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    Randy Arozarena Snapchat Fiasco

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

    Posted · Edited by TroutBaseball

    On the broadcast today Randazo said that Arozarena was traded by the Cardinals because he took a Snapchat video of Mike Shildt in the locker room. I could NOT find any information about this.  Does anyone know anything about this story?  Did Wayne just let out a story no one is supposed to talk about or did he confuse it for someone else?

     

    Edit, I found this story about the video but can't find anything saying this provoked the trade. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27809815/locker-room-video-shows-cardinals-manager-expletive-filled-speech

    My Nightmare

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    Last night I had a dream that I was part of the Angels' front office staff and I had to PLEAD with Perry Minasian to just listen to the argument that, the future be damned, the team had to make the playoffs while Trout and Ohtani were on the same team. ALL the prospects needed to be bait to fix the bullpen. I'm 49 and I'm having nightmares that should be reserved for baseball fans entering puberty.

    How Joe Maddon Impacted Ohtani

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

    Posted · Edited by TroutBaseball

    Jason Stark interviewed Joe Maddon on his podcast. The most important parts for Angels fans are how he impacted Ohtani (he let him loose) and why Arte didn't sell (he liked what Perry was adding to the team).  He thinks Ohtani has to enter free agency and will be willing to pitch anywhere.

    https://theathletic.com/podcast/243-the-athletic-baseball-show/?episode=447https://theathletic.com/podcast/243-the-athletic-baseball-show/?episode=447

    He's playing a lot of golf and no one is contacting him about managing except Japanese teams.

     

    AngelsWin O'Hoppe & Neto SZN t-shirts available

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    6 hours ago, OhtaniSan said:

    Should make a version where the big print/logo is instead on the back of the shirt. With the front of the shirt only having a small version of the logo/art in one of the top corners over the nipple area

    Unfortunately printing front and back really increases the cost, and if we have too many variations of any particular style it limits sales.  People get option paralysis. (I think we have some of that now)

    Pujols the Victim

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

    Posted · Edited by TroutBaseball

    Sam Miller was asked if Ryan Howard was the greatest victim of the shift.  Here's part of his response

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    My answer, after cycling through several angles on this, is actually Albert Pujols. He lost 89 hits to the shift, according to SIS, all but two of them after he joined the Angels. (SIS data goes back to 2009; Pujols was a Cardinal through 2011.) Various ways his biography/legacy/Hall of Fame plaque were affected by those 89 disappeared hits:

    • His career batting average would have been .304, not .296, which is an important first digit.

    • As an Angel, he would have hit .274/.328/.466 (if the new hits were all singles), which I’d consider a legacy-shifting difference from .256/.311/.447. He’d have the same OPS as an Angel as Garrett Anderson, rather than the same OPS as Jack Howell.

    • Over his final five full years with the Angels, when he actually hit .249/.299/.419 and his career really began to slide and he lost playing time (and, eventually, his job entirely), he would have instead hit .274/.322/.444, which isn’t great but isn’t career-ruining, especially for a veteran already under contract in a pitcher’s park and a DH league.

    • At his late-career rate of RBIs per single, he’d have had something like 27 more RBIs. That doesn’t close the 79-RBI gap between him and all-time leader Henry Aaron, but maybe a .274/.322/.444 version of Albert Pujols gets the extra 300 plate appearances in Anaheim to do it.

    But then, sometimes losing your job is just what you need to put a button on things. I can’t say whether that’s true for Ryan Howard, but all this wing-flapping might well have kept Pujols from ever landing back in St. Louis for his perfect final season. Probably best to be grateful for the shifts that were.

     

    If shortstops hadn't been planted in the outfield waiting for him to lumber to first base, it for sure wouldn't have been as infuriating to see him hitting 4th.

     

    full article here

    Perry & Buster

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

    Posted

    Perry was on today's Baseball Tonight podcast with Buster Olney (about 30 minutes in)

    https://dcs.megaphone.fm/ESP2531385012.mp3?key=763fe298cbeed43c2332a52930dd8313&request_event_id=39f6925d-2e69-4787-ad2b-c0876dc2c335

    1) He's glad to continue working     with Arte and didn't ask about sales details
    2) Pitching staff is important to improving the pitching and Ohtani sets the tone for work ethic
    3) Billy gets credit for bringing in several key pitchers
    4) Anderson is a professional and a competitor
    5) Pitching and Defense are the staples
    6) Not going to talk about extensions for Ohtani but HE LOVES HIM
    7) Ohtani has great focus and will ignore trade speculation
    8 ) Keeping things in house is important
    9) He's excited for the new rules
    10) The bigger base will have the biggest impact on the game

    Law & Havens Destroy Your Hopes

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

    I'm sorry but if you don't think the Angels improved their club this offseason then you don't know a damn thing about baseball.

    They didn't say they didn't improve, in fact they say they will hold their own. They just think this is still a waste of Trout and Ohtani.

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