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Absolutely we should. How many times has he failed this season in this type of situation? There are three that I can think of right off the bat -- haha, something he should do, hit the @#*@& ball right off the bat and drive in some runs more times than not in this type of situation.

Time for him to retire.

Granted, that is certainly true, Strad -- not the steroids, but players prior to PEDs. As to steroids, I have no idea whether or not he was. Like I said, my hypothesis is a lack of proper conditioning, nutrition, stretching properly and staying limber. I don't think I mentioned or inferred steroids. I actually was hoping that he was going to have a good season, to be honest. He was starting to play well both at the plate and on defense. Whatever ails him and makes him injury prone, I cannot say other than conjecture. I really think he should retire. He is set financially, and obviously his body is not going to hold up any longer to the rigors of major league baseball. As far as steroids, I can't say that I suspect it. He may be opinionated and be short-tempered, but he never struck me as a person who would cheat or be dishonest.

He is 33, Strad. Really, that is not old at all. While none of us can know what ails him, I would venture to say a lack of personal conditioning, not properly stretching and keeping himself limber, and poor nutrition could be contributing factors. This is only my hypothesis, and I have no data to corroborate my hypothesis, but even though 33-years-of-age is not particularly young for a pro athlete, it is not old. He should be towards the tail part of his prime now. It is not as if he has a lot of mileage on his body over these past four seasons. The fact is that the Angels can't rely upon him to be available to contribute. It is unfortunate, but that money being paid to him just may have allowed the Angels to be able -- or willing -- to resign Ohtani had Rendon not been under contract. Maybe that is merely conjecture; I don't know. But it is time to cut bait.

Same here.

He should be in right field as the starter now. He's made some really good plays these past few games out there. His tools would be wasted at first base in my opinion. I remember a couple of seasons ago when he was playing right field and fielded a ball somewhat near the line, and came up throwing a rocket all the way in the air to third base to nail Wil Myers going from first to third. It wasn't even close. That ball was pinpoint accurate, too. He has speed, endurance, and a great throwing arm. He also is hungry to play. Has a good work ethic, too. He absolutely deserves to be starting out there.

I think right field is perfect for him. Jo has had some real good plays recently in right field, and the more he plays and gets MLB experience, the better he will be. He has the tools for rightfield. He has a ton of speed, he is durable, and he has a canon for an arm. I remember back a couple of seasons ago when he threw out Wil Myers of the Padres who was trying to go from first to third. Jo received that ball on a hop near the right field line and pretty deep. He wheeled and threw an absolute missle -- no bounce -- all in the air for a perfect strike to third base well ahead of the runner -- and Myers was not a slow runner -- and the ball was in the third baseman's glove in perfect alignment for Myers to slide right into. This is the type of right fielder I want in our outfield. This is part of the toolset and promise that Adell has had since day one. He needs to be the starter, period. Anyone else remember that play?

It sure would've. I hadn't heard that before, but that would've been a real boon for the Angels.

And starters were pitching well over 100 pitches, and there seemed to be a lot less arm, shoulder, and elbow issues. Nolan Ryan pitched his entire career without a sore arm or arm injury of any kind, up until his next to last batter of his career at age 46. And he regularly pitched well beyond 100 pitches per game. Same for Tom Seaver, Gaylord Perry, neither of which suffered serious arm injuries over the courses of their very long and distinguished careers. Perry pitched effectively well into his 40's and received his second Cy Young Award at age 40. They and most pitchers of their era had no need for large pitching staffs. So, yeah, 13 is plenty. They could get by with 12, just make sure they are all talented. The relievers we have been getting for the past several seasons it wouldn't matter if we had 50 of them.

Nor am I.

LOL

Yeah, you are right. I forgot about him being out of options. Anyway, the only option as I see it is just to outright cut him loose.

That call at second was absolutely ludicrous. And that was reviewed objectively? If the roles were reversed, we know what would have transpired from New York. However, that said, letting Suarez to keep pitching was nonsense. The Angels need to put themselves in a position where they don't have to rely on correct calls to win games. I know one thing, if that would've been Sosh managing, he would've had a conniption fit and been in some umpire's face with that eye-boring, and vein popping visage.

They need to cut bait with Suarez. He needs to be sent back down to see if he can turn things around. It is time for Wash to start delivering on his admonishment that those who are not pulling their weight and doing their job won't be on the team anymore. A good start would be dumping or demoting Suarez, and then telling Sandoval to get his act together or he'll be following Suarez.

That is two games in a row that Sano made a great play at third. If he can keep that up and get that bat going, Rendon can take all the time he needs. Eternity comes to mind.