jsnpritchett

8 minutes ago, samwum said:

Yeah you're exactly right to bring this up, although I think Cimber has one more year of arbitration.

Perry's inability to utilize fringe prospects and young players under team control in depth and low leverage situations is killing the organization.

You have to have an Andrew Wantz or Austin Warren or Oliver Ortega getting Hunter Strickland's low leverage 6th inning outings.

This isn't negotiable in team building. Nobody else is doing this shit that the Angels are. The lower level of the roster has to have guys who are working on moving into filling in the middle or top level of your roster. 

This bullpen has absolutely 0 long term upside, and its currently in about as bad of shape as you can imagine. 

 

I don't think Cimber has another year of arbitration. He was a free agent. 

1 hour ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

he should only be platooning with Moniak or late inning replacement not be on a major league roster.

11 minutes ago, Halo in Chicago said:

I was just listening on the radio, but it seems like he battled. Tough second inning w 40+ pitches (I think). To still go 5 innings was good. If he could just figure out how to use less pitches and go 6 … 

Yep, 43 pitches in the second inning. It seemed to last about 2 1/2 hours. 

5 questions in the wake of Trout’s latest injury:

"Trout is one of the greatest baseball players any of us have ever seen. But the problem is that we don’t get to see him nearly often enough. In the wake of this latest setback, here are five questions that arise about Trout: About his future, his legacy, his team and how we’ll talk about him for the years to come."

https://www.mlb.com/news/mike-trout-s-legacy-after-knee-injury

7 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Wouldn’t surprise me if his brother ended up having a better career.

If he ever gets back on the field!  He's been hurt so far.  Not sure what his injury is, though.

8 minutes ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

@jsnpritchett when you watch the game what do you watch/see? Just the outcome of the at bat? Or, the opposing hitters at bat?

I watch our hitters setup, stance, in at bat adjustment if one is made? I can tell if their over thinking an at bat like Adel swing to k in the 9th he was looking slider down then had to adjust to a fastball up and he couldn't catch up to the velo high in the upper part of the zone.

Watch the defense if we shift then the pitch sequence, if the pitches called would be effective to get the hitter to hit into your shift. Did the pitcher execute that pitch or sequence successfully?

And I watch the pitchers mechanics including landing, release points, including if they're rushing through their mechanics, landing on their heal, ball of the foot, if they spin off, and then location which may/May not effect the pitch location which works for or against the sequencing and the defensive alignment..

That's what video is good for. You learn a lot by watching the game and breaking it down to its simplicities, intricacies and outcomes.

I would be bored if I just sat their and waited for outcomes... It's also hard to understand why things happen if you do that. Slumps, ineffectiveness, a decrease in abilities etc.

I have no idea why you're singling me out and lecturing me.  Was it just because I said I thought Merrifield would have been a pointless addition to the team?

Lol.

Just now, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

1st ever move to the NL... He's adjusting.

You're being very generous. 

1 minute ago, Jason said:

That series isn't going to end well for the Halos. 

Nope, probably not.  I'm hoping maybe they can take two out of three against the Pirates, who've been slumping, but who knows at this point.

2 minutes ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

Because he plays many positions and we are deep into our borderline depth the 1st day of May.

Right, but he's not any good anymore.  Him being on the team wouldn't be notably better than Adrianza, Calhoun, etc., etc.  They're all washed up.  The team absolutely does not need someone like Whitfield, who has no future with them beyond this season.

1 minute ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

Whit would had been a great pickup for us!

Why?  He has a .547 OPS and he's making $7M.

Somehow, Kyren Paris has gotten worse as the season has gone along.  He's now "hitting" .076/.171/.121.  How is that even possible? Lol.  33 K in 66 AB, too.  Ugly.

Also, at what point do we just concede that Kochanowicz isn't gonna hack it as a starter?  He got bombed again today.  And for a guy who supposedly has great stuff and a very good fastball, he sure doesn't K very many.

3 minutes ago, ScottM said:

is Ben Joyce just toast now? Why is he being consistently shelled in Double-A?

Nothing has changed with him.  He's inconsistent.  Dominant in some appearances, absolutely cannot find the plate in others and then tries to guide the ball in, leading to getting hit hard. 

9 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

We're not going to get another baserunner, are we?

This offense...

The pace of this game is deadly.  Boring as hell.

Just now, BTH said:

 

Kristofak making it to the majors and pitching in a game was a great story.

But if we go strictly by results/stuff, he didn’t really deserve a call-up. He got called up because the pen was taxed and they didn’t have any other options available to get a fresh arm that could provide length.

So I think him making it to the majors, playing a game, and getting DFAd is a lot better than the alternative of potentially never making it to the majors.

I was joking.  I know he was called up simply because of being a guy who was available in that moment.

6 minutes ago, T.G. said:

Did you guys feel the earthquake?

I think that was just Minasian shifting in his seat.

8 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

He probably looked at the roster.

Just now, Dtwncbad said:

No lineup yet?  I would like an explanation from management but I expect the answer would be “we told you we had unfinished business.  This is it.”

 

Just posted.

3 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

So much for Kristofak's feel-good story!

Given that it's an hour before the game and they still haven't officially announced any roster moves, I wonder if it'll be a series of moves, rather than just Sano to the IL and bringing up Calhoun?

Angels are apparently not gonna announce a lineup.  Just going to draw straws 5 minutes before the game to see who plays where today.