We Are the Philadelphia Eagles of MLB

[SigBaby]

I started noticing this last year. Lets check out the similarities:

 

Andy Reid had been the longest tenured coach in the NFL, and while the team had been good, there wasn't any success in the playoffs.

 

The Eagles, like the Angels had a huge offseason in 2011 and while they weren't bad, they missed the playoffs despite showing great capabilities at times.

 

The Eagles had a slightly quieter offseason in 2012 and were still expected to be one of the better teams in the league. They were pretty much god awful during the season. Hopefully the Angels can avoid this fate, but that's where they appear to be headed.

 

What this means for the future:

 

Sosh will be fired and sign with KC as did Andy Reid, an up and coming team both in the NFL and MLB.

 

We won't be getting picked by anyone to win the division in 2014, but we'll still have an exciting team, with a new manager

[Brent Maguire]

So whose our Michael Vick?

[robblin17]

Sounds good to me. 

[Brandon]

Except Sosh won a ring.

This would also require a hot commodity college coach to come to the Halos and for both KC franchises to win titles which the Chiefs will do next year.

[Brandon]

So whose our Michael Vick?

Vick kills dogs, Hank eats them?

[Brent Maguire]

Vick kills dogs, Hank eats them?

Bingo!

[bucbrett]

Aybar is our DeSean Jackson. Fun and a bit of a knucklehead sometimes.

[Brandon]

Is Hamilton going to be the Asomugha (sp?) and end up cut for production reasons?

[Punk]

But Sosh won a ring.

 

Andy Reid did not. 

 

[nando714]

Mike Trout is Matt Barkley

Hands down ours and there only hope

[SigBaby]

Trout is Lesean McCoy

 

Weaver is our Jason Peters, he anchors our rotation and without him, we are screwed

[Glen]

When I read the title I thought the OP was comparing us to the band.  I immediately thought of the song "Sad Cafe."

[SigBaby]

Suppose we wanted to become a younger ballclub next year. What would that include?

 

I don't really see many moving pieces on this team. Downs will be gone, Vargas may or may not be gone, Hanson may be non-tendered, and Howie/ Aybar and maybe even Frieri are our only trade chips that will net anything significant.

 

I would like to see Frieri to the Tigers for one of Drew Smyly or Rick Porcello.

 

And as much as I think Howie is turning it around, I think it would be best to sell high on him as we could get a whole lot for him from a whole lot of teams.

Braves, Dodgers, Orioles, Blue Jays, Royals, Rockies all need a second baseman.

 

Our pitching staff and bullpen clearly have to be fixed.

[Angel Oracle]

Even though going many years back, J.B. Shuck is the Vince Papale of this team.

Coming in unsung before 2013, and contributing a lot while Bourjos was out for 6 weeks.

[Angel Oracle]

Seeing that Lindsey is emerging at AA, it might be smart to consider trading Kendrick for pitching help.

But don't trade him if not much would be coming back here.

[SigBaby]

Seeing that Lindsey is emerging at AA, it might be smart to consider trading Kendrick for pitching help.

But don't trade him if not much would be coming back here.

I would imagine we would get a ton for Howie. Look at what the Braves got for Martin Prado who has more versatility, but is about equal if not slightly worse at the plate than Howie. There aren't all that many quality 2nd basemen out there.

 

How far away is Cowart? I wouldn't mind seeing him at third and Callaspo at second next year, with a young stud in the rotation

[Angel Oracle]

Cowart seems to be about 1.5 years away.

He's struggling in AA (sub .600 OPS).

 

Lindsey has vaulted past him in probable MLB arrival.

[Chuck]

Vick kills dogs, Hank eats them?

 

 

LOL

[Section517]

Mike Trout is Matt Barkley

Hands down ours and there only hope

 

 

Trout has never been taken to task like Barney was last season.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[decinces11]

Vick kills dogs, Hank eats them?

I logged in today just so I could like this post.

 

Dude...

[Ray McKigney]

When I read the title I thought the OP was comparing us to the band.  I immediately thought of the song "Sad Cafe."

 

So weird. I've had that song stuck in my head for the last two days. 

[Vernster52]

When I read the title I thought the OP was comparing us to the band.  I immediately thought of the song "Sad Cafe."

 

I thought the same thing.

 

My first thought was "Yep.  They both suck".

[YouthofToday]

We had a quiet last two off seasons?

[Halos of Anaheim]

We had a quiet last two off seasons?

They didn't have a quite off season last year. Or the year before. 

 

But Sosh won a ring.

 

Andy Reid did not. 

 

I thought you were a Texans fan? Hows that dynasty going for ya?

 

Eli says tell me how my ass taste.

[nando714]

Sec5

You havent seen trout play left running into walls lol