Gameday Thread: 4/14 Angels @ Royals

[Mean Spirited]

Should Cole have let that drop foul?

[DMVol]

Why not give Meyer five starts and see what happens?  He's 27/28, been hyped forever...give him his shot and if he bombs, put him in the pen and move on....

[IIIII]

we knew it was going to be bad, but this bad...wow

Coming for the number 30 rank.

[nando714]

This team is god awful.

at least I enjoyed a week and a half of it 

 

[bloodbrother]

3 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

He'll probably go, what, maybe another inning?

Yeah, A little over 4 innings is about what we can expect from Angels starters.

[jsnpritchett]

6 minutes ago, DMVol said:

Why not give Meyer five starts and see what happens?  He's 27/28, been hyped forever...give him his shot and if he bombs, put him in the pen and move on....

Yeah, I agree.  Don't have much to lose.  It's not like random schmoes like Ramirez or Guerra are going to give you much.

[nando714]

3 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

Yeah, A little over 4 innings is about what we can expect from Angels starters.

Leave him out there. Game is over anyway. We're not touching Duffy. Rest the pen for tomorrow's 4 inning game

[Waybackman]

4 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

Yeah, A little over 4 innings is about what we can expect from Angels starters.

He's not a starter. We need to bring in the bullpen to bail out the bullpen.

[jchalos89]

JC's fastball has tons of movements with 95-97mph velocity. He should have been more aggressive early on. Instead of throwing bunch of pitches out of the zone and forced to put in the middle of plate and get smoked

[Ohtaniland]

This whole thread is about how crappy our pitching is but our hitting is still atrocious. 

[nando714]

1 minute ago, CALZONE said:

This whole thread is about how crappy our pitching is but our hitting is still atrocious. 

Pujols trying to hit a homer every time up is annoying

[jchalos89]

1 minute ago, CALZONE said:

This whole thread is about how crappy our pitching is but our hitting is still atrocious. 

Well we have #1,2,3 hitters and from #4 to #9, we have automatic out machines. It's just the same as 2015 and 2016. Just another awful Angels offense. At least Simba has been hot early in the season 

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, CALZONE said:

This whole thread is about how crappy our pitching is but our hitting is still atrocious. 

Hey, but Espinosa has 12 ribbies!

[Ohtaniland]

20 minutes ago, nando714 said:

Pujols trying to hit a homer every time up is annoying

He's home in KC so he has to flex his muscles in front of his luxury box circle of friends.

[bloodbrother]

Took the team a while but they are now at peak April Angels baseball

[jchalos89]

I have been thinking that Pujols shouldn't be the clean up hitter for like 3-4 years now but when i think  "so who should be hitting behind Trout in this team?" I can't come up with any answer. Damn this offense

[Troll Daddy]

Let's be fair ... Calhoun cost Ramirez two runs. 

[jchalos89]

Just now, Troll Daddy said:

Let's be fair ... Calhoun cost Ramirez two runs. 

Yup. Very unlikely. Calhoun usually saves runs on defensive end but not tonight. Also, JC allowed 1 extra run because Scoscia didn't review Alex Gordon's hit by pitch. If Angels asked for review on that wild pitch, they would have saved another run

[jchalos89]

Can't say JC pitched well, but looking back on those defensive mistakes and stolen run by Royals, he could have gotten his job done pretty well. Unlucky outing

[Ohtaniland]

2 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Let's be fair ... Calhoun cost Ramirez two runs. 

If they score 5 runs, we have to score 6. That's how this team is currently constructed. We won't get very many 2 run gems pitched by our staff. Our hitters need to pick up the tab every night. 

[NrM]

damn trout not looking good against this dude

[Mark68]

2 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

damn trout not looking good against this dude

Not many hitters do. Duffy's good.

[jchalos89]

Now Guerra has to go at least 2 innings. Gonna be a tough one. Well we need to score some runs anyways

[JustATroutFan]

8 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

damn trout not looking good against this dude

Trout owns Duffy, actually. 4 for 10 with a home run. One strikeout does not mean a thing. Everyone makes outs.

[jchalos89]

Damn this one was crushed