Brian Goodwin traded to the Reds for Packy Naughton and Jose Salvador

[Claude]

44 minutes ago, Hubs said:

Yeah he’s gonna be fine. This season is a blip. It’s not long enough for some guys to get into a groove, there are a lot of slow starters in baseball. We’ll see after next year if he can hit and pitch, or if he needs to focus on one.

Good post. 

[nate]

3 hours ago, Stradling said:

I have a lot more faith in Thaiss than I do Walsh.  That one is a mystery to me.  

to be honest I don't expect much from either of them

[T.G.]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

Sometimes I wonder what joy people get out of simply being negative and assuming the worst.  Those people should simply fuck off and go be miserable on FB.  They certainly don’t make this place better.  But I guess every forum has trolls that were supposed to just deal with. 

As long as some people keep engaging them, they won't go away.

[Lou]

1 minute ago, True Grich said:

As long as some people keep engaging them, they won't go away.

Thank you.

[Chuck]

I like this guy already.

 

[Stradling]

36 minutes ago, True Grich said:

As long as some people keep engaging them, they won't go away.

That simply isn’t true.  When he found out you had him on ignore he tried to antagonize you for months constantly until he was told to stop. 

[Lou]

43 minutes ago, Stradling said:

That simply isn’t true.  When he found out you had him on ignore he tried to antagonize you for months constantly until he was told to stop. 

You guys keep saying this....

 

 

as you keep engaging with him.

[Stradling]

4 minutes ago, Lou said:

You guys keep saying this....

 

 

as you keep engaging with him.

And TG didn’t engage him and he still went at him even more after he found out he was on ignore.  

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

And TG didn’t engage him and he still went at him even more after he found out he was on ignore.  

And TG was happy.

Why not do what he did and put him on ignore? It's an easy process. 

[tdawg87]

You know what else is an easy process? A vasectomy. Here let me find a picture.

[tdawg87]

3 hours ago, Randy Gradishar said:

He shattered the previous record for tallest midget.

The record held for 11 years by Nate.

[nate]

3 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

The record held for 11 years by Nate.

nobody has dethroned me, stop your fake news bullshit

[Inside Pitch]

4 hours ago, Lou said:

And TG was happy.

Why not do what he did and put him on ignore? It's an easy process. 

I'm happy when I "engage" him.

[T.G.]

4 hours ago, Stradling said:

And TG didn’t engage him and he still went at him even more after he found out he was on ignore.  

And I never saw those posts... 

4 hours ago, Lou said:

And TG was happy.

Why not do what he did and put him on ignore? It's an easy process. 

Exactly

[T.G.]

53 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

I'm happy when I "engage" him.

You don't "engage" him... you reduce him to a pile of goop... 

800lb gorillas have a funny way of finding happiness.

[HaloRed]

On 8/31/2020 at 1:44 PM, angelsnationtalk said:

He knows his pitching...... Which is why we're one of the worst pitching teams in baseball. But he knowsssss his pitching. 

I don't have all day, it's based on overall perspective.  Weigh the pros and cons since his arrival beginning from the 2016 season.  He's seemed to work the pipeline pretty well!  Not necessarily FA:

Ramirez (before injury)

Robles

Buttrey

Bundy

Andreise

Parker

Pena

Cons:

Harvey

Meyer

Bridwell

Cahill

Patience, as he finds the pieces here and there to assemble with.  

[Angel]

Yeah Eppler is in a predicament not many GMs want to be in, in fact he's basically the only GM in this predicament.  A reloading 'contender' with the best overall player in baseball.

[totdprods]

4 hours ago, HaloRed said:

I don't have all day, it's based on overall perspective.  Weigh the pros and cons since his arrival beginning from the 2016 season.  He's seemed to work the pipeline pretty well!  Not necessarily FA:

Ramirez (before injury)

Robles

Buttrey

Bundy

Andreise

Parker

Pena

Cons:

Harvey

Meyer

Bridwell

Cahill

Patience, as he finds the pieces here and there to assemble with.  

You forgot Norris, Petit, and Hernandez. Noe probably fits in the pro column too.

Also...Bridwell? Meyer? They’re only cons in the fact they got hurt but both of them pitched pretty well when they were here. 

[Lhalo]

5 hours ago, Angel said:

Yeah Eppler is in a predicament not many GMs want to be in, in fact he's basically the only GM in this predicament.  A reloading 'contender' with the best overall player in baseball.

For the 5th year in a row. 

[angelsnationtalk]

6 hours ago, HaloRed said:

I don't have all day, it's based on overall perspective.  Weigh the pros and cons since his arrival beginning from the 2016 season.  He's seemed to work the pipeline pretty well!  Not necessarily FA:

Ramirez (before injury)

Robles

Buttrey

Bundy

Andreise

Parker

Pena

Cons:

Harvey

Meyer

Bridwell

Cahill

Patience, as he finds the pieces here and there to assemble with.  

Not to burst your bubble but Andreise (6.41 ERA) and Robles (10.64 ERA) have also been extreme cons. 

That's 8/11 guys that haven't panned out and Ramirez is a hard maybe. That's gotten us to the spot we're in now. Second worst in baseball. 

[Stradling]

Just now, angelsnationtalk said:

Not to burst your bubble but Andreise (6.41 ERA) and Robles (10.64 ERA) have also been extreme cons. 

That's 8/11 guys that haven't panned out and Ramirez is a hard maybe. That's gotten us to the spot we're in now. Second worst in baseball. 

Robles was pretty damn good last year.  If we are deciding players worth based on one year then the A’s fucked up with Soria.  I realize he is good but he wasn’t last year.  

[angelsnationtalk]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

Robles was pretty damn good last year.  If we are deciding players worth based on one year then the A’s fucked up with Soria.  I realize he is good but he wasn’t last year.  

Yeah, Robles was good last year, but this year's performance is voiding that. We can't all say "but he was good at one point". That's what Eppler always says with his "projects".... Harvey... Cahill....Allen.... Cozart

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

Yeah, Robles was good last year, but this year's performance is voiding that. We can't all say "but he was good at one point". That's what Eppler always says with his "projects".... Harvey... Cahill....Allen.... Cozart

Ok I’m going to show you how silly this is.  
Trout used to be better than David Fletcher but “this years performance is voiding that out”. 

[nate]

There is nothing you can conclude from this fake season other than the Angels still suck.

[angelsnationtalk]

6 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Ok I’m going to show you how silly this is.  
Trout used to be better than David Fletcher but “this years performance is voiding that out”. 

Trout is still a team leader in SLG, OPS, RBI, HR and Runs so he's still having a good year despite hit AVG and strikeouts. He will still probably finish the year batting around .280 or higher.

Trout has had 8 MVP caliber seasons with the Angels. Proving he's been a success with the Angels. 

I'm not saying Robles isn't a good pitcher. He's had 1.5 good years with the Angels which is great. But given how different his year has been this year, it's a different story. I think we can all agree there are question marks with the majority of pitchers Eppler goes after (without including Robles).