Gameday Thread: 8/17 White Sox @ Angels : Trout DH

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

[eligrba4ever]

GO ANGELS!!!

Go Noe Ramirez!!! Open effectively!!! Go Jose Suarez!! Don't drop the ball, rookie!!

Still four steps up the ladder to .500!!! Clinch a Sox split!!!

[fan_since79]

Hope Suarez can at least get through four innings while giving up fewer than four runs. Is that too much to ask?

On the same topic, if we had something vaguely resembling a starting rotation, young Jose would still be in the minors figuring out how to pitch effectively. In an ideal world we wouldn't even be seeing him for a couple more years.

[Blarg]

Well, I guess winning one more game won't hurt our draft pick.

Go Angels!

[Revad]

We get to see.Santiago again!

[Justin]

Definitely the Hector I remember. 

[Justin]

That sucked but was not the least bit surprising. 

[TroutField]

Man this team is sad. Please go away Albert. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

8 minutes ago, TroutField said:

Man this team is sad. Please go away Albert. 

But he has the most hits by a foreign born player

[thebloob]

It’s gotten to the point that I cringe every time Pujols does something of value.  I imagine him strutting in front of his mirror at home saying “yup, I still got it.”   Since the playoffs are out of reach I hope for a nice 0 for 80 to end the season to give home something to think about.  

[Claude]

Goodwin > Upton

[Justin]

Good job, Goodwin! Would have been nice to have you batting in front of Calhoun and Pujols, but I guess it doesn't really matter at this point. 

[Duren, Duren]

The eighth and ninth batters are below the Mendoza line. Though with limited at bats they don't look particularly good hitters. 

Tovar obviously is a fill in, but looking at the lineup there are many hitters below .250. 6 of 9 of tonight's starters! 

I know average isn't as big a measure as it used to be, but it does factor in. Puts a lot of pressure on the others, game in, game out. 

Fletcher should be the template for some of the other positions. Intelligent, uses all fields, works the pitcher, respectable power if he gets the right pitch.

Kind of boring and predictable waiting for a Trout AB, hoping he carries the team night after night. Or hoping for a Pujols or Calhoun homerun when most of their plate appearances aren't dependable. 

[thebloob]

While I know you can’t play this game but if only pujols has had the decency to strike out leaving the bases loaded for Goodwin. 

[Stradling]

In before someone says Goodwin would have thrown him out at home. 

[Broad Street]

At this point I’d rather see Cahill pitching than Suarez. 

[Claude]

Suarez is not very good guys. He’s a tweener right now. 

[jlar64]

It is getting harder and harder to watch this team. Between Upton's throw home and whatever it was that Stassi tried to do..........Ugh.

[Jason]

He fits in perfect for this rotation 

[Claude]

3 minutes ago, Stradling said:

In before someone says Goodwin would have thrown him out at home. 

The one thing that the Angels failed to evaluate when they made the trade for Upton was his arm. They focused on his bat. I’m not saying that anyone would’ve thrown out that runner but that was a terrible and unnecessary throw. His outfield judgment is not very good. 

[TroutField]

6 minutes ago, Calzone 2 said:

Suarez is not very good guys. He’s a tweener right now. 

If he throws meaningful innings for the Angels in 2020 Eppler failed at his job 

[Claude]

Hector looked pretty good in that throwback uniform. 

[eligrba4ever]

Does that balance the run that scored on Upton's poor throw that should have been to third earier?

[eligrba4ever]

Congratulations, Brian Goodwin. A 100-game season for the first time and it's still mid-August.

[Claude]

3 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Congratulations, Brian Goodwin. A 100-game season for the first time and it's still mid-August.

I like Goodwin. He shows up to work and doesn’t need a poster or bobblehead to let you know he’s here.