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It really does seem like he comes to the plate every AB without any semblance of an approach. Tonight he looked at 3 strikes in the exact same spot. They were all borderline calls, but after the first two are called how are you mentally not prepared for it again? I love his tools, he just seems to have no confidence whatsoever. I hope they have the foresight to send him down. He needs to see himself succeed at the plate. Adell needs to convince himself and Perry he can hit and field in the ML level  
I also hope him and Adell take this off-season and stay off of Instagram. They should read ESPN’s article on Arenado, chat up T Ward’s guy, and visit every swing doctor, VR spot, Driveline, and other facility they can. I fear instead they’ll go to their hometowns, post batting cage and workout videos, and come to ST thinking surely this is the year. 

Which explains why he never recovered from the concussion.

Bingo.
And with how cagey Minasian and others have been in commenting about what they've done even just for minor league player conditions it's not very encouraging. 
It's crazy, you'd have to think that for the price of anywhere from a back-up catcher to a mid-reliever, they could radically enhance so much in terms of development, player comfort, lodging, condition, food, facilities - not even considering the scouting aspect here - and see probably a greater ROI in 2-5 years from those players than what they'd get from that aforementioned cheap FA signing.

Hey, I told you that in confidence

Adell and Stefanic have been working on that play for weeks.

If Any of you psychos mess with @Wisconsin27 there will be hell to pay.

Adell the classic elite athlete but terrible at the whole playing baseball thing

How is Adell this bad? I remember butchering plays like that in PE class in 8th grade

How is Adell this bad? I remember butchering plays like that in PE class in 8th grade

Maybe they should try the opposite approach. Fire sale and intentionally field the worst team possible. Then suddenly they win 105 games and make the WS

there's a law of diminishing return for guys who are good and club controlled.  Do we ever see a team trade a really good player with more than 3 years of control.  Typically it's 1 to 2.  Mostly because Mostly because trying to obtain the additional value for that extra year or two isn't linear.  Teams have a finite amount of value available in their org.  

4 years of club control and he's our 2nd best pitcher.
Just yeah. No.

I don't get it. What is the benefit of trading Sandoval? How does that improve the team?

The core group is better than how they are performing.  Before adding or subtracting players, the Angels need to fix their player development infrastructure. 

Brandon Marsh is a 24 year old on a really bad team who’s pressing hard in a role he’s apparently not ready for.  The book isn’t shut on him and a better organization wouldn’t have him flailing away the way the Angels have him. 

He needs to be send down.  I want the young guys up here playing and getting as many chances as possible at this point, but a few weeks in the minors to clear his head and regain some confidence would do him some good I think.  Then bring him back up in Sept.  

Good.
Baby steps.

Angels have planned on contending the last 7 years how has that worked out? Please let's go in a different direction tear this mess down.

Oh and if you are going to trade guys this year, don't worry about your return being someone that can help for next year.  Just get as much value as you can.  Even if it's some guy you love in rookie ball.  Figure out how to improve your depth on the bench, your pen, your SP etc. during the off season.  
You just aren't gonna get much in the way of value for a guy like Sydergaard if you have to exchange him for a guy that could be ready next year.  Pull a Tatis or Yordan Alvarez out of you butt for once.  

It's funny how we expected the offense to be the team's biggest strength. Seems they always do the opposite. Every year.
So I'm not expecting anything again. Ever.