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7 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Shit’s so bad Arte might want out.

This is the only good direction for the organization.

4 hours ago, Swordsman78 said:

 

Which team?   The opening day roster or the current patchwork or 3 month hires / guys constantly plugging holes in the dyke?  (The water filled kind).  

That's beside the point. Yes, the team has been decimated by injuries, but that's not a reason to give up. These guys are still professional athletes getting paid tons of money. The players on this team recently look like they're not into the game. So why is that?

This team is such a shitshow. Tonight was the night to get back to .500 and never look back. Now they have to win this series just to get back to .500

To all the Nevin supporters - why does the team look so lifeless?

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

Moniak now 9 for his last 62 with 29 K.

He looks terrible... what the heck happened to this guy's confidence?

This offense still not doing anything... gives the SP no chance to breathe.

So Ohtani gets a double, Drury hits the ball to the right to move him over, and Moose gets a sac fly. When the score doesn't matter.

When the game is on the line they have not done these things the entire season. Are they all mental midgets?

2 minutes ago, Sho Way That Was A Strike said:

I can’t wait til we win one game and everyone starts saying we are back in it. 
 

This team is done. It’s been done. 2-9 in their last 11. 

You're not stating anything here that anyone with a brain doesn't already know.

Lol, Astros get runners on 2nd and 3rd no out, I walk away for like 3 minutes because I don't want to see how many they score. I come back and it's 4-0. Lol. Time to turn the stream off and do something else.

Why hasn't the coaching staff noticed?

35 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Olson just hit another one.  Want to up your call to three for Shohei tonight?  Ha ha.

At first I was going to say he'll hit three tonight, lol.

34 minutes ago, Second Base said:

You don't replace it. You do what you should've done in 2016, which is begin to tear down and rebuild.

You restructure the entire financial outlook of the organization by reallocating free agent funds into a strong minor league program complete with....

top scouts, coordinators, ballparks, amenities, technology, pitching labs, medical staff, Latin American influence and top draft picks. 

This ensures that the prospects you actually have on hand maximize their value and help the major league club as young controllable talent, and with the inevitable tanking of the major league club that takes place, higher draft picks results in better prospects and eventually better players and a better team. 

They will never do a proper rebuild as long as Arte is in charge.

15 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Matt Olson just hit his 41st HR to take the major league lead in HR.  Ohtani needs to grab it back tonight.

I'll make a wild call - Shohei goes deep twice tonight.

Side note - here's Ohtani's last 2 weeks:

57 PA - 12 BB/15 K

.349/.509/.488

1 HR

He's been hitting like Ichiro lately.

8 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Sign Matt Chapman (3.5), Whit Merrifield (2.4 fWAR), and Kyle Gibson (2.3 fWAR).  Done!

No, no, and no. Just let the young infielders coming up develop. This would be adding three guys over 30 to the roster. Not what we need IMO.

EDIT - I responded before your edit. Lol. It makes a lot more sense that you were joking there.

9 minutes ago, Trendon said:

Is the answer that they just don’t, and they need to get better in every other facet? Probably, but that’s gonna be difficult unless Trout and Rendon are fully healthy and the latter returns to form.

I could definitely see Trout and Rendon having a fully healthy seasons AFTER Ohtani leaves. That would be sooo Angels.

5 minutes ago, CaliAngel said:

But...but...no-hitter...

Announcers keep *saying* the Angels are still in it if they keep winning series', but the tone of their voice certainly doesn't sound like it...

Winning the series the rest of the season doesn't even put them at 90 wins. But it's hilarious to even think they could win every series going forward. The postseason hunt is over. Getting swept by Seattle was the end.

9 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

The other starters have been fine lately.

The starting pitcher issues are all on one guy, Detmers.

2 runs doesn't win in Houston. Offense is not doing enough aside from how Detmers did.

This team is lifeless.

3 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

This why I haven't completely given up on 2024. Even if Ohtani leaves, if there are less injuries next year and they partially compensate with another nice bat, they should be able to do something similar. Now if Ohtani stays as well, then look out. 

Why would you commit to giving up on a season that hasn't even started? And we haven't had the prior offseason either. Chill.

7 hours ago, Stradling said:

We still have people who think Ohtani could be a closer? Sure, maybe, a third of the time. 

Only in a playoff game. Remember the Giants did this with Bumgarner and the Dodgers with Kershaw in recent history.

Another topic on Rendon, sick. Honestly so tired of hearing fans complain about Rendon. He's hurt and he's not even what the roster needs the most right now, get over it. Already have the ReDone Wuss thread which irks me every time I see it because why? What a stupid thread title.

Obviously Stassi has bigger things than baseball going on in his life. We haven't heard about the specifics because it's none of our business. "Family matters" isn't good enough for you? Does it need to be confirmed to you that someone died or something so you can accept his absence? He wasn't even going to be the main catcher on this roster.

And you made a topic on Lorenzen too. Because he threw one of the most random no-hitters we'll see based on his pitching ability. Wow, you're quite on fire this morning. Riveting stuff.

Let's be realistic here.

My guess is Trout and O'Hoppe come back and they start playing pretty decent even with the tough remaining schedule, finishing with 85 or 86 wins.

But it doesn't end up being enough as at least one of TOR/BOS/NY/SEA finishes with 88-90 wins. I'm of course assuming that TB/BAL and HOU/TEX keep doing their current thing and keep the #1 and #2 WCs.

For the Angels to get in it would require not just one, or two, but a few teams to absolutely fold down the stretch. Is it possible? Yeah.

For fuck's sake, MLB keeps making it easier to sniff the postseason with these added WC's and they still can't get in.

If Ohtani's primary desire is postseason baseball, and he doesn't care about SoCal, his teammates, loyalty to the team that allowed him to be a TWP, staying relatively under the radar here, etc... then he's certainly gone. With how many teams can get in now he basically has a better chance going anywhere else.

1 minute ago, Torridd said:

You guys are tough.

Being a fan of this team is tough. If it's not hard for you to stomach yet another season without playoffs, maybe you're just not that invested.

23 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I personally think you're overstating the psychological impact of a marginally above .500 record on fans and/or players.  As I've said elsewhere, even if the team does miraculously end up above .500, there will still be a ton of question marks and roles to fill for next year and beyond--so I'm not sure that this year's record will tell us much one way or the other about the direction forward (as you acknowledge). So where does the psychological boost come from? I'm not buying it. 

How would finishing above .500 be considered miraculous? They're .500 now, so playing 1 game over the rest of the way puts them over...

Now, jumping over Toronto/Boston/NY/Seattle for the 3rd WC? That would certainly be miraculous.

It's postseason or bust, I agree. I really hope this isn't a clubhouse that will be like "you know what guys, we didn't make the postseason, but we did have a winning season, so let's take solace in that."

I feel like Ohtani has already made up his mind on whether he wants to stay here or not. If he still needs to see more, there's no chance a few extra wins persuades him.