Logan O’Hoppe recently missed time with a stomach bug but did pinch hit in yesterday’s game, signaling a probable return to the starting lineup tonight. Earlier this month, he homered in four consecutive starts from April 2–6 but hasn’t gone deep since. Tonight he gets a great matchup against Kumar Rocker, who hasn’t looked like the dominant pitcher that he was in college since dealing with some arm injuries. Rocker isn’t missing many bats right now, which gives O’Hoppe a great chance to find the seats. We set his HR line at +410 tonight.

There's nothing special about Jack Kochanowicz, particularly when it comes to the art of missing bats. He was smacked around by the Astros in his last start and today he's facing a Rangers offense that's been good at avoiding strikeouts so far.

When Logan O'Hoppe hits the ball he hits it hard, and facing a righty has not been a problem for him at all, with 4 HR and a .967 OPS vs the same side. Kumar Rocker is really struggling and I suspect he's just what the Angels need to try to ramp their offensive production back up.

These starting pitchers could be gone by the third inning. Kumar Rocker looks like a bullpen arm to me, but the Rangers have so many injuries they keep rolling him out there. This Angels lineup has a lot more pop - at least early - than a year ago. Jack Kochanowicz has recorded 34 Ks in 81 MLB IP. Yeah, that's gonna make your degree of difficulty getting out pretty high. He's surviving, barely, with an extreme groundball rate, but he lacks any plus pitch and the Rangers lineup has better than its shown this season. Getting to feast on this kid could be just what they need to wake up in a big way here.