Ray McKigney

9 minutes ago, calscuf said:

I don’t know what the deal with that “paper” is but in response to the Angels denial on the coke they now claim it’s opioids.  

2 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

 Not to mention theyre stating speculation as fact. Who says Skaggs had gotten even 1 prescription? Nobody.

Except these guys.

That article is a joke. The writer just replaced the paragraph about coke with one about opioids, comparing Skaggs to Tom Petty. Talk about a hack writer.

Holy f*cking shit!!!!!! I can't believe this.

13 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

I’m listening to this story about the pechanga sign messing players up against lefties.  You know if there’s any truth to that.........man.

Haha! I know. It would be hilarious if that is the actual reason they haven't hit lefties for shit the last 3 or 4 years.

29 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Can’t a guy get a day off 

geez 

No

Rengifo instead of La Stella? 

3 hours ago, Slegnaac said:

I think The Player is very under rated.

Same here. Most people that I talk to have never even heard of it. Such a great movie. 

The Deer Hunter

The Player

The Big Lebowski

If you're at home, get in the shower and clean your ass. If you're at work, clean your ass in the sink. I don't think anyone will mind.

The comments on every Trout article are always hilarious. This one is no exception. Here's just one of the many gems: "so what we knew all along... it has nothing to do with winning." Jealous fucks. 

8 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

As we know the Angels finished both the 2017 and 2018 seasons with a record of 80-82. If they lose to the Reds today their record at the halfway will be 40-41 which, when projected for a full season would make them.......

shitty?

1 hour ago, Second Base said:

So you're saying he's better than Cahill....

And Harvey

1 hour ago, Dochalo said:

JC tonight - 0.2 ip, 6 er

He'll fit right in with the Angels pitching staff.

3 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

Mike Trout's performance is every bit as important, as clutch, as Xander Bogaerts or Mike Judge 

I thought they'd traded him when they pulled him from the game yesterday.

17 hours ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

God gave us hands for a reason, I prefer a sport that can't be played by a double amputee.

Completely forgot about him. Hope he can help the team. 

Hope he's back soon

9 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Reference the last part. The last 2 years i cant argue trout should have been mvp. That said, its only because he missed time. Injury in 17, personal in 18. Prior to both he was at least runner up.

Like you said above, one of the biggest differences is finally having lineup depth around him.

It always irks me when people talk about him finishing 4th in MVP voting that year and they fail to mention that he was out for 6 weeks with an injury.

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

Mookie Betts has come back to earth and is playing closer to career averages, excluding last season. This is what Trout is up against every season for MVP, that one guy that puts in a career year. Outside of those two seasons where Cabrera was outstanding, there hasn't been anyone repeating their MVP season other than Trout. He is unquestionably the best player in baseball, he's just not always beating out the best fluke year of anyone in baseball any given year. 

This year I don't think there will be anyone catching Trout unless he misses a significant part of the year. Certainly not Mookie Betts, he currently trails David Fletcher in fWar. 

Springer's numbers were pretty impressive until he went on the IL. If he comes back and continues where he left off, he will probably be the only one who can challenge Trout for MVP. 

I was momentarily ecstatic when I mistakenly misread the thread title as: "Cahill Era is Over"

6 hours ago, cvdog said:

is there a fWAR stat for how many times you've helped your team win a playoff game?

Only playing Ohtani against righties again. Great.

22 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Here's mine.

3B La Stella

SS Fletcher

CF Trout

DH Ohtani

1B Pujols/Walsh

RF Calhoun

C Lucroy

LF Goodwin

2B Rengifo

This is about as good as it can get, in my opinion. 

I hope Goodwin can pick it back up. With the exception of a game or two, he's been terrible for the last few weeks. 

Maybe Eppler can work a straight up trade of Cozart for Moustakas?