Kendo36

So we’d be back to where we were, being like a 73 win team, with money tied up on a risky arm in Snell. 
The Angels cannot spend their way back into contention, not in one winter. 
Love Shohei, wanted him back, didn’t even really care if it was so expensive it effed the teams finances up, but it’s a blessing in disguise. Baseball is changing, even more so after the Ohtani deal, where the star players are going to be paid even more exorbitantly. The Arte method of spending big on a couple players has not worked and won’t work anytime soon. And before anyone replies with “but the Rangers!” bear in mind they also had a ton of good young talent to support and did a good job on mid-level signings. That’s probably the closest hybrid of approaches the Arte-owned Angels can take if they want to compete, but they can’t turn that ship around in one winter, nor did the Rangers. 
Punt 2024. Do what will be best this year to develop the young core. Give them mentors, give them complimentary pieces to keep pressure from mounting, acquire guys who can be traded for farm depth or guys who can contribute through say, 2025-2026 at most, and bide our time for a season or two.

Watch Perry be happy with what they have internally and not do much. 

I hope it's wrong just so it ends Hoornstra's career 

I hatched out of an egg most recently and became my own birdie. 

I thought he looked nervous as hell

Big difference between the production they got for their big contracts vs. ours. Semien & Seager have been far better than Trout & Rendon. Our season will depend on Rendon/Trout again and I have little faith. 

Perry Everymanasian

Forgot how much I hated Cron at the plate. 

Moniak gave us more than expected. He’s now a liability. Need to get healthy. 

I hope Neto can start and I never see Velazquez sorry ass again unless it's during the playoffs to steal bases late in the game. 

I hope Rengifo picks Cron up at the airport.
I hope Fernando Salas is driving Grichuk's cab to the team hotel.

This team is so fucking bad with RISP against decent opposition. 0-13 now between the two games, including 0-6 with the bases loaded. Unreal levels on ineptitude in the most important series of the season.

Watching the Astros stream. O’Neal is beyond annoying.

I’m not a guy that likes to rail on the announcers, but I wish Patrick O’ Neal would just shut the fuck up when he’s talking to Mark Langston and Tim Salmon about what it’s like to be a big league ball player and what it’s like to condition during the season.
It sounds like both Langston and Salmon literally want to tell him to shut the fuck up when it comes to Ohtani and his regiment.  Seriously, shut up.

It’s all on the bats. Pathetic performance after pathetic performance. 

Nevin is fine. Not gonna win games when the offense stops hitting for at least half of every season

Our schedule is brutal. This was the month to make up ground and they failed to do so. 

Our schedule is brutal. This was the month to make up ground and they failed to do so. 

Our schedule is brutal. This was the month to make up ground and they failed to do so. 

Our schedule is brutal. This was the month to make up ground and they failed to do so. 

Surprised at Ward's long leash with our OF depth. He's clearly lost at the plate. He's not a great hitter and guesses way too much. Can't wait for Addell and Moniak to take over in the OF next year. 

Well Ohtani, once again, bail us out. This lineup is absolute trash. 

Now imagine the lineup with Rendon, Adell, Trout, Neto and OHoppe.
Gotta get healthy.
 

Trout swinging straight through fastballs right down the middle is on my nerves.

So much for Trout breaking out of his slump.
So much for the Angels contending.
So much for the Angels franchise.
So much for baseball.
So much for life.