Since THE trade

[Erstad Grit]

Grilli - 6 innings, 2.62 era, 1.167 whip

 

Ernesto- 4 innings, 13.50 era, 2.25 whip (plus 2 walks today)

 

 

[tdawg87]

Grilli hasn't allowed an ER with the Angels yet.

[Hollyw00d]

Pirateswin was so excited too

[tennischmp]

It doesn't really matter what Frieri is doing. He could have been traded for a bucket of balls. As long as Grilli is helping the team and not hurting than the trade is a win. Small sample size though

[tennischmp]

His ERA is 0 btw since going the Angels

[Redondo]

So far, so good.

[Jeff M]

Frieri would have had another ER and a loss if not for a stellar play by Polanco tonight, throwing out Santiago at the plate trying to score from second on a single by Bruce.

[Taylor]

Grilli hasn't allowed an ER with the Angels yet.

 

...until tomorrow, when he allows 4 runs in 1/3 IP.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Didn't take Frieri long to introduce Pirate fans to his specialty, the game-winning walk off home run.

 

Honestly I feel bad for the guy. He was the best we had in the pen for a while, then the bottom fell out.

[Chris]

the piece

[gurn67]

Since THE trade 12-4

Since THE DFA   18-4

 

Thank you Jerry for taking two of Mike's toys away from him. I just wish you had done it a few weeks sooner.

[Chris]

Jerry deserves some credit for getting his last few moves right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

well, most of the moves

[gurn67]

He was on a long down streak, but lately he's been doing the addition by subtraction thing and it's been working wonderfully.

[Guest]

Ernesto has a killer 2nd pitch though. 

[ukyah]

He was on a long down streak, but lately he's been doing the addition by subtraction thing and it's been working wonderfully.

 

 

this and he's added some key contributors.

[seenoevil]

The genius of Jerry

[Jay]

Dipoto definitely deserves props for this one.

[Redondo]

Since THE trade 12-4

Since THE DFA   18-4

 

Thank you Jerry for taking two of Mike's toys away from him. I just wish you had done it a few weeks sooner.

 

Amazing how MS gets so locked in on using certain players no matter how poorly they are playing.

 

It's like an addiction and MS is powerless, sad really.

[tomsred]

Amazing how MS gets so locked in on using certain players no matter how poorly they are playing.

 

It's like an addiction and MS is powerless, sad really.

Look at it this way, he's probably trying to accelerate the process of seeing if any life is left in those players.

[70runner]

In 6yrs, Scioscia will bring Pujols to the plate in a wheelchair, still hitting 3rd

[Stradling]

In 6yrs, Scioscia will bring Pujols to the plate in a wheelchair, still hitting 3rd

Yep, and the Angels will have one of the best records in baseball and you will be here to bitch about it. Awesome really. Your commitment to the Angels is similar to Mikes commitment to veterans, oh and winning.

[gurn67]

Yep, and the Angels will have one of the best records in baseball and you will be here to bitch about it. Awesome really. Your commitment to the Angels is similar to Mikes commitment to veterans, oh and winning.

Sorry, but just because the team is playing well now, I'm not going to forget the last four seasons of slow starts, uninspired baseball, frequent clueless lineups and bullpen decisions. This team was a combined 18 games over .500 and 43 games out of first the last four years from a roster that was predicted to finish first in at least 3 if not all 4 of those years. If I'm a Royals fan, I'll take those numbers. However, as an Angels' fan, and with the commitment Arte has shown to spend beyond what most owners feel is necessary to provide the fans a winning ballclub, I'm going to bitch about it when the team should have won more games.

[Stradling]

No you're just going to blame the manager and not the players.

[Broad Street]

Damm jinx thread