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My thoughts and prayers are with his family, loved ones, friends and teammates. Feels all too familiar. 

RIP Tyler Skaggs #45

1 hour ago, floplag said:

at this point i think i have to say its more like lol Cardinals... methinks this will not end well for him, his coach, or his GM... and of course the team itself.

Methinks you will be wrong. I think there is significant chance he is a successful quarterback for the League

Condolences for your loss. May he rest in peace and may you and your family find peace through this.

3 hours ago, Sean-Regan said:

If he wants a successful career, I personally would think baseball is probably a little bit better gamble. If he wants fast money, a quicker route to big league play, and doesn’t want to go the long route of minor league baseball, he should go with football. 

I agree. Baseball is much easier on the body I'd imagine. Money I'm sure plays a role here of course but football is his first love.

31 minutes ago, Lou said:

I'm assuming you mean first round pick and not the first pick 

Yes. Oops. Lol. First ROUND pick

4 hours ago, Hubs said:

Me. And I think he's super talented college QB, but he is just too small to play in the NFL. He makes Russell Wilson and Baker Mayfield look tall. And they're among the shortest in the league.

As a basbeall player, he plays OF, but looks so small to me. Here he is next to Baker Mayfield who is just 6'. And Baker is bending down further. Scouts say he isn't close to 5'10, so maybe he's 5'9, but a 5'9" QB is not going to be a 1st round pick.

He should stick to baseball.

https://goo.gl/images/fes5BR

Also, forgot to add. Kyler Murray will be a first pick.

13 minutes ago, Hubs said:

Me. And I think he's super talented college QB, but he is just too small to play in the NFL. He makes Russell Wilson and Baker Mayfield look tall. And they're among the shortest in the league.

As a basbeall player, he plays OF, but looks so small to me. Here he is next to Baker Mayfield who is just 6'. And Baker is bending down further. Scouts say he isn't close to 5'10, so maybe he's 5'9, but a 5'9" QB is not going to be a 1st round pick.

He should stick to baseball.

https://goo.gl/images/fes5BR

I agree he is small. But I'm starting to wonder with the way football is shifting it might not matter as much anymore. He played behind a line where 4/5 of them are entering the draft. With someone who is as versatile as he is. I dont see the height affecting him too much. He has options to bolt and throw from a bit further back and has a strong arm and is quite accurate. I think that right there gives him a shot. 

20 minutes ago, Lou said:

other than 1 person claiming he's 5'8", who is knocking him? 

Oh I didn't specifically mean it was all people on here. Hubs has some criticisms of him but he explains what they are and why. I dont take issue with that. I was meaning in general I'm seeing it a lot, just knocking the kid and not explaining why. Unfortunately, this is one of the only places I have an account to Express my view on it. I only lurk elsewhere. Lol.

Not sure why a lot of people are knocking the kid. He signed with Oakland before he had ever even played a full season with the Sooners. Now that he has. I can't blame him for wanting to take a shot at NFL considering football has always been reported to be his first love. 

Also not sure why people dont think he can make it in the NFL purely based on his size. I believe a whole bunch of people were saying the same thing about another OU quarterback named Baker Mayfield. Time will tell if he pans out, but so far the critics have been wrong about Baker. Seems that Lincoln Riley knows how to make quarterbacks so far.

Also, Kyler is a good kid. I wish him the best in whatever sport he chooses (hope its football so I don't have to root against him as an A.) But the heavy criticisms of him seem to be weak. Only time will tell though.

I know just because you dont land a guy doesnt mean you weren't trying. I know sometimes you get em, sometimes you dont. I also know a good GM is smart about spending big money on players and great ones know who is worth it or not. With all that being said.

Good God this has been a boring off season so far! I need some of you guys to just cough out some Angels related rumors somewhere so I can get my fix. 

8 minutes ago, Tank said:

Come on, man. Not everyone wants to come to Anaheim. If a FA signs elsewhere it's not because our GM was twiddling his thumbs or playing on the company Xbox.

Company Playstations now I believe. 

CC was still a pretty good pitcher this season. With that being said. I hope we don't sign him. Watching him pitch this year, I've got that gut feeling that it's over. He will sign with a team for sure, but I believe this will be the year he "loses it." 

