Dtwncbad

Does it make any sense that the Angels “remain in contact with” pitchers that Arte has not given approval to pursue?

29 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Man we live in different worlds if you think I have the embarrassing stance here.

5 minutes ago, Taylor said:

n fact, next time a woman legitimately accuses a professional sports player of sexual assault, a bunch of people will look to this situation and assume she's crazy and lying. 

No Taylor.  Only stupid people will assume that.  And only stupid people will automatically take every accusation as truthful.

People with brains will be acutely interested in finding the actual truth in every individual case, wherever that leads them, including ultimately considering the accused as the victim.

7 minutes ago, Taylor said:

You mean, like the #metoo movement? That's exactly what it was about.

OMG you can’t help yourself.  Dude, literally nobody on earth ever had any problem with anyone legitimately coming forward to talk about their honest history especially in the context of sticking up for individual rights and making progress as a society.

But with that comes a responsibility for everyone to watch out for opportunists that would hijack it dishonestly and for their own fraudulent agendas.

People with a stitch of common sense will instant reject “believe all women” and will EQUALLY stick up for victims of liars and extortionists.

#metoobutwithabrain

What decade was baseball best for you as a fan?  I am not asking when it was best as an Angel fan.  I am asking when you thought baseball itself was the most fun to follow.

My answer is the 1980s.  When I watch clips of baseball from the 80’s it brings me back to what I now consider the height of my love of following the game.

I am aware that this could be age related.  I was in my late teens and early twenties at that time.  I was old enough to know enough about the game and players to really enjoy the game analytically, and still young enough to be a little naively enamored with it emotionally.

The algorithm on Instagram has somehow figured this out and is feeding me lots of clips from that era.   It has made me realize that there was something different about my relationship with mlb overall during that time, and I wondered if others feel the same way about that time. . . Or if THEIR best decade with the game maybe corresponds with THEIR age?

45 minutes ago, CaliAngel said:

Great summary of exactly what is happening.

I yearn for the days where defiance to the status quo was admirable and welcomed. Seems these days "fall in line and shut up or we'll destroy your life" has become the norm and TBH I'm fed up with it.

We need more Dana Whites.

4 hours ago, Jeremiah said:

Growing up, my favorite Angels player was Devon White. I was bummed when they traded him for Junior Felix, who was pretty terrible with the Angels. Devo then went on to play for 11 more seasons.

Man I loved Devon White!  Yeah that trade was a gut punch.

41 minutes ago, Taylor said:

dtwncbad, a champion for unions since 2024.

I believe there were directives to you Taylor about your default mode?

5 minutes ago, Duren, Duren said:

It would be a public relations nightmare going in one off-season from the exemplary unicorn to a player with so much negative  baggage.  

From unicorn to unihorni 

It should at least be mentioned that teams not wanting to deal with the negative PR of signing Bauer does prevent him from getting a big contract he would normally get, and that only helps to encourage others in the future to fraudulently extort players.

MLB is gonna do what it’s gonna do.  But I hope somebody is at least taking this into consideration and is hopefully working with the union to try to get some processes in place to protect players from being fraudulently extorted.

35 minutes ago, Chitown27Fan said:

Funny how everyone in baseball that ranks prospects and farm systems always say the Angels system is a desert and they suck. Yet so many times we cut someone there is teams there swooping in to grab them up and add them to thier system. Funny to me how that works. 

Wouldn’t this be evidence that the Angels system of development is more the problem than the actual level of raw talent?

37 minutes ago, Pancake Bear said:

Everybody says Trout to DH, but it's like they ignore the fact that he rarely gets a hit when he DH's. 

Edit:

But when has he typically been used as a DH?  When he is fatigued or not fully healthy?

Isn’t it fair to say that historically when he is 100% healthy with zero issues, he is in CF not DH’ing?

1 hour ago, Angels 1961 said:

This is good news for teams that play Dodgers in playoffs.

What are the playoffs?

1 hour ago, Docwaukee said:

and he sucks.  

thaiss will also likely be on the roster.  

We’ll Thaiss sucks too.  I have no confidence that he will amount to anything.  And for the record, I hope I am wrong.

Just now, Lhalo said:

I know multiple successful people who have purchased Cybertrucks. One has a founder's edition being delivered soon.

If I had to guess, Taylor probably drives a fucking pink Nissan Leaf.

I would guess 7 year old Prius.

I just saw one for the first time in person.  One drive by near my house a couple days ago.  It’s sure stands out as different.

2 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

If you're talking an emergency extra inning game, sure, I think Ward is our extreme depth at catcher as well.

I'm talking about if Nolan HAS to go down to AAA and 1B needs an extended replacement. Drury seems to be that guy. For me that's not very deep.

I don't see how Ward and Rendon can be considered viable options for 1B. I agree with the sentiment, in the Rendon interview thread I stated I wish Rendon would have worked on 1B during the off-season for the reasons you're stating.

It's another reason why I think Bellinger would be a good fit. He'd be in CF but offer up depth at 1B which I'm claiming we're lacking. 

I'm assuming that Perry was looking at Votto for this reason. 

We don’t disagree on much then.  There is nothing wrong with Drury at first.  He’s fine.  In the context of Bellinger, yeah he “fits” as a body for first base in addition to his ability to play OF.  He would then slot in front of Drury at 1B.

My point was more that the Angels do have “enough” depth at first.  Yes, the playability of that depth decreases as you get to the third and fourth guy, naturally.  I mean, if the Angels were forces to play Ward at 1B for 100+ games it means they had at least three other problems at the position.  You realistically cannot build a roster where your fourth option at a position isn’t a significant drop off from the normal starter, right?

But even though Bellinger isn’t my favorite player, he does fit this Angel roster pretty well, including freeing up somebody like Ward to be moved for pitching.  So I don’t want the Angels to hand out a bad contract, but Bellinger is tempting if the price becomes reasonable.

22 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

 

Probably because he successfully argued that he can also play 1B if three other guys are unavailable.

13 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

Tell em Wash

 

https://youtu.be/gzDYgRc6eic?si=6qht8yyfM0aml7BE

My guess is we are not going to agree.  But are you telling me that Rendon, who has traditionally been an excellent defender at third base, isn’t capable of playing first base at least adequately?  I mean, it seems like Rendon’s biggest problem defensively has become throwing accuracy, where at first base that would be masked.

Ward is a little tougher to project being good enough, but normally a guy that can play three OF positions, has already played some third, and is a former catcher PROBABLY can handle first base, don’t you think?

Plus we are talking about Ward being the fourth person on the depth chart.  Personally I don’t have the expectation that the fourth person in the depth chart at the position be anything more than a stopgap fill in temporarily.

Just now, Erstad Grit said:

They have a combined 5 innings at 1B ( all Ward) so I'm curious what you're basing that on. 

They haven’t yet played much first base because the teams they have been in haven’t needed them to.

It is based on almost anybody that can play third base can also play first base.

1 hour ago, Erstad Grit said:

Ward and Rendon are not 1B options.

As depth, of course they are.

4 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

If Nolan needs to go to AAA what are going to do? Drury?

Yes.  Or Rendon.  Or Ward.  Thats four deep at first.  If you are not comfortable with that amount of depth, then add someone that has at least some positional flexibility.  Cron is just too narrow a player in terms of his potential utility.

1 hour ago, johndw52 said:

Arte's is probably going to take a significant hit from the 2.5B value.

Yeah, probably not.  If he sells it will be for more than that.

1 hour ago, mmc said:

 

So Roger Lodge is announcing he is buying the Angels?