Bold Predictions for the 2024 Los Angeles Angels

[Tank]

Trout will have a 30/30 season.

Four of the starting pitchers will win 10+ games.

The team will win 80 games.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Halos will lose 100

[Slegnaac]

Neto leads the team in triples.

O'Hoppe hits for the cycle.

Silseth throws a 2 hitter and gets the win.

[Dave Saltzer]

14 hours ago, Chuck said:

Miguel Sano hits more HR than JD Martinez

Wow Chuck. That is a BOLD prediction. And I LIKE it!

[Dave Saltzer]

I love and hate doing this, because I don't want to jinx players and the team, but it will be fun. 

 

Here are some of my predictions, some of which are more bold than others. 

 

1. The Angels finish with an 82-80 record. Optimism returns to Halos fans and the Arte hatred dies down after 2 months as the Angels have a winning season. 

2. Anderson pitches well enough that he is traded at the deadline for prospects and to open up a spot for Soriano in the rotation. Wantz takes over the role vacated by Soriano. 

3. Detmers throws another no-no and becomes our staff ace. 

4. The Angels draft JJ Weatherholtz who quickly becomes part of our young nucleus at 2B (this would be an awesome long-term stroke of luck for us and we would be lucky if he fell to us, which is looking possible). 

5. Ward is hitting. 275 with 10 dingers at the deadline and is still traded at the deadline. 

6. Rada starts in AA and proves he deserves to be our future leadoff hitter. He is promoted after the deadline to start in LF and next year he and Trout flip-flops positions (imagine that tough conversation!). 

7. O'Hoppe becomes our team and clubhouse leader and provides a stable presence for the team. 

8. I am healthy enough to get at least 6 interviews at the IE over the whole season (meaning that I am well enough to go there several times). I also am there to get an interview with a player on rehab. The Angels see that I'm healthy enough again and allow Chuck and me to get at least 1 player like Neto for a Zoom interview. 

9. We trade off a couple other bullpen arms, such as Suarez, to open up spots for Bachman and Joyce,who are both healthy and pitching well. 

10. Trout and Rendon each play over 125 games, with Trout playing a bit more than Rendon. 

11. The Angels provide enough story lines that as I regain sensation in my fingers and hands that I can and want to write up at least 6 articles this season, after not writing 6 articles combined since 2020.

12. Chuck, Victor and Geoff continue to do a GREAT job with the podcast that they get a former player or two to join them on some episodes. I'm thinking that Tim Salmon is their first "get". 

13. Caden Dana pitches so will on AA that he forces his way into the conversation to be a starter next year. Sandoval is traded in the offseason to open a spot for him. 

14. The national media still doesn't get the Angels or our farm system, doesn't get how a 28-30th ranked farm system can pull of these trades or promote so many players. We get ranked 26th in terms of organizations next year. How ever, with all the trades that we make, we acquire a young 3B to round out our core team with a young player at every infield and OF position. Ang ls fans realize that we don't need another big splash next year, and still become a dominant team in the AL West in 2025. The national media doesn't get it. 

15. AngelsWin still remains the best site to talk Angels Baseball, where friendships are made, humor is rampant, and is the awesome place that Chuck made it to be for the past 20 years. We all say thanks to Chuck for all he's done over 20 years to make it such a place, even when we argue passionately about Angels Baseball. 

16. Schanuel finishes with a .385+ OB‰, 15 dingers, and finishes in the top 3 for ROY. 

17. The Angels are 8 games over 500 when Neto starts at SS. 

18. I will be at next year's ST Fanfest, and because of the interviews that I did, bring some prospects for us to meet. After interviewing him again this year, Chuck gets to know Dana well enough that he gets him to come to the Fanfest too! 

 

I think those are my main predictions. Of I have some more I will add them. But those are some bold predictions in more ways than one. 

 

 

Edited March 27 by Dave Saltzer

[Redondo]

51 minutes ago, Dave Saltzer said:

15. AngelsWin still remains the best site to talk Angels Baseball, where friendships are made, humor is rampant, and is the awesome place that Chuck made it to be for the past 20 years. We all say thanks to Chuck for all he's done over 20 years to make it such a place, even when we argue passionately about Angels Baseball.

100% this 

[Chuck]

1 hour ago, Dave Saltzer said:

15. AngelsWin still remains the best site to talk Angels Baseball, where friendships are made, humor is rampant, and is the awesome place that Chuck made it to be for the past 20 years. We all say thanks to Chuck for all he's done over 20 years to make it such a place, even when we argue passionately about Angels Baseball. 

[Chitown27Fan]

2 hours ago, Dave Saltzer said:

8. I am healthy enough to get at least 6 interviews at the IE over the whole season (meaning that I am well enough to go there several times). I also am there to get an interview with a player on rehab. The Angels see that I'm healthy enough again and allow Chuck and me to get at least 1 player like Neto for a Zoom interview. 

