The Official 2018 Major League Baseball Thread

[Dick B Back]

1 hour ago, hangin n wangin said:

Agree. Although this year the A's have impressed me a bit. I still see them floundering at some point though.

They’ll start floundering when they start selling off pieces just like they always do.

[Stradling]

19 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

CJ Cron has hit 3 of his homers in NYY/Bos/Tor/Bal.  

And the rest?  

[m0nkey]

15 minutes ago, The Boogie Man said:

And the rest?  

1 at boston

2 at baltimore

1 at Detroit

2 at KC

1 at Angels

1 at Oakland

1 at Washington

1 at Houston

1 at NYM

6 at home (1 against texas, 3 against the twins, 2 against the mariners)

[Stradling]

Thank you

[T.G.]

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24049347/mlb-hitters-explain-why-just-beat-shift

Beating the shift isn't easy... great insight from 3 current major leaguers.

[ten ocho recon scout]

27 minutes ago, True Grich said:

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24049347/mlb-hitters-explain-why-just-beat-shift

Beating the shift isn't easy... great insight from 3 current major leaguers.

Pretty interesting read.

We can disagree with the thought process, but coming from the guys actually doing it counts more than what we say. And im sure its not just the players, but coaches and front office people as well.

[Troll Daddy]

3 hours ago, The Boogie Man said:

I love when Gritty and Troll mark me as a troll.  It says a lot more about gritty than my post.  You two should get a room, cut out the middle man of trying to f me.  

Lol you are a Troll in case you didn’t know ... everyone else knows. 

[Blarg]

48 minutes ago, JarsOfClay said:

It's time to go back to the old approach that made the angels successful from 2002-2009.

What made the Angels successful in that time period was a combination of what the scouting department did 10 years previously and Arte spending up to the salary cap. 

So where we are at is the Angels moving from the 90's to the next decade in player development and aquisitions. 

[Stradling]

7 minutes ago, Blarg said:

What made the Angels successful in that time period was a combination of what the scouting department did 10 years previously and Arte spending up to the salary cap. 

So where we are at is the Angels moving from the 90's to the next decade in player development and aquisitions. 

Don’t forget talent, depth and a bullpen.  

[m0nkey]

Astros demote Giles to AAA

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

On 7/10/2018 at 10:24 AM, True Grich said:

The fact that anyone misses Cron at all, speaks volumes about the state of this team today.   The Angels really do suck right now.

I understand why we traded him, but he was never really given a full season to see how he would preform here. He's is getting that chance in TB. Sure he is streaky, so are a lot of players. At the end of the season he will have decent STATs though.

He was 3-4 again today, after going 3-4 two days ago. He already has his best season ever and it isn't even the AS break.

C.J. Cron .253/.326/.475/.801 - 18 HR - 46 RBI

OK, now everyone can tell me why he is no good or how he disappears for weeks at a time. I've hear it all before. The fact is is still better than what we kept.

Edited July 11, 2018 by Ace-Of-Diamonds

[rafibomb]

 

 

[T.G.]

I hear you @Ace-Of-Diamonds - I think most Angels fans would agree that he didn't get enough regular AB's.  He did net the Angels a nice return though. 

[Roy Hobbs]

23 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

Lol you are a Troll in case you didn’t know ... everyone else knows. 

 

[Dick B Back]

Colon vs Sale at Fenway today... pick your poison.

I’m going with da man!

 

[mulwin444]

9 minutes ago, Roy Hobbs said:

 

It's always amusing when the trolliest of trolls trolls you by calling you a troll...

[Taylor]

On 7/10/2018 at 2:04 PM, Troll Daddy said:

Lol you are a Troll in case you didn’t know ... everyone else knows. 

 

45 minutes ago, Roy Hobbs said:

 

[beatlesrule]

Yankees have made a strong offer for Machado per Heyman.

[ten ocho recon scout]

36 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Yankees have made a strong offer for Machado per Heyman.

If buster olney and heyman had a kid, what would they name it?....

[Angel Oracle]

7 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

If buster olney and heyman had a kid, what would they name it?....

Screech?

[ten ocho recon scout]

13 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Screech?

No

 

Buster Heyman....

[Stradling]

17 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

No

 

Buster Heyman....

Been there done that

[nando714]

Segura - in 

Aguilar - in

[Dick B Back]

6 hours ago, Dick B Back said:

Colon vs Sale at Fenway today... pick your poison.

I’m going with da man!

 

I agree.

You gotta bet with your head, not with your heart.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

The A's just took 3 of 4 from the Astros at minute-maid. The A's are 5.5 games behind Seattle for the second wild card, as long as we're not making the playoffs this year, I'm pulling for the A's. Because F**K Dipoto...

Edited July 12, 2018 by Ace-Of-Diamonds