JustATroutFan

I will make sure I'm at the Coors games. Of course, in early May, the weather could be...interesting.

I work out here in Vegas and unfortunately was working, but my wife and kids were able to meet and get autographs from Rod Carew, Chuck Finley, Jim Abbott, and Mickey Hatcher! They came out to show support to our department based on recent events. If anyone knows anyone down at Angels front office tell them I really appreciate the entire Angels organization support. They came all the way out here just to show they care. Was a great turnout only for the department and cheered up alot of people from what I was told. Thank you from me and my family!
 
These are a couple of the photos. 

Doesn't change the fact that Kershaw is the poster child for choking.

Trout led the league in Win Probability Added, by about 50 percent, even though he missed a quarter of the season. 

Your obsession with Trout is downright creepy.
Face it he hasn't done good under pressure so far in his career.  It's a pattern with him at this point.  Terrible in the playoffs, if he had tore it up you wouldn't be screaming small sample size.  His performance in high leverage situations this season barely exceeded that of Albert.  Terrible September this year but as soon as they were officially out of it he had a great couple games.  If you look at his career numbers his OPS peaks in June, goes down in July, then lower yet in August, and his worst month is September.  That's a six year average, not a "small sample size". That's a definite trend at this point. Hopefully he outgrows this.  But it can no longer be denied.  He's choking until he proves otherwise.

A bad postseason season, dude. Freakin' small sample size. Even a scrub can have a good postseason slash line with just like 12 at bats, like  Mathis. But if you look at it, Trout had two bad games and one good game. Those two bad games skewed his postseason numbers.

Taking more walks would help. Remember when Bobby Abreu was here in 2009? Figgins' last season with the Angels was that same year and I think he led the league in walks that year by becoming more patient than he had ever been up to that point. 

To be fair, Sosh didn't do too bad of a job this year. With all the injuries to the important guys and many of the players underperforming, the Angels winning 80 games was an accomplishment to me. He did a good job but there were some decisions that he made that kept it from being great. Blame the GM before you blame the manager.

To be fair, Sosh didn't do too bad of a job this year. With all the injuries to the important guys and many of the players underperforming, the Angels winning 80 games was an accomplishment to me. He did a good job but there were some decisions that he made that kept it from being great. Blame the GM before you blame the manager.

A lot star pitchers outperform their FIP like every year. Cueto and Weaver are two great examples but they never had an FIP close to 5 in any of their good years, though. So, Bridwell might be in for some rude awakening eventually.

To be fair, Sosh didn't do too bad of a job this year. With all the injuries to the important guys and many of the players underperforming, the Angels winning 80 games was an accomplishment to me. He did a good job but there were some decisions that he made that kept it from being great. Blame the GM before you blame the manager.

He loves to hit in front of Albert.

Drive for .500 is alive!

we need to sweep to reach sea level.

You probably could outrun Pujols even with your injured leg.

You probably could outrun Pujols even with your injured leg.

You probably could outrun Pujols even with your injured leg.

Stupid home plate ump was clueless.    Lots of questionable ball/strike calls

Pujols just got his 99th and 100th RBI of the year. Watch Sosh tells us after the season that Pujols had a good season because of all those RBIs.

Pujols and his chit load of RBIs.

Pujols and his chit load of RBIs.

I guess the Angels could take a look at both Arrieta and Darvish this offseason. But both guys have been inconsistent this year so they must take into consideration if they throw a big contract at one of them. And don't forget age, neither guys are young entering free agency.

Pujols and his chit load of RBIs.

Nah, he won't win MVP. That horrible August sealed it and he hasn't really been clutch. His WPA (Wins Probablity Added) is so low for a guy who is putting up a monster slash line. 

Picked each other up tonight! Win as a team, lose as a team.