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1 hour ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

Guys that we should trade

   * The one-year Bp arms (package them with the bigger guys)

   * Anderson and Ward (trade them while there values are high)

   * Drury (this M'f needs to start hitting the ball, and than get packaged with Ward) 

Consider trade, if it a nice return or keep

   * Rengifo

Assess trade Value

   * Sandoval

   * Canning 

   

 

Add Adell and Detmer in the "assess trade value"

8 hours ago, wopphil said:

We are more than a few. This team is screwed for the long term. Not only does the major league team suck, the farm is among the worst in baseball. We are in for a long, long drought. 

Then trade everyone.  This includes Detmer, Ohoppe, and Neto

3 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

What I meant by "right off the cliff" was 110-120 losses. I think we can avoid that if we make some moves/trades, soon. What we're putting out there is not working.

Do not....do not make any moves to improve this year.  Make moves for the future only. 

We are a few years away

Trade Anderson, Rengifo, Ward, and should explore Adell.

Then dump every expiring conract

2 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

Or sell and tank. They should be taking offers now, but don't really have much to sell - except for guys they'd want to keep. So right now the hope is that guys like Ward, Anderson and the relievers play well enough that they can be flipped for prospects in July. I mean, except for maybe 6-8ish guys in the entire org, everyone is expendable. 

 

If we are nore than 5 years from competing, then throw Adell, and Detmer into that mix

2 hours ago, Swordsman78 said:

Couldn't even get through April before we lose $700,000,000 + of payroll for the season.

The wheels have officially fallen off the wagon.

700 million?

You mean 70 million, right?

34 minutes ago, ScottM said:

Super depressing to watch this guy's career fall apart. 5th straight season with under 120 games played. 

That is the saddest part.  A guy who has been dominant for a decade and loyal can't stay on the field. 

This is a gut punch.

They guy only played 70 games with the Angels.  Was it so wrong that they inserted him in the lineup slowly.  It wasnt like he was platooned for three years.

54 minutes ago, HeavenlyHalos said:

Nobody is trading for Trout's contract and, frankly, I'd rather him be an Angel for life. Ward has two more Arb years so I wouldn't want to deal him either really.

If we are 2+ years away from competing we should trade.  Two years of club control should be vakuable trade piece.

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

This might be Suarez last game. 

I think you are right.

15 minutes ago, Waybackman said:

Another lost season 

Just figuring that out?

10 minutes ago, Ariamus said:

It’s actually worse than you suggest.

A really good team, one that wins in the mid-90s, averages 1 game over .500 per week of the season. That means, if they lose today, the Angels would theoretically need A WHOLE MONTH to get back to .500. And that’d only be if they were a really good team, which we know they most certainly are not.

I’d love to be as optimistic as you but I simply can’t. So I’ll just remind you the Halos are 2-4 at home so far this season playing mid-range clubs like Boston and Tampa.

People over analyze things

56 minutes ago, Halo in Chicago said:

Dude, there are no “must-win” games this year. No effort was made to compete. This is a rebuild year whether anyone associated w the Angels will say it out loud or not. 
 

This team is built to lose 90 games. As long as the kids get experience, it isn’t a lost season. Hopefully Anderson keeps dealing and gets dealt for prospects. 

I have no problem with that, but if that is the case, let the kids (Adell-Moniak) play

1 hour ago, Swordsman78 said:

This team has no fire, no passion for winning.  Culture needs an overhaul. 

Almost all the criticism has been fair.  But this.  This is BS

38 minutes ago, Swordsman78 said:

And the only series won was vs. a Tier 6 team off to a horrendous start.

Dear God you guys are pathetic with your negatism.

Our elimination number is 142

41 minutes ago, Blarg said:

It's just another game. It's hard to win in Boston so only taking 1 of 3 isn't season changing and they don't have to go back.

The entire month of April is a difficult schedule and will test the young guys and I'm guessing they are 2 games under .500 before May. 

This is going to be a bumpy ride all season long, only a couple easy opponents scattered between division and wild card teams from last year. Unless the starting pitching improves from Canning, Sandoval and Silseth there won't be any important series, just games to complete. 

Teams goes through hot streaks and cold streaks.  It seemed like each of last 3 years we started off with a great record and yet it meant little.  We can point out a lot of examples of teams starting poorly yet still make the playoffs.  

500 or one game under 500 against the East and last years playoff teans is far from a disaster.

11 minutes ago, samwum said:

Can we extend the "why are we playing Hicks over Adell discussion" to Cisnero, Strickland, Fulmer, and Wantz?

Once again bullpen is killing us.

5 minutes ago, HanfordGuy said:

I think the Angels know what they have with Adell and are looking to Hicks to be a lottery ticket. I give it a few more weeks before Washington starts sitting Hicks due to lack of bat.

Are you saying Adells upside is lower than Hicks?

4 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

Tiny crowd tonight.  Maybe it'll fill in a bit over the first couple innings.

Competing with NCAA championship game 

3 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

I guess I do expect some basic amount of competence in communication.  Sure, this is casual so the bar is low.  But that doesn’t mean somebody can’t notice a major trend like the one I talked about.

I think it’s perfectly fine to (what amounts to here as) rarely bring something random up and offer an opinion on it.  It’s not like I chase people around correcting them.

Fair enough point.  

8 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

Where did I say that I can’t deal with typos?  The conversation moved into another direction where somebody else corrected grammar and I said the misuse (not a typo) of the word “myself” is annoying.

You should be able to follow the meanings of these posts.

Ok, my bad on the typo.  

My point still exist.  We are not tring to get published and these are not graded.

Or do you suggest that we run our commebts through AI first.

45 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

@Angels 1961 should be happy...

And no Adell on his bday.

Sorry but Adell is getting F*****

2 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

Many do, yes.

Many needs to realize we are not trying to get published for tenure or write the next great novel.

Just deal with typos.  Mind is a powerful thing.  You should be able to interpret the meanings.

And If I wanted to be grammar police, everybody would fail.

2 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

The mistake I wish everyone would correct is the misuse of the word “myself.”  It has essentially just replaced the word “me.”

”If you have any questions about the presentation, just contact Dave or myself and we will help you.”

No, it’s just “me.”  “Contact me. . .”

I don’t even get how anybody can get this wrong when the word “me” is so basic and easy.

”Myself” is a reflective word.  It is only correct when “I” is the subject of the sentence.

“I always give myself at least 20 minutes to get ready.”

“I view myself as a solid employee.”

“When I sprained my ankle I took myself to the doctor.”

Anyway, it’s a bit of a curse to notice this one because it is rampant and widespread and, for me, it’s cringy.  I kind of think people using “myself” in place of “me” think it sounds more intelligent or something.  I was at a college tour presentation and the presenter said something like “After graduating, this was clearly the best role for myself.”  This coming from someone selling the value of the education they got there.

Nails on a chalkboard.

If I ask MYSELF how I feel about this post, I would say it was too long and possible pathetically boring.

So feel free to hit ME with the “lighten up Francis” meme.

 

 

Do we really need an English lesson?

1 minute ago, CaliAngel said:

Wow Gubi and Wayne are ripping into MLB taking Schanuel's record like I've never heard before.

They should