Denzer Guzman absent from lineup on Sunday

Moore gets another chance with Nolan Schanuel hurt and hopefully will stick as a regular for the rest of the season, even if Schanuel does make it back. The 2024 first-rounder was hitting .302/.431/.512 with 11 homers and 15 steals in 86 games at Salt Lake. He probably doesn’t need to be grabbed in shallow mixed leagues, but those in deeper formats could give him a shot.

The hit that knocked in a run was a tapper to the third base side of the mound. Jordan Montgomery was able to handle it, but he then double clutched on the throw and was too late to get Guzman at first. It’s the first time in 63 career games that Guzman has come up with three hits. He’s batting .241/.289/.358 in 175 plate appearances this season.

There aren’t any rumblings of the dynamic shortstop dealing with any sort of injury, so it’s just a night of rest for Neto. Denzer Guzman will start in his place at shortstop and will bat sixth against Rangers’ star right-hander Jacob deGrom.

Moore is hitting .309/.436/.518 with 10 home runs, 57 RBI, and 14 steals in 80 Triple-A games. Meanwhile, Denzer Guzman is hitting .157 in 16 games since the All-Star break and has just a .626 OPS in 49 MLB games this season.

Moore is hitting .307/.434/.517 in 78 games at Triple-A with 10 home runs, 56 RBI, and 13 steals with an 84/65 K/BB ratio. With the Angels out of playoff contention, it would make sense for them to call Moore up again and give him an actual chance at playing time.

Moore goes and Josh Lowe stays with Jose Siri back from the paternity list. It’s a little amusing that the Angels are still listing Moore as an infielder on their official transaction after using him in left field five times and second base just once during his stint in the majors. Moore was 4-for-20 with 11 strikeouts in nine days with the Angels. He’ll probably get a longer look at some point during the second half.

Guzman hit a crucial game-tying, three-run home run off of Hogan Harris in the eighth inning to tie the game at seven. It was his third home run of the season, and now gives him 11 RBIs to go along with a .271/.327/.500 slash line. The 22-year-old came into the game with a solid 42 percent hard-hit rate and has posted an elite 74.2 mph bat speed so far this season. He’s been extraordinarily pull-heavy and his 14.5 percent swinging strike rate and 83 percent zone contact rate are both below average, so this may not last.

Moore is 1-for-8 with a sac fly as a left fielder on Thursday and a DH last night. The Angels are picking Donovan Walton and Denzer Guzman over him tonight.

At least the night doesn’t look quite as bad as it would have if Vaughn Grissom hadn’t gotten a hit to bring him to the plate with two outs in the ninth and given him a chance to collect a late single. Moore, though, had a really tough time in left field, a position he’d played just nine times as a pro and sparingly in college. He misjudged Nick Kurtz’s fly to deep left in the first and gave him a double that helped fuel a five-run inning, and he was charged with an error on a tougher play in the fifth, when he slightly overran Jonah Heim’s fly and had it go off his glove for an error. The Angels might keep Moore in left field for now, but he’d surely be more comfortable at second or third.

With Mike Trout (hamstring) landing on the injured list, Moore will get another opportunity to show what he can do at the big league level. The 23-year-old was sizzling at the Triple-A level, slashing .333/.468/.585 with nine homers, 45 RBI and 10 stolen bases in 252 plate appearances.