Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Mariners (6/12/2018)

[Stradling]

Just now, Angel Oracle said:

Get rid of over 1/4 of this 25+ man roster!!!!

BadRock, Johnson, Valnobuena, BlashTrash, Marte, Young, and Cozart ,  take a hike!!!!!

Of that group I would only keep Cozart and Bedrock.  The rest can leave.

[Adios]

3 minutes ago, nando714 said:

Is this a real statement ?

 

Yep.  I don't believe they are as good as their record.  A lot of good fortune.  Like half their wins are 1 run wins.  Do you believe that they are this good and belong in 1st ahead of the Stros?  My  comment about them battling for last next year is just my frustration at how things are going right now.  I obviously have no idea how they will do next year.  I just can't believe that this is the best team in our division.

[GrittyVeterans]

Just now, Angel Oracle said:

Get rid of over 1/4 of this 25+ man roster!!!!

BadRock, Johnson, Valnobuena, BlashTrash, Marte, Young, and Cozart ,  take a hike!!!!!

Not getting rid of Cozart 3 months into a 3 year deal. No one will trade for him. We're stuck with him and have to hope he figures it out.

Agreed about the rest

[Angel Oracle]

The Halos, en route to another .500 type season, just lovely!

[TroutField]

Damn this team is frustrating as F*ck man... 

 

its very difficult to stay positive right now 

[VariousCrap]

Blash has sure missed pitches he should hit.  You know, fastballs right down the middle.  Jeez.

[Stradling]

He is so damn bad.  

[GrittyVeterans]

This guy is as bad as Brandon Wood

[TroutField]

Trout is literally trying to single handedly beat the M’s but there is nobody on base for him and the pitching isn’t doing him any favors 

[Dick Enberg]

How are we even 7 games over .500?

[UndertheHalo]

 

 

2 minutes ago, The Boogie Man said:

I just don’t see it as having 7 or 8 bad hitters, mainly because I go with positions.  LF, CF, SS, 2nd, Fernandez, those are all fine, and for a catcher Maldonado is fine.  We need to solve RF, and 3rd.  Albert is who he is, but he isn’t horrible, not with runners on base.  

I think you’re being generous with Kinsler.  He may very well revert back to what we saw in April and most of May.  And Fernandez we just  don’t know, haven’t seen enough.  But even if we do want to say Fernandez is decent (so far so good) it’s half the line up at least that’s terrible.  Not average.  Terrible.  Eppler needs to find somehow cheap and average.  He needs to find another good bat.  And of course the closer. 

[GrittyVeterans]

Just now, Dick Enberg said:

How are we even 7 games over .500?

Trout, Simmons, some good SP

Upton honorable mention

[Adios]

3 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Get rid of over 1/4 of this 25+ man roster!!!!

BadRock, Johnson, Valnobuena, BlashTrash, Marte, Young, and Cozart ,  take a hike!!!!!

Hahaha.  It really is that bad, huh? God help us.  

[stormngt]

2 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

This guy is as bad as Brandon Wood

Worse, Wood could hit 89mph fastballs down the middle

[Angel Oracle]

Get some youth up here, the Halos aren’t making the WC game anyway.   Billy, start playing for 2019 and beyond STAT!!!!!

[nando714]

2 minutes ago, Dick Enberg said:

How are we even 7 games over .500?

7.5 games game. Doesn’t matter

[Angel Oracle]

How many other managers would continue to trot BlashTrash out there, as garbage looking as his swing is?

[bloodbrother]

Blash - 15 AB, 9 strikeouts

Show the man some mercy and send him back to the PCL.

[Taylor]

Kinsler took a 5-ball walk there.

[nando714]

11 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

He's got a point tbh. I don't think they'll be battling for last place but they'll be closer to a 78-82 win team next season. They're pretty much this years version of last years Twins

Who cares about 2019. It’s 2018 and they’re one of the best in the AL

[GrittyVeterans]

Just now, Angel Oracle said:

How many other managers would continue to trot BlashTrash out there, as garbage looking as his swing is?

Well, the options are trash. I actually don't blame Scioscia for this one. Eppler needs to get better players on the roster and Kole needs to get his shit together

[nando714]

14 minutes ago, The Boogie Man said:

Well they are overachieving 

They’re just a good team

why is it so hard to accept?

bc of who their GM is?

[nando714]

7 minutes ago, Semaj said:

Yep.  I don't believe they are as good as their record.  A lot of good fortune.  Like half their wins are 1 run wins.  Do you believe that they are this good and belong in 1st ahead of the Stros?  My  comment about them battling for last next year is just my frustration at how things are going right now.  I obviously have no idea how they will do next year.  I just can't believe that this is the best team in our division.

How will they be battling for last? Why don’t we finish 2018 first

[cjcinec]

11 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Has Blash done a single thing that resembles a Major League ball player? Or was the foul ball the high water mark?

I must admit I haven’t seen Blash before tonight’s game but I have never seen a player with that kind of swing in the major leagues. 

[bloodbrother]

Save us Trout