Mark PT

4 hours ago, T.G. said:

What if they start Saturday night or Sunday afternoon?

Sorry, no good. Must be Friday

On 7/11/2022 at 10:27 AM, UndertheHalo said:

More then anything I want to see some kind of signal from the organization that they’re actually going to change the way they do business. 

This may not be a fruitful endeavor 

39 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

I was among those that were not satisfied with the rotation going into the season.  No issue with getting Syndergaard, but I didn’t want him to be the only significant acquisition.  It seemed like it would have made sense to also get another upper half of the rotation starter.   THAT was the failure of the front office in my opinion.

Rendon and Fletcher getting hurt really damaged the team.  I know Rendon has had injury issues but it sure looked like he was going to finally have a “normal” season.

Most fans expected Marsh and Adell to take significant steps forward to be productive spots in the batting order.  Many were adamant about not trading them for pitching for this exact reason.

Anyway, it appeared to me that the Angels could have been pretty competitive this year (even with a black hole offensively at SS) and probably a need for another really good starter.  I had hoped the team would be in it at the trade deadline and then chasing a Luis Castillo or Montas for the stretch.

Instead, Syndergaard has been OK not great, Rendon and Fletcher both get hurt, and Adell and Marsh are let downs creating more holes in the lineup.

I feel like the Angels have had a mess of bad luck here.

I know everyone wants to blame somebody.  I totally get that.  But (today at least) I am just processing this terrible season as a plan that wasn’t really all that terrible but just went sideways.

Yes I wanted more high end starting pitching and I wanted a shortstop that could hit.  But given the Rendon and Fletcher injuries and the lack of development in Marsh and Adell, that still would have been four punches to the face of the lineup that would have been hard to overcome.

Basically the rotation still needs one more really good starter, but the offense is just flaccid outside of Trout and Ohtani.

Can I really sit here and expect that Minasian was supposed to NOT have a plan that had Rendon at third and Fletcher starting?  Can I really blame Minasian for choosing to hold on to Marsh and Adell instead of trading one or both? (I was fine trading Marsh for pitching but that doesn’t mean keeping him was “wrong” as it was also quite defendable to choose to keep him.)

So the season is a bust.  Shit happens.  I am not really sure this is much more than “shit happens” versus “fire the GM” or “tear it down and rebuild.”

And that doesn’t mean I don’t recognize how annoying it is to lose or how frustrating it can be to have this length of time sucking, “wasting the Trout years” and so on.

The biggest blow to me is the two Crown Jewels of the farm system (Adell and Marsh) not only didn’t deliver here, they probably have very compromised trade value now.  THAT sucks.

Agree with all you said but I'd add that the bullpen cant get anyone out. I think that out of all the losing they have done this year, at least 1/2 has been due to bullpen. Loup and Tepera, who both have been good for 2-3 years in a row, now suck.

On 6/11/2022 at 11:02 AM, Jason said:

Correct. Wade, Velasquez, Legares, Mayfield, Suzuki and most of the bullpen are not very good 

Most of the bullpen?

19 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Go fuck yourselves. Keep losing. Bunch of worthless c*nts.

Kinda rooting for this. Lets see a 25 game losing streak and embrace the horror.

16 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

I almost shed a tear. For realz.

Man that's good because those eyes are red and look irritated

2 hours ago, StandOutRealty said:

Angels wore the red jersey last night... wasn't that the first time this year they did that?

I think it was the green ribbon

3 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Amazing what one of our talented starting pitchers can accomplish with a good homeplate ump behind the dish. 

Hell, they may even be able to throw a no-hitter. 

 

I think the umpiring in this series has been very good with respect to the strike zone. I cant really think of any other bad calls.

On 4/23/2022 at 10:38 AM, AngelsLakersFan said:

Ward is off to a nice start and looking to establish himself as a legitimate major league player, but let's not get ahead of ourselves here, he has a career 0.6fWar compiled almost entirely in his first 6 games of this season. 

At 28 he may be establishing a new level of performance, but it's far more likely that he will continue to be a marginal major league player. It's certainly far too early to see him as much more than that. But hopefully you're right, and so far this season he's looked great.

He also has the benefit of having alot behind him in the lineup. Lets hop it stays that way.

3 hours ago, Blarg said:

Let's see how they contend getting out of April above .500 first. 

