How do you see the rest of the season playing out?

[Lou E Ville]

I see a couple of pieces being traded off, like Downs and Howie and either Trumbo or Bourjos and maybe even Frieri. I see us tanking pretty bad for a couple of weeks. Especially if Albert elects to have surgery, which I hope he does. But then, with no more pressure on them, I see us playing halfway decently down the stretch. Maybe even playing .500 in August and September. Would be a nice consolation prize to play spoiler to the A's, Rangers or Red Sox.

[Glen]

Pretty much the way the season has already played out so far.  Lots of losing, a little bit of winning, plenty of board traffic.  A minor trade or two will be made.  Some callups will get looks in September.  

[YouthofToday]

Anybody Arte is counting on and is under contract next season won't be moved.

[YouthofToday]

I do envision Arte personally scouting 32+ year stars to identify who he wants to make a "big splash" on this winter.

[mtangelsfan]

The team will continue to suck.  Either the hitting will suck, or the pitching will suck.  Many times they will both suck.

 

Sosh will still put Aybar at leadoff and keep Jerome doing the start/pen two step and talking.  Ebel will keep waiving his arms like a windmill until they fall off.  Butcher will keep betting the absolute worse out of the staff.  Dipoto will still make moves for players that fit on a slide rule but not on the field and Arte will keep wondering why this team keeps losing.

[Blarg]

I see the season playing out exactly like todays game. A never ending kick in the nuts.

[Lou E Ville]

LOL. Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the 9th and 10th innings?

[jshep]

Pretty much like it has.

And trades of pending FAs.

[kevinb]

Some wins a lot of boring baseball and lots more losses. Hopefully trading off veterans who could give us some minor league depth and lower our payroll for the next couple years like Downs, Wilson, Weaver, Callaspo, Howie, Aybar, Vargas and Iannetta start the rebuild with Bourjos Trout and Trumbo at the Helm. Heck try to trade our waste of space Hamilton and Mike S for Kemp's crappy ass lol would be funny.

[fan_since79]

I do envision Arte personally scouting 32+ year stars to identify who he wants to make a "big splash" on this winter.

And after next year, David Ortiz becomes a free agent! He'll be 39 years old and a perfect fit for this team.

[fan_since79]

I personally see us breaking the record for most trips to the mound by a pitching coach.

 

They do keep track of that, don't they?

[Angel Oracle]

We will sign Cano to a $200 million deal, and he will proceed to become a mid .700s OPS guy.

The final nail in the coffin for contending for the next few seasons.

[Docwaukee]

I would do the following this year:

 

Give Conger the everyday C job. 

Move Richards back to starting

Trade Downs at the ASB

Hope you can get Vargas back in time to trade him

Maybe the same for Madesn although it's doubtful he sees the field this year

DL Pujols and get him his surgery. 

Bring up Calhoun and let him play everyday. 

Pray that Blanton continues to do well and trade him to anyone that will take him.

 

You've got to see if Calhoun and Conger can be everyday players and if Richards can cut it as a starter.  It gives you more flexibility in the offseason if they can.  If they can't, you are no worse for wear. 

[Agalloch]

They'll go on another streak here soon and get close to .500 before the go on another losing streak to lower level teams and repeat the process for the entire year.

[ukyah]

the cano thing is sooooooo tired. you need a new bit.

[Ray McKigney]

The Halos will go an unbelievable winning streak and triumph as World Series Champions.

[Angel Oracle]

the cano thing is sooooooo tired. you need a new bit.

Maybe so, just hoping that Arte doesn't bite on that acquisition.

 

Kershaw would be the one dream signing for the next 4-5 years (only age 27 when starting new deal), that would make total sense to throw big money at a huge need.    Even Price's injury has soured me on wanting Arte to sign him.

But I can't see the Raviners letting Kershaw get away.

[Mark68]

I see the rest of the season playing out.

 

It's been playing out since April 1 and will continue playing out. It's what seasons do for the not-quite-also-rans.

[EDinTUSTIN]

I do envision Arte personally scouting 32+ year stars to identify who he wants to make a "big splash" on this winter.

I can see Jamie Moyer brought in to shore up the rotation. However, in consideration of his being slightly past his prime, Arte and Jerry will give him only 5 years.

[Mark68]

I can see Jamie Moyer brought in to shore up the rotation. However, in consideration of his being slightly past his prime, Arte and Jerry will give him only 5 years.

Why stop there? Let's dig Satchel Paige up from his grave and get him out to the mound!

[ukyah]

predictions? pain.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

They'll do enough to get some hopes up only to dash them as the season winds down.  Kind of like hitting it off with some girl you just met only to have her friend come up and drag her out of the bar. 

[tdawg87]

I'm sure they have another hot streak in them. They will finish with like 79 wins or something.

[Nowani]

I think we finish 4 games below .500. If Downs pitches well the next month I can see him going somewhere in return for a minor league arm. I don't see us trading any other pieces at the trade deadline especially on offense. We don't really have any tradable impact players. Howie is tradeable but I don't think he is an impact player even as well as he is playing. On the starting  pitching side we have Jerome Williams as possible trade bait but anyone looking for that quality pitching probably is barely on the cusp of making the playoffs. Jerome might help them get there as some team's 4th or 5th starter but probably wouldnt be a playoff starting pitcher.

 

I don't think we make any significant trades. It would be interesting to see after the trade deadline if the Angels would put Hamilton on Waivers to see if anyone is interested in taking over his contract. If he got hot he could be an impact bat for someone and has plenty of playoff/WS experience. It would be an expensive experiment for someone. How does a no trade clause work with waivers?

[Angel Oracle]

Tell Butcher to get in there and pitch.