Ohtaniland

26 minutes ago, Vladdylonglegs said:

Unfortunately this opinion is seen as trolling even though it's the only thing that makes sense. 

Well I’m just saying F the standings. We had a lot of bad luck this season so let’s just start building for next season and beyond. Forget about chasing the Mariners this season. Eppler should just fold earlier than normal and get a head start on the future. There are players on the current roster that are not part of the long term plan anyway so start moving them. Why wait?

This season is toast so they should just start making some bold moves now that will benefit the future rather than trying to salvage 2018. 

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Unfuckingbelievable

That’s kinda been our luck all season. 

1 hour ago, Lou said:

I think he gets "promoted" to the FO in some capacity.  The ever popular consultant would be my guess.

32 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Plenty of narratives in this thread but the answer is Scioscia has said he likes where he is at and what he is doing. If given the opportunity he would continue. 

If not then I believe he would seek out another managerial position because I don't think he feels he is done with the sport. Economics will have no bearing on that decision, he is financially secure. 

Scioscia would be a perfect fit for the Baltimore Orioles or the NY Mets. I hope he finds work. 

Well Scioscia is in the same situation that Girardi was in last season. His contract is expiring and he simply won’t be retained so what is the question again? It’s not like Scioscia has a choice in the matter. 

1 hour ago, Torridd said:

...what's the plan? Moose? Someone else? Or do we handle this internally? (:()

Eppler should reach out to his old boss and ask about Brandon Drury. He’s playing in AAA simply because there’s no room for him on the ML roster. He’s a 25 year old natural 3B who had some migraine issues earlier this season and lost his starting job to phenom rookie Andujar. I think he wants out of the Yankees organization to play at the ML level. 

That Valbuena at bat was epic. Like a moment in time. My goodness we just can’t get that monkey off our backs. 

This team is snakebit. Geez they can’t catch a break. 

Dr. Craig, paging Dr. Craig. 

With today’s home plate umpiring every pitch becomes questionable. We have no idea what a strike is anymore. I think Trout has to adjust his personal strike zone every game. 

14 minutes ago, Torridd said:

Piggybacking on True Grich's comment in The Blame Game thread regarding Ohtani, what happens if Ohtani is able to DH? How does that affect Pujols, Valbuena, etc.? 

I think that we’ve kinda hit the hurricane eye of the storm. We have some older players that will be transitioning out and a few injuries that need to heal. We have Trout’s contract extension looming. It’s going to happen eventually but not as fast as we’d like. 

I blame Trump for everything. 

57 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

If you followed me on twitter, you'd know I moved to Oregon over the winter (fleeing the wildfires in No Cal)

Moving to Eugene Oregon in 2020.

10 minutes ago, Lou said:

Lamb in Fenway.

What could go wrong?

This is a must win situation.

28 minutes ago, Torridd said:

You didn't answer  the questions.

Well if you want my opinion I believe they had good intentions and high expectations with Upton, Cozart, Kinsler and Ohtani. Winning with these guys and the core was their goal. They went all in and that goal failed. They can’t backpedal at this point so they’re just going to have to wing it the rest of the season. 

24 minutes ago, Torridd said:

Is the objective of management to make sure their team gets to the playoffs or ensure that they're in the position to continually compete for a playoff spot? Is it the same thing? 

A lot of people here don't think we can make the playoffs this year and want to start afresh in 2019. They believe that we would have to give up essential minor leaguers in order to make a run this year or that giving up said minor leaguers wouldn't gain us a playoff spot anyway. So I'm wondering what the goal is.

Reality says that we are closer to last place than we are to the second wild card spot. I say bring up some kids and send some people packing. They should at the very least bring in a new manager right away to help start working with Eppler on plans for 2019 and beyond. Let’s start the transition now. Maybe it will kickstart the team. 

2 hours ago, Dochalo said:

they were so intimidated that they couldn't score vs. the Royals.  

They didn’t even get their uniforms dirty in KC. 

Oakland rising. That worries me more than Boston. A 4th place $170M team would be quite the story. 

22 hours ago, beatlesrule said:

Let's not forget that Moreno signs the checks.  Maybe Eppler only had a certain amount of money to spend.  He needed to take care of too many problems thus the cheap bullpen plan.  Would you rather he didn't get 3 position players and sign 3 bullpen arms instead?  Cozart and Kinsler haven't worked out so far and hopefully Upton stays productive for another 4 1/2 years.  $ could very well be the reason Eppler did what he did with the pen.

this^^^^^

People think that Ontani came cheap this season but in Arte’s eyes it cost him $23M+ to get him. 

“win now” has been put on hold.

1 minute ago, mulwin444 said:

If the Angels make a move, it has to be with a run at the 2nd Wild Card in 2020 in mind.  

fixed

Go ahead and attach a name to these three guys.