2013 Angels Will Fail to Win 81 Games

[YouthofToday]

Presuming we lose tonight the team is on pace for 103 losses. Just to reach 81 wins the team needs to play at a 87 win pace ROS. Not happening.

To reach 90 wins the team needs to play at a 100 win pace. Not happening.

[Eric]

On the upside, I doubt the Ushers are going to be policing those Diamond Club seats all that vigorously for the rest of the season.

[bloodbrother]

I think 80-82 wins is best case scenario, but I see this team likely settling in somewhere between 72-77 wins

[RenoHalo]

I predicted 80-82 in March. Man, what a pipe dream!

[Eric]

If this team wins the next 12 in a row, then they will be at........... hahahahahahahaha, I'm sorry, I can't even say that with a straight face.

[Angel Oracle]

No better than 75 wins, basically .500 from here on out

[Jason]

No way they go .500 the rest of the season. They aren't even close to it now.

[Tyler]

72 wins seems like the max if the roster stays the same.

[Fontana Halo]

I'm sticking with my prediction - they'll have one of the worst records in baseball and get eliminated in mid August and then play .700 the rest of the way and squander a chance to have a top 5 pick.

Book it

[YouthofToday]

Looks like we will be 15-28 after today.

To win 81 games the team needs to play at a 88 win pace ROS.

To win 90... Play at a 102 win pace.

If we can't beat up on Astros and White Sox...

[nando714]

Let's face it

This team has given up and has zero heart

In favor of less than 81

[gurn67]

This team reminds me a lot of the 1999 team that flat out quit on Terry Collins reducing him to his famous tearful resignation. Or course, Joe Maddon took over and the team and went 19-10 to finish the season. However, managers don't make a difference when the team is losing. They only make out the lineup card.

[tdawg87]

Does anyone even think they will win 81? I'd say they'll be lucky to win 70.

[Hollyw00d]

I'll be happy if they win 70 at this point.  

 

it might be a good thing for this franchise in the long run, however.   might make some people open their eyes *coughartecough* and change how things are run and who is running them

[AZMike]

This team reminds me a lot of the 1999 team that flat out quit on Terry Collins reducing him to his famous tearful resignation. Or course, Joe Maddon took over and the team and went 19-10 to finish the season. However, managers don't make a difference when the team is losing. They only make out the lineup card.

Unfortunately the interim manager candidate for the Angels is currently still a mole for the Rangers organization (Scott Servais)

[bloodbrother]

If this team sucks so badly to get a top 5 pick, I'll actually be pretty excited about what young talent they should be able to draft in next years draft. Much more fun seeing a homegrown talent develop through the system and become a good player on the major league roster compared to these aging names who the Halos are paying for their past success in another organization

 

The few exceptions the past decade have been Torii Hunter and Vlad Guerrero

[Futch Winkleman]

There's a better chance for this team to lose 100 games rather than finish at .500.

 

So, put me in the < 81 category.

[mtangelsfan]

The thread titled didn't need the last 4 words.

[Keystone_Heavy]

Let's face it

This team has given up and has zero heart

In favor of less than 81

 

Thats what people here said last year, and they got hot and... well...

[dimitrig]

I think the team will finish about .500. Weaver will come back, Hamilton will play at least somewhat better, and the team will find a rhythm. They won't sniff the playoffs, though. The team turned it around last year after adding Trout and Greinke. I don't see something like that happening again. Getting Weaver back (assuming he can pitch to form) will be huge, though.