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  1. It is not a given that any young pitcher is just going to continue to get better. Exhibit A is Detmers and Sandoval. Two steps backwards. I don’t see evidence that the organization is competent at advancing the craft of young pitchers. I know Phil has expressed faith in Matt Weiss and the players mostly like him and all, but with a long list of pitching underperformances this year, they most definitely need better coaching and development going forward. The pitching was much less affected by injuries than the position players this season, yet they let the team down. Had the youngsters all improved as Phil suggests they do, we would be in a far stronger position today.
  2. Giolito got his first start for Cleveland today. 9 runs in 3.0 innings taking the L. Twins 20 - Guardians 6. Our momentum has apparently followed him to Cleveland. We’ll see what Clev pitching coaches can do with him the rest of the month. Good to have him off our payroll.
  3. In the pregame interview, Nevin said one of the things Silseth went down to the minors to work on was getting ahead of the count. He applied that to today’s game by throwing a first pitch strike to the first batter. Yikes.
  4. I have not heard it from his lips of course, he is too modest for that kind of bragadocio. But I heard it from some talking head somewhere, and I can believe it.
  5. How about a forth scenario? I know many here think that if the Angels fail to make the playoffs, we lose Ohtani to free agency. I don’t think that is a foregone conclusion. Hear me out. While that might be a logical and correct conclusion for most any shining star, I don’t think Ohtani is just any shining star. He is probably not motivated by top dollar like many we have seen. More than top dollar he wants to play out his career with a team that will partner with him to achieve his true motivation - to be known as the greatest player to ever play the game. The Angels have bent over backwards to be that partner to the point he calls almost all of his own shots on how he is used. I suspect he appreciates that. He knows that some teams will not be so accommodating. Sure the objective of the display of all-in moves made in the last week are for the objective of making the playoffs now, but I suspect that possibly even more than that it is to retain Ohtani in any case, and also demonstrate to Trout that the Angels are dead serious about getting him deep into the postseason as Arte has promised Trout he would try his best to do. So I believe (perhaps a minority opinion) that Ohtani will possibly extend even if the Angels miss the playoffs, as long as Ohtani is impressed by the management’s effort and believes next year will be better (player health being better). I think the Angels should offer Ohtani a high annual salary deal with an opt-out option for him each and every year. In other words, we went all-in balls to the wall in 2023, and we commit to it again in 2024, etc. and if we don’t keep our promise, we won’t hold you here if you would rather leave. The Angels must say “if we go down, we are going down fighting for all our worth.” Whether they succeed or fail at making playoffs, in this scenario with Ohtani and Trout, the Angels cannot afford to approach it in reserved fashion. And they are not thus far.
  6. I’m pretty sure that building the farm is not a priority for Perry at this particular moment. Not even a consideration two days before the trade deadline and after committing to all in for 2023.
  7. Who could have imagined in April that nearing the trade deadline we would be “all-in” yet fielding an infield of Escobar, Velazquez, Stefanic and Moose, with Rengifo in left ?
  8. If we are to make a serious run at the last playoff spot, we gonna need all our injured players back very soon.
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