Angels haven't played like this in years

[mp170.6]

The all-around team effort tonight, the passion, the energy, even in spite of Street's injury, to ensure we won -- is something we haven't seen an Angels team do in years. 

 

Great job guys!  Just think how many games they could win if they played like this 50% of the season!

[Tyler]

They were pretty awesome after Richards went down...

[Glen]

They played this well earlier in the year.

[fan_since79]

David Freese channeling his inner 2011 Game 6.

 

Impressive, clutch home run tonight!

[mp170.6]

They were pretty awesome after Richards went down...

 

You mean last year?

[mp170.6]

I guess what I mean is the urgency has FINALLY occurred to them.  It's either now or never. 

[Second Base]

Just some musings....

 

1. Trout is amazing, and he plays like this practically all the time. 

2. C.J. Cron has really come into his own as a player.  He's the second best hitter on the Angels, including Calhoun and Pujols. 

3. David Freese is playing like he wants to be paid a lot more money next year.

4. If Pujols and Calhoun actually start hitting the ball, we might be a dangerous team. 

5. Gott has been a Godsend, and Morin couldn't have found himself at a better time.  Hopefully we can mix and match to find something that works. 

[DEVLBAT]

They just need to keep winning series and they're in it. 

 

(I don't recall their record off hand against the A's and Rangers, but they seemed to have dominated them the whole year.  Am I wrong on that?)

[101halo]

Just some musings....

1. Trout is amazing, and he plays like this practically all the time.

2. C.J. Cron has really come into his own as a player. He's the second best hitter on the Angels, including Calhoun and Pujols.

3. David Freese is playing like he wants to be paid a lot more money next year.

4. If Pujols and Calhoun actually start hitting the ball, we might be a dangerous team.

5. Gott has been a Godsend, and Morin couldn't have found himself at a better time. Hopefully we can mix and match to find something that works.

Really don't understand your continual over-rating of Cron, especially in light of you typically being very savvy with stats. In the last 30 days where Cron has been much better, he still has a .298 OBP. I don't seem to remember you having the same irrational love of Trumbo, despite Cron being essentially a clone of him with slightly less power. Edited September 27, 2015 by 101halo

[TroutField]

Really don't understand your continual over-rating of Cron, especially in light of you typically being very savvy with stats. In the last 30 days where Cron has been much better, he still has a .298 OBP. I don't seem to remember you having the same irrational love of Trumbo, despite Cron being essentially a clone of him with slightly less power.

You can't look at overall numbers with Cron. It has really been a tale of two seasons with this guy. I'm too lazy and don't care enough to look up the stats but his last 2 months have been stellar, especially getting on base.

[101halo]

You can't look at overall numbers with Cron. It has really been a tale of two seasons with this guy. I'm too lazy and don't care enough to look up the stats but his last 2 months have been stellar, especially getting on base.

Did you bother reading my post? I usually wouldn't be such a dick, but if you're going to correct me with wrong info, you kind of asked for it. He has a .298 OBP in September. That's not "stellar." He was better in July and August, yes, when he was getting on base around .370. In neither month was his BB rare above 6%, though. It was fully fueled by an unsustainably high BABIP given his lack of speed and line drive rate that look like outliers based on everything else he's done.

All of that supports exactly what I said, he's Trumbo. We'll all get stoked when he gets hot and think it's the new "real" him, when it's just a function of both of their approaches leading to massively streaky results. I really liked Trumbo, just as I like Cron. But neither is anything more than an average player that will have really fun power streaks from time to time.

Edited September 27, 2015 by 101halo

[TroutField]

Did you bother reading my post? I usually wouldn't be such a dick, but if you're going to correct me with wrong info, you kind of asked for it. He has a .298 OBP in September. That's not "stellar." He was better in July and August, yes, when he was getting on base around .370. In neither month was his BB rare above 6%, though. It was fully fueled by an unsustainably high BABIP given his lack of speed and line drive rate that look like outliers based on everything else he's done.

All of that supports exactly what I said, he's Trumbo. We'll all get stoked when he gets hot and think it's the new "real" him, when it's just a function of both of their approaches leading to massively streaky results. I really liked Trumbo, just as I like Cron. But neither is anything more than an average player that will have really fun power streaks from time to time.

