ScottT

Tee hee hee.

The guy mentioned in the thread title and the post that was quoted, numbnuts. 

1 hour ago, Jay said:

Puzzling why Ohtani wants to continue to play instead of seeking treatment for the injury.

Is he going to be on some weird Pujols-like quest to hit a HR total?

The only thing weirder would be if he insisted on pitching.

 

He lives baseball.

It wouldn't be surprising though if he ultimately gets surgery before the season over.

4 hours ago, angelsnationtalk said:

I love Trout to death. He's been my favorite player since day one and the reason I watch their games still... but..... This is getting ridiculous. He knows damn well the team can't succeed with him being on the IL for half a season. 

It's a mild form of Rendon 2.0 except he's a fan favorite so we support him.  at this point, he should consider a change to corner outfield where he can limit the stress on his body. 

I agree if they have a capable CF...  they do defensively, but Moniak is such a mess at the plate, he shouldn't be in there every day.

Also, he hurt his hand swinging a bat.

2 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

My complete disdain for the Dodgers has little to do with the team itself and everything to do with their absolutely trash "fans".  

Exactly

Rendon hates baseball so much he worked for many years to build his skills to such a high level that he could hit the ball off his knee when the time was right.

26 minutes ago, full circle said:

Once you have surgery on something, it must be rehabbed.  He has to decide what’s best for his career as to when to get the surgery.  Of course he can hit before he gets it tho, like he did in 2018.  

Yeah yeah yeah.  So he misses a month or so?

Amazing

3 minutes ago, full circle said:

Not when he doesn’t play a position he won’t.  DHs don’t make 400 million.  300 is a loooong stretch.  So yes, a 300 million dollar loss on this is very realistic IMO.  

I disagree.

What nobody realistically assessed with these $700 million figures was the longevity of doing both.  

But if he is a DH.   And maybe eventually an outfielder.   What doesn't go away is the advertising revenue.  Maybe i's not as much as it would have been, but it'll still be significant.  The guy is still worth $400 million in this market and he wasn't getting $700 million.

1 hour ago, Jason said:

I got reamed in another thread for saying there is no reason to bring Trout back this year because the risk of injury that could spill into ‘24 was not worth it. One freaking game!

Did you hear then say he can't do more damage, that it's all about pain tolerance,  etc?

Don't use q-tips in your ears. That doesn't help you hear.

Apologies if you are deaf.

10 minutes ago, full circle said:

If this ends up costing him 300 mil or so, I think he’ll care. 

I really don't.  I think he cares more about doing both, creating a legacy, and winning.  

The dude is gonna make, what, $65-70 million this year?  

I also don't think it's that big of a hit.

As a hitter only.  If he never pitched again.  He'd get  Trout/Judge money

After two years of these mother fuckers yapping about Ohtani looking good in Pantene 346... I was at my local craft beer bar...  when Minasian was taking questions after the game Ii went to take a photo of the TV and post something.  Something  in the sad realmm. 

The guy next to me simultaneously did the same.  He saw me and said something about us both talking shit to our Angels fan friends.  

Yall different if you "talk shit" about your friends teams players getting hurt.  Especially when they are two of the best we've ever seen on and off the field

Fuck the Dodgers.  Fuck Dodgers fans.  Except the cool ones.

6 minutes ago, SoCalDucksFan said:

I'd say the majority of MLB players are "ok" financially.  There's a big difference between that, and being the highest paid player in MLB history.

I don't think he cares about the latter 

23 minutes ago, ScottSted said:

It’s a fitting final chapter on this era of Angels baseball.

Shohei picked the Angels, we absolutely wore him out with zero support for six years and now he leaves with a blown out elbow. We screwed ourselves and we screwed the best player of all time. 

We mortgaged the future for a few washed up rentals who look like absolute dogshit and will likely walk in 6 weeks. And Mike Trout is signed forever but can’t stay on the field and has already regressed to just being Very Good when he is on the field. 

It’s about as bleak as it can get. From the top down, this organization needs to be cleaned out. Maybe then, we will have a chance in 2027.

 

Ffs stfu

50 minutes ago, full circle said:

If he gets the surgery immediately he could be ready to DH by say early May or sooner if he’s a quick healer.  He won’t pitch next season tho. I’d say this cost him about 200 mil at least.  Probably more 

Huh? He hit in 2018. He hit today

41 minutes ago, Kotchman said:

I remember Strad mocking me when I said Sho is brittle. 

I'll mock you

1 hour ago, Slegnaac said:

Guess he should have signed an extension.....

I think he will be ok financially.

It's wild that they may have filled three long term holes in a little over a year.  Probably won't all work out how we want, but with Neto, O'hoppe, and maybe Schanuel.... makes Ohtani more affordable.  I'm confident those three will provide good value short term.  The problem with the Angels lately is they've had black holes.... not that they paid Rendon too much.

I agree.

I hate that 30 writers decide who gets a pick.

I still think his is a good team.  Ugh.  

58 minutes ago, gurn67 said:

John Olerud had very similar tools. Never played a game in the minor leagues and had an OPS of just below .800 his first few years. MLB average OPS for 1B this season is .772. Considering the Angels have gotten a .674 OPS this year and a .614 OPS last year, if the kid can stay around .750 for his first couple of seasons while he's figuring things out, it would be a big improvement. As long as he's able to draw walks consistently, he should be fine. If he starts swinging at everything thrown to him like most of the guys on this team, he can always be sent down for more seasoning.

 I like this. Olerud was a hell of a player.

First thing that comes to mind is the Rickey Henderson helmet story, but here's a fun fact...

His father was drafted by the Angels in 1965.

On 7/9/2023 at 5:31 PM, ScottT said:

Call him up 

It's about time.

16 hours ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

Love this kid.  We will find a way to fuck him up. 

I don't understand this.  What young players have they fucked up?

Told you so.  Guys with terrible walk and strikeout rates do not suceed long term. They may get a big contract, especially if they can play defense, but the offensive defencies will be exploited.  

Moniak's rates are worse than terrible.  Not sure if he's chasing a ton, whiffing on pitches in the zone, or what, but something has to change or he's a part time player at best

I'm still optimistic about his future.  How many pitchers come up that quickly and are consistently good?  Hitters, sure, but far fewer pitchers pull it off