Gameday Thread: 8/1 vs. Phillies: Ramon Flores starting in RF

[jsnpritchett]

Yeah, I'd never heard of him, either.

 

[NachoPop]

Question is, "How many innings until Nolasco give up the first HR?"

[m0nkey]

His k:bb ratio looks good in AAA

[Troll Daddy]

Thunder storm yikes

[krAbs]

haha Unless he attacks his own team with a bat, its not like he can be much worse than Calhoun has been.

[stormngt]

12 minutes ago, krAbs said:

haha Unless he attacks his own team with a bat, its not like he can be much worse than Calhoun has

 

He can do worse he can bat like Espinosa.  Plus he cant produce as well as Calhoun can if he gets out of the slump.

[Docwaukee]

I think Ramon is a younger version of Efren Navarro.  No pop for a corner OF.  Hits over .300 at AAA with lots of BB and few k's.  Hopefully he plays good defense.  Runs decently well.  Too bad that Puello is hurt or I bet he'd have been the one to get the call.  But good luck to Ramon.  Hope he does well.  

[Second Base]

Flores is a left handed 4th OF type with good plate discipline and contact. He's the type of player you bring in as a pinch hitter if all you need is contact.

[Farmbuildingfan]

2 hours ago, NachoPop said:

Question is, "How many innings until Nolasco give up the first HR?"

If I was a gambler, I would realize that the odds are better than 50/50 he will give up a HR.

The odds are probably at least 50/50 he gives up more than one.

However, the chances of him giving up no HR's is slightly higher than predicting any given inning, so I will say he gives up no HR's

 

[JustATroutFan]

MS is weird. No way should Simmons bat behind Valbuena, let alone Pujols. 

[JustATroutFan]

#StartCron! He is way better against righties than lefties in his career.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

11 minutes ago, JustATroutFan said:

#StartCron! He is way better against righties than lefties in his career.

We won't face a lefty until Sunday. Unless Valbuena gets injured Cron is going to be blocked most days. Sucks.

[JustATroutFan]

11 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

We won't face a lefty until Sunday. Unless Valbuena gets injured Cron is going to be blocked most days. Sucks.

A lot of times, I wonder what he is thinking in his head. And it is a shame because he used to be a terrific manager. Pushed all the right buttons back in the day. 

[fan_since79]

Cron needs to learn how to hit from both sides, or he'll be on the outside looking in as long as Scioscia is here.

please don't let it be too long...

 

[eligrba4ever]

GO ANGELS!!! Go Ricky Nolasco!!

Start a real winning streak!! They're the Phillies for gosh sakes!!! Sweep them.

Go bullpen!!! Shake off the Buttercup disease.

Go Yunel, Mike, Albert, Luis, Simba, Ben, Machete, Ramon and Kaleb!!

Score more than baseball's worst team!!

Welcome aboard, Ramon Flores, BTW.

LET'S GET A WIN!!!

[Angels#1Fan]

Lets Go Halos!

[JustATroutFan]

Howie would no doubt be the Angels starting second baseman right now if he was still on the club. Sorry, Cowart, that's the truth.

[Tyler]

The weather is strange and look who is in town... Trout hitting 2 bombs tonight.

[fan_since79]

I don't like Scioscia as much as the next guy, but I don't think he was responsible for Kendrick leaving the Angels.

 

[beatlesrule]

5 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

I don't like Scioscia as much as the next guy, but I don't think he was responsible for Kendrick leaving the Angels.

 

He got traded for Heaney.  

[Taylor]

Scioscia pissed in Anaheim Bob's cheerios 10 years ago, and he hasn't forgotten.

[daygloman]

Go Halos!

[Season Over]

I love that the Huston Street setback was so expected that nobody bothered to start a thread about it.

[Taylor]

Nolasco not helping out his pitching with that defense.

[JustATroutFan]

In other unrelated Angels news, Howie with a 5 hit performance tonight.