Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Padres (9/03/2020)

[Justin]

Just now, Stradling said:

So if we can’t judge Trout in 60 games I guess we can’t judge Upton or Adell. 

That's a horse of a different color. 

[eligrba4ever]

Angels stanch the bleeding for at least one game. Just another Halos victory!!

Heaney has turned it around in the past several starts,

[fan_since79]

Heaney's ERA is below 4 now!

[rafibomb]

Outside of 1 outing where he gave up 4 earned runs in 0.2 innings.

Mike Mayers has 11.0 innings pitched with only 1 earned run allowed, 17 strikeouts 

[eligrba4ever]

18-4 gets the Angels to 31 wins and a plus-.500 season.

Hey! It could happen.

[Angel]

Heaney looking like a lock for our staff, he looks like a dependable 3-4 guy (in a good rotation), Bundy Heaney Canning Barria Ohtani is better than it looks on paper.  We need that frontline starter this winter so Ohtani isn't depended on upon his return.

[fan_since79]

Hey, who needs Clevinger? We've got Heaney!

[AngelsLakersFan]

Has it really been that long since the team played a good game?

[Angel]

Lineup needs a good shake for next season, look at that slop.

[JustATroutFan]

3 minutes ago, Angel said:

Lineup needs a good shake for next season, look at that slop.

I feel sorry for pitchers next season when they have to face Trout. 162-game season. Let them have their 15 minutes of fame in this joke season. Too much distraction for the guy this season. 

[Jay]

1 hour ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

What would you say if your daughter brought home Mike Clevinger to meet the family?

I wouldn't be that happy about it.

Cleveland has had some bad luck with head-case pitchers. First Bauer who they had to get rid of, then Clevinger.

 

[Billy_Ball]

4 hours ago, happybat4 said:

Trout might only be the 4th best player on the Angels this year.

He's only tied for the AL lead in HRs and RBIs.  No big deal.

[stormngt]

14 hours ago, Angel said:

60 games is close enough for judging All-Stars, 90% of the votes are cast in the same period.  You sound so confident that another 20 games he would be fine, what if not?

Trout would have been the AL leader in vote count.  The fans do not look at their stats!  They just know Trout is the best player in the game.

You must really be a great player when 986 OPS is a bad season!

Edited September 4, 2020 by stormngt

[happybat4]

9 hours ago, JustATroutFan said:

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Fletcher, Tendon and Bundy all have higher wars. Just saying!

[fan_since79]

7 hours ago, stormngt said:

Trout would have been the AL leader in vote count.  The fans do not look at their stats!  They just know Trout is the best player in the game.

You must really be a great player when 986 OPS us a bad season!

Exactly!

Babe Ruth put up a .985 OPS in his age-39 season and the Yankees thought he was finished and let him go.

[stormngt]

2 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Exactly!

Babe Ruth put up a .985 OPS in his age-39 season and the Yankees thought he was finished and let him go.

Just curious, why did Ruth retire 26 games into his final season after posting 985 OPS and currently had an ops+ 119 when he quit?

[bloodbrother]

17 hours ago, stormngt said:

You got this feeling by watching him bat once?

Saw him plenty with the A's over the last 3 years