John Stellman

In 59 career games: .338 average, 20 home runs, 43 RBI, .450 OBP and a .706 slugging percentage. YIKES!!!

When you leave the clubhouse for the last time, don't forget to take all that baggage with you.

In 59 career games: .338 average, 20 home runs, 43 RBI, .450 OBP and a .706 slugging percentage. YIKES!!!

When you leave the clubhouse for the last time, don't forget to take all that baggage with you.

Angels PR ‏@LAAngelsPR Today the #Angels have claimed LHP Cody Ege off waivers from the Miami Marlins. He has been optioned to Triple-A @SaltLakeBees.

Alex Rodriguez is serving as the designated hitter and batting third in his final game as a Yankee on Friday vs. Chris Archer & the Rays.
Joe Girardi won't let him play 3B.

It's officially time to get excited for what all this losing does for us.  If I'm correct, there are only 5 teams with worse records than the Angels and we're only 3 games out of having the second worse record in the majors.  That would give us the 2nd pick in the draft.  
As far as I'm concerned, not getting a top 10 pick next year would be utter failure for this team.  There's a real possibility of getting a top 5 pick, with an outside chance of top 3.  
In this day and age, young, cost-controlled players is what it's all about.  Not only would we get a higher pick in the first round, but every round thereafter.  That can make a real difference.  
From what I've been reading, the 2017 draft appears to be better than 2016, and it's possible to pick up a stud college pitcher in the top 3 picks that may be ready in 2018. Couple that with top 10 picks being protected and it gives lots of flexibility if Eppler decides to go after a free agent.  
All is not lost friends- Just this season.  So let's keep losing a lot and embrace the losing.  

I don't want 'Los Angeles' visible anywhere on our Angel uniforms.

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http://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/la-sp-angels-anaheim-lease-20160811-snap-story.html

I like the road uni with perhaps navy sleeves and socks.  They had a similar font in 1956 with script Angels and a Navy blue cap with the logo on my avitar.
Maybe if they re-tool the team for 2018 a new look might be a positive.

yeah i went there
 
 
 
http://www.armchairallamericans.com/mike-trout-better-than-ken-griffey-jr/

He and Hamilton can commiserate all the way to the bank!

They still don't.

He and Hamilton can commiserate all the way to the bank!

Yeah. It means never get your hopes up!

Mike Trout turned 25 today and is currently on pace to lead the AL, once again, in WAR - both Fangraphs and B-R versions. In both cases it would be his fifth year in a row. Let's put that in context. Mike Trout has led the AL in WAR in each of his first five seasons; that means that if the MVP was determined by WAR, he would be on route to his fifth award.
Here's another thing. How many players have led their league in WAR five times? While I prefer Fangraphs WAR, it is too tedious to look it up for each year so I'm going to rely upon Baseball Reference. Here are the players who have led their league in WAR at least three times, going back to the beginning of the two leagues in 1901 (but including Cy Young, who led his league before and after that threshold):
10 - Ruth
9 - Mays
8 - W Johnson
7 - Hornsby
6 - Bonds, Williams, Young
5 - Mantle, A Rodriguez, Trout (pending)
4 - Alexander, Clemens, Musial, Pujols, Trout (through 2015), Wagner
3 - Foxx, Gibson, Maddux, Mathewson, Ripken, Yastrzemski
 
Look at the company he's in. He's just a couple months from becoming the 10th player in major league history who has led their league in rWAR five times or more - and in his fifth full season!
Now he's not going to keep this up forever, but let's say he leads the AL just twice more: he leap-frogs Barry Bonds, Ted Williams, and Cy Young and becomes one of just five players to lead their league 7 or more times.
Unreal.

They still don't.

Dude is on fire and about to be in the conversation of MVP. 

Yankees will be holding a Press conference later today regarding A Rod...
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/08/yankees-to-hold-press-conference-with-alex-rodriguez.html
 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/an-early-preview-of-mlbs-2016-cba-negotiations-part-ii/
I would like to be able to trade draft picks, not sure if that's realistic or not though.
What else do want or think will be part of the new agreement after the next agreement?

Dude is on fire.  Hitting .247, a career year.

Jeff Fletcher ‏@JeffFletcherOCR 5m5 minutes ago Angels also claimed LHP Brett Oberholtzer on waivers from the Phillies. He will report to major league club (not today)
Jeff Fletcher ‏@JeffFletcherOCR 4m4 minutes ago Oberholtzer, 27, had a 4.83 ERA in relief with the Phillies this year. 2.97 ERA since May 7. Angels have not had much LH relief this year.
 

Minoring in Twitter: Yankees prospect Frazier is really excited about New York
By Danny Wild / MiLB.com

Clint Frazier — a first-round pick known for his flowing red hair — was traded at the deadline last week from the Indians to the Yankees as part of a deal that sent Andrew Miller to Cleveland.
For Clint, that news meant two things:
He needs a haircut He needs to meet Jen Selter http://milbprospective.mlblogs.com/2016/08/05/minoring-in-twitter-yankees-prospect-frazier-is-really-excited-about-new-york/
 
and more...
http://www.barstoolsports.com/newyork/clint-frazier-just-asked-out-jen-selter-on-twitter/?utm_campaign=SocialflowTw&utm_source=BarstoolTw&utm_medium=Socialflow
 

Alden Gonzalez Verified account ‏@Alden_Gonzalez Folks, this is my last week on the Angels for MLB. Come Aug. 15, I'll be transitioning to the NFL, covering the LA Rams for ESPN.