Game 6

I would like exit velocity much better if it helped us get out of last place. 

I was being ironical.

He should be in AAA right now, but that's not an option.
He looks awful, but lots of people who know more about this kind of stuff than I do saw SOMETHING in him. 
I'm not giving up on him after 14 games in the bigs. 

Yeah. I guess you’re right. 
 
He’s just the same guy in the 2nd inning as the 8th inning.
Same guy in a blowout or close game. 
 
Bummer for the Angels.

They have more cardboard fans in the stands than real fans in a normal year

I think you already know this but I'll write it anyway: Baseball is a game of frustration and failure. That gives people something to complain about. And some people love nothing more than complaining. 

Here is how FanGraphs defines “clutch.” If you read it, you see that it compares a player to himself, so in order for Trout to be considered clutch he’d have to rise above being the best player in the world when the game is on the line. 
 
It also says it’s “not predictive.” That means it’s not a skill. Just like flipping a coin tails three times in a row doesn’t mean you’re any more likely to get tails the next time. 
 
 

This is fantastic.

They’d be stupid to get rid of them. And if they want to, there will be a long line of teams ready to bid, it’s not like you could get them for half price or anything.  
 
The cost for Clevinger last winter was Adell plus a second player. 

I love Fletcher, but he can be replaced a lot easier than getting a young #2 type of starter.  

I think this is fair return of talent. 

Rengifo better start hitting like a MLB player.

No chance of that happening.

Clevinger has been rumored to be someone the Indians may move for over a year now and his current situation has only led to more speculation that he and/or Plesac could be moved.  The Indians pitching has been very good while leading the league in ERA and they just called up one of their top SP prospects.  On offense they currently rank last in average, 23rd in OBP, last in SLG and 29th in OPS.  They've needed OF help for a while now and at 16-9 with pitching depth they have the pieces to make a move to help the offense.  Obviously acquiring Clevinger or anyone like him isn't without risks but that's one reason guys with his upside and club control become available.  I don't disagree that the type of pitcher the Angels need is going to be very expensive via trade but it's either that or hope they land one in FA which may be even more risky given the long term contract it will take.  There's no easy way to accomplish what the Angels need to do and it's not going to happen without taking risks.

Yea, I think all of those are absolutely sure thing, absolutely yes, types of trades for a guy like Fletcher.  

This has got to be a big confidence destroyer. Just two nights ago Barkley was calling for a sweep, now...

Yes I meant Bauer nice catch.  I'd overpay for him. We can afford it with Simmons not here.  

Well he’s a great offensive player.  No reason to diminish him because the pitching is shitty. 

Or just knows when to butt out

There was a discussion in the gameday thread but I'll put my thoughts here as well. Going into this shortened season, I thought the only way Eppler's job would be in jeopardy is if the team performance was a catastrophic disaster. On paper I thought there way no way in hell that would happen. Fast forward to today and here we are. Eppler's job is in jeopardy. I'm a huge Eppler guy and even I think his job might be in jeopardy. I do feel for him though and feel like the team is letting him down. On paper this team is good enough to at least hover around .500. I didn't see Upton sucking this bad and Ohtani regressing the way he has.

Thing is, they need an owner who knows how important quality FO people are.

I lived long enough to see a leadoff sac fly.

He’s talking about Ward.