I feel Mike Shildt is lots acquainted with Andy Pages now.
On Monday night time, after Pages was hit by a Dylan Stop fastball, the younger Dodgers outfielder stared down the right-handed pitcher earlier than strolling all the way down to first base.
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The bullpens have been able to probably battle, however tensions didn’t boil over.
Nevertheless, as Pages went all the way down to first base, Padres supervisor Mike Shildt was seen yelling at him from the dugout “who the f— do you assume you might be?” alluding to the truth that he’s not one of many Dodgers’ large time gamers.
Pages appeared to take that personally.
On Tuesday, Pages went 4-for-4 with two residence runs and three RBIs within the Dodgers’ 8-6 win over the Padres.
After the sport, he revealed he noticed the Shildt video, however didn’t use it as any added motivation.
“Yeah, I truly noticed it this morning,” Pages mentioned by means of an interpreter. “Clearly, didn’t pay a lot consideration to it. I left yesterday’s recreation behind, and I targeted on right now.”
Whereas Pages took the excessive highway, Dodgers All-Star third baseman Max Muncy didn’t let Shildt off the hook so simply.
“I feel Andy spoke for himself right now,” Muncy mentioned. “I feel Andy advised him who he was right now.”
Pages is quietly making an All-Star case for himself, as he’s at the moment fourth amongst NL outfielders in residence runs (15) and RBIs (49). He’s generated 2.9 fWAR (T-Fifth amongst NL outfields) and three.2 bWAR (T-Third). He’s additionally been probably the greatest defenders in MLB, rating within the ninety fifth percentile in Outs Above Common and 97th percentile in Arm Worth, per Baseball Savant.
Whereas Pages might not be one of many Dodgers’ “large canines” in title worth, he’s been certainly one of their greatest and most constant gamers all 12 months lengthy.
If Shildt didn’t know a lot about him getting into the sequence, he actually does now.
“He had a pleasant ballgame,” Shildt mentioned of Pages after the sport. “Swung the bat effectively. Hats off to him.”
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