Angels All Time Washed Up Veterans Team

[Taylor]

3 minutes ago, mtangelsfan said:

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You're not washed up. You have several more seasons of productive posting in the tank.

[tdawg87]

3 minutes ago, Taylor said:

posting in the Tank.

Gross.

[happybat4]

44 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Kinsler had a .239/.304/.406 slash line with the Angels. If you think that’s great, you’re wrong.

The Angels got Ty Buttrey and Williams Jerez in return. Buttrey in 115 games had a 4.30 ERA with the Angels.

It's not fantastic, but it's certainly not horrible. He also was one of the best defensive 2nd baseman that season. I'd be more than happy if the Angels got another gold glove second basemen that could have a 700+ OPS 

[Tank]

Mike Marshall (former Dodger).

[Tank]

1 hour ago, m0nkey said:

He was never a part of the organization.  Perhaps you were thinking of other former Brave outfielder Ryan Langerhans and his memorable stay here?

As if there’s a difference between the two of them.

But nevertheless, thank you for the clarification. 

[Angels 1961]

Joe Koppe

[warped]

Von Hayes

[tomsred]

Mo Vaughn and Vic Power.

[cals]

16 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Kinsler had a .239/.304/.406 slash line with the Angels. If you think that’s great, you’re wrong.

The Angels got Ty Buttrey and Williams Jerez in return. Buttrey in 115 games had a 4.30 ERA with the Angels.

At least with Buttrey all of us here at AW got to see an amazing man walk away from millions to pursue his dream of working at Home Depot.  

It wasn’t because he was demoted like those cynics said.  It was because he wanted to do something he loved.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, cals said:

At least with Buttrey all of us here at AW got to see an amazing man walk away from millions to pursue his dream of working at Home Depot.  

It wasn’t because he was demoted like those cynics said.  It was because he wanted to do something he loved.

MLB just can't compete with lumber and pipe fittings.

[cals]

3 minutes ago, Lou said:

MLB just can't compete with lumber and pipe fittings.

I thought he worked in the modular closet and plastic bins to store stuff in department?

[Tank]

10 hours ago, tomsred said:

Mo Vaughn and Vic Power.

No Vaughn wasn’t a bust. He was a jerk, but he played well here.

[Lou]

26 minutes ago, cals said:

I thought he worked in the modular closet and plastic bins to store stuff in department?

That's just where he keeps his dream of being a good major league player.

[Don]

C - Charlie O'Brien

1B - Eddie Murray

2B - Brandon Phillips

SS -  Zack Cozart

3B - Shea Hillenbrand/Edgardo Alfonzo

OF - Steve Finley, Raul Mondesi, Shane Victorino, Vernon Wells

 

[Lou]

Ty Buttrey

[oldguy]

Scott Kazmir (uggh)

[disarcina]

21 hours ago, tomsred said:

Mo Vaughn and Vic Power.

Mo Vaughn number one on my list -- geez - he slipped and fell on the dug out steps his first or second game. Then when he did come back he was absolute poison in the clubhouse.   Mo Vaughn had great stats in Boston and came here with heightened expectations , got hurt day one, and went down hill from there.  Pitching - Kent Bottenfield - we gave up Jimmy Edmonds - who remains on all the highlight reels with his catches in CF (along with the great Torii Hunter). 

[warped]

Josh Hamilton 

[ScottT]

On 10/17/2022 at 6:50 AM, Make Angels Great Again said:

Eh He had better years after he played for the Angels. 

Seems to happen more often than it should 

[warped]

Lee Smith 

[NrM]

No gary matthews jr mentions? 

 

Guess it makes sense cause he only had one decent year with texas and got a fat contract because of it.

holy shit i get angry just thinking of that idiotic acquisition by the angels. Arte Probably saw that one nice catch with Texas and forced our "GM" to sign him.

[Stradling]

2 hours ago, NrM said:

No gary matthews jr mentions? 

 

Guess it makes sense cause he only had one decent year with texas and got a fat contract because of it.

holy shit i get angry just thinking of that idiotic acquisition by the angels. Arte Probably saw that one nice catch with Texas and forced our "GM" to sign him.

Horrible contract, but that was a Stoneman signing all the way. Even the great ones make mistakes and that was a Stoneman mistake. 

[failos]

22 hours ago, cals said:

I thought he worked in the modular closet and plastic bins to store stuff in department?

I thought he did autographs at the local Lamppost Pizza?

[Blarg]

On 10/17/2022 at 4:50 PM, oldguy said:

That was year two for Lee Smith.  The frustrating about year one (1995) is that he was blocking Troy Percival.

He was mentoring Troy Percival that was a rookie pitcher that season. That was the Angels plan all along. Even so Percival saw 62 games as a reliever in 1995, same exact amount as in 96 along with innings pitched. 

On 10/17/2022 at 3:07 PM, Chuckster70 said:

RP Lee Smith (he pitched a whopping 11 innings all season and failed to notch a save)

Smith was traded in May if 96 to make way for Percival to close. He didn't have a save but he pitched to a 2.45 era before being traded.  The Reds used him as middle relief. 

[T.G.]

14 hours ago, disarcina said:

Mo Vaughn number one on my list -- geez - he slipped and fell on the dug out steps his first or second game. Then when he did come back he was absolute poison in the clubhouse.   Mo Vaughn had great stats in Boston and came here with heightened expectations , got hurt day one, and went down hill from there. 

1999: 33 HRs, 108 RBI, .866 OPS, 119 OPS+

2000: 36 HRs, 117 RBI, .864 OPS, 115 OPS+