Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Orioles (5/3/2018)

[Dick B Back]

1 minute ago, Pablo said:

Tell that to his .342/.435/.836 slash this year.

I remember when Brandon Wood used to have killer numbers at SLC too. I’m sure there is a good reason Angels management still has him in the minors.

[Angelsfan1984]

5 minutes ago, Dick B Back said:

I remember when Brandon Wood used to have killer numbers at SLC too. I’m sure there is a good reason Angels management still has him in the minors.

Pretty sure Brandon Wood now works at Costco checking membership cards at the door.

[Pablo]

1 minute ago, Dick B Back said:

I remember when Brandon Wood used to have killer numbers at SLC too. I’m sure there is a good reason Angels management still has him in the minors.

Probably, but that's not really a good comparison - Brandon Wood was a BA consensus #1 prospect that just failed inexplicably. There's none of the 'hype' baggage with Blash. An interesting question; does the team owe anything to a player who excels at their top minor league level? If, say, a kid at SLC sees what Blash is doing and that it results in a non-callup, does that potentially disillusion the kid? Teams tell their minor league players 'just go down and work hard, and if you succeed, good things will happen'.  Even if you view Blash as a 4-A player (which he probably is at this point), might it not be worth giving him a week in the bigs and sit Kole for a while to get his head straight? I don't think Blash will do any worse than Calhouns 4 fer 55 over the last 3 weeks.

[Ohtaniland]

24 minutes ago, Pablo said:

Tell that to his .342/.435/.836 slash this year.

We’ll I’m sure he’s working hard to get to the majors. I’m  just wondering what SD and the Yankees figured out about Blash that got him gift wrapped twice in two months.

[krAbs]

10 hours ago, stormngt said:

Is it just me or is that a very disturbing video

Oh yeah - its the go-to LTBU post in the Angel's subreddit, so I figured it should get some exposure over here.

[stormngt]

1 minute ago, krAbs said:

Oh yeah - its the go-to LTBU post in the Angel's subreddit, so I figured it should get some exposure over here.

"Light that baby up" I figured it out after awhile.

[Pablo]

5 minutes ago, stormngt said:

"Light that baby up" I figured it out after awhile.

Took me some time, too. Then I laughed out loud and immediately felt shame.

[Stradling]

I’m an asshole and even I have a problem with that video.  

[yk9001]

I heard about the Brandon Wood hype here long before I ever saw him.

He never looked like a baseball superstar to me.  Tall and lanky....

[Dick B Back]

4 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

I heard about the Brandon Wood hype here long before I ever saw him.

He never looked like a baseball superstar to me.  Tall and lanky....

Too tall to be gritty.

[Angel Oracle]

11 hours ago, Billy_Ball said:

Damn, Chris Davis had that exact same look just now...

This has to be their worst start since the 0-21 in 1988.

[Angel Oracle]

What kind of stuff does Krol have?

It would be nice to have a second lefty reliever here.

[Lou]

3 hours ago, SuperTroopers said:

Well Blash is on the 40 man roster and Eric Young Jr isn’t.  

Thank you. 

[Lou]

1 hour ago, OHTANILAND said:

We’ll I’m sure he’s working hard to get to the majors. I’m  just wondering what SD and the Yankees figured out about Blash that got him gift wrapped twice in two months.

They're stupid? 

[Ohtaniland]

17 minutes ago, Lou said:

They're stupid? 

Padres took on Headley’s salary so yes they’re stupid. Although they’re going to be a young competitive team in a couple of years and they didn’t include Blash in the plan. The Yankees aren’t stupid. They know.

[Lou]

Of course, the Yankees have never made a mistake on player personnel 

[Angelsfan1984]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Of course, the Yankees have never made a mistake on player personnel 

We have to be eternally grateful to the yanks for signing Texiera that offseason.

[Ohtaniland]

29 minutes ago, Lou said:

Of course, the Yankees have never made a mistake on player personnel 

The difference is that the Yankees can absorb their mistakes a lot easier than the Padres or Angels. How long did we wait for Hamilton and Wilson to clear the books?

[Stradling]

25 minutes ago, OHTANILAND said:

The difference is that the Yankees can absorb their mistakes a lot easier than the Padres or Angels. How long did we wait for Hamilton and Wilson to clear the books?

That would explain the $3.5 BILLION in salaries in the last 17 years and one WS win to show for it.   

Its pretty funny that you hate overpaying players but love to orally pleasure the Yanks.  

[Mark68]

11 minutes ago, SuperTroopers said:

That would explain the $3.5 BILLION in salaries in the last 17 years and one WS win to show for it.   

Its pretty funny that you hate overpaying players but love to orally pleasure the Yanks.  

Does that make them the Fellatees?

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, Mark68 said:

Does that make them the Fellatees?

If that’s orally pleasuring the Yankees in Canadian then yes. 

[Lou]

1 hour ago, OHTANILAND said:

The difference is that the Yankees can absorb their mistakes a lot easier than the Padres or Angels. How long did we wait for Hamilton and Wilson to clear the books?

So what? 

A mistake is a mistake. 

[Stradling]

31 minutes ago, Lou said:

So what? 

A mistake is a mistake. 

It is only a mistake if it can put the Angels in a bad light.  

[Ohtaniland]

1 hour ago, SuperTroopers said:

That would explain the $3.5 BILLION in salaries in the last 17 years and one WS win to show for it.   

Its pretty funny that you hate overpaying players but love to orally pleasure the Yanks.  

We are talking about Jabari Blash. Is he high on your list? Is he a top 100 prospect? He was an 8th round pick by the Mariners in 2010. Where has he been?

[Tank]

15 hours ago, OHTANILAND said:

Geez that’s a really bad team. Machado probably can’t wait to leave. 

both he and adam jones are free agents next year.

you think they're bad now . . . yikes.