I have the solution to our troubles with good teams

[martinpa25]

Stop playing like pussies and play with an attitude....

[Ohtaniland]

[Jay]

After their mini hot streak the Angels are playing .500 in their last 8 games.  More in line with expectations.

[Angelsjunky]

After their mini hot streak the Angels are playing .500 in their last 8 games.  More in line with expectations.

 

Don't be such an Eeyore. The Angels are a very good team. According to Fangraphs' Expected Run Differential, they're the second best team so far after the Athletics - and the difference between the two is much smaller than between the Angels and #3, the Cardinals.

[Jay]

That's awesome. Too bad they don't award the pennant to the team with the 2nd highest expected run differential or whatever.

[Glen]

Let's get pantherian!

[The Dude]

Let's get pantherian!

That would have been a hit for Danger Danger in the late 80's.

[HaloMagic]

Expected run differential - figuring out what games you should and shouldn't have won by figuring out what runs you should or shouldn't have scored. So it's all fake. Nice.

[Guest]

That's awesome. Too bad they don't award the pennant to the team with the 2nd highest expected run differential or whatever.

Agreed.

A good case could be made for awarding manager of the year to the managere of the team with the highest Wins above expected wins (based on expected run differential), though

Edited May 31, 2014 by ScottLux

[Glen]

Cool thread, brah.

[krAbs]

After their mini hot streak the Angels are playing .500 in their last 8 games.  More in line with expectations.

After their mini hot streak the Athetics are playing .375 in their last 8 games.  More in line with expectations.

 

i feel like baseless optimism and pessimism are both equally trivial and boring...

[ten ocho recon scout]

Stop playing like pussies and play with an attitude....

they should play with the same attitude and swagger as the dodgers, or the red sox.

How are those guys doing anyway? I havent seen, but I bet theyre kicking ass with their attitude and all.

[ten ocho recon scout]

After their mini hot streak the Angels are playing .500 in their last 8 games. More in line with expectations.

they still have like the 3rd best record in the league though.

Aside from Oakland (who weve been almost as good as) , and the giants, there really arent too many teams running away with anything so far.

[tdawg87]

Don't be such an Eeyore. The Angels are a very good team. According to Fangraphs' Expected Run Differential, they're the second best team so far after the Athletics - and the difference between the two is much smaller than between the Angels and #3, the Cardinals.

 

Remember when the Angels outperformed the pantherian standings for like 10 straight years and we all thought it was a joke?

 

That was pretty cool.

[Lou]

After their mini hot streak the Angels are playing .500 in their last 8 games.  More in line with expectations.

 

Why are the last 6 games (3-3) more telling than the last 21 games (14-7) ?