Gameday Thread: (8/29/23) Angels @ Phillies: Anderson vs. Lorenzen on the mound

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

AAV number off the MLBN crawl on MLB Tonight.

Ah, I get it.  It's a 4-year, $92M and then the option buyout is $8M--so he is technically guaranteed $100M over 4 seasons.  There must be some signing bonus money in there, too, because the individual yearly salaries don't add up to 92.

[eligrba4ever]

Harper hit that one hard;

[No Roles]

we will take any breaks we can get

[jsnpritchett]

Schwarber just belted one to tie it up at 2.

Hey, only 2 more years of Tyler Anderson!  Wheeeee.

[No Roles]

the amount of 2 out hr's the angels have given up this year is such a head shaker...

[No Roles]

we have to lead the league in most hr's given up with 2 outs

[No Roles]

POWER UP luis

[jsnpritchett]

Rengifo with another HR!  He's getting hot again.

[eligrba4ever]

REN-GI-FO!!!! AGAIN!!!!

[jsnpritchett]

Grichuk 2 for 2 with two doubles in his audition to be claimed by a contender.

[DMVol]

4 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Grichuk 2 for 2 with two doubles in his audition to be claimed by a contender.

He wants out bad…

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, DMVol said:

He wants out bad…

I want him out really bad, too, so I'm glad he and I are on the same page.

[jsnpritchett]

Not sure why Othani was trying to steal 3rd there.  Pointless.

[No Roles]

shiiiit...when that happened i thought ohtani broke his foot

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, No Roles said:

shiiiit...when that happened i thought ohtani broke his foot

Yeah, I cringed for a moment...It looked awkward initially, but he seemed fine once he got up.

[No Roles]

ohtani could need arm and foot surgery , but will go out there and say I'm GOOD...

[Jay]

5 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Not sure why Othani was trying to steal 3rd there.  Pointless.

He's trying to get to 20 steals.

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, Jay said:

He's trying to get to 20 steals.

[jsnpritchett]

Typical Angels in this inning.  Intentionally walk Harper with a runner on base to pitch to Bohm, who then promptly hits a 3-run HR to give the Phillies a 5-4 lead.

[No Roles]

anderson...has just been horrid !!! hopefully we find a trade partner in the offseason even if we have to send a prospect also to get rid of him...

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, No Roles said:

anderson...has just been horrid !!! hopefully we find a trade partner in the offseason even if we have to send a prospect also to get rid of him...

The Angels shouldn't be including any more prospects in deals, especially if it's just to shed salary.  I hate the deal, but at the end of the day, it's "only" $13M/year.

[jonickell25]

Watching the Angels is like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. It’s like watching the same game every day. Angels are up 2….starter is fatigued but also hasn’t been great either…you have a guy up in the bullpen for the just in case. He gives up a double. Pitching coach comes out. They don’t take him out and use who they had in the bullpen(which they must have already felt he was done)…intentionally walk Harper….boom homer and down one. Feels like it’s happened 10 times since the trade deadline.

[jsnpritchett]

Anderson's ERA now up to a robust 5.58.  That would be the second-worst in the majors if he had a few more innings and was qualified for the leaderboard (or "loserboard" in his case, I guess).

[jsnpritchett]

Just another complete Halo meltdown.

[AngelsFaninGA]

This entire roster goes home and puts paper clips in outlets for fun