Weaver and Wilson and 3 days of wishing

[Corona]

I'd rather see Richards starting regularly than Blanton or Jerome. The Angels are turning him into Joba Chamberlin 2.0.

[tdawg87]

Jerome has 1 good start in his last 6 games. That's about as bad as it gets errr i mean

Jerome Williams is the best pitcher on the Angels and he is handsome and smells amazing and also he is good at video games.

[stormngt]

Blaming Callaspo and Iannetta is like a heroin junky blaming his coffee habit for his life woes. It isn't the biggest problem, or even a major concern really, unless you have no other major problems.

 

The big problem this year, as AO rightly put it, has been the 3-5 spots in the rotation and the suckage of Pujols and Hamilton. Even if Pujols and Hamilton didn't recover their superstar level and were just stars, that would have been then Angels a lineup with one superstar, two stars, a few above average regulars, and a couple average regular - a potent lineup without major weakness. But because those two stars have been average or worse, the offense has gone from being one of the best in the league to a bit above average. Couple that with Spahn and Sain and you have a 46-50 team.

Great post:  3-5 have been a disaster and our MOTO bats are below average and that kills any team.

 

Dipoto knew our pitching staff was going to be weak that is why he went after Hamilton with the hopes we can out slug teams when our pitching struggles.  Instead our sluggers are struggling so that strategy is backfiring.

[Angelsjunky]

Great post:  3-5 have been a disaster and our MOTO bats are below average and that kills any team.

 

Dipoto knew our pitching staff was going to be weak that is why he went after Hamilton with the hopes we can out slug teams when our pitching struggles.  Instead our sluggers are struggling so that strategy is backfiring.

 

My only divergence here is that I don't think Dipoto "went after Hamilton" - that was Arte Moreno, who wanted to make a big splash. When they decided to not go after Greinke there were still other pitchers on the table; I think Arte wanted Hamilton, which in turn limited what Dipoto could play with to sign pitchers.

[Angel Oracle]

Please Arte, no more big splashes, at this rate we will have a $250 million payroll and a 70-92 record.

[YouthofToday]

My only divergence here is that I don't think Dipoto "went after Hamilton" - that was Arte Moreno, who wanted to make a big splash. When they decided to not go after Greinke there were still other pitchers on the table; I think Arte wanted Hamilton, which in turn limited what Dipoto could play with to sign pitchers.

I don't think any GM could succeed given what I've heard about the owner's proclivities to micromanage certain player personnel decisions.

Having at least $210 million in dead money in future payroll + the worst farm system on baseball screams the Houston Astros circa 2008.

[Angel Oracle]

Arte, stay out of it, you aren't a baseball guy.