Silver Linings - The 2019 edition

[Chuck]

The Angels share a 1-3 record with the Astros, Cardinals and soon to be Boston Red Sox. 

Rockies (and maybe the Cubs) look like they're going to split a 4 game series against teams projected to finish last in their division in the Marlins and Rangers.

Oh and the team everyone is predicting to win the World Series is about to lose the opening series to the O's, who may be worse than the Marlins.

The Angels won by 4 runs, lost by 4 runs, then lost close with a chance to win it late in the last two games. 

The offense and starting pitching have to get better. I think they will. 

[Stradling]

We gave up 12 runs in four games.  

[Stradling]

Kole looks good.  

[nando714]

I didn’t mind the way we played overall 

just have to hit better with risp 

[UndertheHalo]

The pitching was fine.  The bullpen looked good. 

[Chuck]

10 minutes ago, nando714 said:

I didn’t mind the way we played overall 

just have to hit better with risp 

^

If we would have done better in innings 1-6 against their starting pitchers, we would have take the series. 

[Chuck]

Just now, UndertheHalo said:

The pitching was fine.  The bullpen looked good. 

Cahill and Pena were disappointing. 

Harvey was good, Skaggs was OK. 

Hope we get a good start out of our new guy tomorrow. 

[Lou]

Duke, UNC and Kentucky all lost before making the Final Four 

[Inside Pitch]

Meh,

The biggest silver lining is that if all the guys currently sucking continue to suck, they have a replacement for them waiting in AAA.   That's the biggest difference between now and three years ago....

Calhoun not looking dead has been nice.

[Broad Street]

La Stella has continued to impress me with how bad he is.

[tomsred]

8 minutes ago, Lou said:

Duke, UNC and Duke all lost before making the Final Four 

Duke lost twice?   I didn't know they had a second chance.

[Taylor]

The bullpen hasn't given up a single run.

[Chuck]

Just now, Taylor said:

The bullpen hasn't given up a single run.

True, though Butt-Tree allowed Skaggs run to come in. 

[Claude]

April starts tomorrow. 

[floplag]

bullpen good, SP average, offense terrible... no surprises there. 

[Chuck]

20 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Meh,

The biggest silver lining is that if all the guys currently sucking continue to suck, they have a replacement for them waiting in AAA.   That's the biggest difference between now and three years ago....

Calhoun not looking dead has been nice.

Seriously. 

If we're sucking in July and guys like Harvey, Cahill, Allen, Lucroy and Calhoun net us more prospects in a trade because they're above average, we could see a lineup like....

2B Rengifo

CF Trout

DH Ohtani

LF Upton

RF Adell 

1B Thaiss/Pujols

SS Simmons

3B Rojas/Ward

C Kruger

Bench: Cozart, Fletcher, Bour, Walsh, Sandoval or Way, Briceno. 

Rotation: Skaggs, Barria, Canning, Suarez, Pena, Stratton . Pat Sandoval and Luis Madero as possible callups. Plus injured starters Andrew Heaney, and JC Ramirez who are questionable. 

 

 

 

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, cvdog said:

Last I checked your best hitter is supposed to bat 3rd. So after Scioscia failed to realize this with Mike Trout, Asmus doubles down and still puts Trout in the 2 hole. Bour is off to a terrible start (.071).  This organization does not have the luxury to have another horrible April. Cozart and La Stella look lost. Bourjos should never have returned. Pujols is washed up.  If this team as a whole does not start hitting real soon it will be another lost season.

You should check again.   Your best hitter hits 2nd. 

[stormngt]

52 minutes ago, tomsred said:

Duke lost twice?   I didn't know they had a second chance.

Only Duke does

[Glen]

2 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

The offense and starting pitching have to get better. I think they will. 

Ah, the gambler's phallacy.

[eligrba]

1 hour ago, Kody Mac said:

La Stella has continued to impress me with how bad he is.

I think he can suck even more.....we have not yet seen his potential.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

You should check again.   Your best hitter hits 2nd. 

 

Yup was gonna say seems like there has been a shift around the league to the best hitter now being in the #2 spot. Brewers do this with Yelich, Cardinals with Goldschmidt, Cubs and Kris Bryant, Dodgers and Bellinger (not sure if thats a full time thing) ..

I like it...if we had a solid #3 hitter. 

[gurn67]

The laundry guy had an easy weekend. Uniforms don't get too dirty walking back and forth from the dugout to home plate.

[Lou]

2 hours ago, tomsred said:

Duke lost twice?   I didn't know they had a second chance.

Kentucky (fixed)

 

 

 

 

jerk 

[Angel Oracle]

They actually scored a run against a starting pitcher.

[SoCalSportsFan]

2 hours ago, Kody Mac said:

La Stella has continued to impress me with how bad he is.

That sounds like a Yogi Berra quote to me!

"We made too many wrong mistakes." - Yogi Berra