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Lets see....The M's are a huge 9.5 games better than the Angels...The Angels have lost 10 players for the season, Shoemaker for most of the season, Ohtani has pitched in a handful of games and the farm system, which is like a bank account to acquire better talent is moving in the right direction. Had made some nice moves to get them here, but what about next year and three years from now.... Offensively, the M's are behind the Angels in OPS and runs scored Defensively, the M's are behind the Angels in ERA and BAA and barely ahead in runs allowed, So are the M's that much better than the Angels...not really. Are the M's that much better next year or the years to come....No!

My son was born on 9/17/2001.

I see us acquiring one front line starter....I think the club views Heaney as a top tier pitcher (they way he pitched last night will be the point they use). I also think Shoemaker if healthy, it appears that is now the case), is a solid #3 pitcher.

Based on what Canning did this year (yes he did struggle at AAA), I would not be so hurry to move him just yet.

Next year, I would like us to pursue Corbin. I think he can fill in nicely at the top of the rotation. By the ASB, I see Canning coming up in the rotation and displacing someone, like Shoe or Skaggs, which we have moved for a piece that we have struggled to fill.

To accurately answer this question...Fernandez needs to play every day at 1B....against both LHP and RHP. The play he made last night, getting the lead runner from his knees, was a very solid play. Marte is done, we know what we are getting. Nothing...Let JMF play.

Can we be done with the 1Bman who cant hit lefties.... Marte is going to be gone after this year...I'd rather see how JMF fares against lefties....In the minors this year JMF in 79 ABs slashed .316/.372/..367/..739. Power not there, but is getting on base.

Good for McCutchen.... He is a FA at seasons end, and is not the player he once was. Takes over in RF and moves Stanton back to DH Looks like Jude is going to be out awhile longer.

Until Saturday....Maybe JMF can actually get some playing time.

With the exception of Cowart, I really like this line up.

Life is....didnt read through all of the pages...too lazy

Shoemaker (forearm) worked four no-hit innings Wednesday in his rehab start for High-A Inland Empire, giving up one unearned run and issuing two walks while striking out six. Shoemaker was about as sharp as the Angels could have hoped in his first outing at any level since March 31. The right-hander tossed 59 pitches (37 strikes) in the start and sported a fastball that sat in the 91-to-93 mile-per-hour range for most of the night and topped out at 95, according to Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register. Shoemaker could come off the 60-day disabled list when rosters expand Saturday and make his next start with the big club a few days later, but the Angels may prefer to have him pitch once more in the minors in order to build his arm up a little more. https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/angels-matt-shoemaker-impresses-in-first-rehab-start/

Angels have to consider parting ways with Albert Pujols http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24519099/mlb-los-angeles-angels-consider-parting-ways-albert-pujols Here's how rough it has been for Pujols the past two seasons. There have been 177 players with at least 800 plate appearances and Pujols ranks 162nd in wRC+, the park-adjusted metric found at FanGraphs. He's wedged alongside such luminaries as Tim Anderson, Gerardo Parra and Jason Kipnis. He ranks 172nd out of the 177 players in on-base percentage and has grounded into the third-most double plays along the way.

Shoe needs to come off the 60 day DL....he will take Rivera's place

I'd also imagine some fatigue is setting in. Last year he played in 87 games and the year before 123. He is at 115 games thus far.

Not worried at all... He started the year in AA....moved up the big club, all while learning a new position. Alot of players struggle during the first taste of big league play. We need to see how he reacts and what adjustments he makes.

Great place to see a game. Loved our trip to Wrigley.

You sir....are correct

Happened in 91 and 99

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(2009) Kendry Morales had five hits, including two doubles and two home runs, and drove in six runs, the third player in Angels history with at least five hits, two homers and six RBIs in one game Who are the other two?

Marte is slashing .213/.245/.628 (94 Ab's) and AP is slashing .204/.273/.680 (108 ABs) vs. lefties.... Ohtani is 70 ab's .167/.265/.498 Everyone outside of Trout and Simba are not stellar against lefties. If Ohtani is a part of the future, he needs to take some hacks. This is the one thing that has always driven me crazy about MS...the friggen match ups....they are not really working.

Jeremy Beasley Scouting Report — RHP, Los Angeles Angels http://baseballcensus.com/2018/05/29/los-angeles-angels-jeremy-beasley-scouting-report/ High three-quarters release; lacks significant downward plane or life to his fastball; no-nonsense swingman long reliever/piggyback starter who fills up the zone and throws strikes with use of a few pitches. Fastball is flat, but deep enough repertoire to see an order multiple times out of the bullpen when he’s changing speeds well … Four-seam fastball sat 92-94 in May 23 look, coupled with a 90-92 two-seamer; also showed an 83-86 slider, a 76-77 curveball, and what appeared to be an 83-86 splitter (or split change) with some hard, late tumble beyond a normal/circle changeup look. Timed 1.26 – 1.29 to the plate with runner on first base … Splitter/split-change was his go-to off-speed look against LHH; good arm action and arm speed to sell it with modest late movement and arm-side life to the pitch; will get off barrels some. Slider proved an OK secondary look the other way against RHH; throws it hard with some tilt and decent depth, and can draw weak contact. Curveball is more of a show-me to disrupt timing and occasionally eye-level; lacks great depth or sharp, late break, but may have some value depending on sequencing/usage. It’s his fastball that got hit hard in May 23 look; not enough velocity or life to prevent hitters on both sides of the plate from squaring it up consistently; Visalia did a nice job waiting out off-speed to sit on dead red and attack; even two-seam lacked significant late sink/life and too many fastballs got left over the plate without life/velo to provide margin of error … To that end, Jeremy Beasley is likely a low-leverage middle/long-relief arm at ceiling for the Los Angeles Angels. The deep repertoire is nice, and he’s got feel for throwing strikes with everything that’ll allow him to work multiple innings maybe even up into a modest swingman role, but a flat fastball without above-average velo or true wipeout off-speed stuff leaves Beasley susceptible to being exposed by better hitters at higher levels.

Cowboys center Travis Frederick revealed some awful news on Wednesday, as the All-Pro lineman announced on Twitter that he had been diagnosed with an auto-immune disease called Guillain-Barre syndrome. Frederick said he has already received two treatments for his condition in the last two days and that he is optimistic because his disease had been caught at a relatively early stage, but his doctors have told him he will be out indefinitely as he continues treatment. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/cowboys-pro-center-travis-frederick-diagnosed-rare-auto-immune-disease-002113318.html My wife was diagnosed with Guillian-Barre Syndrome after the birth of our oldest son...(23 years ago) and a very good friend of ours was just diagnosed with Guillian Barre Syndrome in the last week. The good news is that the caught this early, and hopefully he responds to the treatments. If, like my wife, he does not respond to the treatments well, he could be in for a long road to recovery.