Straight Up Terrible Execution Offensively Thus Far...

[CaliAngel]

I know it's only game 2, but from what I've seen the past 2 days, we're right back in mid-season "going through the motions" form as far as our bats are concerned.

 

Watching pitches right down the pipe, then swinging at pitches out of the strike zone and hittlng little piddlers that are barely even managing to make it to the infielders.

 

Not saying they can't turn it around, but this is not looking promising at all. Nobody is looking like they can even make good contact with the ball right now. 

[Troll Daddy]

That's all you got?

[fan_since79]

"chopper to third..."

"ground ball to short, he underhands it to second and on to first for the double play..."

"pop up, first baseman calls for it and gloves it..."

"SWING and a miss at a low breaking ball, Strike Three!"

 

Same old, same old...

 

 

 

 

 

[Chimi]

No surprise here.  This is Angels baseball in April for you.  It's been like this for a while now.

[Docwaukee]

i don't understand how, regardless of the count, a team can collectively make such weak contact.  

[CaliAngel]

That's all you got?

 

 

What do you want me to do, go apeshit after the 2nd game of the season?

 

I'm just saying what we're seeing is not very encouraging. Did we even improve the team from last year? It seems like we're worse!

 

Each year I hope to see SOME kind of improvement, and I don't know how they do it, but the past couple years they look exactly as they did the season before, and exactly how they're going to look throughout the rest of this season, right out of the gate. I guess what I'm saying is please fire Scioscia lol.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Repeat after me: "I will not believe in spring training stats again..."

[jimbo]

What did you expect this offense, hell any offense for that matter, to do against Jake and Lester?

[AngelsFanSince86]

All I have to say is Angels fans are disappointing. Sick of going to games and knowing Tampa Bay games are likely louder despite half the crowd.  These last 2 games have been especially bad.  Usually they will cheer when prompted by "Get Loud" or "Make Some Noise", but so far nothing.  Yesterday the game was over pretty quick so I can sort of understand, but today there was a chance until that 3rd HR.  Its one thing to not attend a game cause you are pissed at Arte.  If you are going to put the money in his pockets and buy his seats, beer, and food then open your **** mouth and give your Angels some love.  

[WallyWorld]

What did you expect this offense, hell any offense for that matter, to do against Jake and Lester?

It's one thing to lose to those guys, it's another to look absolutely pathetic while doing so. Go watch a good offense face a top shelf pitch - at the very least they come with an approach and make them work.

[Reveille1984]

Why would you expect improvement?  It basically IS the same team as last year offensively with Pujols a year older, Escobar coming off an unsustainable BABIP at age 33 and Simmons who is even worse offensively than Aybar.  Throw in the rest of the turds like Gio, Nava, Gentry, Perez, and Cron and this is what we have to work with.

[Second Base]

It's just two games. Let's keep some perspective here people. As for the offense, I like the way the middle of the order lines up with Trout, Pujols, Cron and Calhoun successively, I like Escobar as a leadoff hitter, and I like the contact tendencies across the board. Yeah they sucked against the Cubs and yeah it was highlighted because the Cubs offense is freakin' spectacular.

But it will all be ok.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Ive been about as negative as anyone here, and dont have a whole lot of hope for anything more than 3rd place this year. That said, the team is better than these first 2 games. And the cubs are built like a video game team. It is what it is, nothing to get too crazy over.

[Angelsfirst]

They play in April the same way they do in October. Offense goes to sleep and the pitching is horrible.

[Redondo]

Repeat after me: "I will not believe in spring training stats again..."

 

Thanks for reminding me, ugh

[Tyler]

Got beat by a team much more talented than the Angels. 

[Taylor]

Got beat by a team much more talented than the Angels. 

 

Just got to tip our caps and turn the page.

[Troll Daddy]

Repeat after me: "I will not believe in spring training stats again..."

Repeat after me: I will not believe in stats two games into the season.

[Angel Oracle]

Only two games, but there have been a lot of pitches taken down the middle so far.    Wonder what that is all about. 

[Billy_Ball]

What did you expect this offense, hell any offense for that matter, to do against Jake and Lester?

 

Imagine if the Cubbies threw Henry Rowengartner out there.

[Angel Oracle]

"Get out there, Rowengardenhose!" 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Imagine if the Cubbies threw Henry Rowengartner out there.

daniel stern was probably still better than butcher.

[Quinlanforthewin]

What did you expect this offense, hell any offense for that matter, to do against Jake and Lester?

 

 

Lester is a very good pitcher, but if you're team expects to compete for a playoff spot I would expect the offense to be able to at least get a few solid hits at least off of him.  He's not Arrieta. 

[itsTroutahere]

Only two games, but there have been a lot of pitches taken down the middle so far.    Wonder what that is all about. 

 

I witnessed two great pitchers putting on a clinic, not many down the middle most were painted on the corners and expanded the strike zone.

 

The few that were down the middle certainly made the Angels hitters look bad.

[Broad Street]

I disagree with the notion that the Angels are making weak contact. There's been some hard hit balls in both games, in fact, a couple were by Trout. One was right at the 2nd baseman, and another was a nice liner into right. Keep some perspective, we're not going to go out there and score only 170 runs this year.