John Taylor

7 minutes ago, eligrba said:

These are Angel minor leaguers....I would not be very worried.

Okay this one got a good laugh out of me. Well done.

I do feel that this is an example of the Twitter mob getting out of hand before all the facts are known, especially if you look at the comments on the tweet. Also I'm not saying that the Angels response closes the book on this, I'm more saying it would be nice to get all the information out there before everyone cancels Arte.

5 minutes ago, Stradling said:

 

I do find the way the Angels worded this interesting. They didn't flat out deny the report, so maybe there are non-contracted players who were counting on stipends to help them through the season? I'm not an expert on how minor leaguers are paid.

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

The Angels are denying it.  So I am going to assume since this is super easy to prove they wouldn’t deny it unless it was false.

Has there been any formal statement made by them somewhere? There are many things that we can get on Arte's case about but this seems like something that would be out of character for him.

If this is indeed true, the Angels should be ashamed of themselves. I tagged @Jeff Fletcher on twitter to see if he could confirm if this was true or not, or if he knows anything about it.

Thoughts?

Honestly 2020 is an aberration, too many issues outside of MLB player's normal routine that has be affecting most players. 

Have him face the Angels and he'll throw 8 shutout innings.

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

I’m guessing you will add some color back into it?  I am digging it, for some reason it feels like it is moving faster, but I could be mistaken.  I like that it tells you the first unread post.  

I second this. I kind of got used to that slight "delay" when it came to the site previously and forgot about it until I noticed how responsive it is now.

Love how "snappy" it is, and a nice streamlined look. Also I get a fancy badge on my logo. Well done Chuck.

I kind of already know where this is going......

1 hour ago, RendZone said:

Angelswin is Fake News?

I'll take "Things that happen when Chuck hands over the reigns of the Angelswin Twitter account to John Taylor for $500 Alex"

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

Oh I didn't see it. I think John deleted that because I can't find it now.

Both John and I got fooled by troll accounts on Twitter today. 

Bravo trolls!  

@Stradling @Chuckster70 Yep, I was fooled by a parody Angels PR twitter account, good stuff. I was in the middle of a work meeting right as the trade deadline ended and wanted be on top of things.

Narrator: "John was not, on top of things"

I deleted the tweet pretty quickly after, although a couple people took notice and had a good laugh at our expense.

Before anyone blames @Chuckster70 for it since he is a Padres fan, I'm the one who posted this Tweet and made the meme. lol

I think he'll be back. I think Arte will see this season as "The Gas Leak" season

Start a player at 2nd with 0 outs and we strike out twice.....yep......

I'm curious how everyone would react if it was GRich coming back.

Well it looks like @Chuckster70 N.L. team is going all in this season, love seeing the Padres roll the dice to contend with the Doyyers

Canning looking good right out of the gate. Lets go for 4 in a row!

ADELL!

2 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Who is Berreto?

Coming soon to El Pollo Loco the "Berreto"

50 minutes ago, Angel said:

Glad I have the right people on ignore, openly politicizing this message board, good on yous.

Agreed. If I come across an overtly political comment on this thread I'm going to delete it.

Thanks Strad, I saw Covid IL and thought we traded for someone who tested positive for Covid and would have to sit out for at least 2 weeks.

Question for @Jeff Fletcher

Is putting someone on the IL for Covid protocols part of the safely protocols you would expect to see when trading for someone from another team? And does that mean he has to quarantine for a certain amount of days before he can play?