Angels Must Sweep A's

[nando714]

No doubt about it. No way to spin. Season is currently on life support.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Haha.  Season is over.
 

I've stopped watching.   My life has improved greatly.  

[tdawg87]

They won't.

[Lhalo]

I just looked at Gray's Sports Almanac. The Angels get swept by the A's.

[Guest]

Hopefully they get swept. High draft pick>>>>arbitrary # of wins.

[Angel Oracle]

I imagine a 1st round draft pick somewhere between spots 10-15.

That alone takes some of the sting of this total collapse away.

 

They would then keep that 1st round draft pick, no matter which player they sign first and foremost.

Signing both Cespedes and either Price or Cueto would still allow them to keep the 2nd round draft pick too.   

Edited August 31, 2015 by Angel Oracle

[greginpsca]

Time to shit or get off the pot.   32 games left.   25 against the west.   11 games against the 2 teams ahead of them in the  w/c.  [ Texas and Twins].  3.5 games away from a w/c spot.

Edited August 31, 2015 by greginpsca

[nando714]

Time to shit or get off the pot. 32 games left. 25 against the west. 11 games against the 2 teams ahead of them in the w/c. [ Texas and Twins]. 3.5 games away from a w/c spot.

This

[gurn67]

Jim Mora Sr. is surprised by this thread.

[Sully151]

I just looked at Gray's Sports Almanac. The Angels get swept by the A's.

Impressive. Especially since Biff's only went until 2000.

[Jay]

Even if they do sweep the A's, and somehow eke out a wild card spot.

 

What makes you think they'll show up in the wild card game?

 

Who would be our starting pitcher?

 

Good Weaver or bad?

Good Richards or bad?

Good Santiago or bad?

Good Heaney or bad?

Good Shoemaker or bad?

Edited August 31, 2015 by Jay

[70runner]

Not a chance.  Gray pitches Wed. 

 

Turn-the-page mentality has taken full control of the Angels, from Scioscia's blank stares to Pujols giggling it up at 1B while getting pasted by the other team.

[Guest]

Impressive. Especially since Biff's only went until 2000.

Heh, I'm actually watching BttF II on AMC right now. 

[Guest]

Hopefully they get swept. High draft pick>>>>arbitrary # of wins.

The way the draft is set up in baseball, basketball and other major sports is shamefully anti competitive IMO.

There is no reason the worst team in baseball should get both a higher pick and 18% more bonus money than the second worst (and similarly huge differences down the line).

Pick order being based on reverse standings is OK but the massive difference in bonus money is ridiculous.

The bottom 20 teams are equally not in the playoffs as each other, they shouldn't so handsomely reward tanking games (kills the entertainment of watching individual games)

Edited August 31, 2015 by ScottLux

[fan_since79]

Yep, Gray pitches Wednesday.

 

No sweep. At least not from our side. The way we've apparently checked out, an A's sweep is not out of the question.

[Guest]

Even if we sweep Oakland I refuse to get buttercupped again with yet another too little too late end of season hot streak. I'll only change my tune If we start sweeping the Astros and/or Rangers.

Edited August 31, 2015 by ScottLux

[TroutField]

Yeah, more power to you for staying positive but this team just isn't any good ,man. The offense is brutal, pitching is questionable at best and super inconsistent. The bullpen is absolutely awful outside of street and smith (who hasn't been the same). I was just thinking about what a bummer this season has been because the offseason will be here soon and we all will be wishing for some baseball.

Edited August 31, 2015 by AngelintheTroutfield

[Inside Pitch]

Will the sweep or being swept help them find their next GM?   That's really all I care about.

[Angel Oracle]

Or a new Director's position being filled, from which a competent GM would hopefully be hired.