NEW YORK \u2014 The next time the Angels have a save situation, fans will be anxiously waiting to see which reliever comes into the game.<\/p>\n
Manager Kurt Suzuki gave few hints Thursday, when he was asked about the role in the wake of Jordan Romano\u2019s second blown save in a row.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously with Jordan the last couple days, tough outings, but there\u2019s no panic,\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cHe\u2019s been so good for us to start the year and he had two rough outings. You look at it and you say you could be reactionary or you could just keep going. We started the year with Jordan as our closer and we\u2019ll see how it goes. Right now, he\u2019s still going to be in those high-leverage spots, and you know, if the opportunity comes for him to close, we\u2019ll see what we got.\u201d<\/p>\n
Romano, 32, did not allow a run in his first six games, converting all four of his save opportunities.<\/p>\n
He did get spared a blown save by Jo Adell robbing his third homer of the game<\/a> April 4.<\/p>\n Romano\u2019s blown save on Monday<\/a> night came after he hadn\u2019t pitched in six days. And the blown save on Wednesday<\/a> night came after shortstop Zach Neto and third baseman Oswald Peraza miscommunicated on a routine pop fly, allowing it to drop instead of recording the second out of the inning.<\/p>\n If the Angels do opt for someone else as the closer, right-hander Chase Silseth has probably put himself in the best position for the opportunity. Silseth has a 2.84 ERA in his first nine games. He also has closed in the minors.<\/p>\n Right-hander Kirby Yates, who was most likely to start the season as closer when spring training began, is still rehabbing a left knee injury. He\u2019s been throwing bullpen sessions and he faced hitters once. He still hasn\u2019t pitched in a minor-league game.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s still building up,\u201d Suzuki said Thursday. \u201cHe\u2019s still day to day. He\u2019s feeling good. We\u2019re hoping sometime soon he gets out there in a game.\u201d<\/p>\n Right-hander Ben Joyce, who has the stuff to be a long-term answer at closer, is building back slowly from shoulder surgery. He just faced hitters for the first time<\/a> in his rehab Tuesday. The next step would be a minor-league rehab assignment.<\/p>\n ADELL\u2019S GLOVE TO COOPERSTOWN<\/p>\n Adell formally handed the glove from his historic game to the Baseball Hall of Fame<\/a> before Thursday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n Adell said his initial plan was to keep using it until the end of the season and then donate it, but \u201cI had a feeling like \u2018what if someone snatched it out my locker or something?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Adell said his backup glove is the one he used in 2024, so he planned to start using that one.<\/p>\n Jon Shestakofsky, the Hall of Fame\u2019s vice president, presented Adell with a certificate and said he and his family will have a lifetime pass to come to the Hall in Cooperstown, N.Y.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Baseball Hall of Fame is home to tens of thousands of artifacts that tell the game\u2019s most important history, including the incredible moments on the field, and nobody has ever seen a game by an outfielder like Jo Adell\u2019s game on April 4,\u201d Shestakofsky said.<\/p>\n Shestakofsky said the glove would likely be put on display soon, either in the \u201ctoday\u2019s game\u201d display case or in the room that has one \u201clocker\u201d representing each team\u2019s recent history.<\/p>\n It was the latest in a whirlwind couple weeks for Adell. He has done numerous interviews, and this week he did a commercial shoot for Major League Baseball. He\u2019s also planning to have a ballpark meeting with Kayleigh Kraus, the fan who took the iconic photo<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t realize the type of impact it has,\u201d Adell said. \u201cOver the past week, everything that\u2019s been coming my way has been a tribute to that. It\u2019s pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n O\u2019HOPPE\u2019S MOMENT<\/p>\n On Wednesday night, Logan O\u2019Hoppe hit his first career homer at the ballpark he came to so often when he was growing up on Long Island.<\/p>\n \u201cIt didn\u2019t hit me until later in the game,\u201d O\u2019Hoppe said Thursday. \u201cIt was really like you picture. I remember being in this stadium when I was kid, picturing doing that a lot. I feel like the past three years, I wasn\u2019t chasing that, and I wasn\u2019t swinging for the fences, but you want it to happen. So I felt some relief. It was really nice.\u201d<\/p>\n