Orange County Register: Angels Notes: Albert Pujols ramps it up

[AngelsWin.com]

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Albert Pujols will not be in the lineup when the Angels begin their Cactus League schedule on Wednesday, but Mike Scioscia said he expects him to play by this weekend.Pujols, who is coming back from right foot surgery, ran the bases...

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[HaloNArizona]

If we can get Albert in the line up, it will make us stronger.  We are still a fourth place team, third at the best, but Albert makes us more competitive.  It would be nice to see him ready to start the home opener.

[ten ocho recon scout]

I opened this expecting to see albert going up a wheelchair ramp after his foot surgery.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

I opened this expecting to see albert going up a wheelchair ramp after his foot surgery.

 

DONE!~

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Thanks! Im still too stupid to post pics on here, but thats exactly what i envisioned

[Second Base]

A little extreme calling the Angels a 4th place team. While I do acknowledge that most pundits are down on this team, it's undeniable we've improved, just not the way we needed to.

I remember Dipoto's first offseason here, we won that offseason. Everybody agreed. Every prediction you came across seemed to peg the Angels as a 95 win ball club. They'd won 87 the year before and he added so much firepower, it was a forgone conclusion this team would dominate. Except it didn't happen. What did we win, 76 games? I see a lot of that in the M's this offseason. They made a thousand transactions, found a new manager in our former AGM Scott Servais, and essentially rebuilt that team with brand new strengths and weaknesses. Dipoto won this offseason for the M's, and yet history looks bound to repeat itself, only in Seattle this time.

Winning the offseason does not equate winning the division. I don't think we'll win the division. Houston looks like a juggernaut ready to explode. But I do think that in a quiet, less obvious manner, this team has improved.

[IEAngelsfan]

DONE!~

 

 

Is that a watermelon flag behind him..........racist!

[tdawg87]

The boot is off!

[Ohtaniland]

He's going to be fine now. You'll see....

 

[Salty Shakas]

Well at least there is something to look forward to, could be worse news...

[Docwaukee]

As much as Albert has disappointed relative to what he was, this is the most important development for the 2016 season at this point.  

[Billy_Ball]

A little extreme calling the Angels a 4th place team. While I do acknowledge that most pundits are down on this team, it's undeniable we've improved, just not the way we needed to.

I remember Dipoto's first offseason here, we won that offseason. Everybody agreed. Every prediction you came across seemed to peg the Angels as a 95 win ball club. They'd won 87 the year before and he added so much firepower, it was a forgone conclusion this team would dominate. Except it didn't happen. What did we win, 76 games? I see a lot of that in the M's this offseason. They made a thousand transactions, found a new manager in our former AGM Scott Servais, and essentially rebuilt that team with brand new strengths and weaknesses. Dipoto won this offseason for the M's, and yet history looks bound to repeat itself, only in Seattle this time.

Winning the offseason does not equate winning the division. I don't think we'll win the division. Houston looks like a juggernaut ready to explode. But I do think that in a quiet, less obvious manner, this team has improved.

 

Angels won 89 games that year, but the 6-14 April (and Albert hitting under .200 with no homers) is what killed the season.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Angels won 89 games that year, but the 6-14 April (and Albert hitting under .200 with no homers) is what killed the season.

to a point, but there was plenty of blame that year. The SP was supposed to be a strength, but bad santana showed up and haren fell off a cliff from 2011. And the pen was brutal that year.

Sadly, weve had one good bullpen in the last 5 or 6 years.

[Glen]

I can't wait to see him hobbling to 1b.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I can't wait to see him hobbling to 1b.

 

But...but...best shape of his life! Ramping up for the start of the season!