Gameday Thread: 8/6 Tigers @ Angels: Still no Trout, Cowart at 3rd

[jsnpritchett]

Angels:

1. David Fletcher (R) 2B

2. Kole Calhoun (L) RF

3. Justin Upton (R) LF

4. Albert Pujols (R) 1B

5. Shohei Ohtani (L) DH

6. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS

7. Jose Briceno (R) C

8. Kaleb Cowart (S) 3B

9. Eric Young Jr. (S) CF

Tropeano on the mound.

Tigers:

1. Mike Gerber (L) CF

2. Jose Iglesias (R) SS

3. Nicholas Castellanos (R) RF

4. Jeimer Candelario (S) 3B

5. Victor Martinez (S) DH

6. Niko Goodrum (S) 2B

7. John Hicks (R) 1B

8. James McCann (R) C

9. Victor Reyes (S) LF

Matthew Boyd on the mound.

[Angelsfan1984]

Ohtani just did so poorly in the 3 hole that he needed to be moved down.

[tomsred]

Who are the managers tonight, and will they be here tomorrow?

[T.G.]

2 minutes ago, tomsred said:

Who are the managers tonight, and will they be here tomorrow?

Pedro Gomez is reporting MIke Scioscia will need TJ surgery.

[Troll Daddy]

13 minutes ago, tomsred said:

Who are the managers tonight, and will they be here tomorrow?

Sounds irrelevant to me

 

 

[jsnpritchett]

Looks like Jose Fernandez is up.

 

[Angel Oracle]

Should Trout just go on the DL?    That's 5 games missed now, only 5 more anyway to reach the minimum 10 days.

[CDiaz27?]

Trout Currently 

 

[eligrba4ever]

GO ANGELS!!!

Go NiTro!!! Don't blow up tonight!!! Be effective!!!

Go Fletcher, Calhoun, Upton, Pujols, Ohtani,

Simmons, Briceno, Cowart and EYJr.!

Don't look down, gentlemen, but I hear faint

footsteps rising from the Metroplex!!!

WIN SOME GAMES!!!

 

[eligrba4ever]

Another crawl to the finish with almost regular playing time for Kaleb.

He is versatile. He can strike out from both sides of the plate.

[VariousCrap]

Was offered free tickets to tonight and tomorrow nights game and turned them down.  Without Trout playing, these guys just aren't worth watching live in this heat.

 

 

 

[UndertheHalo]

Halos are coming for the Tigers draft slot ! And Texas too !! . 

[UndertheHalo]

1 minute ago, VariousCrap said:

Was offered free tickets to tonight and tomorrow nights game and turned them down.  Without Trout playing, these guys just aren't worth watching live in this heat.

 

 

 

Oh come on. its definitely worth it to go watch Ohtani and Simba, and I think Upton.  Lol I guess that last one is debatable around here. 

Edited August 6, 2018 by UndertheHalo

[VariousCrap]

2 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Oh come on. its definitely worth it to go watch Ohtani and Simba, and I think Upton.  Lol I guess that last one is debatable around here. 

They are worth watching from home with the A/C blasting!

[UndertheHalo]

Just now, VariousCrap said:

They are worth watching from home with the A/C blasting!

Haha, that’s my plan !

[Taylor]

45 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Looks like Jose Fernandez is up.

[eligrba4ever]

"Looks like Jose Fernandez is up."

LOL. I read the Ned Colleti interview on Sunday. He punched holes in the concept of 30 top prospects in a farm system.

There are probably 3 prospects and 27 guys employed to play catch with them.

[UndertheHalo]

Ned Coletti is also sort of a F*ck up failure so....

[Lou]

1 minute ago, UndertheHalo said:

Ned Coletti is also sort of a F*ck up failure so....

Beat me to it 

[Stradling]

1 hour ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Ohtani just did so poorly in the 3 hole that he needed to be moved down.

Boyd is a lefty 

[Ray McKigney]

Today's the day the Halos turn it around! Let's see a win streak. Let's catch the Astros! Or the A's. Or the Mariners. OK... let's stay ahead of the Rangers. 

[GrittyVeterans]

10 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Ned Coletti is also sort of a F*ck up failure so....

Dodgers were instantly better off just getting rid of him. Getting Friedman was just icing on the cake

[Lou]

I'm waiting to hear Jim Bowden's opinion on the topic.

[WeatherWonk]

16 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Ned Coletti is also sort of a F*ck up failure so....

From Wiki:

"During his tenure, the Giants had an 813–644 overall record (.558), winning an average of 90.3 games per season. He was hired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2005. During his tenure with the Dodgers (2005-2014), Colletti had the highest winning percentage of any general manager in the National League.........Only five other GMs served continuously, either as an AGM or a GM, from 1997-2014. Of the six GMs who served continuously for the past 18 seasons as assistant general manager or general manager, only Brian Cashman of the New York Yankees had a higher winning percentage."

Much depends on your definition of failure, I guess. He was with two teams that were pretty consistent winners. He's still in the front office of the Dodgers who are still doing pretty good, since he became their senior adviser. Five straight playoff appearances for the Dodgers.

But, yeah, he's no Tony Reagins.

 

 

[GrittyVeterans]

No one said he was as bad as Reagins but he made a few moves that totally mortgaged the dodgers future. Like Casey Blake for Carlos Santana. Signed Jason Schmidt, Andruw Jones, etc 

wasnt he also the guy who bailed the Red Sox out by taking disastrous contracts (Beckett, Crawford, Gonzalez)? Then the Sox won the WS the next year

i actually really enjoyed his time as dodgers GM because I knew they would never win it all. I’ve been living my life in fear since Friedman got hired

his claim to fame was drafting Kershaw, Seager, Kemp, etc and trading a hot head Milton bradley for a young Andre Ethier