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6 hours ago, AngelFanInTheATL said:

Feel bad for Washington? He's made millions in baseball and if he couldn't see what was on the roster when he took the job, that's his fault.

I like Wash, too. But he's been in baseball long enough to know the deal. 

And he clearly knows the deal if you read between the lines. He was brought here to rebuild in the post Ohtani era.

Feels like we never win day games at Angel stadium.

Adell with another hard hit ball

2 minutes ago, CaliAngel said:

Did he ditch that?

They said he’s not using it against guys that throw hard. 

I trust Wash. Ultimately, the bases were loaded and the bums couldn’t come through. There is going to be some feel to Wash’s managing rather than a straight analytical approach. He’s building a culture.

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

I think it's time to sit Trout and tell him it's time to get his shit together. Bases loaded with two outs is no time to play umpire on borderline pitches, foul that shit off. 

He does that in every big moment. The pitch doesn’t have to be perfect, Mike. Just get a god damn hit.

Spare me the poor Trout bullshit. That was a pathetic at bat with the game on the line to stop a losing skid. Just staring at strikes. 

Another quality start wasted. 

18 hours ago, samwum said:

I've lost full confidence in Wash because of this one. I really appreciate the way Wash has emphasized defense, situational hitting, and baserunning, but if you aren't going to play the best players -- get the fuck out.

Hicks was below average against RHP even in his prime. He is fully washed up -- the Yankees paid him ~$30mm to not play for them. Hicks playing against RHP, and hitting leadoff, is flat out fucking ridiculous. 

This way more on the front office than it is on Wash. Hicks shouldnt be on the team.

Before the season, this would have been expected and no one knew what Rendon would contribute. Now that he stepped up at the leadoff spot when we clearly have no one useful to fill that role and is playing good defense, this hurts big time. Our only hope to compete this season is if Detmers/Anderson are actually the guys they have been in April. Canning settles in. Soriano takes another step and Sandoval is just an innings eater piece of garbage that labors through 5 innings. Oh and someone in our system needs to give the Bullpen a boost. 

The combo of Adell, Moniak and Hicks is becoming bizarre. 

Brutal loss, but historically, we lose 3/4 here. I like the direction. But the personal is clearly lacking. There had to be a better veteran than Hicks available. He is so bad.

What Perry has managed to do to this bullpen. What a disaster. 

What a choke job 

Love what Ward is doing but let’s cool it on calling him a success story for Dipoto & the org. Let’s finish a full season with above average production.

When I think Moniak, I think situational hitting.

Almost any hitting free agent would have done wonders for this lineup. Feels like it’s just a bat short. Same goes for the starters. A decent arm away. 

Hicks looks so bad. Confused offensively and defensively. Him at DH is laughable.

Worst case scenario here. 

3 minutes ago, James said:

Hopefully he plays well in the first half and can be traded for a prospect. Failure does nobody any good so a very strange thing to hope for. 

It's at the expense of our young talent. Hicks is washed. Yankees knew it. Don't know why we are trying to save him. 

Tough to get excited about Hicks at all. Hopefully, he shits the bed and becomes the bench player that he ultimately is. Adell looked fine yesterday. Hicks looked totally lost over the weekend. 

lol hicks

Ok, time to move on from the hicks experiment. 

19 minutes ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

This team is giving off Royals/Rockies vibes. Bad team with lots of boring vets and no-upside journeymen taking up space. Frankly if they win more than 5 of the first 20 that'll be a big success. 

I think you have to go what with what gives you the best chance to win this early in the season. They at least have to pretend to compete. Hicks/Sano might not be on the team in June. Adell and Moniak will get plenty of at bats. 

Best bottom half of the order we've had in a long time.