Im pulling for you Dave wishing you all the best health as a guy who has his health getting worse every year since my accident I can feel your pain. Here is to hope we can both get back to what we like to do soon 

[Adam]

14 hours ago, Blarg said:

This is supposed to be Bold Predictions, dumbass.

Crazy to me you're still alive. props

[TroutField]

Starting rotation and bullpen are both top 5 in baseball propelling the angels into a wild card spot. National media can finally shut up about the angels playoff drought. Angels surprise in 1st round and sweep behind some Trout late inning heroics. 

[ThisismineScios]

The Angels go 81-81 and are eliminated 3 days before the season ends. They finish higher than Seattle.

Detmers becomes the team's ace. 

By May, Adell has had a solid start in limited action and an injury to a contender's OF opens the door for a trade. He brings back a team's #8-10 prospect. 

Sano proves as valuable as Soler and JDM. He starts 110 games. 

Rada and Dana both crack the midseason Top 100. 

The Angels draft a college pitcher who is immediately a top 50 prospect. 

The Angels sell from a surplus of bullpen arms, adding 5 guys to their top 30. 

The Angels trade Drury at the deadline to give Rengifo the full-time 2B job. He brings back a top 15 team prospect. 

Neto gets added to the All Star game after 2 guys drop out. O'Hoppe and Trout also make it. 

Taylor Ward has a 3 WAR season. Hicks has a 2 WAR season. 

Moniak become a full-time platoon/late game PH option after striking out 35% of the time through June. 

Soriano becomes a full-time starter and starts 8 games. 

Estevez loses the closing job to Joyce in July. 

[Tank]

10 hours ago, Dave Saltzer said:

8. I am healthy enough to get at least 6 interviews at the IE over the whole season (meaning that I am well enough to go there several times). I also am there to get an interview with a player on rehab. The Angels see that I'm healthy enough again and allow Chuck and me to get at least 1 player like Neto for a Zoom interview. 

praying for you and for this to be true. 

and since i'm retiring in june, i'm happy to be your driver/escort (not THAT kind)/gopher as often as i can join you.

[halodground]

Rengifo is the best hitter on the Angels and has his most complete season. .285/.355/.485 with 20+ HR and 30+doubles. 

The ghost of Nibs is finally exorcised and the whole staff embraces the idea of throwing strikes and getting ahead of hitters (except Estevez, who still makes every save stressful).

The Angels play meaningful games in September but fall a few wins short of the post-season.

The Angels are more fun than frustrating again.

[totdprods]

Has anyone said Rendon gets DFA’ed? Cause that’s one of mine now.

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Has anyone said Rendon gets DFA’ed? Cause that’s one of mine now.

I think it's entirely possible if he's struggling and the team is, too, by mid-season.

[totdprods]

4 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I think it's entirely possible if he's struggling and the team is, too, by mid-season.

He looks done. Drawing a walk is about it and that won’t last much longer once pitchers realize they have no reason to not attack the zone. I know he’s owed a ton still but if this is how he is, they’re better off booting him and giving more playing time to Rengifo, even Soto or Fontenelle by end of year.

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, totdprods said:

He looks done. Drawing a walk is about it and that won’t last much longer once pitchers realize they have no reason to not attack the zone. I know he’s owed a ton still but if this is how he is, they’re better off booting him and giving more playing time to Rengifo, even Soto or Fontenelle by end of year.

Agreed.

[Angelsjunky]

I'll add something from Gameday:

Sandoval continues to decline, ends up as the 4th or 5th best starter.

No, this isn't overreaction to his first start. I've been worried about him for awhile, going back to at least early last year. 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

67 Wins and 1st pick in the 2025 Draft.

[Taylor]

28 minutes ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

67 Wins and 9th pick in the 2025 Draft due to the lottery system.

Fixed

[m0nkey]

On 3/27/2024 at 10:31 AM, Adam said:

Crazy to me you're still alive. props

Bold prediction: Blarg makes it to at least the end of the regular season.

[Angelsjunky]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Fixed

Damn, you beat me to it.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Fixed

It's a lottery now, i thought that was for teams 6th place and higher?.... We're phucked.

[totdprods]

5 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

I'll add something from Gameday:

Sandoval continues to decline, ends up as the 4th or 5th best starter.

No, this isn't overreaction to his first start. I've been worried about him for awhile, going back to at least early last year. 

That’s why I wanted to move him while he had some shine still!

[BTH]

On 3/25/2024 at 9:56 PM, BTH said:

Kelvin Caceres is the Angels best reliever at season’s end.

It only took a week for one of my bold predictions to absolutely blow up.

Good stuff.