Gameday Thread (6/23/23): Angels @ Rockies

[AngelsFaninGA]

5 minutes ago, nando714 said:

Is there a time table for Neto. 
 

we’ve been absolute trash since he’s been out 

The upside is that we at least have our clubhouse leader for the next decade

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

Nice, hopefully he learns to swim soon too

Ohtani is training him to use chop sticks currently

[Mark68]

We're good at breaking our opponents' losing streaks. That's three series in a row we've done that. 

[Tank]

Next weeks podcast ought to be an encouraging one. 

[bloodbrother]

Bullpen performs well and the Angels string wins together

Bullpen goes back to being dogshit and the Angels go back to looking like the Angels of the past 8-9 years. Offense not helping matters but the injuries have really piled up and have thinned them out there. Just relying on too many below average players having to fill in right now

 

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

And we make a bad team look like the 27 Yanks again with the blowpen.  Thanks for nothing, you blockheads.

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

1 minute ago, Mark68 said:

We're good at breaking our sub 500 opponents' losing streaks. That's three series in a row we've done that. 

Fixed.

[AngelsFaninGA]

Just now, bloodbrother said:

Bullpen performs well and the Angels string wins together

Bullpen goes back to being dogshit and the Angels go back to looking like the Angels of the past 8-9 years. Offense not helping matters but the injuries have really piled up and have thinned them out there. Just relying on too many below average players having to fill in right now

 

Offense has been awful. They should be scoring 8+ against a weak Rockies staff

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

3 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

Bullpen performs well and the Angels string wins together

Bullpen goes back to being dogshit and the Angels go back to looking like the Angels of the past 8-9 years. Offense not helping matters but the injuries have really piled up and have thinned them out there. Just relying on too many below average players having to fill in right now

 

Ironically, the injured players could play better than the current "healthy" ones.  That's how embarrassing we've been this decade.

[Mark68]

2 minutes ago, cysomeawfulpitcher said:

Fixed.

The Dodgers were still over .500.

[bloodbrother]

Just now, cysomeawfulpitcher said:

Ironically, the injured players could play better than the current ones.  That's how embarrassing we've been this decade.

Rendon's cooked but even he is still better than being forced to trot out guys like Padlo and Velazquez. Biggest problem is guys like Walsh and Rengifo, 2 players they clearly were counting on to be regulars for the team this year at 1B/2B, and both are performing like some of the worst hitters imaginable. Neither belongs in an MLB lineup right now but they have so few options with Neto/Urshela/Rendon already down. Fletcher doesn't count as a realistic option, he sucks too

[Slegnaac]

10 minutes ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

Nice, hopefully he learns to swim soon too

And run a marathon 

[Slegnaac]

8 minutes ago, Mark68 said:

We're good at breaking our opponents' losing streaks. That's three series in a row we've done that. 

Look what they did for Philadelphia last year.

[bloodbrother]

Honestly, it sucks that Perry spent the offseason specifically trying to improve the overall roster depth to account for injuries and to avoid having to rely on really bad hitters, and he did well in doing so IMO, but it's all moot now because so many of their damn infielders all got hurt around the same time

Edited June 24, 2023 by bloodbrother

[REDneck]

29 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Baseball is so unpredictable.

Baseball is very predictable for the Angels!

[Jay]

LOL no way I switched channels after the back to back HR by Ohtani and Trout.

 

[Angelsjunky]

Last I checked and the Angels were up 4-2. WTF - this team is such a joke.

Remember when it looked like they were heating up? Lost three in a row, headed back towards .500. This team is going nowhere.

[bloodbrother]

They just can't seem to build off things and run with it. They've had a few decent win streaks this season to get their record up to 5-8 games over .500, just to immediately follow it up with a stretch where they lose 4 of 5

[Biergott]

Next season will be so depressing watching Ohtani play somewhere else unless we can catch fire and quit shitting the bed in winnable games

[greginpsca]

They shit the bed again. Eventually they will find a cure to their Hershey squirts, so they won't  have to sleep on stained sheets.

[ukyah]

10 minutes ago, Biergott said:

Next season will be so depressing watching Ohtani play somewhere else unless we can catch fire and quit shitting the bed in winnable games

i look forward to watching ohtani play somewhere else. i'm tired of the angels. 

[fan_since79]

They scored 7 runs on us and their hottest hitter went 0-5, Nolan Jones. Go figure.

[Angel Oracle]

Does anyone believe me now????

First of all, Devenski is FINISHED!  Three games in a row!

Second of all, can we send Walsh down?  Can’t hit and can’t throw the ball!

Third of all, momentum totally gone!

Fourth of all, only FOUR runs in that ballpark?   Offense is a disgrace to MLB the past 3 games!

Convince me they are going to contend!

Edited June 24, 2023 by Angel Oracle

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, daygloman said:

Classic example of why this team isn't going to get over the hump.

They may not even finish over .500.

Eight years in a row?

[daygloman]

15 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

They may not even finish over .500.

Eight years in a row?

I know. 

It's fucked up.