Jo Adell hopes to help Angels sweep Cubs
Jo Adell is 推定する／予想するd to start in 権利 field on Thursday night when the Los Angeles Angels 直面する the Chicago Cubs in Anaheim, Calif., with the hosts 捜し出すing a three-game sweep.
Adell was called up from ３倍になる-A Salt Lake on Wednesday in what likely will be a short stint with the big-league team -- 正規の／正選手 権利 fielder Hunter Renfroe should return in a few days from paternity leave. So Adell understands it's not a make-or-break 適切な時期, unlike his previous big-league experiences.
Adell was a first-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 選ぶ (10th 全体にわたる 選択) in 2017 but failed to live up to 期待s after first breaking into the big leagues in 2020 at age 21.
He played in a career-high 88 games with the Angels last season but has been unable to solidify himself as a big-league player. In 161 career major league games, he is hitting .215 with 15 ホームランs and a .616 OPS -- and he has struggled at times on 弁護.
Before his call-up on Wednesday, Adell had spent the entire season in ３倍になる-A. However, he seems to have discovered a path to success this season. In 55 games with Salt Lake, he 攻撃する，衝突する .278 with 18 ホームランs, 43 打点s and a .958 OPS.
"I think the big thing for me is that I've changed my idea of what getting （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 is, and knowing there are 確かな pitches I'm not going to be able to 攻撃する，衝突する and 確かな pitches I will be able to 攻撃する，衝突する," Adell said. "There are 確かな parts of the plate where I do a good 職業 hitting and I try to zone in on those (areas), and when those mistakes arrive, I'm ready. ...
"It's honestly more mental in the approach 面 than it is 肉体的に."
Angels 経営者／支配人 Phil Nevin and his staff have 監視するd Adell's 進歩 along the way.
"I'm sure that the time will come fo r Jo," Nevin said recently. "It's just how baseball 作品. But at the end of the day -- and I communicate that to him -- I'm proud of him, the work ethic and how he's doing things."
Angels left-hander Reid Detmers (0-5, 5.15 ERA) will make his 11th start of the season on Thursday. He has never 直面するd the Cubs in his three major league seasons.
Fellow left-hander Drew Smyly (5-3, 3.56 ERA) will make his 13th start of the season for the Cubs. He is 1-4 with a 5.40 ERA in eight career games (six starts) against the Angels.
Cubs 新人 first baseman Matt Mervis keeps receiving playing time にもかかわらず a 現在の 低迷. After going 0-for-3 with a strikeout in Chicago's 6-2 loss to the Angels on Wednesday, he has one 攻撃する，衝突する in his past 24 at-bats.
Mervis said the 信用／信任 the club is showing in him にもかかわらず his struggles is helping him 対処する.
"The fact that I'm getting my 適切な時期s and continuing to get at-bats when I'm going through this stretch is important for me," the first baseman said.
Mervis began the season at ３倍になる-A Iowa, where he 攻撃する，衝突する .286 with six ホームランs, 27 打点s and a .962 OPS in 24 games. In 22 games with the Cubs, he is batting .176 with two ホームランs, nine 打点s and a .531 OPS.
--Field Level マスコミ
