HeavenlyHalos

I can't remember a season where I was more disinterested in watching the games so early in the season.
If they win, I'll watch the condensed games on MLB.TV, but I'm not going to be watching a whole game again until they're over .500
The Rays are fun to watch.

Just in the last couple weeks:
Anthony Rendon out indefinitely (again) Trout out for 4-8 weeks (at least) Breakout prospect Cole Fontenelle has major leg injury, out for year After seemingly breaking out, "staff ace" Reid Detmers has given up 16 ER in last three starts (12 in last two) Also after seemingly breaking out, Jo Adell is back to sucking Probably more that I can't be bothered typing The team is 12-22, ten games below .500 on May 5, with no signs of improvement. Meaning, it is going to be a long season, most likely. Not sure, but it is probably one of their worst starts in years (and yes, I know about 6-14...but they were 18-16 at this point in 2002).
What's worse is that it is hard to imagine a path out of this morass. Except for a few kinda bright spots, the farm system still sucks, and there's just not enough talent between the major league team and the best of the farm to put together a contender in the foreseeable future. And at this point, let's be honest: nothing Perry Minasian has done in the last few years earns confidence in whatever his path forward is (most likely out of a job before 2025).
I suppose the silver lining is that, ironically, the last two years feels like the streak of mediocrity has ended, as the team is legitimately bad. Actually, they've been pretty bad for a few years, but this year could be really bad. But I'm sure the Angels will find a way to even fuck that up, and play better in the second half, and scramble for 70ish wins somehow. 
But who knows, maybe 2024 is for the Angels what 2011 was for the Astros. The Astros then had three years in a row in which they lost at least 106 games, a better but still really bad year in 2014, but then started getting good in 2015 and were a powerhouse from 2017-23. 
We can dream, right? 
Right now I feel more apathetic about the Angels than I have in...well, ever. I just don't really care all that much and can't muster up my usual angle towards optimism (aka "spin"). I suppose this is what happens when a perennially mediocre team loses its top-end talent--Trout to injury and decline, Ohtani to fresher waters. Trout and Ohtani were masking what has been the case since 2016 or so: a bad franchise and bad team. 

I will never give up on the Angels but I do have a hard time supporting it financially with Arte as the owner. Of course that is saying very little since I live in Northern California and use my friend's MLB.tv account. Pretty much, I just don't have the desire to take my annual SoCal trip to watch the team play or buy Angels merchandise. That will show Arte... absolutely nothing... but at least it makes me feel... in no way better.

I will never give up on the Angels but I do have a hard time supporting it financially with Arte as the owner. Of course that is saying very little since I live in Northern California and use my friend's MLB.tv account. Pretty much, I just don't have the desire to take my annual SoCal trip to watch the team play or buy Angels merchandise. That will show Arte... absolutely nothing... but at least it makes me feel... in no way better.

I will never give up on the Angels but I do have a hard time supporting it financially with Arte as the owner. Of course that is saying very little since I live in Northern California and use my friend's MLB.tv account. Pretty much, I just don't have the desire to take my annual SoCal trip to watch the team play or buy Angels merchandise. That will show Arte... absolutely nothing... but at least it makes me feel... in no way better.

Vent your frustrations toward the fans that spend their discretionary money to pay for your salaries. 
Or maybe STFU and play above .500. 

The Angels org just becomes increasingly unlikeable.

I like Wash, but he can save the "Rah-Rah" chatter for his players.
When his team routinely falls behind early and often, I get bored. I can find other things to do.
I like watching the young guys develop, but some of these games are about as entertaining as a root canal.

Exactly. I'm already getting tired of his shtick.

He did have nearly 300 plate appearances in the first half of 2022 and in July, before he was traded he started 20 of 24 games.  He was getting the playing time.  I have no idea if Nevin communicated with him, but he certainly played him.  My thoughts on Maddon is he was billed as this incredible communicator, but that never seemed to be the case. 

This organization is such a mess right now. It has to be one of the worst in all of sports right now. It starts at the top and in the front office. I think someone posted that free agents try and stay away from the Angels unless there are no other offers anywhere else. I think there’s enough talent on this team to at least make a run at the playoffs, but it sounds like everything behind the scenes is a complete mess and way behind other teams. Hurts knowing we completely wasted Trout and Ohtani and it’ll be a while before this organization is competent again. It’s hard to have any hope until Arte is gone. 

No better place to sign for a guy who doesn’t prioritize baseball. 

What I’ve learned is it’s always the organizations fault and never the player.  Except Rendon. 

We all know the organization is broken.  Most of us want Arte to sell. 
Personally, I don't need a bunch of reminders about how much the team sucks.  I see it.  We all see it.  I just don't obsess about it.  I don't even whine (much) about it. 
It's all out of our control and despite what people like mmc want, I am still going to watch because I like baseball. I'm just not consumed by it.  It's an option of things to do each day.  That's all.  It's a pastime. 
There are just bigger things to worry about or get angry about. 
I'm not happy that the team sucks, but again since it's out of my control - I don't think about it too much. And the last thing I want to do is sit around and complain about it with a bunch of other people. 
I get it.  Some people are outraged. They have a right to be.  That's just not me.  It's all about perspective.

But even we as fans realize this 

He's not lying. Just look how different the lineup is every game with the Angels.  To be honest, it's embarrassing. 

Translation: "The Angels are a shitty organization, and I didn't realize it until I went to a good one."

Yes trade prospects that can be anything.  They can even be 24 year old Reid Detmers!
 
Reid Detmers is the type of player the Angels need to be acquiring (somehow), not trading.

I’m fine being “stuck” with Mike Trout. That’s been the case since he signed his extension. His last day played for the Angels will be a very sad day, one unlike any other players last day as an Angel. 

No one is going to take his contract for any sort of deal that makes any amount of sense for the Angels. I don't know why people can't understand this. 

They're the only team to have never lost 100 games or more in a season.  But, I think these guys could be the ones to do it. They can't hit. They can't pitch. They can't field.  Maybe with a 100 loss season, Arte taps out and gives us all hope again. 

Nobody is trading for Trout's contract and, frankly, I'd rather him be an Angel for life. Ward has two more Arb years so I wouldn't want to deal him either really.

Why not Fulmer?

This season and last but before then he had back to back sub 4 ERA seasons.

Adell is hero and deserves.