Washington, who says he wants his a leadoff hitter to see more pitches, is choosing among Rendon, Aaron Hicks, Mickey Moniak and Luis Rengifo.
The Angels’ Anthony Rendon hits against the Texas Rangers during the first inning of a spring game March 11, 2024, in Tempe, Ariz. TEMPE, Ariz. — With just over a week to go before Opening Day, Angels manager Ron Washington still isn’t sure what he wants to do about the leadoff spot.
Washington said he wanted to try Rendon because he knew he would have a quality at-bat, including seeing more pitches. Rendon walked in two of his three trips to the plate on Wednesday. Washington just last week expressed frustration that Luis Rengifo, another of his leadoff hitter choices, was making too many first-pitch outs.Hicks has a .524 on-base percentage this spring, with 10 walks in 42 plate appearances. He’s also hitting .375 with two home runs, three doubles and a triple. Throughout Hicks’ career, his on-base percentage has been about 100 points higher than his batting average.
“I want to try to make sure that I can maximize my lineup,” Washington said. “When you actually look at it, we’re not going to be a team that is going to be able to just bang with people. We need people on base when our bangers do come up, so we can maximize. I tried to run the lineup out there the whole spring trying to see how it works. Right now I’m trying some stuff out.”
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