JustATroutFan

Angels really need Trout against the teams with good records, especially against Oakland and Seattle. Trout, as we know, does major damage at Seattle. Who knows, they might have won their last series if Trout wasn't on the IL. I think it was Seattle who walked Trout intentionally with no one on base a few seasons ago, LOL. And he  has a career .301/.395/.572 slash line against the A's. They can beat bad teams without him but they can for sure use him against the competitive/good teams in the second half. 

People have been in love with WAR (Wins Above Replacement) ever since 2012, the season where Trout became the player who he is today. We can all thank Trout for making Wins Above Replacement famous. I have never seen anyone say that Ward was a future star or anything. So people can have their doubts on his ability. And I mean, he's not exactly very young by MLB standards. There are players who are late bloomers like Donaldson. But that's rare. In Donaldson's first full season, 2013, he was posting All-Star numbers by the All-Star break. Ward? No. It's looking very, very unlikely for Ward to fall under that category. 

Angels really need Trout against the teams with good records, especially against Oakland and Seattle. Trout, as we know, does major damage at Seattle. Who knows, they might have won their last series if Trout wasn't on the IL. I think it was Seattle who walked Trout intentionally with no one on base a few seasons ago, LOL. And he  has a career .301/.395/.572 slash line against the A's. They can beat bad teams without him but they can for sure use him against the competitive/good teams in the second half. 

Even during his hot streak he's not drawing many walks.
It looks like his increased walk rate last year might have been a fluke.
Hope he can keep up the hot streak in the second half because the team is going to need it in order to make the playoff push.

Funny little bit on Fangraphs. Someone asked in a chat how Trout would perform in the 1920s if transported back there. The guy said ".450/.550/1.200."

I saw him at the Big A hit a walkoff 2-run double against the Astros, in an April 2013 game. Had a great view from the 3rd base View level of Trout motoring at full speed from first base and barely scoring the winning run. Happy madness ensued. That's the only exciting thing I ever saw him do in person, but then again I haven't been to a lot of games during the past decade.

I disagree with the first part of your post, but agree with the second part. Kobe still had dominant moments in his final year. The team wasn’t going anywhere anyways and it is not as if Kobe hampered them from winning titles (because they weren’t going to win with some of those squads). And, as you mentioned, he won them five titles. He gets to go out on his terms. 
 
On the other hand, Pujols has been a boat anchor for the Angels since day one. He’s definitely one of the most selfish players of all time and will go down as one of, it not the, worst Angels signing of all time. 

He extended the Dodgers lead to 16-1 and 22-1. 
 
It will be fun when the Dodgers drop him. 

Realllllly hoping he declines.
That, bauer going to prison, and kershaw needing TJ should about do it.

I don't know why any jackass would try to hijack the tread by attempting to equate an elaborate, team wide effort to cheat with individual players doing steroids. I really hope someone finds proof and they deal the Astros a penalty similar to what their fellow cheating Texans got at SMU football in the '80s

Hea been a huge out of nowhere boost. 
Go back to a year ago today.... if anyone told you trout, upton and rendon would be out for extended time, but no worries, ohtani and walsh are going to be manny/ortiz, you would have laughed

Go away

Just because a player didn't get suspended for steroids doesn't mean that they were never on them. You know that, right? Sosa was never suspended for steroids but basically everyone knew that he was on the juice. Same for Clemens. Some people just know how to get away with crime(s) but that doesn't mean that they never did it. I think you're the one who is not making sense. And about Cora, it's very suspicious that Betts' two best seasons with the bat, in term of slash lines, came when Cora was his manager. Take away those two seasons and the 60-game season from 2020, and his best season at the plate is 2016, a .318/.363/.534 slash line. I've never thought of Betts as an elite hitter and he's very overrated because of WAR (thanks Trout for making it famous). 

Should MLB take away Glaus' 2002 World Series MVP trophy because of his use of steroids? Or have steroids Manny's home run off K-Rod in the 2007 postseason not count and have the Angels play the Red Sox once again? It is what it is. 

People are still obsessing over something that the Astros did over three years ago. No one would even care about the Astros cheating that season if they never won the World Series. They're not the only team that got busted for cheating. The Red Sox got busted for cheating that same season over Apple Watches. And the Cardinals cheated against the Astros (funny) in 2015 when they were hacking the Astros' information. There has been a lot of cheaters in MLB history. I guess we should put an asterisk right next to the 2004 Red Sox's title because of their two former steroid boys (Manny and Ortiz), as well as their 2007 title, steroids Troy Glaus' "outstanding" 2002 postseason performance, A-Rod's 2003 AL MVP season, Bonds' last four MVPs, cheater/girl beater/rapist Bauer's 2020 and 2021, etc. And besides, the Angels might not have won the 2002 World Series if they didn't have steroid users Glaus and Donnelly. 

