Are you kidding me?

[Taylor]

It's alright, guys. Upton will be back in 6 weeks from his broken toenail.

[Glen]

I'm setting my expectations for Simmons at "done for the season" and hoping to work backwards from there.

[Roy Hobbs]

When I saw Simmons ankle bend like that I immediately thought of this......

[failos]

Damn this sucks.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

4 hours ago, rafibomb said:

Please get Rengifo up here and regular playing time over Cozart. He was playing well despite what his average was. I read somewhere his average exit velocity when he played was around 95 mph. 

Rengifo 2B

Fletcher SS

La Stella  3B

Walsh and Pujols share 1B/DH until Ohtani is ready...It could be worse

[totdprods]

44 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Rengifo 2B

Fletcher SS

La Stella  3B

Walsh and Pujols share 1B/DH until Ohtani is ready...It could be worse

I think we see Ward getting the call. He fits perfectly with Walsh right now to give us 1B depth while Pujols picks up more DH time. Fletcher and Cozart will split time at SS. La Stella gets 2B, Fletcher and Ward split 3B.

Goodwin has cooled off in May significantly too, so Ward might get some big-league LF reps too. 

Ward’s been on fire. Giving him significant playing time for a couple weeks up here might be best for his development right now. If he can come up and finally translate it to the bigs...

Edited May 21, 2019 by totdprods

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

How long was Simmons out last time he twisted his ankle on the steps of the dugout?

[nando714]

Yankees have suffered a ton of injuries and are fighting through it and still holding down 1st place in the East

[nando714]

1 hour ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Rengifo 2B

Fletcher SS

La Stella  3B

Walsh and Pujols share 1B/DH until Ohtani is ready...It could be worse

Cozart will be seeing extended time at shortstop 

book that 

[totdprods]

12 minutes ago, nando714 said:

Cozart will be seeing extended time at shortstop 

book that 

Might not be the worst thing IF Ausmus/Eppler treat it as a sort of last shot. You get SS now for a couple weeks...produce or you’re gonna be the UT IF for a long time. 

[nate]

6 hours ago, Glen said:

Earlier tonight I was talking with @nate about how I was getting a little optimistic about the team. 

Fuck, man.

I went to bed early and didn't watch the game.  Good to see you whammy'd the team into last place

[Claude]

6 hours ago, Taylor said:

It's alright, guys. Upton will be back in 6 weeks from his broken toenail.

He’ll come back, take Goodwin’s job and we will all get to watch him spend July, August and September work on his timing. 

[NJHalo]

7 hours ago, Calzone 2 said:

Any opinion on what you saw?

 

                Grade 4                                     Full tear or rupture -plus- TJ surgery                  12-18 months

 

[DMVol]

1 hour ago, totdprods said:

Might not be the worst thing IF Ausmus/Eppler treat it as a sort of last shot. You get SS now for a couple weeks...produce or you’re gonna be the UT IF for a long time. 

Likely going to be more than a couple of weeks....and I think the best thing would be he heats up some offensively and we dump him at the trade deadline, which could be about when Simmons gets back...

[angelsnationtalk]

All i'm gunna say is 2020.....

[T.G.]

This game will break your heart sometimes... it will frustrate you and make you miserable too.  It can make you angry. 

As fans we have no control over what happens on the field.  We can only watch and react.  And since we have no control - it makes it all that more difficult.

Nights like last night take all the joy out of being a fan and yet - we'll be back for more tonight or soon thereafter and every other night.

My hope is that this team rallies around one another and decides to fight like hell to win more games.  I just don't have all that much confidence in that happening under Ausmus' leadership - although I have no way to qualify that in any way.  I don't know that there is a guy in the clubhouse that's capable of doing that either.  There's no Torii Hunter or Jered Weaver or Troy Percival or Bengie Molina.  Maybe Pujols is that kind of a leader, but I really don't know.  All I know is that injuries suck and they suck the life out of being a fan. 

We all just want to see what this team can do with a fully healthy roster.  We wonder if that's ever going to happen.

[Taylor]

3 hours ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

How long was Simmons out last time he twisted his ankle on the steps of the dugout?

I'm not sure about Simmons, but Mo Vaughn missed like 2 months.

[floplag]

i never expected much from this season, thats no secret, but man the very second i start to think maybe, just maybe, i was being a little too harsh...

[stormngt]

10 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I'm not sure about Simmons, but Mo Vaughn missed like 2 months.

My first guess would be 2 to 3 months.  Watching it again I am more concerned that ye will miss the season.

[NJHalo]

42 minutes ago, True Grich said:

This game will break your heart sometimes... it will frustrate you and make you miserable too.  It can make you angry. 

As fans we have no control over what happens on the field.  We can only watch and react.  And since we have no control - it makes it all that more difficult.

Nights like last night take all the joy out of being a fan and yet - we'll be back for more tonight or soon thereafter and every other night.

My hope is that this team rallies around one another and decides to fight like hell to win more games.  I just don't have all that much confidence in that happening under Ausmus' leadership - although I have no way to qualify that in any way.  I don't know that there is a guy in the clubhouse that's capable of doing that either.  There's no Torii Hunter or Jered Weaver or Troy Percival or Bengie Molina.  Maybe Pujols is that kind of a leader, but I really don't know.  All I know is that injuries suck and they suck the life out of being a fan. 

We all just want to see what this team can do with a fully healthy roster.  We wonder if that's ever going to happen.

I realize that money cannot buy you championships, but, as the Yankees are proving, it can buy you added depth, which will keep you in contention until you get your stars back from the DL. 

[NJHalo]

3 hours ago, nando714 said:

Cozart will be seeing extended time at shortstop 

book that 

Great news! MLB Trade Rumors says we are in good shape with Cozart:

 

Fortunately, the club does seem to have the ability to shift some pieces around to cover for any absences. Zack Cozart is probably the most gifted shortstop in the world that doesn’t play that position for a MLB team, so he can slide over there with David Fletcher and Tommy La Stella sharing second and third base. 

[Biergott]

32 minutes ago, NJHalo said:

Great news! MLB Trade Rumors says we are in good shape with Cozart:

 

Fortunately, the club does seem to have the ability to shift some pieces around to cover for any absences. Zack Cozart is probably the most gifted shortstop in the world that doesn’t play that position for a MLB team, so he can slide over there with David Fletcher and Tommy La Stella sharing second and third base. 

[Claude]

43 minutes ago, NJHalo said:

I realize that money cannot buy you championships, but, as the Yankees are proving, it can buy you added depth, which will keep you in contention until you get your stars back from the DL. 

The Yankees have an embarrassment of riches. What’s crazy is how many teams help them get there. That team is riddled with injuries and can still win the AL east. 

[Tank]

4 hours ago, nando714 said:

Yankees have suffered a ton of injuries and are fighting through it and still holding down 1st place in the East

the yankees won 100 games last year and started off with an inherently better roster than the angels this season.

[GrittyVeterans]

These injuries are the exact reason why the Angels need to sell hard this trade deadline and try to accumulate some young depth for future seasons.

right now we are pretty limited if any of our top players go down. The depth to be a contender isn’t there yet