Angels are an easy team to root for...

[Second Base]

Regardless of outcome, I have to admit, it's great having Cron and Grichuk back with the team. They're capable hitters and there's a sense of nostalgia.

Ohtani doing incredible things is something we shouldn't take for granted. 

Moniak making good on the potential as a 1-1 has been a big boost. 

Many of us felt Moustakas should've been an Angel 5+ years ago. It's good to see it finally happen. Another local product. 

Trout is still one of the greatest hitters in the game, and getting him back healthy is something with watching. 

Bringing Giolito back home is a boost to the rotation and a fun narrative. 

Zach Neto is low key an extremely fun, energetic prospect/player that many fans back East don't know about, yet. 

Jose Soriano's journey to the big leagues was a winding road, but he's turned into a great bullpen weapon. 

[cals]

[Revad]

It’s a fun team to watch, I’m looking forward to Trout coming back.  Plenty of guys to root for, blasts from the past, and with a little luck we’ll be playing meaningful games in September.

[Taylor]

I agree.

 

 

Today.

 

 

 

Two days ago they were the most boring, insufferable team to watch.

[Second Base]

I think it'll be interesting, if Joyce comes back healthy, the amount of octane they'll be wielding in the late innings with Soriano, Lopez, Joyce and Estevez all throwing 97+. Throw in Moore and suddenly, this is the strongest Angels bullpen in a decade. 

And that in and of itself would be an interesting development given that the bullpen was their biggest weakness entering the season. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

21 minutes ago, Second Base said:

I think it'll be interesting, if Joyce comes back healthy, the amount of octane they'll be wielding in the late innings with Soriano, Lopez, Joyce and Estevez all throwing 97+. Throw in Moore and suddenly, this is the strongest Angels bullpen in a decade. 

And that in and of itself would be an interesting development given that the bullpen was their biggest weakness entering the season. 

Speaking of, I didn't see what his injury was. (Joyce) but didn't they just move him to the 60 day? I thought he was done for the year?

[HeavenlyHalos]

20 minutes ago, Second Base said:

I think it'll be interesting, if Joyce comes back healthy, the amount of octane they'll be wielding in the late innings with Soriano, Lopez, Joyce and Estevez all throwing 97+. Throw in Moore and suddenly, this is the strongest Angels bullpen in a decade. 

And that in and of itself would be an interesting development given that the bullpen was their biggest weakness entering the season. 

Agreed, best pen since they last made the playoffs.

One other thing of note is that Cron was originally traded for a player to be named later. That player turned out to be Luis Rengifo. Kind of cool that both are on the roster now and Rengifo has been playing very well of late when the team has needed him the most. 

[HeavenlyHalos]

1 minute ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Speaking of, I didn't see what his injury was. (Joyce) but didn't they just move him to the 60 day? I thought he was done for the year?

They did but it aligns with the original timeframe which was mid-late August. Barring a setback, they should see him again this season. 

[HBAngel13]

Would love if Joyce makes his way back.  He could be a major weapon in a playoff series. That said, I feel like his arm could detach from his torso on any given pitch.
 

What’s the word on Bachman?  Add these two back to the BP depth chart and we could have something special. 

[Warfarin]

2 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Speaking of, I didn't see what his injury was. (Joyce) but didn't they just move him to the 60 day? I thought he was done for the year?

Nothing is official, but from the sound of it, I don't think he is coming back anytime soon.  Not much has changed for him.  

[Warfarin]

Just now, HBAngel13 said:

Would love if Joyce makes his way back.  He could be a major weapon in a playoff series. That said, I feel like his arm could detach from his torso on any given pitch.
 

What’s the word on Bachman?  Add these two back to the BP depth chart and we could have something special. 

Joyce has a lot of potential because of how hard he throws, but I think he needs to further improve his second pitch before he becomes a weapon for us.  No matter how hard you throw, you need an effective second pitch to keep hitters honest, and his second pitch, while improving, still needs work.

I expect to see another reliever acquired before the deadline, and whoever that is, I expect our late inning relievers will be Estevez, Moore, Lopez, and "acquired reliever."  Soriano, Loup, and Webb will serve more as middle inning relievers, and Barria will remain as the long reliever.

[Duren, Duren]

Joyce and Bachman are the long term future. If either have ongoing health issues, no need to risk further injuries. But if Joyce in particular is cleared he could be a weapon in the bullpen for a key out here and there. I wouldn't risk too much strain on his arm this season. 

The pitching has been upgraded with the new additions and in general has been much improved. But one more high leverage arm would be a bonus. Still some juggling to be done with the roster. 