Should MLB take away Glaus' 2002 World Series MVP trophy because of his use of steroids? Or have steroids Manny's home run off K-Rod in the 2007 postseason not count and have the Angels play the Red Sox once again? It is what it is. 

People are still obsessing over something that the Astros did over three years ago. No one would even care about the Astros cheating that season if they never won the World Series. They're not the only team that got busted for cheating. The Red Sox got busted for cheating that same season over Apple Watches. And the Cardinals cheated against the Astros (funny) in 2015 when they were hacking the Astros' information. There has been a lot of cheaters in MLB history. I guess we should put an asterisk right next to the 2004 Red Sox's title because of their two former steroid boys (Manny and Ortiz), as well as their 2007 title, steroids Troy Glaus' "outstanding" 2002 postseason performance, A-Rod's 2003 AL MVP season, Bonds' last four MVPs, cheater/girl beater/rapist Bauer's 2020 and 2021, etc. And besides, the Angels might not have won the 2002 World Series if they didn't have steroid users Glaus and Donnelly. 

Should MLB take away Glaus' 2002 World Series MVP trophy because of his use of steroids? Or have steroids Manny's home run off K-Rod in the 2007 postseason not count and have the Angels play the Red Sox once again? It is what it is. 

People are still obsessing over something that the Astros did over three years ago. No one would even care about the Astros cheating that season if they never won the World Series. They're not the only team that got busted for cheating. The Red Sox got busted for cheating that same season over Apple Watches. And the Cardinals cheated against the Astros (funny) in 2015 when they were hacking the Astros' information. There has been a lot of cheaters in MLB history. I guess we should put an asterisk right next to the 2004 Red Sox's title because of their two former steroid boys (Manny and Ortiz), as well as their 2007 title, steroids Troy Glaus' "outstanding" 2002 postseason performance, A-Rod's 2003 AL MVP season, Bonds' last four MVPs, cheater/girl beater/rapist Bauer's 2020 and 2021, etc. And besides, the Angels might not have won the 2002 World Series if they didn't have steroid users Glaus and Donnelly. 

People are still obsessing over something that the Astros did over three years ago. No one would even care about the Astros cheating that season if they never won the World Series. They're not the only team that got busted for cheating. The Red Sox got busted for cheating that same season over Apple Watches. And the Cardinals cheated against the Astros (funny) in 2015 when they were hacking the Astros' information. There has been a lot of cheaters in MLB history. I guess we should put an asterisk right next to the 2004 Red Sox's title because of their two former steroid boys (Manny and Ortiz), as well as their 2007 title, steroids Troy Glaus' "outstanding" 2002 postseason performance, A-Rod's 2003 AL MVP season, Bonds' last four MVPs, cheater/girl beater/rapist Bauer's 2020 and 2021, etc. And besides, the Angels might not have won the 2002 World Series if they didn't have steroid users Glaus and Donnelly. 

The thing about the 2014 Angels was that they had a lot of things go their way. They had guys who were surprising many people and put up good seasons and had career seasons like Richards, Shoemaker, and even Cory Rasmus (LMAO). If they didn't contribute a lot that season, I don't think the Angels would have been in the postseason. No doubt the offense was pretty good but it wasn't like the 2015 Blue Jays or anything. That was Trout's "worst" full season up to this point. It's funny looking back at it but people were really worried about Trout's future as a hitter. A .287/.377/.561 in another "Year of the Pitcher" when the baseballs weren't juiced led people to being worried about him, think about that for a second. it's too bad that non of those guys ever put up good seasons again, which is not shocking that the Angels fell back into playing mediocre baseball, at best. Richards is fighting for his career at the Major League level, Shoemaker was DFA by the Twins like last week, and Rasmus isn't even playing at the big leagues nowadays. If Richards or Shoemaker had performed well in 2015 like in 2014, the Angels probably would have made the postseason in 2015. If I remember correctly, the Angels would have made the postseason in 2015 if they had defeated the Rangers on the last day of the regular season. 

Most hated Red Sox players for Angels fans? The steroid boys Manny and Ortiz? Dave Henderson is up there. Now Ottavino is up there. 

Most hated Red Sox players for Angels fans? The steroid boys Manny and Ortiz? Dave Henderson is up there. Now Ottavino is up there. 

Most hated Red Sox players for Angels fans? The steroid boys Manny and Ortiz? Dave Henderson is up there. Now Ottavino is up there.