We Suck!

[Vlad27Trout27]

That's all!

 

On the bright side, No matter how badly we sucked so far, we're only 4.6 game away from the playoffs!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Claude]

Making up 4.6 games is a going to be a difficult task.

[Revad]

6 minutes ago, RendZone said:

Making up 4.6 games is a going to be a difficult task.

Especially when we suck

[Vlad27Trout27]

dont worry it's only 4.6. we just need the teams in front us to lose about 5 straight and we need to win 5 straigh...easily doable.

[Jason]

We? The Angels suck

[Angel Oracle]

Reminds me of a classic Ditkaism back in the day, that got played over and over on Jim Healy’s Show.

”We in the, in the, ...WE STINK!”

Edited August 17, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[failos]

26 minutes ago, calscuf said:

On my phone your avatar looks like Hall & Oates.

You using a Nokia brick or flip phone?

[mmc]

Just thinking about the fact that we have to win NINE straight games just to be over .500, which is a game away from being a 1/6th of the season really puts into perspective for me the hole we have to climb out of.  Is honestly realistically doable for the group we have right now?  

[bloodbrother]

Doubtful. Good opportunity though to sell Simmons and Goodwin at the deadline to hopefully bring in some pitching talent to the org.

[wopphil]

11 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

Doubtful. Good opportunity though to sell Simmons and Goodwin at the deadline to hopefully bring in some pitching talent to the org.

Sell and tank this year. Get a good draft pick next year. 

[lbjames]

1 hour ago, calscuf said:

On my phone your avatar looks like Hall & Oates.

That’s odd.  On my phone it looks like Hanoi Jane and Ernestine.

[NrM]

28 minutes ago, wopphil said:

Sell and tank this year. Get a good draft pick next year. 

Who can the angels trade for top prospects in return? Bundy is the only player that comes to mind. Maybe ohtani.

[Stradling]

The Angels are not trading Ohtani and I highly doubt Simmons will have a market.  The two best pieces we have to trade are Goodwin and La Stella, maybe someone like Robles.  

[AngelsLakersFan]

I think the trade market is going to be really soft this year. I don't think we get much for anyone.

[Claude]

13 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I think the trade market is going to be really soft this year. I don't think we get much for anyone.

We are in a really bad position as far as trades go. It’s not like we’re missing that one piece to get us over the top. Ohtani with his now questionable two way player situation can’t be moved. Injury prone Simmons trade value has dropped. Adell could be moved but for what, other prospects? He certainly isn’t going to bring back a 1-2 quality starting pitcher. Maybe we should’ve dangled Adell for Betts two years ago. We have Bundy but we kinda need him. Meanwhile Upton and Pujols are aging and will tie up over $50M next season with little return. Building around Trout is starting to look like a daunting task. 

[Angels in 2030]

I tend to agree with you, ALFan, about the trade market.  Then again, who knows.  Maybe teams will go for it with this weird setup and easy way to get into playoffs.  Plus less teams selling because more are still within range to not be sellers.   It’s a very interesting thing to think about.  We might be better continuing to suck and be one of the small amount of sellers. It’s obvious that We’re not close to being a team that can win a couple playoff series as currently constructed.  

[fan_since79]

4.5 games behind the 2nd wild card sounds like a typical mid-August situation for this team. We still have a chance!

[Brandon]

2 hours ago, wopphil said:

Sell and tank this year. Get a good draft pick next year. 

The draft doesn't mean shit

[Taylor]

I don't think the Angels can make up 4.5 games, but they can make up 0.1 games.

[Claude]

4 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I don't think the Angels can make up 4.5 games, but they can make up 0.1 games.

Very doable if they can just fix that bad body language problem. 

[Stradling]

We have shitty BLARG

(Body Language Above Replacement Guy)

[Angel Oracle]

52 minutes ago, Brandon said:

The draft doesn't mean shit

Partly true, they still have to have the right org developing them to maximize potential.

#1 overall picks aren’t a guarantee.  See Brien Taylor, Danny Goodwin, Matt Bush, and Brady Aiken.

Edited August 17, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[greginpsca]

They need to draft nothing but pitchers and catchers in the next draft. That said, i don't think the scouts the team has, have a clue when it comes to drafting pitchers.

[Brandon]

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

Partly true, they still have to have the right org developing them to maximize potential.

#1 overall picks aren’t a guarantee.  See Brien Taylor, Danny Goodwin, Matt Bush, and Brady Aiken.

Not even #1 picks. Look at the last 10 first rounds. Most players fail....which makes our hit on Trout that much more phenomenal.

My post is more that someone said we suck and someone said clean house, or get a top draft pick. That isn't an easy answer. Saying get a good draft pick is not the answer or makes rational sense, since most end up failing because most don't work out.

Is the farm important? Sure. But it's not guaranteed and the MLB draft isn't like the NBA or NFL as far as having an idea if someone's success. MLB sends them to play in the minors for a few years.....some succeed, most don't.

[GrittyVeterans]

We can sit here and talk about how most players fail all day long but it still sure would be nice to have a top 5 pick in the 2021 MLB draft

we need things to be excited about and that’s an asset that gets me kinda excited at least