Halos of Anaheim

Trade for Trevor Bauer. 

9 minutes ago, Bronson said:

I’m gonna say it again.

 

A big LOL at backing up the Brink trucks for a position player but then become penny pinchers when it comes to the one thing we DESPERATELY needed.

 

Un-fucking-believable. You can’t make this shit up.

Especially when the one thing you need in a win-and-you’re-in Wild Card game is an ace.

We’re not winning the division, so acquiring that front-end starter should  have been our main priority. 

Bauer is a free agent next year, what would the Reds take for him? He most likely wouldn’t sign an extension and would test FA at 29 so I wouldn’t give up much, but he’s the only guy with ace potential left that we can acquire without giving up Adell. 

I’m pretty impressed by how calm Eppler seems to be about this rotation. He must really believe in Callaway and Maddon making the most out of it and the development of Canning/Sandoval.

I guess we’ll see if he’s right. 

7 minutes ago, Throwman91 said:

This team's record is not indicative of it's talent.  the bullpen and SP are mediocre at best and pitching wins ballgames, period.  88 wins would be the best we could hope for.

Truth. We need two bullpen arms and at the very least a #2 pitcher that can actually go more then 5-6 innings.

1 minute ago, Dochalo said:

our pen is a problem.  

Our starting pitchers never being able to go more then 6 innings is a problem, too.

The trade deadline can't come fast enough. We need a #2 pitcher and a high leverage bullpen piece.

Uh oh. Blowpen commencing.

4 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

1. Jeff Fletcher‏Verified account @JeffFletcherOCR 33m33 minutes 

    

Jeff Fletcher Retweeted Jeff Passan

Asked Billy Eppler just today about the PRP injection Ohtani had. He said it was in the report teams got during the negotiation process and it was strictly preventative. Stay tuned....

Jeff Fletcher‏Verified account @JeffFletcherOCR

Eppler statement: “Shohei underwent a thorough physical with MRI scans to both his elbow and his shoulder. Those are scans we conduct whenever we sign a pitcher. Based on the readings of those MRIs, there are not signs of acute trauma in the elbow. (more)

Jeff Fletcher‏Verified account @JeffFletcherOCR

It looks consistent with players his age. We are pleased with the results of the physical and we are very happy to have the player.”

Phew.

Bleachers Reports notification scared the crap out of me.

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

It was revealed in the meeting. 

Yeah, not surprising at all. 

I honestly don't see any reason why Ohtani/his agent would try to hide this from teams or "finesse" us.

It's in Ohtani's best interest to play well and play for a long in the MLB, at least until he gets his big pay day.

He's being paid league minimum right now..no incentive to try to lie to us about his history. 

So this leads me to believe that the Angels knew about this and neither them or Ohtani think it's a big deal.

RallyPanda with the avatar of the decade 

Escobars offense is horrific

lol wat

Wow just checked the score..we actually sweeped them. Good to see Trout have his first 3 hit game of the season.

Cron is so trash. Should have sold high when he had that hot stretch. Won't be anything more than a poor mans Trumbo with slightly better vision and much less power.

Liking our infield defense with Pujols at 1st

Thank god.

Bases loaded again 

I wonder what creative way we'll figure out to blow this one.

you have no idea what every team's situation is going to be years from now 

 

and he's batting under .200

perhaps Gentry is the guy who won't want to stay here 

Trout's not going to want to stay here again. And can you blame him?

Yeah he's gone. Can't blame him. 

 If we can't get a run in with the bases loaded and no outs, especially after how we played vs the Cubs, this season is doomed.

Can someone remind me why the Angels didn't sign Beltre?

Don't worry, we signed Pujols a year later for a contract twice as big for a player half as good.

So close.

Would have been great for Trout to come through there and give us some separation. Hopefully he has another chance later. 

Jesus christ at this point I think I could hit better than half of these Angels batters and I haven't swung in atleast a year.

You seem mad.

Yikes.

I'm a fan of another team in another sport that always looks back at it's turnaround championship season, and I'll tell you that it's a terrible habit to have/look back on as reassurance. The Angels have started off slow so many times in the past decade, it's what puts us in terrible situations in the final week of the season.