excellent both times.
Now, Wayne, you talked about the Angels being hot coming into this series against the Cubs, and usually when the Angels are swinging it, the guy that's in the middle of that is Mike Trout. He looks to be the old Mike Trout. He looks spry. He's stealing bases. He's drawing a lot of walks, which is what he does when he's going right. What have you seen from Mike throughout spring training and early here in the season that makes you think that Mike is going to be able to stay healthy and be a productive player once again?
Yeah, well, another guy that needs to be on the field and stay healthy. We'll see how that all turns out for him. He wants to play center field this year. He's always kind of said that being a DH was not his style, that he liked to be present on both sides of the ball, that it helped him stay in the game. It's important to him to play the outfield. But he also didn't really like playing right field or left field. So it seems like center field is the place that keeps him happy for now. So that's where the Angels will put him. And he's still a good defensive center fielder. I'll tell you one thing I've seen offensively, and I don't think the scouting reports have caught up, because Cabrera last night threw him a lot of fastballs.
The Astros pitchers threw him a lot of fastballs. He had trouble with velocity last year, and he's not having that trouble so far this year. Pretty much all of his hits have come on fastballs so far this season. He's on time. He's laying off the high fastballs that are out of the zone, something that he chased a lot last year. He had this kind of... hitch in his swing where he kind of brought his hands underneath and was swinging underneath a lot of these high fastballs last year.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–4:09
2
What did Wayne Randazzo think of Edward Cabrera's Cubs debut?
4:09–6:10
3
How has Edward Cabrera's health impacted his performance?
6:10–13:20
4
What insights did Wayne share about Mike Trout's return to form?
13:20–19:04
5
How does the ABS technology affect game calling?
19:04–29:29
6
What is the impact of the pitch clock on game commentary?
29:29–40:20
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