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Upton was going to find his form eventually. He's never been a guy who would put up an OPS under .700. But yes, he was hitting really well at the leadoff spot before landing on the IL. Maddon's decision to put Upton in the leadoff spot was a great move. I don't think Upton would have an OPS over .800 right now if he wasn't hitting at the leadoff spot. Hitting in front of someone like Ohtani has benefited him. More good pitches to hit. I think Upton will still be leading off games once he comes back.
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John Lackey held the AL ERA title with 3.01 ERA in 2007
JustATroutFan replied to notherhalo's topic in LA Angels | MLB Daily
MLB banned steroids in 1991. There's no point in enforcing the rule if they don't do anything or little about it. It's funny that people have turned their backs on guys like McGwire, Sosa, and Bonds for steroids even though they knew that they were using it at the time to put fans in the seats( like the Sosa-McGwire home run chase in '98) and still didn't complain about it. Sosa, McGwire, and Bonds were never suspended for steroids but the evidence have been there for a long time just like the situation with Bauer and his cheating stuff, -
John Lackey held the AL ERA title with 3.01 ERA in 2007
JustATroutFan replied to notherhalo's topic in LA Angels | MLB Daily
That was still in a time where the league was juicing the baseballs to benefit offenses around the league and to keep fans in the seats. Juiced baseballs made guys like Hidalgo and Tim Salmon in 2000 look like Trout at the plate. If you look at their slash lines in 2000, i looks better than Trout's in some particular years. And yet, their OPS+ were both under 145 that season. Trout's worst OPS+ since 2012 is 168. Big gap. It's harder to hit in Trout's era than it was from 1993-2009 (hitters inflated offensive period, the juiced baseball period), especially when you have hot and cold zones that wasn't around then and tells pitchers what type of pitches a hitter has trouble with (ex: Trout with the high fastball). -
Pujols struck out against Minter. Slash line is now at .209/.277/.465 since he left the Angels. Same old Pujols, Angels fans are still glad that he is gone.
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Are those Bundy's numbers this season? If so, he's still been terrible on the road. But hey, lets blame the so-called hitters ballpark that is Angels Stadium even though it has always been a pitchers ballpark. Marine layer makes Angel Stadium a tough place to hit at night. So now the marine layer is gone and Bundy is struggling? You don't know science well. What's next? It's the Zodiac Killer's fault that Bundy is terrible at home?
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Bauer showing that he is cheating is like me proving that I cheated when I took a test for another person in school and handed him that test in front of like a dozen of other people. I'm glad that the Angels gave the cheater the L earlier this season at Angel Stadium. The guy does nothing but beg for attention. I guess when you're a mediocre pitcher without cheating, you're going to do whatever it takes to get attention out of desperation.
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Red Sox fans think Astros' Framber Valdez got away with illegal substance (fansided.com) No offense to the Red Sox fans but they shouldn't be talking given the Red Sox and their history of cheating (apple watches, for example). And they employed some of the game's biggest starts who were cheaters (PED users) like Ortiz, Manny, Canseco, and Clemens.