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5 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

No comment but LOL..   It's like the Baseball Gods are trying to send Angels fans a message.

2 hours ago, Adam said:

I am fine with losing if it is intentional in the sense that there's a plan in place to rebuild. Losing with the misguided intent to win is awful. That's why this year sucks. 

I get your point, agree even.. but they made tanking less attractive than in the past.  Draft cap limits, draft order lottery, and international signing caps -- we won't see an Astros/Orioles type rebuild/turnaround again unless some team gets really lucky. 

I think the Angels have made a choice to rebuild, they just didn't come out and say it. They repeated the same exact BS they always do only this year they seemed to value those picks more than at any point in recent history.

My beef is their not having locked in better safety nets than "nobody" in the IF and Aaron Hicks in the OF.

48 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

So..  To recap. 

The guy with the history of control issues, short outings, sporadic health problems, and inconsistent performances has lived up to each of those things???  And people were upset the Angels didn't throw a boatload of money and a draft pick to get him?   

I guess Anthony Rendon never happened.

2 hours ago, T.G. said:

Tank (TG)?

You took creative liberties with his quote!  So, wanted to give you both credit.

32 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Get gunned down by a bunch of RUSSIAN gang members in South Central?

Harsh. 

First the Armenian genocide and now this.  Living in Glendale has really turned Tank (TG), into a meanie.

On 4/22/2024 at 6:57 PM, Vlad27Trout27 said:

Ideally I would say that the goal for Dana should be to reach AAA with around 100 to 120 innins pitched. 

80 innings at AA

20-30 innings at AAA.

He doesn't need,to go to SLC.  That place makes life miserable for anyone depending on movement to get outs and simply exists to break the souls of younger arms.

Just now, Angel Oracle said:

5th inning showed that for sure.

His FB crept back under 93.0 that inning.  Everything he does works off his FB, it unlocks his other pitches. It's who he's always been.

17 minutes ago, DMVol said:

He’s still prone to boneheaded base running blunders but at this rate, you have to play him. Every day.

People talk about his tools all the time and much like his tools Adell's self confidence is on another level.  It's not an arrogance thing, he simply truly believes in himself to the point where his biggest obstacle has been learning what he can't physically overcome.  He's finally at the point where he's figured some things out and and not trying to do too much with the bat, now he needs to figure out the base stealing... Experience is the best teacher, they need to play him especially when he's on a contact making roll because he is prone to slumps where he can't hit water falling out of a boat.

6 minutes ago, T.G. said:

Nice to see this version of Canning 

Dude is your typical old school RHP where everything plays off his FB.  He's been doing well throwing both his breaking balls but the FB was getting torched. 

He is easily the guy the coaching staff must see as most "fixable" because it's not a shape or sequence thing so much as its the separation in velocity off his FB.  Also the guy that must be easiest to tell when to take out of a game for the same reason.

6 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I like Adell being aggressive, buuuuut, maybe just chill out a bit, dude.

Play him until he learns to chill out.  Should only take a couple years.

4 hours ago, Adam said:

I wish they would just give Adell 600 PAs this year and next. We're gonna suck. Give the guy with talent an opportunity. 

 

 

Dude finally looks like his head is slowing the game down to where his talent can take over.  Its almost criminal that Hicks has been playing over him.

12 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Well, you have to remember Gio Urshela went on the IL and you know how important he is.

Sir, this is a Wendy's and Urshela plays for Detroit.

2 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

The White Sox are now 3-19, with a -78 run differential. They've only scored 45 runs so far. It's hard to be that bad. 

It really is nuts how they went from being viewed as a "team of the future" to a team with no future at all -- they were a division winner and playoff team in 2021..  I can't recall seeing anything like it.

1 hour ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

I do stand by that given their playoff failures.  

If that's the measure of whether a team is pathetic or not, the Marlins are the greatest franchise in MLB history.  Their .600 winning percentage in the postseason is MLB's best mark.

1 hour ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

4967-5030

slipoinf further below the .500 mark.  You’re right @Stradling, not as bad as I thought, but I am actually surprised they are under .500.  
 

that’s pretty bad.  

