angelduck

wow...this is news...you wanting butcher fired?..since when?

Where did I say I want Butcher fired...?

Who gets to be the goat this April now that Hatcher is gone?

Honestly now that you mention it, I could see a Hatcher situation developing with Butcher. There are so many similarities there. I could see Dipoto canning him to spark the team. Just a prediction though. I hope the pitching in April isn't bad enough to the point that Butcher needs to be canned. 

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They usually start slow. They'll start out just god awful again, and then I think they'll go on a huge tear in May. I'm predicting they only lose 4 times in May

I'm in the minority who liked Physioc. I thought he was better than Hud

Realistically, I think it's towards the bottom of the league. A lot of factors go into that. The main one's are what AO posted about the "cans", and the other thing is that Mike Butcher is the pitching coach. I'm hoping I'm wrong, but I just don't have a ton of confidence in some of the guys

you post some utterly ridiculous things sometimes and wonder why people treat you like a troll

It's not ridiculous. We saw last year the Angels were very talented and the pitching sucked (Butcher) and we saw a lot of mistakes on the bases (Scioscia). Also a lot of inconcsistent batting lineups in April with Wells and Abreu playing over Trumbo

This is not a well-coached team. That goes for Butcher and Scioscia. I know, I know...Spring Training, but..........

Damn

That was actually a nice throw by Conger. Andrus had a huge jump and is fast

Conger!!

Eat it Scioscia

Is it a concern to anyone else how not fundamentally sound the Angels are? 

Angels dependant on Hamilton and Pujols staying healthy, which aint gonna happen

Trout.

Neither of which have had success in AAA yet. 

 

Cool your enthusiasm. 

AA is harder to in then AAA. They both smashed AA

they're dependent on Berkman, Beltre, and Cruz staying healthy - which ain't gonna happen.

They would still be good if Profar and Olt breakout. They have some injury prone players, yes, but they also have 2 elite position prospects

I am not looking forward to Pujols thinking he's faster than he is for another 9 years. It's only going to get worse...

Here's a nice article on some former WS winners that shows how over-valued this Mike Scioscia small ball thing is. BTW, we did not play very much small ball in 2002, so I don't know why Sicoscia became obsessed  with it from 2003-2011.

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2006/4/8/113847/6122

Gives some nice stats

Bruce is right. With a smart and fast baserunner like Trout, you let him steal. With these average base stealers (Bourjos) you should stay on first and make the pitcher get out of the inning by pitching - not worth the risk most times. It has been proven that if a runner doesn't have over a 75% success rate of stealing bases, he is in fact costing his team runs. Trout was like over 90% last year I think, so no one should be mad with him running. 

Great game. **** the refs!

Fowler and Getzlaf are total monsters btw.

Stolen bases are overrated

Will Pujols need a cane the last 4 years of his contract just to move?

yeah...having a pitcher with a herniated disc in his back sounds flippin awesome. he's not even pitching right now.

The joke went over your head clearly.

Carry on...

The Habs goal horn is great

and yet, if Trumbo was having the type of spring he had last March and Morales was meh, this thread wouldn't even be created. 

 

ST Results FTW! 

That's not why this thread was created. I've said it since the trade happened...Dipoto made a mistake. I have remained consistent with that belief

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Just so we're clear...I'm predicting right now .310/.350/.530 with 35 HR for Morales. Trumbo: .250/.290/.440 with 24 HR. We'll see how close I am

So Jordan Walden doesn't sound so bad now does he?