Its been along time

3 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Unless he's got a terminal case of the poopies (its the Angels), he is 100%.

You know those are contagious.

On 4/4/2022 at 8:45 AM, Erstad Grit said:

Good read thanks! 

You're disappointed they overspent in the pen? I can't be the only one who feels nauseous every time a RP came from the pen to the mound during the last 5 years. Today in playoffs teams need a lock down pen and I believe we have one. 

I do wish we added another SP like Stroman or Ray, but it seems Angels are really high on Suarez. 

Suzuki made no sense. I'd rather have Romine or a no hitting great defensive catcher. 

I have hope for Fletcher, but prefer him at 2B. Even Iglesias for 1 year I would have been great with. 

Either way play ball!!!!!!!

 

I agree, the bullpen comment didnot make sense. This bullpen can afford our SPs the luxury of only going 5 innings. This will allow pitchers rest and the ability to keep their best stuff through Aug and Sept.

12 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Because without the ability to draw a walk then your ability to get on base is dependent on batting average, which we know is dependent on hitting it where they aren’t.  You know what doesn’t slump? Plate discipline, awareness of the strike zone, and the ability to take a walk. 

I can repect that but dont you think that BB is somewhat dependent on the team you are on. I guess I over-value moving running more. But overall, I think you are right in that higher OBP means they are not making an out.

25 minutes ago, Stradling said:

It’s literally the opposite 

Explain how. 

36 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Look at the OPS (career .808).

I get you but I think that a high on-base without high BA can be fleeting. But he has seen a decline in his numbers each year. So the A's are betting this continues. Either way they got 3 pitchers and 1 mid-inflield for him.

49 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Wanted to trade him a couple years back as part of someone more proven. Oh well. 

That's what the A's do. They just unloaded Matt Chapman, a career .240 hitter, for 3 pitchers and an infielder. They get rid of their average for a chance at better, we dont.

On 3/13/2022 at 11:37 PM, Justin said:

DiMaggio, by far.

Williams had several 0-fer games - including five in a row at one point - during his .406 season.

DiMaggio, by definition, did not have a single 0-fer during his streak. I cannot imagine what it must have been like to watch, especially those games where he did not get a hit until the final at bat.

Hell, I was really excited by Fletcher's 26-game streak last season. Imagine if Trout or Ohtani had a streak reach the 30s or (gulp) 40s. My God.

I agree. Plus unless we are talking about the last several games of the William's season when the anticipation was high, the DiMaggio streak would have been non stop excitment.

2 hours ago, True Grich said:

Thanks for saving me five minutes.

We'll get that 5 minutes one way or another

On 2/4/2022 at 11:55 AM, Chuckster70 said:

Still have a few more items to add to one of the shelves, including that Ohtani bobblehead coming soon. 

Thinking about getting this for the other corner in my office. 

Also, thanks to @Jeff Fletcher for the bobbleheads. I wish I kept all the ones I had over the years but I gave most of them away because I had no room for them at the old house in WA. 

 

Great office, but you should have put the chessboard on a table not the floor.

On 2/14/2022 at 2:57 PM, Stradling said:

As soon as he turns down our best offer then you consider trading him.  By the way he will sign an extension and I am not at all worried about retaining him.

I agree. Make sure the market is as high as possible if you want to trade him. I really hope they dont

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

Coffee gofers are important too.

Gofers? I thought I told you to kill all the gofers!

14 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Does this franchise even have MLB scouts?   Oops, can’t do that, less money for yacht fuel.

So you're saying that without scouts this leads to a TITANIC failure?

Had to, its Monday

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

I highly encourage anyone who thinks this to find another team that won’t waste your best years.  There are 29 other teams out there that won’t waste your best years.  If you watched Ryan pitch, like I did, our best years are behind us.  2002 will never be duplicated and in my case, it will never allow me to feel like a victim of baseball, like so many on here are.  We won it all in an improbable way.  If you need to win every year, feel free to bandwagon.  

Calm down brother, just having fun. I get a jazz every year baseball comes around. Dont take things so seriously.

On 9/15/2021 at 9:28 PM, True Grich said:

The Angels are wasting Marsh’s best years.

No, the Angels are wasting our best years!

22 hours ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

He'll come back at full health next year and hit 60 homers while batting .360. Everyone else will get injured and we'll finish .500 anyway

What you wrote proves that you have been an Angels fan for a long time.