They were the only expansion team with a winning record up until this recent spate of losing started. Houston now holds that distinction and Toronto is only 10 games away.

On 4/17/2024 at 8:14 PM, Chuck said:

But what's his exit velo? lol

Honestly I don't care if he goes back to his old weak ass contact self but he's getting on base via the walk and singles, occasional doubles down the line. 

Why are you laughing?

Nolan Schanuel

11

2

Single

98.7

4

93

85.2

.50O

Nolan Schanuel

27

4

GIDP

78.8

-6

19

78.6

.100

Nolan Schanuel

51

7

Single

97.3

5

101

93.6

.560

Nolan Schanuel

69

9

Flyout

84.1

32

284

94.0

.020

Nolan Schanuel

17

2

Groundout

64.2

-24

8

96.9

.060

Nolan Schanuel

36

5

Groundout

85.9

6

113

94.9

.430

Nolan Schanuel

57

7

Single

98.9

3

75

87.3

.490

These are his last 7 batted ball outcomes.  Exit velocity has a HUGE impact on batting average -- what he doesn't need to be doing is trying to hit HRs or create a launch angle thats going to disrupt his natural swing.

The dude will learn to create lift on his own, when he does you can bet the exit velocities will also be there.

26 minutes ago, Tank said:

when did we move on from the first 20 games as a yardstick to the first 30 games prospectus? are we moving the goalposts?

My concerns about the offense and lack of IF depth materialized, it's crazy how many times this team ignores an obvious issue.

I hope for Sano's continued resurgence in hopes of a deadline payoff regardless of whether or not they are playing well at the time.  If he's doing well and feeling charitable because the Angels helped him get back to MLB and he's willing to sign a team friendly extension for a couple years great...  but otherwise learn from the Ohtani situation and move him.. Soriano moving to SP is going well. For a team that has seen pitcher injuries destroy them, Soriano breaking down again and being returned may end up being a rare example of them benefiting from an injury.  

They are still shooting themselves in the foot far too often and have lost some winnable games, the offense is as big a problem as I worried it might be.  It's top-heavy and reliant on the health/production of Rendon and Trout.  Schanuel is doing better accepting his inner David Fletcher than he was trying to drive the ball.  Neto would probably benefit from a tour of AA, too bad they ignored the depth issue there.

Hopefully Canning is over his typical April awfulness, Sandoval needs to visit the wizard and be given a brain and the team as a whole find some semblance of consistency.  

55 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

We really needed him to stay healthy. He was hitting well and playing good defense and we're still 9-12. The next month could get pretty rough. 

You'd think being such a lazy ass who doesn't care and is happy to just collect a paycheck he wouldn't have been busting his ass up the baseline in the first inning.

10 minutes ago, Chuck said:

Anyone that is celebrating this or is in the I told you so group here is a complete douchebag and should self ban themselves 

Are people here doing that?  I would expect it on twitter and the sort, but I'd assume most here are just frustrated he's hurt again, by the sounds of it he is too.  I spent most of the offseason arguing if he was healthy he was still capable, so I'm sure some think me a Rendon fanboy, but I just about thew up my arms when I heard he had pulled up running to first.

It sucks.

6 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

 

It would have been better to not hear him habla ingles.

44 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Haven't said yet, but they didn't even have him test it out.  They pulled him immediately.  Probably not a great sign, especially given his history.  (Or maybe they're just being overly cautious BECAUSE of his history...)

Just watched a replay and it doesn't look like a bad one but he's a slow healer anyway.  Hopefully you're right and they are just being overly cautious.  All my whining about adding a SS in case of Neto struggles or a Rendon injury forcing Rengifo to third materializes waaaay too soon.

15 minutes ago, Blarg said:

You AJ'd him.  

I helped.

It's so frustrating...  He's just made of glass.   

It's Rendon so, it could be forever before he comes back but have they said how bad of a hammy pull yet or are they not habla-ing ingles?

Wish Sano was even a BAD defender at 3B because even when he's not getting hits at least he gets on base.

Walsh went .188/291/.208-.499 (15 games) since that 3-5 game, his first of the season.  This despite a healthy .321 BaBip.