AngelsFaninGA

The Angels have no mission statement. They're non-committal to rebuilding and instead are "trying" to contend, which not only leads unnecessary business expenses (maintaining salary levels) but prolongs the possible development of the pieces that could make them successful in the future. This is literally the worst season to be a fan in the history of the Franchise. 

You'd get 3 solo HR's and 20 strikeouts looking

You'd get 3 solo HR's and 20 strikeouts looking

You'd get 3 solo HR's and 20 strikeouts looking

You'd get 3 solo HR's and 20 strikeouts looking

You'd get 3 solo HR's and 20 strikeouts looking

Kid?  He will be 35 in August.

Run differential

What we are currently seeing is exactly what I expected. Anderson and Detmers stepping it up a bit is a really nice surprise and hopefully they can continue this into the next couple of seasons.

Perry is in the last year of his deal. I think he would have spent $1bn on free agents if he were allowed to. This is purely speculation, but I think Arte looked at his track record with free agents and last year's trade deadline deals, and said, "Perry, you're cut off". 
To answer your question regarding what they could have done -- they needed to be highly active in the trade and waiver market to find players under team control to fill in on depth. A guy like Oliver Dunn would have been perfect. Raked in AAA but not a top prospect, Phillies couldn't find a roster spot for him, Brewers acquired him for basically free, and he's got 6 years of team control. Left handed hitting 2B/3B with promising plate discipline and power -- there's our Sano spot.
Also, there are some roster decisions which could have been differently. I would have had Andrew Wantz, Davis Daniel, Kyren Paris, and Jordyn Adams in the majors. I would have kept Trey Cabbage and Austin Warren. I would have kept Fletcher and Stassi, who presumably were only traded because Minasian wanted to escape the stain of the contract extensions he gave them. Even Walsh might have been worth one more year as insurance for Schanuel.
Would these guys have sucked? Probably. But Ward and Rengifo sucked for years before they figured it out. If you give these young guys under team control reps now, you're at least starting the clock on hopefully building towards a better future. The Cisnero and Hicks of the world-- they suck just as bad anyways. Total waste of time. 

He would need to start actually getting some hits for that to occur. 

The Astros are licking their chops waiting to go 15-3 against us. 

The Astros are licking their chops waiting to go 15-3 against us. 

The AL West sucks because none of the other teams have gotten to play the Angels.

In his last season with Washington Rendon played 150 games with 34 home runs and 126 RBI. He hasn’t played more than 60 with us! And he doesn’t even have a 10 home run season. Dude completely gave up after getting paid not to mention him acting like an ass to media members and trying to hit a fan. Why in the actual fuck do people defend the guy to death? 

He has openly said he doesn’t like baseball.  He has openly said the season is too long.  He’s been a dick to the local media (who have been very tolerant of him), he’s physically assaulted fans.
He has the ability to play baseball at a fantastic level.  But he’s admitted he doesn’t look at it as anything more than a job.  He’s 33 and at that age you’d hope he’d have that realization of how blessed and lucky he is to have been given the chance in life to make millions of dollars doing something fun (versus beating his body up doing construction or sitting in an cubicle or flipping burgers for pennies). 
Forgive me if I’m skeptical or think he’s got his mind on family trips and fishing this summer now that he’s had his requisite early season soft tissue injury that will keep him out for a surprising amount of time.

On Jackie Robinson day!? 
Smdh

Pinch hitting Moniak there was a Nevin-esque move, regardless of splits. 

Pinch hitting for the sake of pinch hitting....ffs

Pinch hitting Moniak there was a Nevin-esque move, regardless of splits. 

This team really only has the Marlins to thank for their record. 

Holy shit the pitching is a disaster. We have Detmers, Anderson, and 3 days of shit.

I bet a big chunk of Ohtani's deferred money is going straight to Ippei when he gets out of prison. 

Adell has proven repeatedly that he doesn't deserve meaningful playing time. Rengifo should definitely be playing every day though

Adell has proven repeatedly that he doesn't deserve meaningful playing time. Rengifo should definitely be playing every day though