You said "he still has a .298 OBP" I thought you meant overall not just IN SEPTEMBER. Maybe you should mean what you say so people know what you're talking about. Talk about over react... Wtf lol

[101halo]

You said "he still has a .298 OBP" I thought you meant overall not just IN SEPTEMBER. Maybe you should mean what you say so people know what you're talking about. Talk about over react... Wtf lol

"In the last 30 days..." not sure how I could've been more clear. Sorry to be a jerk, just don't like being told I'm wrong when I'm quoting hard facts.

[Homebrewer]

Too bad it is the end of September.

Too bad we have to send Weaver out there with his 7-12 4.86 era today.

That should burn the pen up nicely for the final week, without the closer available.

Too little too late, but yeah...its good... and also kinda sad... to see the team motivated and playing the kind of baseball they should have been playing all season long.

[Blarg]

Too bad you are still following the team since you don't seem to like what you see.

 

 

Oh, and... Mike Scioscia

[Homebrewer]

Too bad you are still folowing me...and others...feeling that you must be the holy thought police.

Oh, and Scioscia sucks.

[fan_since79]

In fairness to Weaver, he's much better at the Big A than on the road. Different as night and day, actually.

[Homebrewer]

That could also be a night time marine layer thing..

What's the weather like down there today for the day game?

If it's warm day the fly balls are gonna carry, and that's where he gets in trouble.

[fan_since79]

It will be very warm out there today.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

We're a half game behind Houston and three games off the division lead. Two weeks ago I would have said that our chances were dead. Who is this team, and where have they been all season?

[AngelsFanSince86]

Really don't understand your continual over-rating of Cron, especially in light of you typically being very savvy with stats. In the last 30 days where Cron has been much better, he still has a .298 OBP. I don't seem to remember you having the same irrational love of Trumbo, despite Cron being essentially a clone of him with slightly less power.

 

Cron has been awesome.  Nobody is saying he is up there with the likes of Trout, Goldy, Cabrera, Harper, etc.

 

He IS the second best hitter on the team.  Even in the month of September despite having low OBP and AVG has still posted an OPS near .800 and has 20 RBI in about as many games.  Some guys are high OBP guys.  Cron hits those guys in.  Realize how poor this team has been the past few years in getting players in and that is where Cron gets a lot of his value.  Since coming back up he has posted an OPS of .876.  Trumbo's best year he posted an .808 OPS.  Cron has a .761 OPS on the year even after starting the year with a .505 OPS in the first 2 months.  Without Cron hitting his stride Angels are not in it right now.  No he is not one of the best hitters in the league, but he is good.  He is better than anything else the Angels have offensively except Trout. 

[Troll Daddy]

Scioscia ball is back ... Angels are playing aggressively on the base path. This style of play keeps the players pumped up. It doesn't always work in your favor but I loved how Gia took second base last night on a single.

Reckless abandon ... I luv it!

[Inside Pitch]

Really don't understand your continual over-rating of Cron, especially in light of you typically being very savvy with stats. In the last 30 days where Cron has been much better, he still has a .298 OBP. I don't seem to remember you having the same irrational love of Trumbo, despite Cron being essentially a clone of him with slightly less power.

 

They really have been clones this season...   

CJ Cron - .266/.303/.457

Trumbo - .260/.307/.453

 

 

Cron has been awesome.  Nobody is saying he is up there with the likes of Trout, Goldy, Cabrera, Harper, etc.

 

He IS the second best hitter on the team.  Even in the month of September despite having low OBP and AVG has still posted an OPS near .800 and has 20 RBI in about as many games.  Some guys are high OBP guys.  Cron hits those guys in.  Realize how poor this team has been the past few years in getting players in and that is where Cron gets a lot of his value.  Since coming back up he has posted an OPS of .876.  Trumbo's best year he posted an .808 OPS.  Cron has a .761 OPS on the year even after starting the year with a .505 OPS in the first 2 months.  Without Cron hitting his stride Angels are not in it right now.  No he is not one of the best hitters in the league, but he is good.  He is better than anything else the Angels have offensively except Trout. 

 

 

I'm not an RBI guy, but Cron does have a minor league history of being an RBI machine...  At the same time, he's been pretty putrid with RISP this season, .619 OPS.  Much better with men on -- but still nothing really amazing, .760 OPS.

Maybe we need to start calling him White Joe Carter.

Edited September 28, 2015 by Inside Pitch

[DMVol]

It wouldn't hurt my feelings to have Cron at 1b and Trumbo in LF....but I'd rather have Skaggs and Santiago right now....