The May the 4th be with you Angels Astros gameday in Mexico thread

[failos]

3 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Cahill: 0.1 IP, 9 ER, 5 HR

good job tdawg

[Slegnaac]

Great atmosphere at the game...

[eligrba4ever]

Rebound Angels victory is coming Sunday!!!

[Slegnaac]

Hope they can have a better result tomorrow

Edited May 5, 2019 by Slegnaac

[Blarg]

A rainout?

[Jay]

1 hour ago, Slegnaac said:

Great atmosphere at the game...

not smoggy?

 

[rottiesworld]

2 hours ago, Bronson said:

God Stratton is so bad.

If they don’t get rid of this piece of shit Stratton the Angels have problem knowing who to keep and who to kick back to the trash can.

[Tank]

3 hours ago, eligrba said:

Cahill could stand a change of scenery, like moving to Mongolia.

I concur.

[Tank]

3 hours ago, beatlesrule said:

Cahill is too expensive to just dump.

And too crappy to keep.

the ultimate baseball paradox.

[Tank]

Dear Griffin Canning,

were giving you a golden opportunity to stick around. Don’t t screw this up.

sincerely, everyone

[Jay]

Maybe if we had used an opener...

 

[Biergott]

Holy crap.  Just got back from camping with my family in Joshua Tree.  Luckily I had no signal out there.  Just saw the score...ouch!  Didn’t expect this bad of a beating.  If there was ever a time to turn the page....get em tomorrow!

[Blarg]

10 hours ago, Biergott said:

Just got back from camping with my family in Joshua Tree.  Luckily I had no signal out there. 

Did you say hi to Weatherwonk?

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Does Trout still have his head attached?

[Troll Daddy]

Sadly Trout ends his on base streak

[DMVol]

14 hours ago, beatlesrule said:

Eppler signed him as a SP so that's what he's going to be.

Not if he keeps stinking it up as a SP.....he has pitched out of the pen before....

[Slegnaac]

39 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Sadly Trout ends his on base streak

But his USA on base streak continues.

[Stradling]

15 hours ago, beatlesrule said:

Eppler signed him as a SP so that's what he's going to be.

Just like Jesse Chavez, who was brought in to be a starter and then made 17 relief appearances.  I love narratives that really just say, “hey everyone, look at me”.   I looked, you are welcome. 

[Troll Daddy]

50 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Just like Jesse Chavez, who was brought in to be a starter and then made 17 relief appearances.  I love narratives that really just say, “hey everyone, look at me”.   I looked, you are welcome. 

Why put a struggling/bad pitcher in the pen? I think his leash is longer than some here want to believe. The pen will have Ramirez and Middleton back this season ... not sure on the timeframe. 

I guess he can replace Stratton for mop up duty. 

[beatlesrule]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Just like Jesse Chavez, who was brought in to be a starter and then made 17 relief appearances.  I love narratives that really just say, “hey everyone, look at me”.   I looked, you are welcome. 

Did he sign for 9 million?

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Did he sign for 9 million?

No, but with incentives it would have been $8.75 million, not that I think it matters.  If you want to say it does go for it.  But it isn’t like $9 million is some huge amount of money in terms of baseball.  Bottom line is guys like Cahill and Harvey are place holders, thus the one year contracts, and if they are pushed out by the performance of the people below them, they will be pushed out.  Thus the one year contracts.  I’d still rather have these two on one year deals than any of the guys that got 3 year deals this off season.  It was an off season of one really good starter (Corbin) and a bunch of others that are pretty interchangeable.  

[eligrba]

25 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Why put a struggling/bad pitcher in the pen? I think his leash is longer than some here want to believe. The pen will have Ramirez and Middleton back this season ... not sure on the timeframe. 

I guess he can replace Stratton for mop up duty. 

What would be your suggestion to:

1.  Help Cahill figure some things out

2.  Limit his poor performances

[Blarg]

1) a good retirement investor

2) only a few guest appearences on MLB channel

[eligrba]

14 hours ago, rottiesworld said:

If they don’t get rid of this piece of shit Stratton the Angels have problem knowing who to keep and who to kick back to the trash can.

You keep Stratton to follow Cahill's or Harvey's shitty starts.  There is no need to burn through good relievers trying to save a Cahill/Harvey shitty start.  If Stanton is decent, then there is hope, if he is shitty, then let him eat the innings.  Being pummeled last night is no fun, but being beaten soundly while burning up a good bullpen seems senseless.

[Docwaukee]

15 minutes ago, Stradling said:

No, but with incentives it would have been $8.75 million, not that I think it matters.  If you want to say it does go for it.  But it isn’t like $9 million is some huge amount of money in terms of baseball.  Bottom line is guys like Cahill and Harvey are place holders, thus the one year contracts, and if they are pushed out by the performance of the people below them, they will be pushed out.  Thus the one year contracts.  I’d still rather have these two on one year deals than any of the guys that got 3 year deals this off season.  It was an off season of one really good starter (Corbin) and a bunch of others that are pretty interchangeable.  

It really sucks though that Cahill is the worst qualified starter in baseball to this point.  That's not a good optic no matter how much you spend or how short the deal.  You paid a guy good money and he's the worst in all of baseball right now.  

I know it's short term and these guys are place holders, but what does it say about Eppler's (and his team's) ability to evaluate talent and use the pieces they've put in place to execute a plan specific to the guys they've brought in.  

Is it all on the player?  They've changed his sequencing and/or pitch mix.  His velo is down.  He's giving up a ton of hrs.  

To whiff so tremendously on a him is pretty rough.