Gameday Thread (4/21/24 10:40am Pacific): Soriano on the mound, Hicks leading off, Adrianza has a locker

[tdawg87]

3 minutes ago, Swordsman78 said:

Riiiiight?!?!?!

What difference does it make.  At least it garnered the expected putz reaction.

Bruh I was saying it was "cute" expecting someone on this team to be clutch.

Call me a putz again and I will send you a pic of Adam's nutsack.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

1 minute ago, Halo in Chicago said:

Soriano looks legit

3 batters. 

[Fontana Halo]

1 minute ago, Ariamus said:

My college/frat party days are long behind me…

You're never too old to get cirrhosis

[tdawg87]

Just now, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

3 batters. 

Plus all the batters he faced in his previous start.

[Ariamus]

4 minutes ago, Halo in Chicago said:

Soriano looks legit

Soriano has great stuff… Just gotta learn to manage the game. If he ever could, with Anderson pitching better, we might actually have the makings of a strong middle of the rotation.

Edited April 21 by Ariamus

[Swordsman78]

Ok   Here we go!

[Ariamus]

Mid-400s OPS will just not do…

[CaliAngel]

Holy shit they're playing right now and it's still 0-0?

[Swordsman78]

5 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Bruh I was saying it was "cute" expecting someone on this team to be clutch.

Call me a putz again and I will send you a pic of Adam's nutsack.

I was referring to Jason.  Send him the pic.

[AngelsLakersFan]

God Neto is awful... dude is not an MLB caliber hitter

[Blarg]

Net-0

[stormngt]

10 minutes ago, Ariamus said:

It’s actually worse than you suggest.

A really good team, one that wins in the mid-90s, averages 1 game over .500 per week of the season. That means, if they lose today, the Angels would theoretically need A WHOLE MONTH to get back to .500. And that’d only be if they were a really good team, which we know they most certainly are not.

I’d love to be as optimistic as you but I simply can’t. So I’ll just remind you the Halos are 2-4 at home so far this season playing mid-range clubs like Boston and Tampa.

People over analyze things

[Swordsman78]

Neto..... Can't bunt, can't hit sac fly, can't move the runners over.

No need to address anything until after the year though according to Strad.

Edited April 21 by Swordsman78

[AngelsLakersFan]

Poor hitting with RISP is a symptom of having shitty hitters in your lineup.

[Blarg]

[CaliAngel]

Someone needs to slap Neto into reality.

I can't think of any team who would give a guy so many chances and continues to suck so hard. 

Laying down a bunt is like...the easiest shit in the world...look at the top half of the fucking ball...

[Jason]

3 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

God Neto is awful... dude is not an MLB caliber hitter

Yeah, he isn't quite there yet. They should consider sending him down as he looks very overmatched. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

3 minutes ago, Jason said:

Yeah, he isn't quite there yet. They should consider sending him down as he looks very overmatched. 

They literally don't have another shortstop.

[Halo in Chicago]

14 minutes ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

3 batters. 

We’re usually losing 3 batters in w Sandoval or Canning. 

[CaliAngel]

1 minute ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

They literally don't have another shortstop.

Par for the course.

[jsnpritchett]

4 minutes ago, Jason said:

Yeah, he isn't quite there yet. They should consider sending him down as he looks very overmatched. 

 

1 minute ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

They literally don't have another shortstop.

Yes, this is what I keep harping on with Neto and Schanuel as examples of the draft-a-guy-who-can-be-quick-to-the-majors strategy.  If you're gonna go that route, you HAVE to get it right if you have a farm system that's as lean as the Angels.  If those guys don't pan out immediately, you're stuck either playing them or sending them down and replacing them with absolute bottom of the barrel veterans.

[AngelsLakersFan]

Sano crushing the ball right now

[AngelsLakersFan]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

 

Yes, this is what I keep harping on with Neto and Schanuel as examples of the draft-a-guy-who-can-be-quick-to-the-majors strategy.  If you're gonna go that route, you HAVE to get it right if you have a farm system that's as lean as the Angels.  If those guys don't pan out immediately, you're stuck either playing them or sending them down and replacing them with absolute bottom of the barrel veterans.

The strategy this off season was, we aren't going to spend money on guys that don't make this a playoff team. No one could make this into a playoff team so they didnt spend any money. 

[CaliAngel]

@Stradling thinks I can't hit .200, maybe I can hit .171 bud?

[Jason]

6 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

They literally don't have another shortstop.

Well that's dumb.