[tomsred]

We only have about 18 hours left, has anyone heard of any rumors of us chasing any particular relief pitcher.

[Jeff Fletcher]

11 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

Nothing is official, but from the sound of it, I don't think he is coming back anytime soon.  Not much has changed for him.  

Joyce has thrown 2 bullpen sessions last I heard. (Maybe 3 by now.) barring a setback he should definitely be back in August sometime. 

[Warfarin]

3 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Joyce has thrown 2 bullpen sessions last I heard. (Maybe 3 by now.) barring a setback he should definitely be back in August sometime. 

Thanks!  I missed that part about bullpen sessions - I thought he hadn't thrown yet.  

[VladdyforHOF]

If this team makes the postseason, Perry's got to win exec of the year. He has actually done an insanely good job building this team if you think about it objectively (it's not his fault a bunch of the lineup isn't hitting close to it's career averages with RISP).

Drafting all pitchers in 2021 looks like it's working out too. Silseth helping the team win now. Bachman was showing flashes of brilliance when he was healthy. Bush and Albright provided great value for trades. So there's still plenty of pitching talent in the farm for the team to hold onto since we went all in there.

How did he get Moniak for Syndergaard??  O'Hoppe for Marsh? That's called ripping a team off in a trade. Jerry and Billy weren't doin stuff like that.

Perry kinda knows what he's doing I believe. Angels are in good shape for years to come.

[VladdyforHOF]

Also, maybe I'm just a big Moniak guy but I don't like when people talk trash about him. Sure he's got some holes in his swing right now, but he's young and I believe those holes can be filled.

[totdprods]

I mean, just look at that! 
Play Stassi at first, put Bachman in the rotation and you actually have an MLB team. Shit you could basically count Walsh here.
Lineup: O'Hoppe, Walsh, Drury, Urshela, Rendon, Ward, Trout, Adell, Stassi? That's an actual 9 you could field in a lineup.
Rotation: Daniel, Rodriguez, Suarez, Bachman
Bullpen: Devenski, Joyce, Marte, Quijada, Warren

This team is resilient as any Angels' team I've seen and should be getting far more credit from not just the talking heads, but the fans as well. This is one of the best Angels' teams in some time, not just for the obvious reasons but because they have not folded.

[VladdyforHOF]

1 minute ago, totdprods said:

This team is resilient as any Angels' team I've seen and should be getting far more credit from not just the talking heads, but the fans as well. This is one of the best Angels' teams in some time, not just for the obvious reasons but because they have not folded.

Honestly who cares what the talking heads say. Rats like Stephen A. Smith will find any reason to dis the Angels.

[Second Base]

Forgot about Bachman when I was talking about octane in the bullpen.

[HeavenlyHalos]

1 hour ago, VladdyforHOF said:

If this team makes the postseason, Perry's got to win exec of the year. He has actually done an insanely good job building this team if you think about it objectively (it's not his fault a bunch of the lineup isn't hitting close to it's career averages with RISP).

Drafting all pitchers in 2021 looks like it's working out too. Silseth helping the team win now. Bachman was showing flashes of brilliance when he was healthy. Bush and Albright provided great value for trades. So there's still plenty of pitching talent in the farm for the team to hold onto since we went all in there.

How did he get Moniak for Syndergaard??  O'Hoppe for Marsh? That's called ripping a team off in a trade. Jerry and Billy weren't doin stuff like that.

Perry kinda knows what he's doing I believe. Angels are in good shape for years to come.

Agreed with all of this except the O'Hoppe for Marsh point you made. That is looking like a win-win for both teams. Marsh has a 125 OPS+ this season and a 2.4 bWAR.

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, totdprods said:

This team is resilient as any Angels' team I've seen and should be getting far more credit from not just the talking heads, but the fans as well. This is one of the best Angels' teams in some time, not just for the obvious reasons but because they have not folded.

they started the year with depth and blew through that in no time but Perry kept adding it every time they needed it.  I would argue that they're resilient because they have better players than they've had in awhile but it's cost a pretty penny to stay that way.  

[REDneck]

This post is disturbing to me.

 

 

NO, I will not elaborate!

 

 

 

[Stradling]

Tell that to the fanbase on Twitter. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

8 hours ago, HeavenlyHalos said:

Agreed with all of this except the O'Hoppe for Marsh point you made. That is looking like a win-win for both teams. Marsh has a 125 OPS+ this season and a 2.4 bWAR.

Still like the trade. And I'll take a C over a corner OF guy any day. But Marsh would be nice to have right now for sure