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Ray also got an opt out. And as far as we know, Arte doesn’t believe in giving opt outs.

And also got all butthurt when Ward tried to bunt for a hit when the Dogs were way up in a game (that the Angels almost came back and won.)

Ray also got an opt out. And as far as we know, Arte doesn’t believe in giving opt outs.

Ray also got an opt out. And as far as we know, Arte doesn’t believe in giving opt outs.

This is underappreciated. 

I saw the thread title and thought Kurt Suzuki signed somewhere else.

Most of his errors came early in the season when the team wasn’t anywhere close to out of it. What a stupid thing to say.

Wong pitch hit for the pitcher in the 6th with nobody on.

The ball was hit exactly where the 3B would be in an exaggerated pull shift.  If you're going to play the 3B at the bag because of the runner, which obviously you have to do, you can't simply leave the other 3 fielders in the same place.  You have to move them to give yourself more coverage.

Class reaction by Ottavino.
”Bye bye, f***ing happy birthday bitch.” 
 
Gave up a run, had 2 runners on base when a a rocket was hit into the shift. Yep, you really shut it down!

Should the Angels countersue the family, since out of anyone, the wife surely “should have known” that her husband was a drug addict?

Maybe Bundy should consider not using his crappy fastball 5 or 6 times in a row. Wasn’t he successful last year because he was using his FB way less than in previous seasons?

Already have no bench, so when a middle infielder goes down, they replace him with a third catcher.  Sounds about right for this team.

Cishek has actually had 5 scoreless appearances in a row. Pray that he found something, because he couldn’t have been any worse the first month.

Cishek has actually had 5 scoreless appearances in a row. Pray that he found something, because he couldn’t have been any worse the first month.

He mostly drafted SPs -- teams will keep them in that role until they prove they can't pull it off.   But if you want to follow a guy who was drafted as a RP and to date is being used as a RP, look up Chad Sykes.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=sykes-000cha
25 years old, strictly a RP..   He's likely someone they will move up the system quickly because there just isn't a lot of projection there and he will never be anything other than a RP.   

Davis Daniel, Denny Brady are two SP that may see time in the pen sooner rather than later.

Seeing that Eppler drafted a ton of college pitching in rounds 3 and up while he was here, hard to believe not one of them (that I know of) has developed into a major league reliever, or is on the cusp of being a major league reliever.  Seems like when you have that many possibilities, one or two would have worked out.

The first wave of those arms had an ETA of 2020-2021. We're starting to see some of them creep into MLB bullpens such as Isaac Mattson and Jeremy Beasley types. 
Andrew Wantz, Denny Brady and Austin Warren are probably the closest in-house still with the org. Those guys move quick too and if we wind up being sellers, could see a lot of new arms here in Aug/Sept.
The fact that Eppler tended to hold college arms out from pro ball their first year after being drafted and the pandemic cancelling minors last year really did a number on that depth, as did the trades for Iglesias and Bundy.

Seeing that Eppler drafted a ton of college pitching in rounds 3 and up while he was here, hard to believe not one of them (that I know of) has developed into a major league reliever, or is on the cusp of being a major league reliever.  Seems like when you have that many possibilities, one or two would have worked out.

But Walsh wasn't outside the running lane. He was right on the line. 

Rojas looked like a cartoon character going after that ball.  It was only about 6 feet away from him and he took like 5 steps before he dove.

Rojas looked like a cartoon character going after that ball.  It was only about 6 feet away from him and he took like 5 steps before he dove.

Maddon doesn’t really value defense.  

Mayers just threw 1 2/3 yesterday.  No reason at all to go to him today, especially against Gallo.

Just unlucky. That ball doesn’t hit Walsh and he scores.