Can't speak for other teams that I don't follow as closely but our bad players (the bottom quarter to third of the roster) tend to be not just bad, but disastrously awful. Tons of guys with 6+ ERA's across meaningful innings, and in prior years guys like Joyce and Ibanez batting .180 across meaningful at bats. I'm baffled that they continue to strike out on these signings every year.
Yep, I saw the same thing at the last company I worked at. Spend the whole budget on all-star hires in executive management, then refuse to spend on any of the departments beneath them. End result is there's no one to do the actual work (even if the strategy is good) and you have a top-heavy organization that looks like it should be succeeding, but isn't. Just like with the Angels.
I'm still reminded of Chris Waters throwing 8 shutout innings against us while giving up 1 hit in his major league debut for the O's. He would go on to win 4 career games. That was back in 2008 and has set the tone ever since
Disagree. It's pretty easy to predict that the Angels won't make the playoffs in any given year. On the other hand, I may win the lottery or grow a third arm.
It must be the new Ligma variant. I've read the predominant symptoms are a broken back and ability to actually pitch well when healthy, hence why Slegers and Petricka don't seem to be affected