The official All Star Break vent thread

[Ohtaniland]

1) We trail the $62M A's by 11 games

2) Chris Davis 37 hrs > (pick any two Angels players and add their home run totals) 

3) 93 games played....2013 44-49,... 2012 50-43..., 2011 50-43,... 2010 49-44

4) Ranked 29th in MLB team fielding. (Ranked 10th last season)

5) 15-23 vs the AL West

6) Albert Pujols continues to decline and he's only a DH.

7) Torii Hunter is hitting .315

8) Jean Segura is hitting .325

9) Kendrys Morales is hitting .280 / 14 hrs / 54 rbi's

10) 41 year old Ibanez .267 / 24 hrs / 56 rbi's > 32 year old Hamilton .224 / 14 hrs / 39 rbi's

11) Tyler Chatwood has a 2.56 ERA

12) Chris Iannetta 54 SB / 6 CS = <10% (he's only hitting .211)

13) We are -4 in run differential

14) Blanton, Madson, Hanson and Burnett are all busts.

15) They mailed it in this past weekend.

 

 

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Keep filling in the vent blanks.

[tdawg87]

Madson and Burnett aren't "busts" though.

[FabulousFabregas]

The Captain still isn't healthy.  Baseball isn't the same without him.

[Ohtaniland]

Madson and Burnett aren't "busts" though.

 

Arte's wallet disagrees.

[Taylor]

16) There haven't been too many HoF-worthy threads on AW this season.

[HeavenlyHalos]

17) Patrick Corbin is 11-1 with a 2.35 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP.

[tdawg87]

11-6 since June 26th. 

 

The horror!

 

Yeah that doesn't mean shit. They were 10-2 during that stretch just 5 games ago.

[Troll Daddy]

This forum just gets better when the Angels lose.

Keep it going !!

[Troll Daddy]

Cardinals and Rangers lose Pujols, CJ , and Hamilton and still keep winning.

[halobob]

Don't forget Chatwood is in Colorado with that great ERA.

[fan_since79]

Chatwood pitched well last night but lost to Greinke, 1-0.

 

That's a double vent!

[YouthofToday]

18) Josh Hamilton's WAR is only .1 better than Jeff Mathis.

[YouthofToday]

19) Napoli WAR = 1.7. Albert Pujols = .4

We should have signed Napoli this past offseason.

[disarcina]

We can't seem to beat Houston and Seattle within our own division...........

 

our records to those two teams alone explain why we are FIVE games under .500 going into the break.

 

Check A's and Texas records against those two teams............

[Ohtaniland]

20) We can't seem to beat Houston and Seattle within our own division...........

 

our records to those two teams alone explain why we are FIVE games under .500 going into the break.

 

Check A's and Texas records against those two teams............

Fixed.

[Angel Oracle]

Get a real GM, and get Moreno out of enticing nearly over the hills to come here for big bucks!

This org is a shambles!

Pissed off!

[JAHV76]

Yes this season is a disappointment so far let's hope The Halos management use this time to move the team in the right direction for next year.

[AZMike]

19) Napoli WAR = 1.7. Albert Pujols = .4

We should have signed Napoli this past offseason.

 

18) Josh Hamilton's WAR is only .1 better than Jeff Mathis.

 

Chatwood pitched well last night but lost to Greinke, 1-0.

 

That's a double vent!

 

Had we made zero moves since 2010, the Angels team would look something like this:

 

Bourjos (CF)

Segura (3B)

Trout (LF)

Morales (DH)

Napoli (1B)

Trumbo (RF)

Aybar (SS)

Kendrick (2B)

Conger ©

 

Weaver

Corbin

Chatwood

Skaggs

Saunders

 

We would also likely have a few more good players in pipeline in the minors due to not giving up several first round draft picks. All this for ~$650M fewer contract dollars.

 

A not insignificant number of fans (myself included) felt the Angels should have gone through a mini rebuild cycle after the 2010 season, rather than the series of Steinbrenner-esque moves that left us in our current situation. 

[Angel Oracle]

The Kazmir trade was the first hint of a bunch of bad moves to follow.

I hope this entire team looks at the mirror during the ASB and comes out angry!

[m0nkey]

Had we made zero moves since 2010, the Angels team would look something like this:

Bourjos (CF)

Segura (3B)

Trout (LF)

Morales (DH)

Napoli (1B)

Trumbo (RF)

Aybar (SS)

Kendrick (2B)

Conger ©

Weaver

Corbin

Chatwood

Skaggs

Saunders

We would also likely have a few more good players in pipeline in the minors due to not giving up several first round draft picks. All this for ~$650M fewer contract dollars.

A not insignificant number of fans (myself included) felt the Angels should have gone through a mini rebuild cycle after the 2010 season, rather than the series of Steinbrenner-esque moves that left us in our current situation.

Where does brandon wood fit in?

[SoWhat]

Tank the rest of the reason for a top 5 pick

Trade Frieri for Drew Smyly

Trade Trumbo for Syndergaard & d'Arnoud

Trade Cron & Richards for Hellickson

Go into 2014 with a rotation of

Weaver

Wilson

Hellickson

Smyly

Syndergaard

Just kidding. I'm delusional

[YouthofToday]

Had we made zero moves since 2010, the Angels team would look something like this:

Bourjos (CF)

Segura (3B)

Trout (LF)

Morales (DH)

Napoli (1B)

Trumbo (RF)

Aybar (SS)

Kendrick (2B)

Conger ©

Weaver

Corbin

Chatwood

Skaggs

Saunders

We would also likely have a few more good players in pipeline in the minors due to not giving up several first round draft picks. All this for ~$650M fewer contract dollars.

A not insignificant number of fans (myself included) felt the Angels should have gone through a mini rebuild cycle after the 2010 season, rather than the series of Steinbrenner-esque moves that left us in our current situation.

Totally agree (although Napoli would have required a FA signing). I strongly advocated for a mini-rebuild after 2010. This organization would have been much better off doing that.

Instead we are stuck with farm system and terrible contracts which makes one wonder if this team will make the playoffs before Trout reaches FA.

[Angel Oracle]

If only Arte could take the Delorean back to 2007 and known not to promote Reagins, known not to give a manager a 10 year deal, known not to sign aging players to big contracts, and known not to trade most of his pitching prospects away.

Then this cluster frack could have all been avoided.

[Jimmag]

The Dodgers beat us to a .500 record  WTF!

[AZMike]

The Dodgers beat us to a .500 record  WTF!

DBacks have been playing over their heads (IMO). Dodgers will win the NL west with a win total that wouldn't even come close to securing an NL Wild Card berth. Under this format getting to the playoffs is all about being in a weak division.