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Kershaw and Price each had a 98 ERA+ in their first MLB stints. Kluber had a 76 ERA+. Bauer was 25 when he finally had a sub 4 ERA. Arrieta was awful until he was 28.
The point is, you can't look at the raw ERA of a 23 year old in his first 90 innings and assume that's what he is. He's got loads of adjusting to do, and I think he'll be fine.

So what's the bad news?

I don't know what's more interesting, these factoids or Sharkey-Gotlieb's name.

He's back....

To piss off old people.

I always preferred the California Angels....

Oleeeee by Albert cost the halos the game 

Remember when we signed him and he was going to change everything and take the franchise to the next level. It’s now 1263 games later. 
1263 games before  AP (711-552)
1263 games with  AP (647-616)

Yankees scooped up Rosenthal?
Rosenthal is from St. Louis was a young phenom fireballer who was signed by the Cardinals.
Perhaps as part of the SI curse, SI did a story on Rosenthal as he was up and coming. Was the Cards closer and lights out for about two seasons but then like most fireballers, it seems, he blew out his arm - I think he had Tommy John surgery and then struggled back with the Cards,  They let him walk and Washington signed him.
Rosenthal was part of the Nats' pen first part of this season, wasn't the closer - sort of a pre-set up / set up guy,  His final appearance with the Nats he was asked to hold a lead, gave up five runs in less than an inning and that evening after the game, Washington DFA'd him. 
I think he's done at 29 as an earlier post opines as well.
But Yanks have the money so they take a flyer on him -- it's probably another rehab period of time for him -- maybe he comes out of it down the road being able to be an effective pen guy (not necessarily a closer) for an MLB team, perhaps the Yankees...

It’s Angels related so only this one is acceptable.  You all should know better.  Show Enrico some respect.
 

This is in a nutshell the Angels 2019 season. 
 

I feel like unearned runs due to a pitcher's error should be earned. 

Lets start putting the band back together.
Where is Salas?

More like Addalberto Mejia

Kason turned a month old today! ?❤️
 

Hey guys, so my life has been quite a whirlwind over the past month or so, so I haven't been able to participate as much. In short, my grandson born in early July was born with a heart defect and needed open heart surgery. He almost died the morning after he was born and had to be helicoptered to Las Vegas' Children's Hospital. Thankfully after open heart surgery to correct TGA (Transposition of the Great Arteries), my grandson Kason is home with my son and daughter in law and doing well now.
That said, this entire journey though got me to thinking about perspective, what this team has gone through losing one of their best friends and good teammates and how we as fans can be very selfish about what WE want and when we want it, but never think about what others are going through nor consider the long view.
So I've been reading some of the threads of late and have seen a bunch of negativity. While venting is good and welcomed here, as is constructive criticism, it's imperative we all reign it in a bit on fire Eppler and bashing of this team for the sake of the entire community. 
This has been a tough season. From a death in the Angels family (RIP, Skaggs) to countless injuries to our start players, not to mention a big swing and miss from our GM on all of the FA's he brought in this offseason. This has been documented, but we've beaten this dead horse to the depths of Hades. Myself included. I'm over it and done discussing it.
Do me all a favor. Try to find something positive to post or comment on, whether it's from our parent team or the future Halos down on the farm. There are some good things ahead for our Halos. Let's enjoy the rookies performances from here on out, Trout's run for MVP and the AL HR Champ, Ohtani, Simmons defense and our kids down on the farm. Hello, Adell. 
Someone once said “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”  My hope is that we can all work toward creating a better atmosphere here and that our time invested at AW.com goes toward furthering a better online community for everyone involved, including our non-members who read the site (and your comments) daily.
So let's cheer on the team in one accord, and though we may disagree and vent, we do so without vitriol, but with friendly banter. Always be mindful of our code of conduct and respectful to others. Thank you guys! ?
Here are some pictures of my grandson Kason and my time in the Las Vegas/Laughlin area for the past 3 1/2 weeks, in order from the time he was born, to the time he was taken into surgery, post surgery and then at home after 3 weeks in the hospital. 

Not really.
Pujols: .245/.301/.442, 95 wRC+, 0.0 fWAR
Cabrera: .285/.346/.387, 96 wRC+, -0.1 fWAR
Votto: .261/.349/.407, 98 wRC+, 0.5 fWAR
They'll all essentially equally mediocre. Votto might have a slight edge, but definitely not "leagues ahead."

Hey something to look forward to! 

Dodgers choking in a third straight World Series.

Just Remember........