Junkballer

12 hours ago, Tank said:

could've used it last weekend. severely hoarse/laryngitis. still feeling the effects this week. not sure about singing yet as we're supposed to be back in the recording studio on sunday.

You'll be white Barry White.

On 10/25/2023 at 9:32 AM, Stradling said:

I just think the perfect off season looks like this:

Manager: Erstad

Bench Coach: Molina

Hitting Coach: Salmon

Asst Hitting Coach: GA

Pitching Coach: Weaver

Bullpen Coach: Percival

Infield Coach: Eckstein

Outfield Coach: Ochoa

Accountability Coach: Disar

POBO: Scioscia

Reads like a Disney movie.

Gritty, Fatty, Fishy, Lazy, Smokey, Filthy, Hoppy, Miami, Sorry and Jefe.

1 hour ago, Lupe said:

Artie Moreno needs to stick to his billboards & sell the team ASAP.
Angels are going to lose Shohei.

They’re going to lose Mike Trout.

Perry Minasian needs to be fired ASAP!

This team has gone from bad to worse!

 

Orale guey

22 hours ago, St1ck said:

I love that not a single person there is wearing Angles gear. The dude to the left of Francis looks like a member of the Viet Cong. You have the brother with a shirt and tie. Then there's @Jason standing behind Charlie rocking the mullet and porn stache. 

That's Woke Cube.

1 hour ago, Lhalo said:

Lol that video doesn't prove shit. Where's the crater from the huge bomb Israel dropped on the parking lot?

Exactly

Note all the foliage still in perfect condition.  

11 minutes ago, Jason said:

I’m perfectly fine with the Halos signing a transgender, Nazi Eskimo person as manager if that means they stop being shitty. 

But the whole chewing and spitting blubber would kinda gross me out.

While I understand fans liking the idea of Erstad, it just seems extremely far-fetched to me.  I really don't know anything about how he works in terms of analytics, other than he introduced its use at Nebraska when he was hired there.  I don't know the extent of his understanding of how teams currently implement data at the MLB level, and he has no experience in the sea-change of the managers role from the time he was a player.  Also, while noted that he was a finalist for the Dodger job back in 2015, it's 8 years later and he hasn't worked at any MLB coaching or front office capacity so he is still an unknown to GMs who want to know that their manager is willing to subjugate their will to that of the FO.  Even if he's committed to analytics, he's never lived with having to implement decisions that he may be opposed to personally.  I especially don't see Minasian being okay with someone like Erstad being that his job is likely on the line based on the results of the 2024 season.

Yeah, number one on my list of desireable traits is berating the team while throwing bats in the shower.

/S

I can't see bringing in Bellinger when they will need to significantly invest in the pitching staff.  They desperately need a top of the rotation arm.  Sandoval, Detmers, Canning, Silseth and Daniels/Suarez (or whichever #5) could be anywhere from AL average with complete health, bounceback from Sandy and continued development from the others, or a disaster.  But, the latter seems far more likely than the former because they won't all stay healthy.  Even if they invest in the bullpen and bring in someone to demote or challenge Estevez as closer, they still need that starter that will anchor the rotation and that won't be cheap.

I'd prefer Moniak compete with Adell and some to-be-named veteran for LF and utilize Bellinger money on the pitching staff.  If Ward can regroup it will still be a strong offensive OF.  Just wish that it was a more robust FA class for arms.

1 hour ago, floplag said:

Can we stop these kinds of posts... seriously.. the Dodgers had another year better than any we have had in recent history if not our entiire history and there isnt a fan of this team or a player on it that wouldnt have traded seasons... 
Yeah, they are out early, at least they got there, at least they played meaningful games for 2 months longer than we did. 
These posts are just silly. 
Hate em, thats fine, but they wont this round, again

Schadenfreude has it's place sometimes.  It's literally universal at some level.  When directed towards the Dodgers, as long as the team plane didn't drop out of the sky or something, I'll give it a pass.

On 10/9/2023 at 10:58 AM, totdprods said:

Not sure if I saw this posted anywhere, but ouch! if true.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2023/10/08/major-league-baseball-managers-grossly-underpaid/71106218007/

“The Tampa Bay Rays were among the teams who were aggressively seeking Shohei Ohtani at the trade deadline, and were willing to offer three of their top 10 prospects, including top prospect Junior Caminero.”

Also I’ll say Tampa if not the Angels.

We are Schleprock

4 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

That said, probably also need a better ace candidate while Detmers is still building towards that in a year or two.

Sonny Gray (likely losing draft pick)

Montgomery (no lost pick)

Yamamoto (no lost pick)

Starting to wonder if upper tier pitchers would sign here without a significant overpayment (dollars or term).  Or, there is something with them to be cautious of like age, suspect analytics (Anderson), injury history or recovery from, such as the case with Syndergaard.  Angels playoff track record, or lack thereof, would seem to whittle down the upper tier.  I like your previous post, going with depth in the rotation and BP, as opposed to top tier, may become more of a necessity than an option.

Good thing is that Minasian does like to make his best offer early.  Even though Anderson didn't work out, he went after him aggressively early.  Hopefully he identifies a better candidate this time and can prioritize the bullpen.

On 10/2/2023 at 6:35 AM, Redondo said:

13 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

He'll be released, go do ayahuasca in the Andes, and then resurface in the independent leagues in a few years. The Athletics will sign him, and he'll become a surprise star at 30 and have a TV movie made about him. 

I finally understand your avatar.

El Mariachi

On 9/22/2023 at 9:27 PM, gotbeer said:

Toddler lost in Michigan woods found asleep using family dog as a pillow

Good Doggo

10 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Using dollar figures to asses team impact is about the dumbest qualifier they could come up with. 

I'd rather see a pitching-specific breakdown.

Embrace the suck.

Victory will be that much sweeter when it comes.  See 2002, and if a Kings fan, when they finally won the first SC.

Until then, explore new varieties of alcohol.  Or quantities.

Angels Fans: Every start of season

Around trade deadline:

And it'll be like that for me again next year.  In the meantime, Bruins football and LA Kings.

Moose-Jack!

Arte:

8 hours ago, HanfordGuy said:

Rendon is a member of a “Bay City Rollers” tribute band.

The Bed Ridden Rollers?

Kool

1 hour ago, Angels 1961 said:

NOBODY IS TRADING FOR RENDON 

Okay, I agree, but that's why I posted what I did, which was to bring up a couple of reasons why he won't be traded.  Not sure why you quoted my post rather than those who advocated including him in an Ohtani trade.

28 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

NOBODY IS TRADING FOR RENDON 

UMMM, that's exactly what I said