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1 hour ago, Erstad Grit said:

Hahaha

You got me with Abreu and now Lofton. You're running down my list on underrated guys who I'd want in the HOF.

Also Frankie Rodriguez, Andruw Jones, Todd Helton, and Carlos Delgado

I think Helton gets in this year. And yes, he is EXTREMELY underrated, most likely due to spending his career playing home games at Coors. 

He was such a well-rounded player though. 

Lofton should be in, too. 

5 hours ago, Chitown27Fan said:

Yes Im sure they want to stick it to us Harder. Just kidding but on a serious note it would not suprise me at all seams like they get what ever they want even over and above the Yanks 

The weather's better.

1 hour ago, Docwaukee said:

we don't know what the current team actually is.  there is a variance from 'replacement level' to 'borderline all star' for probably 2/3rds of the lineup, probably 4/5ths of the starting pitchers, and pretty much the entire bullpen.  

I'm back on the depth train.  

The avg number of plate appearances per position is 681 per year.  Or about 6100 total.  The top 9 in PA for the angels last year totaled about 3800 PA.  

Right now, those additional 2300 PA would go to:

Matt Thaiss, Michael Stefanic, Jo Adell, Trey Cabbage, Francisco Mejia, Chad Wallach, Alfonso Rivas, Evan White, Charles LeBlanc, Kyren Paris, Livan Soto, Jordyn Adams, Willy Calhoun, Jake Marisnick, and Orlando Martinez.  

That's 38% of next year's at bats going to what I consider a collection of guys that might produce at a replacement level and probably worse.  

I'm depressed now. 

23 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Link?

He never said that!

I must say that I will have a great sense of Schadenfreude when the Dodgers once again get bounced from the NLDS to some scrub team that won 88-90 games. 

On 12/22/2023 at 8:06 AM, cals said:

The Chavez Ravine parking lot is going to look like Nagasaki on August 7, 1945 every night for the next decade.

I'm sure it would be Hiroshima on August 7, the day after it was bombed. Nagasaki wasn't bombed until August 9.

Yes.

I also have the first pick in my NL fantasy league, so I do have a rooting interest.

But yes. 

Why not just leave the DH position and grab some decent depth options to spell Trout and Rendon, so they can occasionally DH to try to keep them healthy? I don't think the DH "position" needs to have a full-time occupant. 

4 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Same things were said about Ohtani. This dude is basically Ohtani without the hitting.

I think Japan is far more than "the JV team". Things are different over there, but considering how players have come over and had success recently I would give them a little more credit. 

It's like AAAA+ if we're comparing it to MLB. 

Doesn't mean he'll be successful but the odds are pretty good. It's not just about stats; MLB scouts are looking at his pitches and projecting how they would fair against MLB hitters. 

Considering the Dodgers are all in on him is an indication that the general belief is he could be something very special.

It's also because he's 25 years old. The Angels could sign him and he'd still be in their rotation the next time the Angels are WS contenders...in 2030.

None of that is ever going to happen as long as Arte owns the team, so the rest is moot.

5 hours ago, T.G. said:

Arte doesn't like hurdles.  He prefers a smooth path.

Arte prefers to create his own hurdles where there was previously a smooth path. 

2 minutes ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

It's hard to get tickets, and tickets are expensive. I considered going to the Minnesota game last Sunday, but passed because the cheapest ticket was about $180.

I see a lot of people around town wearing Raiders gear, and the Raiders license plates seem to be reasonably popular.

There are a lot of them in Reno, too. Not sure how many of them are relocated NorCal denizens. 

I'd say you dodged a bullet not getting tix to that snoozefest on Sunday. 

30 minutes ago, REDneck said:

I know it has been a couple years now, but how do the locals feel about the Raiders....and No I'm not talking shit about the Raiders.

Just curious how they are working out thus far?

 

 

 

Allow me (who lives in the same state the Raiders are currently located in...for now...until they bail again...) to talk shit about that Commitment to Excrement. 

They suck, man. They have for a generation. 

And, as a Broncos fan, I couldn't be more pleased. 

Jays fans have now had a taste of the "Buttercup Experience".

25 minutes ago, HeavenlyHalos said:

We are really looking at the possibility that Trout is a lifelong Angel and never wins a single playoff game. That's incredible to me. God I hope Arte sells.

There is precedent. Ted Williams played for the Red Sox and never even played a postseason game. The Sox and Indians played a 155th game for the AL pennant in 1948, but the Indians won that game 8-3. Williams went 1-4.

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

You're right, I've read too many CBC articles where they used Canadian dollars when talking about his potential contract.  

They probably talked about organ-I-zations as well. 

17 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

We aren't close to win-now mode. He's a pipe dream for us. Only way to get him is to have Arte overpay 

Would $700 million be enough?

2 minutes ago, Jay said:

Mother of all pipe dreams

 

This did not age well. 

I'm glad he got paid. He deserves to. Does he deserve nearly 3/4 of a billion dollars? Does anyone, really?

I'm glad the Angels aren't paying him that much. 

Buttercup

I think the Braves dump Stassi on someone else.

3 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I think our fanbase has a ton of unfunny people.  We have a great collection of funny people then we have a collection of people who spout the same old tire jokes that were never true to begin with.

5 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

This is hilarious.

 

They were actually hearing this:

21 minutes ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

Just saw this on my work computer's news feed. Lmao

Saw it on mine, too.