ESPN Rotations fluff...

[Inside Pitch]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/28341718/way-too-early-2020-mlb-starting-rotation-rankings

We're number 20!   in-Validation!

[Jay]

#20 assumes everyone stays healthy...

 

 

[Jason]

2 minutes ago, Jay said:

#20 assumes everyone stays healthy...

 

 

Heaney just popped into my head 

[Bruce Nye]

Clearly not the off-season rotation help we wanted.  

[Revad]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

Heaney just popped into my head 

Gross

[krAbs]

20 is actually better than I expected, to be honest.

[Angelsjunky]

Pitching (40%): 20th

Defense (10%): 5th

Offense (50%): 10th

20 x .4 + 5 x .1 + 10 x.5 = 13.5

The Angels are the 13th or 14th best team in the major leagues.

Last year, the 13th - 14th best teams won 84-85 games.

Sounds about right.

A more optimistic view would have the offense be about 5th, which would put us up to 11th, or 89 wins.

So yeah, the Angels as currently configured, win somewhere in the 84-89 games range.

Adding Ray/Boyd/Gray maybe puts that up to 85-91...not sure that's worth Brandon Marsh.

Edited December 23, 2019 by Angelsjunky

[Inside Pitch]

3 hours ago, Jay said:

#20 assumes everyone stays healthy...

#1 assumes the same thing.

[Angelsjunky]

12 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

#1 assumes the same thing.

Right. There's always a +/- range, depending upon the volatility of the staff. For the Angels, a best-case scenario is in the 10-15 range, worst-case more like 25. So a high range of volatility, imo.

 

[eligrba]

Can't read it. I assume it is ESPN masterbating about the Yankees.

[beatlesrule]

1 hour ago, eligrba said:

Can't read it. I assume it is ESPN masterbating about the Yankees.

I mean, they are gonna be really good and dare I type great.

[Tank]

20 > 31

[Vegas Halo Fan]

14 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

I mean, they are gonna be really good and dare I type great.

They were very near going to the World Series with the team that they had a year ago - and that was before Gerrit Cole was added to their roster and removed from Houston's. They did an amazing job with the staggering number of injuries that they had last year.

[eligrba]

1 hour ago, beatlesrule said:

I mean, they are gonna be really good and dare I type great.

Good For Them. ESPN masterbates to the Yankees whether they are good, great or bad. 
 

 

[tdawg87]

3 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

Pitching (40%): 20th

Defense (10%): 5th

Offense (50%): 10th

20 x .4 + 5 x .1 + 10 x.5 = 13.5

The Angels are the 13th or 14th best team in the major leagues.

Last year, the 13th - 14th best teams won 84-85 games.

Sounds about right.

A more optimistic view would have the offense be about 5th, which would put us up to 11th, or 89 wins.

So yeah, the Angels as currently configured, win somewhere in the 84-89 games range.

Adding Ray/Boyd/Gray maybe puts that up to 85-91...not sure that's worth Brandon Marsh.

This shit makes me so glad we play the games on the field.

[eligrba]

14 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

This shit makes me so glad we play the games on the field.

Is it really necessary to play every game since we all know the Yankees are unstoppable and the Angels didn’t sign a front line pitcher?

[tdawg87]

Just now, eligrba said:

Is it really necessary to play every game since we all know the Yankees are unstoppable and the Angels didn’t sign a front line pitcher?

No. The projections say we're basically an 85 win team at best. That's not gonna get it done. 

I say we shut everything down until next off-season.

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, Throwman91 said:

Even if we sneak a WC our pitching won't hold water against a hungry team.

In a 1 game playoff? Literally any team can win one game. 

After that, anything can happen. Any pitcher is going to have trouble facing Trout-Rendon-Ohtani.

[tdawg87]

28 minutes ago, Throwman91 said:

I meant assuming we win that WC game with Ohtani on the mound, a full playoff division series.

I always believe that once you get there, anything can happen. Obviously having better pitching gives your team an advantage, but it's just one series. Any team can win a series and any team can lose one. 

[Lou]

6 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Any team can win a series and any team can lose one. 

it's like reading Chaucer . . . 

[Tank]

8 hours ago, Lou said:

it's like reading Chaucer . . . 

I was holding out hope it'd be more like reading Geisel . . .