The Official 2017 Major League Baseball Thread

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Randal Grichuk .198/.278/.375/.653

[Homebrewer]

Albert Pujols .190/ .269/.362/.631

 

Just sayin..

[Dick B Back]

Sean O'Sullivan continues to hang around. Starting today for Boston against the A's.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Harper  .252/.433/.602/1.035

He has been walking a lot but not many hits of late.

[ScottT]

1 hour ago, Ace_TommyJohn said:

Harper  .252/.433/.602/1.035

He has been walking a lot but not many hits of late.

He also handed a jar of money to a homeless lady.

Not sure that is the best approach, but it's good to know he's not always a jackass.  

[Angel Oracle]

I'd be happy with the M's breaking their 14 year post-season drought, especially if it meant keeping Tejas out of it.

[OregonLAA]

Freese leading off today. Interesting 

[nando714]

I'm over baseball already 

[m0nkey]

Scherzer has 19 strikeouts and there's 1 out in the 9th

[m0nkey]

20 with 2 outs in the 9th

[Chuck]

Props to Scherzer! The guy threw 95 strikes over 9 innings against his former team. 

I was hoping he would break the record and get 21 K's.

 

[WeatherWonk]

1 hour ago, elixir said:

Ianetta is money ball. "he gets on base"

Dipoto got him for the Angels. Dipoto realized that last year's stats were an aberration. 

Iannetta will be back around his career .370 OBP. 

[arch stanton]

Kershaw now 77 K's to 4 BB's. Nice ratio

[Homebrewer]

I'm guessing here... that one of the  reasons Seattle is playing so much better isn't all on Dipoto.

The "Anti-Scioscia", one Mr Scott Servais, might have a little something to do with the new attitude up there. His managerial career is off to a pretty nice start.

Of course Dipoto brought him in, so there's that too.

 Ain't it great how the Angels cast off future managers in favor of the dinosaur?

[Angel Oracle]

I would be leery of Servais' beginning though.   He has mainly a scouting background.  

When the Halos did the same thing in 1969 (former scout Lefty Phillips replacing the fired Bill Rigney), it worked into August 1970 and then the wheels started falling off in September 1970 (some 10 games under .500 for the month after being some 20 games over .500), and that was followed by a 76-86 season in 1971 punctuated with several clubhouse issues.   Phillips was fired after the 1971 season.

[Stradling]

On May 12, 2016 at 6:03 PM, OregonLAA said:

Freese leading off today. Interesting 

Imagine the shit storm here if Sosh penciled Freese in the lead off spot?

[Stradling]

On May 12, 2016 at 7:15 PM, elixir said:

Ianetta is money ball. "he gets on base"

Except last year

[Pujols4MVP]

Matt Bush was called up by the Rangers. The guy who was in jail for 3 years & former 1st overall pick in 2004.

Throws a 100 mph fastball. Great numbers in AA this season.

[Angel Oracle]

Good to see Matt Bush reinvent himself from a shortstop into a pitcher

Hard to believe he's 30 already

[Pujols4MVP]

1 minute ago, Angel Oracle said:

Good to see Matt Bush reinvent himself from a shortstop into a pitcher

Hard to believe he's 30 already

I bet he's already best pals with Hamilton lol.

[Angel Oracle]

Imagine if the Pads had selected Weave, and he would have signed.    Petco Park + Weave = WOW.

He helped to christen Petco Park in a March 2004 college baseball tourney.   He proceeded to allow one hit vs UCLA, and strike out 15 in 8 inn.  

Edited May 13, 2016 by Angel Oracle

[Homebrewer]

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

I would be leery of Servais' beginning though.   He has mainly a scouting background.  

When the Halos did the same thing in 1969 (former scout Lefty Phillips replacing the fired Bill Rigney), it worked into August 1970 and then the wheels started falling off in September 1970 (some 10 games under .500 for the month after being some 20 games over .500), and that was followed by a 76-86 season in 1971 punctuated with several clubhouse issues.   Phillips was fired after the 1971 season.

Mainly a scouting background??

Dude..

Servais was a ML Catcher for a long time....he knows how the game is played on the field.

Lefty Phillips?  Really.. how does he even get into this conversation? The guy never played.

I generally respect your opinion, but you are way out in LF, hell, you're in the parking lot on this one.

[Angel Oracle]

That is true of course that Servais played for years, and hey it wouldn't be the first time I've gone out to LF.

But had he ever coached in pro or college ball before?     While the team will likely respect him because of the playing background (unlike Phillips), how will he handle clubhouse issues now being on the other side of the fence?    Maybe Phillips wasn't the best comparison, just the most remembered, but there's still some doubt in my mind.  

[Homebrewer]

Always the skeptic..

But fair enough..

[OregonLAA]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Imagine the shit storm here if Sosh penciled Freese in the lead off spot?

It's funny. You know I don't think Scioscia is fit for the job anymore but how he constructs the lineup is something I've never had a problem with. The whole Pujols thing is tired. The only way the Angels get to the playoffs this year is if Albert produces. It doesn't matter where he hits. Calhoun or Cron hitting 4th isn't getting us to the playoffs