Jo Adell’s Future

[jsnpritchett]

23 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Sam Blum is a piece. 

Completely legitimate follow up question to ask and I wish more reporters would have the nerve to ask questions like that.  I would have liked it even more if he'd been able to ask ANOTHER follow up of, "Then could you please explain what you did mean?"

[Jeff Fletcher]

21 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Completely legitimate follow up question to ask and I wish more reporters would have the nerve to ask questions like that.  I would have liked it even more if he'd been able to ask ANOTHER follow up of, "Then could you please explain what you did mean?"

No. The first follow up should have been “why isn’t he part of today’s best lineup?”

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

No. The first follow up should have been “why isn’t he part of today’s best lineup?”

 I fully realize who you are and what you do, but I still think Sam's question was perfectly legitimate.  Nevin's answer was nonsense.  Your suggestion could have worked, too.

Hopefully, all the Angels reporters will ask more challenging questions to Nevin, Minasian, and anyone else in the front office or ownership group if given the opportunity.

[Jeff Fletcher]

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

 I fully realize who you are and what you do, but I still think Sam's question was perfectly legitimate.  Nevin's answer was nonsense.  Your suggestion could have worked, too.

Hopefully, all the Angels reporters will ask more challenging questions to Nevin, Minasian, and anyone else in the front office or ownership group if given the opportunity.

Do you see the difference between what Sam asked and what I suggested?

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Do you see the difference between what Sam asked and what I suggested?

Yes.  Unlike some of the people who you apparently interact with, I'm not an idiot. 

[Sully151]

3 hours ago, mmc said:

On the bench again today

He will come in during the bottom of the 7th to pinch swing and miss.

[Angelsjunky]

3 hours ago, Just Sayin said:

He is a tremendously dangerous hitter during blowouts and the opposition has a position player on the mound to preserve their bullpen. 
 

I’m guessing that by today’s standards, this alone could justify a ten-year extension at roughly 38 million a year. 

Haha, after reading your first paragraph, I was just going to say, "This thread isn't about Trout," then I read your second paragraph.

[Angelsjunky]

Adell has a .270 OBP and strikes out 37% of the time, with little power to show for it. Of course he isn't part of any team's "best lineup."

Of course Nevin shouldn't be playing for this year. He should be playing for next and beyond. But as Fletcher said, Adell is getting substantial playing time. Over the last 30 days he's gotten the fifth most PA of any Angel hitter and tied for third most games. He's just not improving, so not getting every single start.

[eligrba]

I think Nevin prefers to play Adell at times when he can have some success. Today is probably not that day because of who is pitching. 

Sam is fishing for drama. 

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

Yes.  Unlike some of the people who you apparently interact with, I'm not an idiot. 

Why you gotta bring me into this?

[Stradling]

There are guys that report what’s happening then there are guys who want to be hard hitting reporters. Sam is the second one. 

[Swordsman78]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

There are guys that report what’s happening then there are guys who want to be hard hitting reporters. Sam is the second one. 

Sam was trying to get Nevin to dunk on one of his players.   Nevin isn't going to embarrass a kid just because a reporter can't read between the lines.

[jsnpritchett]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

There are guys that report what’s happening then there are guys who want to be hard hitting reporters. Sam is the second one. 

Yes, god forbid anyone challenging reasoning or asking a follow-up, rather than taking the "just the facts, ma'am" approach! 

[Stradling]

29 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Yes, god forbid anyone challenging reasoning or asking a follow-up, rather than taking the "just the facts, ma'am" approach! 

And god forbid they ask questions in a respectful way. 

[jsnpritchett]

6 minutes ago, Stradling said:

And god forbid they ask questions in a respectful way. 

Nothing about the question was disrespectful.  

[CaliAngel]

4 hours ago, Sully151 said:

He will come in during the bottom of the 7th to pinch swing and miss.

Close with both. 

Bottom of the 12th, had a pop up that probably qualified for little league level difficulty.

Keep the faith, only 2 more years of this shit. 

[eligrba]

After watching Aguilar for a few games, Adell's window with the Angels might be closing. 

[jsnpritchett]

14 minutes ago, eligrba said:

After watching Aguilar for a few games, Adell's window with the Angels might be closing. 

Yeah, soon-to-be-28-year-old guys who strike out 11 times in their first 17 ABs definitely want to make you give up on 23-year-old former top 10 prospects. I totally get that.  Smart thinking. 

[DMVol]

10 hours ago, Stradling said:

And god forbid they ask questions in a respectful way. 

You certainly are respectful of everyone on here, particularly those who disagree with you…

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, DMVol said:

You certainly are respectful of everyone on here, particularly those who disagree with you…

This isn’t my chosen profession, I’m not at work.  

[Stradling]

11 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

Yes, god forbid anyone challenging reasoning or asking a follow-up, rather than taking the "just the facts, ma'am" approach! 

This isn’t my profession, but there are a number of ways to ask the question without being a dick and trying to ask a “gotcha” question.  

“What about this match up prevents Jo from starting tonight”

”What would you like to see from Jo in order to face a right handed like Garcia”

”Do you see Jo and Ryan platooning moving forward”

These are all better questions.  

Once again, he is a beat writer and he is taking this job like he wants to be a hard hitting reporter.  I would only assume that building relationships as a beat reporter, gets you more insight over the long haul.  @Jeff Fletcher, would that be accurate or am I overthinking this? 

[eligrba]

50 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Yeah, soon-to-be-28-year-old guys who strike out 11 times in their first 17 ABs definitely want to make you give up on 23-year-old former top 10 prospects. I totally get that.  Smart thinking. 

Your right. It's much better to have a 23 yr old who can't play at this level but has potential in the lineup than, heaven forbid, a 28 yr old who has more skills.

I stand corrected.  Thanks for setting me straight.  Wow, you are really smart.

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, eligrba said:

Your right. It's much better to have a 23 yr old who can't play at this level but has potential in the lineup than, heaven forbid, a 28 yr old who has more skills.

I stand corrected.  Thanks for setting me straight.  Wow, you are really smart.

What skills have you seen in Aguilar's limited appearances that make you think he's a better fit long term? 

[jsnpritchett]

6 minutes ago, Stradling said:

This isn’t my profession, but there are a number of ways to ask the question without being a dick and trying to ask a “gotcha” question.  

“What about this match up prevents Jo from starting tonight”

”What would you like to see from Jo in order to face a right handed like Garcia”

”Do you see Jo and Ryan platooning moving forward”

These are all better questions.  

Once again, he is a beat writer and he is taking this job like he wants to be a hard hitting reporter.  I would only assume that building relationships as a beat reporter, gets you more insight over the long haul.  @Jeff Fletcher, would that be accurate or am I overthinking this? 

It's truly bizarre to me that you think that question was Blum being a "dick" or that you, Fletcher, and others feel it was disrespectful. He asked a question based on Nevin's moronic answer. If beat writers only exist to parrot back the basic facts and whatever the managers and players say, then I don't see the reason for them to exist in today's media environment. 

[Jeff Fletcher]

8 minutes ago, Stradling said:

This isn’t my profession, but there are a number of ways to ask the question without being a dick and trying to ask a “gotcha” question.  

“What about this match up prevents Jo from starting tonight”

”What would you like to see from Jo in order to face a right handed like Garcia”

”Do you see Jo and Ryan platooning moving forward”

These are all better questions.  

Once again, he is a beat writer and he is taking this job like he wants to be a hard hitting reporter.  I would only assume that building relationships as a beat reporter, gets you more insight over the long haul.  @Jeff Fletcher, would that be accurate or am I overthinking this? 

This is accurate.