The Official 2018 Major League Baseball Thread

[Angelsfan1984]

Angels released INF Luis Valbuena.

Valbuena cleared waivers after being designated for assignment following a .199/.277/.390 batting line in his two seasons in Anaheim.

 

the end of an era...

[Taylor]

4 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Angels released INF Luis Valbuena.

Valbuena cleared waivers after being designated for assignment following a .199/.277/.390 batting line in his two seasons in Anaheim.

 

the end of an era...

Watch the A's sign him on Saturday, and then he hits 2 HRs against the Angels on Sunday.

[Angelsfan1984]

2 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Watch the A's sign him on Saturday, and then he hits 2 HRs against the Angels on Sunday.

I'm calling the astros and he wins a ring this season

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Troll Daddy said:

 

Damn. Im all for dodger bad luck, but that sounds serious in a real world sense vs a baseball one.

[ten ocho recon scout]

32 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Angels released INF Luis Valbuena.

Valbuena cleared waivers after being designated for assignment following a .199/.277/.390 batting line in his two seasons in Anaheim.

 

the end of an era...

 

[Angel Oracle]

What kind of era Valnobuena had here is still up for discussion.    Putrid, disgusting, bottom of the barrel, horrible are all valid answers.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

What kind of era Valnobuena had here is still up for discussion.    Putrid, disgusting, bottom of the barrel, horrible are all valid answers.

juicy 

[tdawg87]

Succulent

[Lou]

Eovaldi tonight: 

2.2  ip

8 runs 

4 er 

10 hits

2 bb

 

[arch stanton]

White Sox 1-0 walkoff vs Indians. Stop me if you’ve heard this before, HR allowed by N. Ramirez 

[eligrba]

19 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

What kind of era Valnobuena had here is still up for discussion.    Putrid, disgusting, bottom of the barrel, horrible are all valid answers.

As bad as Valbuena was, he may have been the best or the only free agent option for the Angels at the time.  He may have represented rock bottom for the organization's options after Dipoto.  I would bet that most other GMs in the same position signs Valbuena.

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, eligrba said:

As bad as Valbuena was, he may have been the best or the only free agent option for the Angels at the time.  He may have represented rock bottom for the organization's options after Dipoto.  I would bet that most other GMs in the same position signs Valbuena.

At the time, he wasn’t a piss poor signing, although Angel Stadium isn’t nearly as hitter friendly as Minute Maid Park is. 

He just, aside from two months in 2017, totally sucked.

[DMVol]

1 hour ago, eligrba said:

As bad as Valbuena was, he may have been the best or the only free agent option for the Angels at the time.  He may have represented rock bottom for the organization's options after Dipoto.  I would bet that most other GMs in the same position signs Valbuena.

 

6 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

At the time, he wasn’t a piss poor signing, although Angel Stadium isn’t nearly as hitter friendly as Minute Maid Park is. 

He just, aside from two months in 2017, totally sucked.

Maybe for one year but a two year deal was a killer...I doubt he had any other offers in the neighborhood....

[Warfarin]

1 hour ago, eligrba said:

As bad as Valbuena was, he may have been the best or the only free agent option for the Angels at the time.  He may have represented rock bottom for the organization's options after Dipoto.  I would bet that most other GMs in the same position signs Valbuena.

Sometimes, things just don't pan out.  Valbuena was a worthwhile gamble IMO that just turned out poorly.  Every FO has signings that turn out this way.  That it was only a 2 year mistake vs, say, a 10-year mistake ::coughPujolscough::, makes it much easier to deal with.  The only mistake we made was continuously playing him when he clearly just wasn't going to produce any kind of return at all.

[Homebrewer]

Orioles mathematically eliminated today, Aug 11th. Earliest team out since 1969.    

[Troll Daddy]

3 hours ago, Warfarin said:

Sometimes, things just don't pan out.  Valbuena was a worthwhile gamble IMO that just turned out poorly.  Every FO has signings that turn out this way.  That it was only a 2 year mistake vs, say, a 10-year mistake ::coughPujolscough::, makes it much easier to deal with.  The only mistake we made was continuously playing him when he clearly just wasn't going to produce any kind of return at all.

Eppler was stubborn about his mistake ... let’s hope Cozart’s three year deal works out better.

[Warfarin]

Just now, Troll Daddy said:

Eppler was stubborn about this mistake ... let’s hope Cozart’s three year deal works out better.

I agree.  Cozart’s signing, currently, does not look very good at all either.  Next year, perhaps we can try him at 2B and see how he turns out, with Fletcher maybe being a super utility guy and Ward at 3B.

Alternatively, if Cozart doesn’t regain form and looks subpar at 2B, he can be the super utility and Fletcher (or Renfigo) can be installed as our 2B.  This is the beauty of our emerging prospect depth - we have a number of options now.

[Lou]

dodgers need a closer 

[Troll Daddy]

 

[m0nkey]

Just saw the throw from tonight’s game.  

 

A few years ago it was cespedes, tonight was some guy I’d never heard of. Both times a black guy got thrown out. 

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Just saw the throw from tonight’s game.  

 

A few years ago it was cespedes, tonight was some guy I’d never heard of. Both times a black guy got thrown out. 

soooo, not athletic?

[fan_since79]

17 hours ago, Homebrewer said:

Orioles mathematically eliminated today, Aug 11th. Earliest team out since 1969.    

They haven't been the same since Kansas City swept them in 2014.

Come to think of it, we haven't either.

[m0nkey]

7 hours ago, Lou said:

soooo, not athletic?

Good point. You know who didn’t throw them out?

 

A black guy

[Lou]

22 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Good point. You know who didn’t throw them out?

 

A black guy

• they play the game the right way
• high baseball IQ  
• possession receiver 
• fundamentally sound 

[WeatherWonk]

Ryon Healy hits a two out, 9th inning HR to tie it up for the M's against the Astros.

Four game sweep still possible.