Do the Angels have the worst September schedule ever?

[fan_since79]

Actually, late August to the end of the season.

From August 19th, the final 35 games of the year, 32 of them are against division leaders or teams in wild card contention.

New York Yankees - 3 games

Houston Astros - 10 games

Cleveland Indians - 3 games

Tampa Bay Rays - 3 games

Oakland A's - 5 games

Texas Rangers - 5 games

and last but not least, Boston Red Sox - 3 games

 

Absolutely brutal.

[Taylor]

Because they're the Angels, they'll probably go like 18-7 in September and finish 4 games out of the second wild card.

Edited August 10, 2019 by Taylor

[fan_since79]

4 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Because they're the Angels, they'll probably go like 18-7 in September and finish 4 games out of the second wild card.

LOL, I can actually see that.

Yankees and Astros will be easing up and resting regulars once they clinch. 

Oh, forget it.

[tdawg87]

I think anyone flying out of Logan to LAX for business in 2001 had the worst September schedule ever.

[UndertheHalo]

11 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Because they're the Angels, they'll probably go like 18-7 in September and finish 4 games out if the second wild card.

Fu*ck yes ! We’ve got the 16th overall pick on lock. 

[UndertheHalo]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

I think anyone flying out of Logan to LAX for business in 2001 had the worst September schedule ever.

On the bright side.  They got a movie made about their flight ! Who doesn’t want to be famous !?!

Edited August 10, 2019 by UndertheHalo

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, UndertheHalo said:

Fu*ck yes ! We’ve got the 16th overall pick on lock. 

Gonna take a college bat!

[fan_since79]

Cleveland is now tied with Minnesota for the Central division lead.

They sure got healthy after playing us.

 

[UndertheHalo]

3 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Cleveland is now tied with Minnesota for the Central division lead.

They sure got healthy after playing us.

 

Also, they beat the shit out of teams like Baltimore. 

[Stradling]

12 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Cleveland is now tied with Minnesota for the Central division lead.

They sure got healthy after playing us.

 

They were incredibly hot prior to playing us. They were 18-6 in July, we started playing them August 2nd. 

[Claude]

We’re going to win 76 games this season. 

[Troll Daddy]

Having a tough schedule the rest of the way is a blessing for the players. 

[Claude]

1 minute ago, Troll Daddy said:

Having a tough schedule the rest of the way is a blessing for the players. 

They should just play all of the youngsters the rest of the way. 

[Docwaukee]

22 hours ago, Taylor said:

Because they're the Angels, they'll probably go like 18-7 in September and finish 4 games out of the second wild card.

I would absolutely love this actually.  That would mean that a lot of really good stuff happened to give us hope for next year

like Sandoval continuing to pitch well
or Suarez finding his control and showing us why he's a top 100 guy
or Rengifo catching fire 
or Trout being Trout
or Canning coming back strong 
or Heaney coming back strong
or Upton getting out of his slump
or Rojas getting called up and doing well.  

I'm way more interested in that kind of stuff than getting the 10th pick instead of the 14th.  

[fan_since79]

Well, here we go.

24 games remaining, 3 of them against the White Sox who are 15 games under .500.

21 of the games are against teams with an average record 29 games OVER .500. We are 15 games under .500 against teams with a winning record.

Do the math. We may win 76 games this year if we get lucky. More likely, 72-90.

Getting a top ten pick would be nice.

[Claude]

4 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Well, here we go.

24 games remaining, 3 of them against the White Sox who are 15 games under .500.

21 of the games are against teams with an average record 29 games OVER .500. We are 15 games under .500 against teams with a winning record.

Do the math. We may win 76 games this year if we get lucky. More likely, 72-90.

Getting a top ten pick would be nice.

I think 76 wins is spot on. It’s been a tough season. 

[fan_since79]

To win 76 we need to go 11-13 in our remaining games.

We are 9-19 since August 1st.

Against the remaining teams we will face (Oakland, Chicago, Cleveland, Tampa Bay, New York, and Houston), we are 14-27 this season and that includes 3-1 vs the White Sox. We are 3-9 against Houston and we have seven full games left with them.

76 wins is optimistic.

[Vlad27Trout27]

Yes we do. But this may actually be a blessing. Here's why? we're not making the playoffs, all we can do is continue moving down the draft order. currently we are at 12th, a few wining % away from a top 10 draft. We know that their is a high chance that we will lose a 2nd round pick, so best thing possible for us to to get a top 10, and maybe overpay a top 5 guy that may have slipped due to signing bonus and grab him. 

[TroutAdell]

On 8/10/2019 at 2:24 PM, fan_since79 said:

LOL, I can actually see that.

Yankees and Astros will be easing up and resting regulars once they clinch. 

Oh, forget it.

The Yankees and Astros will be fighting for the best record in the league so they won’t be letting up. 

[Docwaukee]

3 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

To win 76 we need to go 11-13 in our remaining games.

We are 9-19 since August 1st.

Against the remaining teams we will face (Oakland, Chicago, Cleveland, Tampa Bay, New York, and Houston), we are 14-27 this season and that includes 3-1 vs the White Sox. We are 3-9 against Houston and we have seven full games left with them.

76 wins is optimistic.

I'll take the under at this point.  

[Glen]

70 wins seems realistic.

[tdawg87]

Let's aim for 69 guys lmao

[Second Base]

Let's get that protected pick. That way we can tell Houston to suck balls when we sign Cole away, we still get a high pick.

Anyone remember what happened last time Eppler had a top 10 pick? Jo Adell.

[Angel Oracle]

Any stud college pitchers that could last until the 10th/11th pick?

At this point, something like 73-89 seems realistic.

[fan_since79]

This Oakland series will be interesting. The A's were 17-9 in August but are only 5-5 in their last 10 games. They are 1/2 game back of the second wild card, so every game is vital for them.