Gameday Thread: Angels @ O’s (July 10th, 2022)

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, DMVol said:

He had a bad final two months last year and he’s been hurt this year….way too quick to turn him in to a utility guy or send him back to AAA….

I'm not sure what you were seeing. He had a decent BABIP fueled June/July but overall he was terrible for over a year straight. The injury wouldn't have kept him out of the lineup if he was hitting, so this feels more like a hail marry pass more than anything. Ultimately fixing his hips isn't going to fix his plate discipline.

[Angel Oracle]

Just now, CaliAngel said:

What is the timeline for Fletcher? I feel like I haven't heard much about him around here, is he going to be making an appearance before the end of the season?

I don't even remember how he got hurt again.

Back after the ASB, starts rehab assignment tomorrow.

[AngelsLakersFan]

Suarez faced at least 3 too many batters there

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, UndertheHalo said:

We might be following something special here guys.  This may actually end up being the low point of the season. 

We can't go lower??

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, CaliAngel said:

What is the timeline for Fletcher? I feel like I haven't heard much about him around here, is he going to be making an appearance before the end of the season?

I don't even remember how he got hurt again.

Supposed to be back after the All Star break. About to start a minor league rehab. 

[bloodbrother]

They really played like a great team for 6 weeks to start the year and then turned into one of the worst Angels teams in many years.

[eligrba4ever]

36 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I don't think Fletcher is a starting caliber player anymoreA

If Fletcher is healthy, he is more than starting quality. He was playing hurt and looking bad until he was sent to hip surgery. Without pain-free hips, a player cannot swing properly or set and throw in the field. If the surgery has done what it is supposed to have done, Fletcher may regain most if not all of what made him a starter.

[CaliAngel]

4 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

We might be following something special here guys.  This may actually end up being the low point of the season. 

I don't think I'm alone in saying, considering the expectations with having Trout and Ohtani, this is probably the lowest point I've seen the team in the 25 years I've been watching them.

[DMVol]

7 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I'm not sure what you were seeing. He had a decent BABIP fueled June/July but overall he was terrible for over a year straight. The injury wouldn't have kept him out of the lineup if he was hitting, so this feels more like a hail marry pass more than anything. Ultimately fixing his hips isn't going to fix his plate discipline.

I have no idea if he can be the Fletcher of 2019/2020 again….you may very well be right….but I think you give him every chance to show what he can do…..agree to disagree….

[mmc]

Lol @ the broadcast saying something along the lines of "this bad stretch also gives you a sense of hope, if things can be this bad that means things can be just as good again"

[eligrba4ever]

Peacock has almost nothing I would spend my time, let alone money, on. Terry and Mark are calling a good -- if frustrating -- game.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Stefanic just hits and hits...

[UndertheHalo]

9 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

We can't go lower??

Possible.  But it seems to me that this is probably the low point.  Getting some W’s against the orioles here before the ASB probably a kind of last gasp for any kind of hope for the season.  Not that  there was much hope at all.  But this.  This should just about snuff it out.  

Edited July 10, 2022 by UndertheHalo

[UndertheHalo]

6 minutes ago, CaliAngel said:

I don't think I'm alone in saying, considering the expectations with having Trout and Ohtani, this is probably the lowest point I've seen the team in the 25 years I've been watching them.

It’s pretty bad.  I can’t even pretend to think there’s some kind of plan to follow going forward.  I have no idea what they’re going to do.  They have to massively gamble or concede to being gigantic losers for the next 4 or 5 years at a minimum.  And that’s if they somehow figure out how to start developing players. Then maybe they can start turning it around in a time frame like that. 

Edited July 10, 2022 by UndertheHalo

[CaliAngel]

2 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Terry and Mark are calling a good -- if frustrating -- game.

I miss them, I really like Langston cause he tends to keep it real. I should listen to the audio feeds more often. 

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Peacock eh... Didn't know they showed baseball

they don't

[CaliAngel]

Strikeouts with RISP continue to plague this team. Especially frustrating with runners on 3rd. With 1 out they literally just need to get the bat on the ball.

[AngelsLakersFan]

6 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

If Fletcher is healthy, he is more than starting quality. He was playing hurt and looking bad until he was sent to hip surgery. Without pain-free hips, a player cannot swing properly or set and throw in the field. If the surgery has done what it is supposed to have done, Fletcher may regain most if not all of what made him a starter.

I think the team is hoping that he sucked because of his messed up hips. I got the impression from them that they didn't think the injury was serious but his play was so bad they didn't really have another choice. 

[eligrba4ever]

15 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

We might be following something special here guys.  This may actually end up being the low point of the season. 

Coming up are three against the Astros, followed by two against the Dodgers and then, after the break, a three-game weekend in Hotlanta. Where's the low point?

[fan_since79]

12 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

They really played like a great team for 6 weeks to start the year and then turned into one of the worst Angels teams in many years.

If they don't come back today they'll be like 22 games under .500 during this stretch. Unreal.

[mmc]

 

[AngelsLakersFan]

10 minutes ago, DMVol said:

I have no idea if he can be the Fletcher of 2019/2020 again….you may very well be right….but I think you give him every chance to show what he can do…..agree to disagree….

I would give him that chance at AAA. I'd much rather know what we have in Rengifo and Stefanic.

[Docwaukee]

1 minute ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I would give him that chance at AAA. I'd much rather know what we have in Rengifo and Stefanic.

so some are thinkin' that Fletcher is gonna come back and help the offense?  Oh boy.  

[UndertheHalo]

4 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Coming up are three against the Astros, followed by two against the Dodgers and then, after the break, a three-game weekend in Hotlanta. Where's the low point?

K but we expect to get sodomized by those teams.  You don’t really go lower imo - when you’ve already given up.  

Edited July 10, 2022 by UndertheHalo

[fan_since79]

Orioles ready to put us out of our misery...for today.

5-2 now, runners on 2nd and 3rd.

...and now a wild pitch as I write this.