Erstad Grit

I would have been fine with a rebuild. When you rebuild you don't sign two older players for 15 years 365 million and trade away our best prospects for Greinke

Should we go Manny Ramirez and Barry Bonds too? Vlad Guerrero is out there. Age catches up with everybody. The job of a GM is to pay players for what they WILL do not what they HAVE done

First off I would have kept Walden. Trading a young, inexpensive, allstar closer for a SP who was terrible was perplexing. I loved the Burnett signing. He is someone i wanted. Soriano I was hoping but at that price I understand passing. Oliver Perez looked great down the stretch and could have been grabbed cheap. (yes I said this during the off-season-it's on the old board) Joe Nathan who looked good down the stretch I also would have given an invitation to Krod Bottom line is our BP was TERRIBLE last year and we traded Walden and signed someone who hadn't pitched in a year.

I hated the Pujols deal and while I was in the minority there were others of us. I disliked the Hamilton deal. I never saw him being this bad but I did not like the deal. I wanted Angels to keep Haren and Santana for one more year. Haren has not been great but > than Blanton. Santana would be our ace. I would have put Trumbo in RF and Morales/Pujols and 1b/dh. I would have spent the $ on assembling and upgrading a real bullpen. He has not done his job.

That a way AJ! I'm with you. It is not looking good but to say season over is crazy. You brought up some solid points and a healthy Madson could be icing.

Hamilton is drooling to have those numbers

He looked good today. Base hit up the middle not hit too hard. Sure double play ball Harris booted. Lazy grounder on a hit and run. Bloopish single.

I'm just curios how much that may be a factor in Hamilton. How long do you not feel right after quitting? Is that a possibility? If so any guesses on how long the detox takes?

feels like everything is starting to click except Hamilton

Yeah and the pitcher would have gone all 19 innings too.

Catching 19 innings cannot be defended unless it's pre-1960's.

I didn't say pull him at 9. A's weren't dumb enough to have their catcher go that long.

Scioscia playing Chris that entire 19 inning game not very smart

not as good as Santana

Doesn't matter what your ERA is we will call you up!

I want good players. If a catcher throws runners out I really don't care if they show excitement. I am pulling for Conger but have major doubts. Him getting excited for Cespedes stealing a base off him but oversliding does not make me think he is better than what he is.

Exactly stormngt!

It's still early????

Not only Santana will be an allstar but a cy young candidate

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Because he is not having a slow start he just sucks.

Actually I started a Poll thread on this topic on the old site making a case for Santana having a better year than Blanton, Hanson, and Vargas. More than a few agreed with me too. Santana was not garbage last year. He had a horrendous first half. There was a stretch when he carried us.

I would take Bautista's stat line over Hamilton in a second

Our bullpen is way overworked and in the midst of a long stretch without a day off. Blame Dipoto for getting a SP who cannot ever pitch 7 innings.

5 1/3 innings 4 runs, bombs by Morse and Morales