Erstad Grit

This reminds me of Josh Hamilton. Right before Hamilton went down yet again, there was a spurt where he looked like an MVP again. Last few weeks Rendon has looked great. 

This game summarizes my thoughts on Rendon, Sandy, and Rengifo. 

This became shite pretty quick

Unbelievable 

Trout just did that almost by himself

Criticism of the angels because of the injury is not grounded in reality. Look around the league and count the injuries. If you think spending on a RP was dumb, that might be fair. 

Cimber and Strik grinded out 4 innings. Super important

Damn

16 minutes ago, T.G. said:

Great to see Adell and Rengifo in there again.

Adell better cease the base-running blunders or Wash is going to bench him. 

What a huge signing if Sano can keep hitting and play a decent 3B/1B. 

Hell ya

1 hour ago, CaliAngel said:

Ward.

Walsh and Wards last names always screwed me up...

We had those those and Wade lol

This game feels oddly large for mid-April. If we lose we've now lost 4/5  series to start the year. if we win we're over .500 and potentially in 1st. 

Something something Blake Snell only goes 5

Missed the whole game being at my son's game. Beatdown in Fenway always nice

10 hours ago, Blarg said:

Yes, it is. It is a waste of money that only blocks Schanuel and doesn't help his career. Salt Lake won't help him, that ballpark is not going to make him a better hitter or face major league pitching. This year the Angels should only be focused on the advancement of all their young players like Texas did three years ago instead of chasing a .500 season with patchwork veterans.

Fuck, Cron, Belt or any other cast off burnout that will waste another one of these young guys development. 

I would agree with you if it were truly an organizational plan. 

If we're going young to rebuild then it was stupid to trade assets for Gio and to not trade Ohtani. It was stupid to spend our entire budget on a pen.

Nolan looks 100% overmatched right now and some time in AAA would probably be good for him. Someone like Josh Bell could have been had for cheap. 

7 hours ago, totdprods said:

Hah, I was pilloried for suggesting the Angels add some semi-expendable 1B depth and start Schanuel in AAA all winter.

I think he’s ready for MLB growing pains but spending a month in AAA working on things, feasting on thin air, working on a few things mechanically and perhaps picking up a few OF innings would bode him well for the long-haul. 

Belt is still available. And I still like Sano despite his rough last couple games. 

Guys like Kendrick and Aybar got AAA reboots in their initial seasons too. It’s not a knock on Schanuel or his MLB readiness. I can’t remember exactly but Trout either started in AAA after his first season, or returned from a brief injury straight to MLB. 

Same. I still think Cron or Belt isn't the worst idea. 

Hicks and Sano are k machines

Same old Angels. Get RISP with less than 2 outs and then start whiffing. 

need a lousy single as hudler would say

I'm calling a Sano bomb today

Of course Eddings, Angel's favorite umpire. Great lead off at bat there stolen from Rengifo

Just now, James said:

Regardless of how you feel about Thaiss, that wasn't on the catcher. 

The second runner scoring sure was

Well this blows. Thais is not a catcher. 

Geeze