Angels Off-season Predictions

[BTH]

9 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

I do. 

But I've always tempered it by saying we don't have their data in order to know where to place the blame.

Ok. That's fair.

I do think part of the issue is that they played a lot of players who just aren't good defensively. (Pujols, Rojas, Mayfield, Gosselin, Upton, Eaton, etc.) I think a lot of the good teams make up for sub-par individual defense by good defensive positioning.

 

Some improvement has to be made in one aspect at the very least. Ideally, you get better defensive players and you improve the defensive positioning. Realistically, you at least shore up one of those two aspects. Even if Fletch thinks the Angels positioning isn't that bad, I think it can be acknowledged that it's not a huge strength (which you'd want it to be).

[Inside Pitch]

15 minutes ago, Trendon said:

Ok. That's fair.

I do think part of the issue is that they played a lot of players who just aren't good defensively. (Pujols, Rojas, Mayfield, Gosselin, Upton, Eaton, etc.) I think a lot of the good teams make up for sub-par individual defense by good defensive positioning.

 

Some improvement has to be made in one aspect at the very least. Ideally, you get better defensive players and you improve the defensive positioning. Realistically, you at least shore up one of those two aspects. Even if Fletch thinks the Angels positioning isn't that bad, I think it can be acknowledged that it's not a huge strength (which you'd want it to be).

The defensive situation is a cause of extreme pessimism for me. 

They can obviously improve the OF defense in house.  Third should be better with a healthy Rendon, and removing Suzuki should have as positive an impact as removing AP did.  But other than changes at SS/Back up catcher they will likely be returning a lot of the same people.

[rottiesworld]

8 hours ago, Trendon said:

Do you know if the Angels are doing anything to address this issue @Jeff Fletcher?

Or do you at least know who is in charge of the Angels defensive alignments?

Is it Maddon, the bench coach, the infield/outfield coaches, or the front office?

All of the above

[Tank]

2 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

You don’t have all the data they have. 

Hey fletch, have you ever seen any of those little alignment cards the players carry with them while they’re in the field playing defense? And if so, what’s on them?

[Jeff Fletcher]

10 minutes ago, Tank said:

Hey fletch, have you ever seen any of those little alignment cards the players carry with them while they’re in the field playing defense? And if so, what’s on them?

No. I haven’t. 

[Tank]

3 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

No. I haven’t. 

Ever asked any of the players about them?

[Jeff Fletcher]

8 hours ago, Tank said:

Ever asked any of the players about them?

Nope. 

[Blarg]

9 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Then there's the question ...is the data spot on and someone is overriding it from the bench...  

You tell me.

[Angel Oracle]

On 10/13/2021 at 8:08 AM, angelsnationtalk said:

What I mean by leaving shortstop and guys like Gosselin up in the air is their vacancy of defense. 

Gosselin is a terrible defender. 

There’s no real reason to keep Gosselin, especially with a lot of space to create on the 40 man this winter.

[PattyD22]

10 hours ago, Tank said:

Hey fletch, have you ever seen any of those little alignment cards the players carry with them while they’re in the field playing defense? And if so, what’s on them?

A derivative of this I think.

[WicketMaiden]

40 minutes ago, PattyD22 said:

A derivative of this I think.

OK, so now I need to know what all the colours mean. The round blob is Pujols, yes? Or maybe not, that blue arrow coming off the blob looks a bit too dynamic for Albert.

[Torridd]

I realized I hadn't made my choices. I'll go with Smyly, Matz and re-sign Iglesias.

[Torridd]

On 10/11/2021 at 1:13 PM, Trendon said:

Correct.

I don't like going cheap on a backup C, but that's what I am expecting.

It's just not a big priority on the face of it.

[Angels 1961]

16 minutes ago, Torridd said:

It's just not a big priority on the face of it.

You have said this thaiss now

[Tank]

3 hours ago, PattyD22 said:

A derivative of this I think.

there's a certain elegant simplicity to this. thank you.

so @Jeff Fletcher would it be out-of-bounds for a journalist to ask about these? i'd guess the info on them rather guarded, but i'm really curious what they look like.

[Jeff Fletcher]

17 minutes ago, Tank said:

there's a certain elegant simplicity to this. thank you.

so @Jeff Fletcher would it be out-of-bounds for a journalist to ask about these? i'd guess the info on them rather guarded, but i'm really curious what they look like.

Sure. I could ask. I just never thought it was that interesting. It’s a card that tells them where to play. 

[Torridd]

1 hour ago, Angels 1961 said:

You have said this thaiss now

I didn't realize it. Thanks.

[Angels 1961]

34 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Sure. I could ask. I just never thought it was that interesting. It’s a card that tells them where to play. 

Jeff on a scale of 1 to 10 chances Mad Max signs with Angels.

[Jeff Fletcher]

1 hour ago, Angels 1961 said:

Jeff on a scale of 1 to 10 chances Mad Max signs with Angels.

3

(I have no idea. But I’d never put the chances of a particular free agent signing with a particular team as very high just because there are too many options.)

[tdawg87]

18 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

3

(I have no idea. But I’d never put the chances of a particular free agent signing with a particular team as very high just because there are too many options.)

[UndertheHalo]

[UndertheHalo]

I’m all of the guys 

[Revad]

On 10/14/2021 at 3:29 PM, Angels 1961 said:

You have said this thaiss now

Thais  is going to be hurt by Jose Molina being let go

Edited October 15, 2021 by Revad