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By far the best Angels site on the net.
 
Wish I found it sooner. 

I'm getting error messages almost every other time I try to access the forums.
Fatal error: Out of memory 
That's the most common one.
Anyone else having trouble?

It's not that bold to DFA a guy with 2 months left on his contract, plus Holland cost them a 1st rd pick.If they were really bold they would DFA  Dexter Fowler and his .587 OPS, but they won't because he's in year 2 of a 5 year $82.5 million contract.You say they are different than the Angels but maybe not so much.

No.  You have misunderstood me entirely in the whole thread and trying to argue (to explain) seemed silly so I pulled a line out of a Seinfeld episode where Putty says something stupid to completely derail an argument.

Was that an insult?

Brad Ausmus odds on favorite, I'd say.
I'd be OK with that choice.
It would be great IMO if they also consider Mike Matheney
Don't think we could pry Bud Black from Colorado -- but would try.
How about a college head coach?  There's a guy full of girt and hustle coaching at the University of Nebraska if the Halos want to punt on their choice.

Welcome to the Angels Patrick Sandoval.
Tommy John Surgery this way.

Once you take into account the dimensions of Yankee field he may end up hitting a lot more during the tail end of his career than most ?

Ohtani is bailing out early every so slightly against left handers. Can't hit if you don't want to be in there. 

Harping on Cron means nothing. He wouldn't save this team. Plus, he bought a damn decent prospect. 

Harping on Cron means nothing. He wouldn't save this team. Plus, he bought a damn decent prospect. 

Finally the White Sox show up

David FlEckstein IMO

I have had enough hearing about GMs, injuries, under-performing players, etc.  There are too many games where the team goes out there and looks completely uninterested in anything.  Like they are just collecting their game check and counting down the seconds until they can go home.  Someone needs to light a fire under their asses and Scioscia isn't the one.
I know this season is already lost, and it is time to sell anyone that can be sold that is on a walk year, but also time to cut ties with the lumbering idiot in the dugout.

Trout!!!!!
BOOM
 

so you're saying he shouldn't be moved up in the lineup? 

Felt like looking up Valbuenas splits this season just so I can get an idea of what Mike is thinking, if he is thinking at all. Valbuena's actually worse against RHP than against LHP LOL.

I was one of Eppler’s fans going into the season but I just don’t feel all that confident anymore. The guys he has brought in have just flat out not worked out. I don’t see how he can make this team competitive within the next two years. 
 
Yeah the farm is good again but most of the prospects still need to adjust to MLB and hopefully they can succeed. The jury is still out on Thaiss, Ward, Canning, Rengifo etc. 
 
right now Trout is gone in two years, there is no doubt in my mind. The guy deserves to go win
 
we all know Moreno isn’t going to shell out a shit load on the Manny Machado’s and Bryce Harper’s of the world and let’s be real... how much of a difference would those guys even make when we still have holes all over the offense and pitching staff? 

Harping on Cron means nothing. He wouldn't save this team. Plus, he bought a damn decent prospect. 

Cron was given 4 seasons and 1,500 PAs to not be more than "Eh" as a offense-minded 1B.  He'd go into regular slumps, even with consecutive starts, and have to be sent down to find his swing again.  He looked like turned a corner in 2016 (.278 .325 .792 OPS 116 OPS+) but decided to shit the bed in 2017 (.248 .305 .741 OPS 98 OPS+).
He put up 2.7 WAR total in 1,500 PA's/400 games...I'd rather have Rengifo

Not gonna happen. That's too much of a rebuild for Moreno. Signals that they've given up. Hard to hit that iconic number of fans when you've thrown in the towel. 

The team just isn't very good. Eppler needs to accept this and rebuild as much as possible: shed anything he can: dump Valbuena, try to get something for Kinsler, trade the middle relievers, even field offers for Calhoun and Upton. Then play Fletcher, Fernandez, Thaiss, Rengifo and Ward. Give them some experience. 
I know people want the team to compete during the Trout window, but I'd rather see the focus be on building for long-term success. Trout is more likely to stay if he sees a team on the cusp of being really good and getting better. Floating year to year with crappy patch jobs is just not cutting it. 

Results don’t matter to the Angels.. we all know that. Mike Scisocia has been to the playoffs 1 time since 2009 and leads us year after year to mediocre results. Yet he stays. 
 
Albert Pujols, Luis Valbuena, etc make it to clear to me that winning just isn’t at the forefront. Moreno is chasing money and couldn’t care less about winning a World Series, or even making the playoffs for that matter. They get the best player in baseball and F*ck it up big time, can only get him to the playoffs once. Fire the entire coaching staff, release valbuena, force pujols to the bench. Thats what the RED SOX/YANKEES/CARDS etc. would do... because losing isn’t acceptable. 

I just tell everyone that I’m old but I’m not dead.

I already do that about Erstad hahahaha