BTH

3 hours ago, samwum said:

This one is actually really interesting.

Perry has shipped off a lot of AAAA young relievers with team control, and although Hoby Milner somehow ended up turning into maybe the best LH reliever in the league last year, not many of the others have really turned into anything we're really missing out on. Packy Naughton, Oliver Ortega, and Austin Warren would be the main guys I'm thinking of. 

Peguero has been pretty good with Milwaukee

They should just put Kochanowicz and Mederos in the pen.

They need young, controllable arms to step up and be contributors in the major league pen.

Soriano and Wantz got moved to the rotation, which helped to deplete that area.

6 hours ago, AngelsWin.com said:

Make contact,” Washington said. “He’s not making contact. Use the whole field. Be Mickey. Not that Mickey that hit 14 home runs and thinks he’s a home run hitter. The Mickey who, when he got drafted, he was putting the ball all over the place. And then occasionally he’ll catch a home run.”

Except he is making more contact… it’s the batted ball metrics that are the problem now.

Making more contact isn’t gonna fix his 83 mph EV.

Every single time Moniak strikes out looking, he’s always shaking his head or mumbling something.

Almost always, it’s on a strike. So I don’t know if he’s upset with the umpire and really bad at judging the zone or upset with himself.

2 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

So much for Kristofak's feel-good story!

2 hours ago, Tank said:

thanks for your heartwarming story, zac. now hit the road.

#ouch

Kristofak making it to the majors and pitching in a game was a great story.

But if we go strictly by results/stuff, he didn’t really deserve a call-up. He got called up because the pen was taxed and they didn’t have any other options available to get a fresh arm that could provide length.

So I think him making it to the majors, playing a game, and getting DFAd is a lot better than the alternative of potentially never making it to the majors.

6 minutes ago, ThisismineScios said:

There's a hundred things to look at here, but I just can't stand Estevez. He's been bad since the All Star Break, but he acts like he's a dominant closer. His quotes are just outlandish. I actually went back and looked at some Rockies ones from blown saves. It's always, "Look, Ok, it happens. Guys get lucky. Tomorrow's a new day. I am full of confidence." 

He has no confidence. I watched this guy end our season on a grand slam last year to a guy that is currently struggling in AAA. Quote? "It's tough, but we got a lot more games." And still, it's always excuses. The Rays blown save? "It's unfortunate we lost on a weak grounder." Giants? "Honestly I feel good. Felt really good." 

Tonight? Castellanos "Cheated fastball...he's really strong...and unfortunately it went out." Rojas, he of the 3 career HR? "It happens...hopefully next time I'll go out with the same mentality." 

The arrogance and ignorance just bugs me. You have an ERA over 7.00. As a closer. Have some pride and acknowledge letting Anderson, Rengifo, and your entire team down. 
 

Totally agree.

And they act like they’re innocent victims of Castellanos cheating fastball… you throw the pitch over 65% of the time.

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

Does this make you happy? Because you've spent a lot of time ranting about the same things for the last 3 weeks. 

No. I’d prefer it if my favorite baseball team had a good bullpen and a competent GM.

Perry spent $34.4M on this group, and they still suck.

Stephenson: $11M

Moore: $9M

Estevez: $6.75M

Garcia: $4.25M

Cisnero: $1.75M

Cimber: $1.65M

12 minutes ago, Stradling said:

They are also an injury away from having to call up someone who likely isn’t ready to start. 

Example 50 on why Perry is a bad GM.

18 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Bounce back at the Wednesday matinee, Angels. 1:07 p.m.

Don’t check the probable starter

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

Yes. 

Why?

What happened to my post?

Did it get deleted?

Ron is really hunting for the win tonight.

Moore for a 3rd day in a row, Estévez in for a 4-out save.

Moore pitching on a 3rd straight day is uncommon. Hopefully he doesn’t show signs of fatigue or get hurt

I wonder what Adell’s OBP is if you dock him for every time he’s made an out on the bases after getting on.

What a dummy.

I feel like Fletch wouldn't just put this out there for no reason. I'm guessing he must've heard his name come out from somewhere.

21 hours ago, AngelsWin.com said:

“We’re not trying to give a message to anyone that if you don’t do this, and if you don’t do that, you won’t be here,” Washington said. “But if they don’t do this, and they don’t do that, then they won’t be here. Unless their name is José Suarez”

FIFY

Salt Lake’s roster only has 24 active, with a 28-man limit.

Interested to see if there are any moves before their game tonight.

1 hour ago, floplag said:

How many GMs and or Managers do we need to go thru before we realize none of them were the problem?

Most already realize they aren’t the problem.

But just because they haven’t been the problem doesn’t mean they aren’t a problem.

1 hour ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

They have an assistant GM...

they do? That's news to me.

They have special assistants to the GM, which is a completely different role than Assistant GM.

11 minutes ago, greginpsca said:

Totally irrelevant. Dombrowski was  never going to come here. He wanted full authority.  Something Arte would never provide.

Yep.

And at the time, Dombrowski was more than content in Nashville.

Middleton had to convince (practically beg) Dombrowski to leave Nashville and go to Philly.

I’m sure Middleton made some assurances that Arte was never going to.

5 hours ago, Docwaukee said:

The bullpen in particular has been consistently terrible during his tenure and he's actually done a decent amount of spending in that area.  

I kinda view this as a litmus of his ability.  Like asking a chef to make you an omelet.  

your post inspired this research I did:

3 hours ago, greginpsca said:

This july will be his 5th draft. Currently, all but AA are in last place in their divisions. AA is in next to last place. And the Angels are about to drop to last place. Aside from a half dozen guys in the minors, there isn't much talent. Wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't make it till the end of the season.

I think he'll make it to the end of the season at least, simply because they don't have an obvious interim GM candidate.

They remain the only team in MLB without an assistant GM, who would be the natural candidate for interim GM.

48 minutes ago, Docwaukee said:

how bad does Suarez have to be before they cut him?

He has to blow 10 games, and so far he’s only blown three.

5 hours ago, UBstrange said:

The annoying thing is that he caused his own injury by not running to first base properly.  
As he ran down to first, he didn't allow his body to flow in one motion.  He jolted himself just before touching the base, which caused his injury.  Had he not pulled up short of the bag there, and just kept on running in one smooth motion, he wouldn't have gotten hurt on that play.  It's just like Gio Urshela did last year when he jolted his own leg into the ground, rather than continuing a fluid motion.

 

Maybe they should hire you to teach baserunning