halosfan1970

He looked serviceable before he was sent back to AAA. Now his BA and OBP are plummeting. His baserunning and fielding have started showing mistakes too.

I'm still hopefully he'll round out to be a decent 4th outfielder from the bench, but he's not the long term answer as a starting LF.

On 5/22/2016 at 0:20 AM, Chuckster70 said:

@John Taylor thanks for posting. 

i had to clean up your post. 

Copying and Pasting from some websites make the format look awful so I pasted into Notepad, cleaned it up and then pasted here. 

I'd also suggest providing a link to the original source material since it is copyrighted work.

2 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Oh trust me, I really mean it. 

If something magical happens to Crin's bat and glove as a result of this thread I'll take it tho.

Cron is drawing more walks this year. His OBP is almost respectable, and his average has been trending up since his terrible April. He seems to have a slightly different plate approach that is leading to more walks and in the long-run a probably a better average, but it is coming at the expense of power. Seeing a lot of singles to right this year instead of gap doubles or home runs. 

At 1B with a bad glove or DH, he's a 0.5 WAR guy. Disappointing.

Also underrated and approximately the same color.

Just now, failos said:

Whaaat? So he might return this season? He should just get the surgery, wtf.

Don't worry, I'm sure Garrett Richards and his doctors will give your opinion on the subject the consideration it is due.

1 hour ago, JarsOfClay said:

Mark Trumbo AVG .323 HR 11 RBI 27 OPS .961 (traded for gas can santiago, and tommy john skaggs)

Just so we are clear... are you blaming Jerry Dipoto or are you blaming Tyler Skaggs for Skagg's need for TJS? 

37 minutes ago, calscuf said:

Is Jhoulys a real name or is it like the Mexican version of Brayden?

It's definitely Venezuelan for Jimmy.

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

This story pissed me off in that it should never have been set to Spanish as the default language and you have to choose English. I hope they receive enough backlash that it never happens again.

58 minutes ago, HaloNArizona said:

Right now, I would entertain offers on everyone but Trout and Calhoun...Simmons is questionable.

Escobar, Soto, Smith, Street, Wilson by August 1, if he his healthy and can be moved.

Why are you excluding Calhoun? Santiago, Calhoun, and Simmons are the only valuable trade pieces left at this point. Calhoun is really the one with the combination of salary controlled years and production during his prime to bring back something worthwhile.

3 minutes ago, mota_madness said:

First Skaggs, Then Heany, Now Richards. Coincidence? Or does this problem lie within the training staff and their approach with young pitchers?  

 

Do you have any data besides the fact that the three are on the Angels' roster? Do you think the Angels' training staff approach blows out UCL's in 100 innings flat?

• Skaggs spent significant time in the Diamondbacks system before his injury in his first season on the Angels MLB roster (113 innings pitched with Angels.)
• Heaney is a product of the Marlin's farm system (111.2 innings pitched with Angels.)

Your supposition seems unfounded.

He should try shaving. I bet it's the beard that's messing him up.

Perhaps he is shaving and it is just the wrong regions?

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Kirk Newenhuis starting in Center

Still basking in the warm memories of Kirk's ten games with us last season?

i know Choi was a rule 5 pick, but can they try to slip him through waivers and place him in salt lake or does he have to go back to the team they got him from?

Even if he clears waivers, he has to be offered back to his original team.

So this thread has been started as just a sad troll job based on pitchers' wins and losses as a predictive or meaningful metric? Meh...

He likes to argue about everything.

Well to be fair, the observation was inane at best.

What are the odds we have to see an Ianetta HR tonight?

Chris Iannetta has been, and still is, a significantly better hitter than we saw last year. He may not torture us like like Mike Napoli, but I can definitely see him having some very good at-bats against the Angels over the next couple of seasons. 

Living in the past man... Remember when Buzzie Bavasi let Nolan Ryan go in free agency?

That's why I like it here at AW. I racial and cultural sensitivity are always first-rate.

Dollar for dollar, Nava/Gentry is a hall of famer so far in 2016, compared with Heyward.

Well, maybe not hall of famer, but Nava/Gentry is giving more bang for the bucks.

Reawakens memories of Lowenstein/Roenicke.

Nava/Gentry will never be a Cowart/Kubitza though.

Her face, her voice, her personality.

Her seeming inability to ask a question beyond "How does it feel to get the win?"

I was going to make a crude statement..... But, Nah~ Good for him and Boyer! 

 

I've self-edited on posting to this one too. Adam LaRoche retired. I'm all for leaving him alone to begin a new phase in life. He should return the favor.

Well Mahle has qualified for lifetime healthcare coverage, and he needs only 41 more days to vest in the pension plan.

I like the Tin Man.