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Ron Washington and Preparing the Angels for the Season<\/h2>\n

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 4) \u2014 Since the Los Angeles Angels<\/a> hired Ron Washington<\/a><\/strong> November 8 to be their manager, he has set out to build a contender. That came with selecting a staff and getting connected with the current players. Monday at the Winter Meetings, he addressed the media about his progress and his philosophy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI Just Want Them to Lead\u201d<\/h3>\n

Washington spoke with Anthony Rendon<\/a><\/strong> and Mike Trout<\/a><\/strong> after being hired. Those conversations went \u201cextremely well.\u201d Washington liked \u201cthe excitement in their voices\u201d and \u201cthe fact that they can’t wait to get to spring training and get going.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Rendon he spoke about health. So far, Rendon is having \u201ca great winter as far as his health goes.\u201d In spring training, they will strive to keep Rendon \u201con the program that will keep him able to be on the field.\u201d While Washington spoke to Rendon, he \u201c(made) certain that he can get himself to the point where he can become Rendon again. If we can get him to the point where he can become Rendon again, that’s a winner. He’s been a winner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Washington wants both of them to lead the team. He feels great about their leadership, especially when looking at the history of their careers. He went more in depth, saying, \u201cLeading happens in many ways. You know, you lead with your presence. You lead with your performance. I want them to understand when they’re not performing, just lead with your presence. They will perform, so I just want them to lead with their presence. That’s where we are headed to right now. Trying to get them to the point of showing up and just lead. Just lead.”<\/p>\n

Washington added that the players don’t have to do it by themselves. They also have him, the coaching staff, the rest of the players, and the organization to back them. “I just want them to lead,” he reiterated. “Where the pressure has to be taken off, we’ll take it off. I just want them to lead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ron Washington Has the Personnel to \u201cCompete Every Night\u201d<\/h3>\n

Washington said the Angels \u201chave the personnel to go out and compete every night.\u201d He continued, \u201cThrough competing every single night, we just have to learn how to sustain. We have to learn how to be consistent, which is the game of baseball. When we learn how to be consistent, and through the consistency we start the sustaining, we’ll be past those years when they weren’t doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the Angels certainly face a tall order being in the AL West with the defending World Series champion Texas Rangers<\/a> and the Houston Astros<\/a>, who have made the ALCS each of the last seven years. According to Washington, the way to catch up with those teams is as simple as \u201cplaying good baseball.\u201d He explained, \u201cThey play good baseball. So now we match their baseball, and once we get to the point where we can match their baseball, that’s what I mean about running them down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Washington feels the Angels will match the games of the Rangers and Astros at some point. Then the Angels will have their opponents where they want them. Washington explained, \u201cIt’s not the best team that wins every night. It’s the team that plays the best. And all my senses have to be that we’re going to be the best team tonight and go out there and play the way the game asks us to play and what it asks us to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Washington doesn\u2019t care if the opponent is the better team. All that matters to him is that his team played the best in the three or four games in that series.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo Rebuild Here\u201d<\/h3>\n

Washington bluntly said, \u201cThere ain\u2019t no rebuild here.\u201d But he also isn\u2019t thinking about the division. What he\u2019s thinking about is preparation. \u201cOnce we get prepared and ready for the season,\u201d he proclaimed, \u201cI\u2019m ready for whatever comes in front of us.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy players will be ready for whatever comes in front of us. That’s the attitude you’ve got to have in the game of baseball, and then you take it a day at a time.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as you answer the questions that the game asks of you (in the night you\u2019re playing), I think you’ll be able to move forward. If it so happens when we get five or six, seven, eight months from today and we win a division, then I can talk. But right now, it’s about preparation, understanding how to sustain. Understanding how to be consistent in the game of baseball. Not taking any part of the game of baseball for granted.<\/p>\n

\u201cBe prepared for every part. We’re going to be fine, and that’s the only way I’m thinking right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shohei?<\/h3>\n

The press conference ended with a reporter asking how much attention he\u2019s giving to the Shohei Ohtani<\/a><\/strong> free agency. Washington diplomatically stated, \u201cI don’t have much to say about that yet because I don’t want to let anything out the bag.\u201d<\/p>\n

That obviously raised the question of whether there is anything to let out of the bag. Washington smiled and repeated, \u201cI don’t have much to say about that yet because I don’t want to let anything out the bag.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking Ahead<\/h3>\n

The Winter Meetings continue Tuesday and will conclude Wednesday with the Rule Five Draft. Check back with Sport Relay for more coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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