rageous

Did the Angels score in the first?  MLB is showing 0-0 still.

Welcome back Taylor.

Shohei just showing off this series.

I am sick of Wade's dumbass on the basepaths.  Maddon should have chewed him out for getting doubled up today and killing the rally.

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

To be fair I think this is generally where you develop that part of the pen. You see what guys work out and what guys don't. The back end is already set.

I'm not concerned about the pitching right now. It's the offense that's bothering me. Typical. 

It should probably be blamed on lack of talent in the minor league pitching.

This year's bullpen is just as bad as last year.

This ump is terrible

How does Ohtani not get those calls after calling the same ones earlier for strike?

They should be up 5-0 this game

I would like to give Mayfield the starting nod.  He has proven that he has the best bat in the group.

4 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Kinda lame they didn’t give Stassi a hit on that walk off

He would have been an easy out if they threw to first base.

Can we find a shortstop that can get a hit once in a while?

Starting pitching through 5 games so far is 2.45 ERA.  

Lorenzen looked really good today but it was the Marlins.  Hope to see Sandoval keep it up tomorrow.

9 hours ago, AngelStew43 said:

Best player plays.  Adell is better than Rojas, sorry.  
If Maddon wants to ruin Adell, or turn him into a scrub, the time share will do it, for sure.
 

 

Adell is not better than Rojas.  He has the potential to be in the future but Adell is currently not a major league caliber player.

25 minutes ago, Stradling said:

And yet virtually all the first and second round picks will make it to the big leagues which is impressive as hell. 

None of them are even close to being an all star caliber type player.  You would think he would hit at least one out of all the picks.

Fletcher stop swinging at balls at your head.

Is he really that dumb?

1 minute ago, bloodbrother said:

Adell was this franchises highest rated prospect since Trout and he's another Brandon Wood. Been one hell of a run for this franchise the last 7 years

Most of draft picks during Epplers reign have not been very good.  

5 straight sliders and 4 out of the zone.

Adell is so bad.

Same old Angels.

I will stop caring about games by May at this rate.

Upton hopefully ends the long list of overpaid position player contracts that the Angels have carried throughout 15 years going back to Gary Mathews Jr, Vernon Wells, Josh Hamilton, Justin Upton and of course Albert Pujols.  

6 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Kind of depressing. I guess we have to hope that FG is wrong about a bunch of guys, but there's always the specter of fan bias, which all of us are vulnerable to.

To me the big surprise is Paris - I would have thought they'd be higher on him.

As for Bachman, while I hope they're wrong, I suspect they're right. That said, imagine a late 2022/23 bullpen that includes Iglesias, Loup, Bachman, and C-Rod. 

Hard to rate someone high that has only played 50 games in 3 years.

54 minutes ago, floplag said:

The thing i find most frustrating about this, is not the current status as we have graduated some very good players, but for years all the talk was about a sustainable farm and all that, and yet after these graduations its looking bleak.  I expected the opposite.  Thats disheartening that we were so average for so long making no moves, to end up more or less back where we started. 

This is the result of failure of 2018 and 2019 draft and everyone from those two years underachieving.

Angels farm system seems to be back to one of the worst in the major league again.

At this point they are better off solidifying the bullpen with 2 more dependable arms.  It will be cheaper than trying to sign a SP.