UndertheHalo

Put down your phone and waste time at work idiot !

Thank god

Between his perpetually being hurt and sucking otherwise. Seems like a good bet. But hey, here’s to hoping it works out.

A minor league deal for a vet like him to play for the Yankees ? I doubt it.

Bourjos odds of being decent are probably pretty close to Koles odds. Its wild how this guys career has just been wrecked by injury issues. He’s had literally 3 seasons in his career with more then 200 AB’s. Only one with 500. Hopefully he’s learned how to take a walk.

i think that overall I’m optimistic. I think I’m probably higher then most on Harvey and Bour in particular. Those 2 are on 1 year deals so. We’ll see where that goes I guess. I think that if you pay as much attention to the team as most of us here do, it’s difficult to not have some pessimism. Bottom line is that the team is banking on a whole lot of things breaking right with players that don’t necessarily have great track records recently. Or don’t have track records at all. They have a lot of money tied up in an old player that basically shouldn’t be in the league. I remain optimistic that they’ll sign Trout up long term, but he isn’t signed yet. They have real problems. That’s true of all teams I guess. But the Angels have been pretty bad for a long time. Worse I’d argue then several of the .500 seasons indicate because Trout floated the team. its just tough to get too enthusiastic before we actually see it on the field. I agree with you that there’s no point being a fan if your thing is just take a shit on everything no matter what. Is there a lot of that here ? Maybe a couple of guys I guess.

Maybe something is up. Trump was losing it this weekend. I mean he’s always nuts but more so the last couple of days.

I don’t think I’m overly enthusiastic about Angels prospects. Ward even, I understand very possibly wont pan out long term. Still, I’ve been a little hopeful about him with all the progress he showed last year. I have been hoping that this year he’d be able to lock himself into an everyday role, thus taking a big problem off the Angels check list. It seems that maybe, I’ve been a little bit off in my understanding of where he is at this point. I’ve had the impression that he’s ready to have a shot at grabbing 3B. When it comes to prospects, I generally think the thing to do is hand them a lot of consistent AB’s and see what happens. Maybe it’s not time yet. Still, if he’s not the guy. Or if the Angels don’t feel like they can give him an extended look. I have to wonder about why they didn’t do anything in FA. Realistically, they don’t have a lot going on in the near term prospects wise other then Ward. Jeff is saying they don’t want a big contract. Fine. There were guys that signed for relatively light contracts. The market is depressed the price is what it is. We keep talking about how they’re going to be in a win window soon. Without introducing guys like Ward into an everyday role soon. The idea that the Angels are close seems kind of like bullshit. In 2 years we’re going to have a team of almost all 25 year olds or younger and be a winner ? Most of them basically rookies ? That seems far fetched. Next years FA class isn’t deeper then this one. Hope for the best I guess. And I get that the defense is also an issue.

I genuinely believe that it is good and right to purchase a Trumpy bear and keep it in good condition. That is such a freakish thing that it might make you some money some day.

A problem with Beto is that his entire political “popularity” is derived from being “not Ted Cruz” This campaign he’s launched is a mistake.

Trump is having a wild one today on the twitters.

Jerry Falwell Jr, like his father before is a piece of shit. It’s unfair to use a rotten scum bag like him as a blunt instrument to rag on Christians.

I think LaStella is fine as like a depth utility guy. Specifically for middle infield positions. If he ends up being bettter then that. Great ! But I hate him at 1st or 3rd. I’m with you tho man. I’m pretty skeptical.

I mean if they don’t view him as that sort of player then it sort of makes you wonder why they weren’t more interested guys like Marwin Gonzalez and Mike Moustakas. Not like they got huge contracts.

I guess I’m not clear on the service time thing. I thought that he played enough last year that the clock is already ticking on him ? I’m wrong I guess then ? At least that makes sense.

I don’t really get what benefit Ward gets from another half season in AAA. Everyone seems agree that it’s pretty likely that Cozart won’t be that good. Fletchers bat plays at 2B. A lot less so at 3B. And that’s being optimistic ! It seems like a lot people think he’s more of a utility player then an everyday guy. I don’t agree with the idea that Ward is going to magically figure something out that’ll help him in the big leagues in 250 or less AB’s against inferior AAA pitching. He’s already tee’d off against minor league pitching. As far as I can tell. Ward is the Angels guy at 3B. They should just give him the position and see what happens. I don’t get why it’s fine to let a shitty veteran work through things for months but not let a young player, who’s potentially significant to the outlook of the team going forward have the same type of shot. It’s dumb. They signed Cozart to be a 2B. If they insist he plays, let him split time with the utility player. Or like I said before cycle him around the diamond.

I don’t think it’s hit Netflix yet tho.

Thanks for the heads up !

I still think that they need to give Ward a chance to take hold of 3B and keep it. I’d like to see them shuffle Cozart between 2B, SS, and 3B. I just say SS so that maybe Simmons can get one day off a week. If Fletcher/Rengifo lock down 2B great. If they don’t and Cozart isn’t a disaster let him have 2B. If Ward isn’t showing any life and the other 2 are let Cozart play at 3B (even though I didn’t think he looked good there last year) anyway. They treated this offseason like it didn’t matter if they made a run or not. Fine. Let the prospects we’ve been waiting for have a chance. Let’s see what we have. It’s going to be extremely annoying to me if September rolls around and the sense is that we didn’t give Ward enough of a look to know if he’s a guy we can consider viable as a starter because of Cozart. Ward in particular I want to see get long look.

Oh good grief. I think tanks feelings are fine. I’m confident he can handle a slightly strong disagreement.

Oh give me a fuc*king break. I don’t owe that clown any respect. I’ve seen all the shit he says. All the pandering to fuc*king racists. These people go out do their attacks and reference Trump. Save the BS Tank. You know what he should say. He should say that he denounces white nationalism. He won’t say that because he is a white nationalist. He’s never going to say it. Recall the “very fine people on both sides” comment. His comments to the press this afternoon (hours after this bullshit generic “thoughts and prayers” tweet) was that he doesn’t believe white supremacist radicals are a problem.

What evidence is there that he’s back pedaled at all. Congrats Ben ! You took half a step back from your most absolutely toxic take. All these fuc*king people (alt right talking heads) are out there denouncing this stuff. Everything lives forever on the internet. It takes basically no effort to see what their takes are. The disgusting shit they spread. They’re all full of shit. Their crocodile tears are worthless.

I’m pretty certain that you know basically jack shit about Islam. Very clever tho! Nice work.

Ya that doesn’t work for me. He’s continued to spew similar extremely islamaphobic rhetoric unapologetically. People are dumb for sure when they’re 18. So often times I’d be willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt. But he seems to still have the same warped view generally even if he’s graduated from literally supporting the murder of civilians. Also, let’s not pretend that he was some mindless child. Both he and his father have been in the right wing grift game a long time.

https://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2002/07/25/enemy-civilian-casualties-ok-by-me-n1391583