The Shift seems to have started against Kole around 2015. I've thought to myself since last season that Kole's hitting officially died when teams went full shift on him. But the numbers don't seem to actually back up my claim.

So with that being said. I haven't a clue as to why Kole has bombed so hard to start this season (even going back to last season) One would have to think at this point it's all mental. He's never been an outstanding hitter but he's never been this bad either. I love watching him play. I love his heart and how he carries himself. He's a fiery  (no pun intended maybe) player. But this has been awful. I hope he snaps out of it but if he doesn't, I hope we can find a solution at little cost to us. 

3 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

And he’s too F’ing stubborn to hit the F’ing ball to F’ing LF!!!!

At least bunt it towards 3B!!!!

He does seem fast enough to reach on a bunt. You'd think 4 bunts a game (assuming he's always facing a shift) would result in a higher avg. than .180.

I love Kole. I love how he plays. But I truly believe his hitting died when the shift came around for him. 

I'm sure there is a way to check this stat. But I'm not going to so I'll make my comment based entirely on feelings.

Kole's hitting ended when teams starting playing the shift against him. 

Didn't Skaggs get hurt right when it seemed like he was starting to find his groove though? I'm going entirely off of memory here, so I could he completely wrong. But wasn't Skaggs like 6-7 innings into a no-hitter when he exited with his injury? 

Now of course, a no hitter is no way to judge whether a pitcher is any good or not as there have been some less than spectacular pitchers who have thrown them. But I feel like I remember Skaggs starting to turn a corner leading up to his last game, was in the middle of a no no and then bam. He was out with an injury.

I don't know if the hype on him is way overblown, I think he has shown glimpses in the past that he has a chance to succeed at this level but only time will tell and I'm still hopeful that he finds it and stays healthy. 

I feel like I'm dreaming. I've been waiting for this since the final game of last season so I can't believe we are already here. 

Congrats Vladdy! One of the most exciting players I watched growing up

I feel like there really is a bitter sweetness to drafting and bringing up your own superstar in an organization. You almost have to TRY to sign him for forever whether he is worth it or not because he's the face of the organization. Which is why I'll continue to say my nightly prayers that mike trout will continue to perform well as angel into his 50's

8 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

About 6 inches

 

 

:-(

Well I'm out

3 minutes ago, krAbs said:

I think that the MLB may view this as a feature, not as a bug.

That is true. If they want faster, higher scoring games, this might be the way to do it considering the top 5 pitchers based on ERA last season averaged 24.22 together. In fact, not a single pitcher in the top 30 based on ERA is under 20 seconds. I wonder how pitchers will respond to it. From my personal experiences playing baseball, pitchers are mental. Lol

The five slowest pitchers in 2017 (with a minimum of 100IP)

Sonny Gray - 28.3

Matt Garza - 28.1

Alex Cobb - 27.3

Yu Darvish - 27.1

Jason Hammel - 26.9

The five fastest pitchers in 2017 (minimum 100IP)

Adam Conley - 19.4

Carlos Martinez - 20.2

Jason Vargas - 20.5

Ty Blach - 20.6

Wade Miley - 20.7

The number is the average seconds between each pitch. There are some pretty good pitchers who are very slow between each pitch and I can't help but wonder how making them hurry things along might affect their performance.

I always considered myself an Angels fan growing up in the 90's but I was a kid. So I had the hats, the shirts and so on. My first team I played for (TeeBall) was the Angels. But I didn't sit down and watch the Angels every night or listen to them on the radio or check stats. 2002 was the first year I actually followed them every single day, tv, radio, newspaper and so on. 2002 was the first year I went to a game. So it was quite a special year for me to witness as they won it all. I still have the newspapers I saved from the World Series.

Hello,

I've been an Angels fan my whole life and went to my first Angels game in 2002 as an 11 year old kid. Saw them play the Indians and we got beat pretty badly. Our pitcher got lit up (I think it was Washburn), there was an Eckstein error and a monster Jim Thome home run. Although I always considered myself an Angels fan, that 2002 season was the first season as a kid where I sat down almost every night that I could to watch the Angels or listen to them on the radio. As you could imagine, it was quite a magical first full season to witness.

I've been lurking this board almost every single day for close to 13 years now and I just figured that maybe it was time to consider joining the fun.