Gameday Thread: Asterisks @ Angels (7/31/20)

[Bronson]

Just now, robblin17 said:

Yeah, you’re right. Being the laughing stock of the league for the past ten years has been way more fun. All those playoff wins have been fun too. 

Being the laughing stock of the league isn’t because Arte spends money. Look at the Yankees. Yeah sure he sometimes spends it on the wrong players but we have a more internal problem. 

[NrM]

12 minutes ago, Angels_Make_Me_Drink said:

I appreciate what Eppler has done for the prospects, but he’s done absolutely nothing in terms of pitching. All he does is dumpster dive. No reason to believe it would be any different next year. You have Trout, Ohtani, and Rendon. The time to win is now. We need a GM with a championship pedigree who can come in and secure some starting P and solid Relief P. 
 

Has Eppler really rebuilt our farmsystem? I hear this a lot, but have yet to see it come to fruition. Our farmsystem has been ranked near the bottom for his entire tenure.

https://www.mlb.com/news/2020-farm-system-rankings

[AngelsLakersFan]

Just now, NrM said:

Has Eppler really rebuilt our farmsystem? I hear this a lot, but have yet to see it come to fruition. Our farmsystem has been ranked near the bottom for his entire tenure.

https://www.mlb.com/news/2020-farm-system-rankings

Well it was ranked somewhere in the mid 30's when he took over (behind the top 3 Japanese system, a Korean system and the CIF).

[beatlesrule]

7 minutes ago, Bronson said:

Being the laughing stock of the league isn’t because Arte spends money. Look at the Yankees. Yeah sure he sometimes spends it on the wrong players but we have a more internal problem. 

Arte hired Eppler. He extended Scioscia. Arte pushed for Hamilton and Pujols and Wells etc. He won't tank even when all logic says that's the correct move. He won't even fire sell one year. Arte is the one to blame. The Angels problems start at the top. 

[Bronson]

You had one job Upton.

[robblin17]

2 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Arte hired Eppler. He extended Scioscia. Arte pushed for Hamilton and Pujols and Wells etc. Arte is the one to blame. The Angels problems start at the top. 

Great points. It’s organizational failure at this point from the top down. There have been so many failures that it’s impossible to pinpoint it. We can’t blame it on Scioscia anymore, can’t blame it on Dipoto, can’t blame it on Eppler, can’t blame it on Ausmus, can’t blame it on the players (they’ve all been terrible for years). 
 

Yet one common denominator remains. Arte. 
 

I can’t confirm this, but maybe others can. I’ve heard that the Angels FO is one of the leanest and potentially under staffed units in the majors because of Arte being cheap AF on areas outside of the ML roster. Any truth to this? 

[robblin17]

11 minutes ago, Bronson said:

Being the laughing stock of the league isn’t because Arte spends money. Look at the Yankees. Yeah sure he sometimes spends it on the wrong players but we have a more internal problem. 

Spending money on guys like Pujols, Wells, and Hamilton is 100% a direct correlation with us being the laughing stock of the league. 

[tdawg87]

Can the whole team just get Covid already

[AngelsLakersFan]

Have the Yankees ate as much money as Arte over the last decade?

[Stradling]

Just now, tdawg87 said:

Can the whole team just get Covid already

I’d settle for most of AW getting Covid.  @calscuf hook me up bro. 

[Slegnaac]

16 minutes ago, RBM said:

Agreed. He's struggled early but he showed up and he's a fast healer. He'll be back soon.

Trout is not even showing up. That is a lack of leadership.

Good Grief, somethings are more important than Baseball.  Get a grip.

[tdawg87]

Just now, Slegnaac said:

Good Grief, somethings are more important than Baseball.  Get a grip.

No, fuck Trout's kid he needs to be in the LINEUP hitting DINGERS

[fan_since79]

This...team. Driving me nuts.

I usually take my heart medicine at 9 pm but I might take it a little sooner. I feel a pain...

[Stradling]

21 minutes ago, RBM said:

Agreed. He's struggled early but he showed up and he's a fast healer. He'll be back soon.

Trout is not even showing up. That is a lack of leadership.

Yea fuck off with this take. 

[Stradling]

Just now, fan_since79 said:

This...team. Driving me nuts.

I usually take my heart medicine at 9 pm but I might take it a little sooner. I feel a pain...

Don’t take the medicine. 

[eligrba]

31 minutes ago, RBM said:

Andrelton Simmons is such a gamer. He would be out there tonight if he could be. I wonder how he really feels about Mike Trout sitting in a rocking chair before the birth of his child while his team plays a home game 25 minutes from his home.

This is my nomination for Father of the Year.

[fan_since79]

Just now, Stradling said:

Don’t take the medicine. 

That's not nice. I knew you had a sinister side. Lol

[Stradling]

Just now, eligrba said:

This is my nomination for Father of the Year.

You spelled asshole wrong (I think)

[eligrba]

24 minutes ago, RBM said:

Agreed. He's struggled early but he showed up and he's a fast healer. He'll be back soon.

Trout is not even showing up. That is a lack of leadership.

Exhibit B for Father of the Year.

 

[Stradling]

Just now, fan_since79 said:

That's not nice. I knew you had a sinister side. Lol

Haha.  

[tdawg87]

There's just a philosophy of failure that has plagued this organization for the better part of a decade. 

It's not any one individual's fault. No manager is going to change this. But man, something's gotta change. You can say we just have a poor roster but why is that the case every year? At some point the players are going to play well, right?

[beatlesrule]

LOL. Cam couldn't care less about the runner on first. Now a wild pitch and he's at 3rd. Come on people this is just comical.

[fan_since79]

Hey guys, everything's fine. That stolen base was sponsored by Rotolo Chevrolet.

[jonickell25]

Classic. 0-2 count...to 3-2...to base hit...to stolen base...to passed ball. Great.

[robblin17]

What does Hermosillo do well?