Three games into the season, Ron Washington has already taken some steps to steady his team. First the Angels had a team meeting after a pair of lopsided losses. Then in the next game, Washington went out to the mound at a key moment — not to change pitchers but to help a reliever calm down during a jam.
Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington watches as his team plays against the Baltimore Orioles in a baseball game, Sunday, March 31, 2024, in Baltimore. Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington, right, and pitching coach Barry Enright, left, celebrate with outfielder Jo Adell after beating the Baltimore Orioles in a baseball game, Sunday, March 31, 2024, in Baltimore.
“Everything that Wash has done so far, I love it,” outfielder Taylor Ward said after the meeting that followed a 13-4 defeat Saturday. “It might just be what we need.” Team meetings are more effective when your next starting pitcher performs well, and Reid Detmers did just that Sunday, allowing a run and two hits in five innings. He talked a bit about the tone of the meeting.Juan Soto has go-ahead hit in 9th and Yankees beat Astros 4-3 for opening 4-game sweep“It was nothing crazy,” Detmers said. “It’s not like a getting-your--chewed team meeting. It was, just calm down, play like we know how to play, let’s go out there and have fun.
It was time for a mound visit, one Washington made himself instead of leaving it to his pitching coach.
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