Fish Oil

If Boras plays his waiting game with Cole, I can see the Angels going in another direction. They want him and Anaheim is a logical place for him to land, but given the critical nature of pitching for this team in the upcoming season, I don't see them putting all of their eggs in the Cole basket and waiting for the last minute to see what he decides. 

7 hours ago, Sean-Regan said:

Stoneman and Scioscia were told point blank the team had zero interest in being a serious competitor. They nodded their heads and then tried to win anyway. And did. Disney just happened to be there. 

This point is often overlooked.
According to Sciocia,  both he and Stoneman were summoned to a meeting with Disney officials soon after Disney assumed ownership and were directly told that they wanted a consistent contender to fill the seats, but could not justify the expense of building a championship caliber team. After the meeting, Scioscia and Stoneman met privately and decided they were going to win a world series in spite of what ownership said.
The World Series victory is on Scioscia and Stoneman, NOT on Disney.

Dang Chuck, I've put this old body of mine through some serious trauma and never had a bruise like that. Couldn't hurt just to hear what a doctor says.

Had a spam sandwich for lunch yesterday. Good stuff.

We need to stop this from happening again. The next time I'm in Seattle I'll take one for the team and try to steal his passport.

Sounds like Jose Mota moved to Korea and became a sports writer.

Lawrence Taylor once said that he would sometimes stand on the field listening to the roar of the crowd and think to himself that he couldn't wait for his career to be over so he could go back to smoking crack. He had a real problem, but he handled it like a man.

I don't hate Hamilton, but I do wish he would have been a stronger person and lived up to his responsibility.

1 hour ago, IIIII said:

Indians fans talked about this on Reddit. It’s because he tried to completely change his game to beat the shift. He was trying too hard to hit it to the opposite field which ruined other parts of his hitting game. They even pinpointed the date when he just went back to his old swing and that’s about when he ocmeoltely turned it around.

Three points for inventing a new word.

I gave him 70% and two years.

He has done a lot of good things for the team and has us heading in the right direction for the first time in a long time. But he's made his share of mistakes.

Given what he has accomplished and how far he has brought us, as long as progress continues he shouldn't be held to a "do or die" year.

6 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Sadly, i think your profile pic might get ignored, so im bumping this

A sequel to The Shinning will be coming out soon  

3 minutes ago, NrM said:

injuries should never be used as an excuse. every team in the league deals with serious injuries throughout the years. The angels haven't suffered any more than most.

So you don't think 4/5 of the rotation suffering season ending injuries is a valid reason to help explain poor team pitching performance?

I don't usually read books unless they have cute animals. Does this one have a duck wearing a hat?

Seriously, great read. Thanks for the hard work. 

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

I heard sacrificing a Canadian works wonders to remove curses. 

I was thinking something similar involving the old Aztec practices, but then I realized that's more Dodger fan territory.

1 hour ago, red321 said:

18 straight seasons without making playoffs

Daaaang. 2014 doesn't seem like 18 years ago. Time really flies.

Good for him. I'm pleased that he is getting another shot. He performed well for us and seemed quite capable.

4 minutes ago, Sean-Regan said:

Honestly, though, I'm not sure why a team without playoff aspirations would be interested in trading for Lucroy or Smith.

Right? Rentals just became worthless.

Just teams looking to shape their roster for next year.

7 minutes ago, Sean-Regan said:

I thought the issue wasn't that players couldn't be traded, only that they would be ineligible for the 2019 playoffs, but I'm not positive on that.

Sounds similar to what I read. Trades can still happen, but the players won't be eligible for the post season.

If this is the real Matt Thaiss that we have been seeing the past couple of weeks, we've got our 3B of the future.

3 hours ago, REDneck said:

 arnt 

Now there is a redneck word I can get with.

The Angels are on track to become a highly competitive team over the next couple of years and will be built to stay there. There is a 100% chance he plays in numerous playoff games, and there is every reason to believe they experience success. That said, making it to the World Series is a crap shoot as it just depends on who gets hot at the right time.
I would say about a 50/50 chance he plays in a WS.

2 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

I would be hesitant to even trade Adell straight up for Syndergaard.   Health history and over a 1.20 WHIP since April 2018 for Adell?   Uhh, no

I'm not pretending to be an arm-chair GM, but with my limited knowledge of valuation, no way in hell do I trade Adell for Syndergaard.

6 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Welp they won’t get that.  

It's obviously an exaggerated ask, but you have to start somewhere. I think the Mets would be very lucky to get one of them.

1 hour ago, totdprods said:

Hahahahah. 

Leake is worth 3.7 trade values, or approximately one Michael Hermosillo (3.8), Tommy La Stella (3.6), or Patrick Sandoval (3) plus Oliver Ortega, Nonie Williams, or Dillon Peters (all 0.7)

Hermasillo? Sure. We have plenty of good young outfielders.
Marsh? I wouldn't say no to that, I would say Hell No!

I think Noe Ramirez wrote a better fight song.

43 minutes ago, floplag said:

FYI i noted that in the original post, yes it had been.
The point here is that i dont recall ever seeing that in a game that close.  its usually a pure blowout, not a 5 run game.
Im not even arguing the math, by that they did do the right thing.
My problem with it is that in a game that is still somewhat within reach, it seems a violation of the spirit of competition and such.  A lot of things i believe in that don't count in strat-o-matic. 
So... at what point does the math make sense to try or not try?   Im assuming there is a break even point where it makes sense to go for it or not by the math or something like that?  Is it within 3 runs?   2?  if were ok with 5, and what point are we not ok with it ?

I suppose one could plot some points and extract a derivative, but I could only guess at how they would construct their axes. 
More than likely it was just the the manager's choice given on the probable outcome of this game, the previous heavy usage, and the upcoming schedule. I haven't noticed many managers charting curves in the dugout, so I'll go with gut instinct as his determining factor.
That said, I understand your point.