What are you looking forward to seeing in the 2nd half of the season?

[Chuck]

Besides the Angels winning ball games, here's mine:

• Mike Trout (duh). But to expand on that, I'd love to see him post a .1000 OPS with a 30/30 season. I think this is well within his grasp if he keeps this up on the base paths. (15 SB's)
• Shoemaker, Skaggs & Santiago have a great second half (especially if we're not going to trade Santiago).
• Trade Escobar for a good pitching or outfield prospect.
• Huston Street reels off a bunch of save opportunities, lowers his ERA, boosts his trade value. 
• Acquire a young active or close prospect left fielder at or before the deadline.
• Watch Bandy and hope he continues to be productive at the plate and stellar behind the dish.
• Nate Smith gets promoted and holds his own in his first taste of the big leagues.
• Lincecum pitch well over the next few starts, boosting his trade value for the deadline or in August. 
• Jered Weaver finish his career with a bang, delivering a bunch of quality starts. 
• Albert Pujols finishes with a respectable slash line and hit 25+ HR, 100 RBI.
• Bedrosian grabs the closer job by the horns and doesn't let go. We find a gem on the current roster or farm system to be our setup man. 
• C.J. Cron & Garrett Richards come back sooner than expected and finish off the season strong. (reloads pipe, takes more puffs)
• Andrelton Simmons continues to hit better while wooing his critics with his incredible defense. 
• Our draft class and some key prospects have a great end to the season, boosting their prospect value. 

 

[John Stellman]

17 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Besides the Angels winning ball games, here's mine:

• Mike Trout (duh). But to expand on that, I'd love to see him post a .1000 OPS with a 30/30 season. I think this is well within his grasp if he keeps this up on the base paths. (15 SB's)
• Shoemaker, Skaggs & Santiago have a great second half (especially if we're not going to trade Santiago).
• Trade Escobar for a good pitching or outfield prospect.
• Huston Street reels off a bunch of save opportunities, lowers his ERA, boosts his trade value. 
• Acquire a young active or close prospect left fielder at or before the deadline.
• Watch Bandy and hope he continues to be productive at the plate and stellar behind the dish.
• Nate Smith gets promoted and holds his own in his first taste of the big leagues.
• Lincecum pitch well over the next few starts, boosting his trade value for the deadline or in August. 
• Jered Weaver finish his career with a bang, delivering a bunch of quality starts. 
• Bedrosian grabs the closer job by the horns and doesn't let go. We find a gem on the current roster or farm system to be our setup man. 
• C.J. Cron & Garrett Richards come back sooner than expected and finish off the season strong. (reloads pipe, takes more puffs)
• Andrelton Simmons continues to hit better while wooing his critics with his incredible defense. 
• Our draft class and some key prospects have a great end to the season, boosting their prospect value. 

 

...And Mike Scioscia is Manager of the Year!

[Ohtaniland]

10/2 Sun 12:35PM Astros Fan Appreciation/2016 Team Photo

 

Appreciating the Astros fans is on my list of things. 

[Turd Ferguson]

The end of it.

[tdawg87]

Weaver and Lincecum saying "Fuck it" and smoking a joint on the mound while they're pitching. 

[beatlesrule]

I just hope it's not another Chuck Finley deadline fiasco all over again. They have just got to trade as many veterans as possible and let these young kids play.

Oh sorry, that's what I'm looking forward to.

[Homebrewer]

1 hour ago, Turd Ferguson said:

The end of it.

That, and the Cubs in the WS.

[kevinb]

If we are at an all time low. Why do u want to see the Angels players play awesome now? To finish in 4th or 3rd instead of fifth only worsen the ability to sign a top 5 draft pick. The Angels are horrible right now what's the point let them finish dead last and sign the number 1 pick. 

[Angelsfan1984]

An interim coach named bud black.

[Troll Daddy]

Looking forward to watching Shoemaker pitch.

Looking forward to watching Skaggs pitch again.

Looking forward to some good news on Richards. 

Looking forward to watching Bandy improve as a player. 

Looking forward to watching Cowart play if Escobar gets traded.

Looking forward to winning more games than losses.

 

[Angel Oracle]

52 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

That, and the Cubs in the WS.

Cubs vs Indians, with all of that pitching, would be a fun WS.

[Homebrewer]

Cubs need to re-find some mojo.

Now it's time for Maddon to really earn his reputation and money.

[Chris]

trading Joe Smith for a prospect

seeing what Matt Thaiss does

seeing our prospect list revamped including this year's draft

Trout going for top 2 in MVP again

 

 

[gurn67]

Hopefully, finding a team desperate enough to overpay for one of our available veterans. Also, since we're going to miss the playoffs, finishing with one of the 10 worst records would be nice so at least we can sign one free agent without losing the pick.

[eligrba4ever]

I love Chuckster's wish list for the second half. If the Angels hit on all of them, it's a World Series for sure. On the other hand ... 

Lowering my sights just a bit, I want the Angels to win enough games to catch up with and then pass Seattle. That sounds like third place and no postseason. I'd hate to part with Escobar, but if Billy does, I'm OK with it. But it seems like it has been sooo long since the Angels had a competent leadoff batter who wasn't named Trout or Calhoun.

 

[WeatherWonk]

Scioscia finally shown the door.

Of course, in the Moreno MO, Scioscia goes to the D-backs as manager.........and Arte pays for a part of his salary through 2018.

[Angel Oracle]

Pretty much a mix of the previous responses for me, it would be nice to have a decent 2nd half while still having a top 10 protected draft pick in 2017.

[CanadianHalo]

Looking forward to seeing my fantasy team win it all!

[ten ocho recon scout]

6 hours ago, Turd Ferguson said:

The end of it.

Dammit...opened this link just to write that.

[Troll Daddy]

I'm never looking forward to the end of baseball season. 

[Blarg]

Yeah,  the all star break is long enough without a game. 

[Chuck]

F the Cubs. I'm going for the Mets or Giants vs. the Indians.

[Pujols4MVP]

I'd like to see all tradable assets perform well so they can trade Calhoun, Santiago, Escobar.

The teams scouting is questionable & since year is lost, would like to see them finish with at least the top3 pick in each round of the 2017 draft as that would greatly speed up the repair of the farm system.

How much could they get for Bedrosian ? They can always develop more relievers who will be ready by 2018/2019.

With how miserable this season has been, they should at least get a top3 pick so they can draft something better than a catcher that failed.

 

[eligrba4ever]

If the Angels ain't in the postseason. It's Giants all the way! Besides, it's an even year so it's a lock for SF.

[Chuck]

52 minutes ago, cezero said:

crying a lot with my fellow sufferers here on aw

where's carmpknees?

@Kurt Swanson <-------