thebloob

Bullpens are also at the mercy of the starting pitching. Bad starting pitching exposes the back end of the bullpen. That’s why I’m not a fan of a 6 man rotation. That’s 50 starts from your number 5 and 6 starters who usually give you 5 innings at best. Bundy will need to be an innings horse and one of the two pickups needs to be better than expected, and Ohtani needs to be a top end starter.

I think Should and will are two vastly different numbers. He Should play less than 40. The fewer the better. I figure he will play about 30-40 games at first. He will be the starting DH. Let’s say optimistically ohtani gets 50% of DH time which is a stretch. That gives 70-80 games at DH. Then because I can see Pujols saying in a low, threatening voice to Maddon: “Jou better play me mang, or else” he gets another random 10 games. That’ll be about 120-130.

If you go back and look at the stories his wife was very outspoken about the cardinals offers. I wonder if she was the reason he ended up leaving. Now this....

The problem it it seems the angels try to be conservative with all these ulnar strains. They squeeze out 2 years of suboptimal results and ir stints. Then they get TJ. I wonder what the percentage of pitchers who present with a grade 1 strain ultimately get TJ. If it’s as high as I suspect, just do it now.

Obviously you don’t pay that attention to professional sports. Part of sports are aging stars trying to hang on but can’t cut it anymore.

While I understand all announcements should be taken with a grain of salt the reds gm squashed the Castillo to Yankees rumor and seems to have splashed cold water on any trades for him. I only note this because I saw his name in some comments above as a possibility.

Maybe not but there are few teams playing better than the angels right now. No one wants to let mike trout and the boys in. The Astros are very flawed and a much preferable mark in the playoffs.

If this is true he should have opted out of the whole season for her health if that is the reason he is using. There was probably much more risk early season before anyone knew how it was going to work. He didn’t. I’m hoping the angels miraculously make the playoffs and a World Series run while he is sitting at home. Or, have him try to opt back in if they make the playoffs. 2-0 since he quit....... ( yes I know the winning really has nothing to do with quitting)

Didi made 14 million this year and his stats are Up. He’ll get more I think.

Ok, you are the manager or gm. A miracle occurred and the angels made the playoffs this year. Simmons knocks on your door and asks to opt back in. You say........?

You are correct. Forgot about that.

He says he wants to win but his last contract was its the reds. They had a winning culture in the 70s. Like most athletes that say these things money talks......

I’m sure he thought it would be to celebrate the numerous big playoff hits and 1 or 2 World Series he brought. 240 million well spent. Good work if you can find it.....

I’m going to assume this is a joke. I know cardinals fans, they want nothing to do with Pujols until he is done. He is the biggest dodged bullet for them in the past 10 years. Imagine his production there without the dh.

That rangers lineup is pretty sad. Three guys with sub 400 ops and none over 800. Losing to them would be an embarrassment. I hope management has a deal with Pujols that if he hits 661 he announced his retirement. Perhaps that is why he is playing every day. ( we can wish, right?)

I agree but he has earned over 300 million.

One hr closer to a reasonable discussion about retirement and buyout. If he does not pass mays this year there is no way he would ever consider walking away this off season. I’ve been saying not to play him at all, give the at bats to the young future but he needs that last hr this year.

Angels mvp tonight: 1. The pitching staff 2. Nolan arenado

Man, I’d walk Upton. Set up the double play. orrrrjust strike him out.

Astros have scored 3 in the 9th to tie the dodgers. Still have 1st and 2nd no outs. edit: 6-5 now

Adell still needs lots of work. That last at bat there were no strikes thrown in 7 pitches. Swung at 4 pitches out of the zone.

Well regarding the mvp race abreu for the white Sox is 4-4 with 7 rbi and 15th hr. They are only in the 5th inning.

Walsh seems to be an able replacement.

I wish someone with a big sack would sit down Albert and tell him he’s not gonna play next year and see if they can broker a retirement deal. If he says no then that big balled person tells Maddon not to play him.

I know he got the out but how bout leave canning in to face the .200 hitting guy to give him a quality start. Baby steps.