The Official Los Angeles (Anaheim) Angels Thread

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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28225505/angels-reach-deal-remain-anaheim-least-2050

Angels In Anaheim Through 2050 / 2065


Development of the surrounding land, which will be done in concert with the city, is estimated to begin in 2025. An appraiser recently valued the 153 acres at up to $325 million with the stadium and up to $475 million without the stadium, but the city contends that it will see a significant increase in property and sales tax revenue from the development of hotels, shops and restaurants around a stadium that has sold at least 3 million tickets for 17 consecutive seasons. The Angels have retained the services of HKS Architects, which designed the Minnesota Vikings' new NFL stadium and has advised the Los Angeles Dodgers on their renovations. Under the agreement, the Angels must maintain 12,500 parking spaces, which would eventually require the construction of a parking structure. Angel Stadium opened its doors in 1966 and is older than every stadium in baseball except Wrigley Field in Chicago, Fenway Park in Boston and Dodger Stadium in L.A. The current lease was agreed on in 1996, when Disney owned the team. Moreno has sought full control over the stadium since he assumed ownership in 2003 and has intermittently flirted with relocation when negotiations with the city stalled.


In the meantime, the city of Long Beach proposed a potential waterfront ballpark in hopes of luring the Angels. But a new stadium would reportedly cost more than $1 billion and wouldn't be ready before the 2025 season. With the Dec. 31 deadline on their current lease looming, the Angels became hyper-focused on negotiations with Anaheim in November.

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Gerit Cole and Stephen Strasburg could make the Angels competitive again.

https://www.ocregister.com/2019/12/05/source-stephen-strasburg-angels-had-face-to-face-meeting/

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Property value w/o stadium: 475 Million
Property value w/stadium: 325 Million and sell it to Arte Moreno

SMH

https://www.ocregister.com/2019/12/04/angels-agree-to-stay-in-anaheim-through-2050-stadium-to-be-sold-for-325-million/

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Landed Rendon.

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Al Bundy could well surprise.

Wonder if they went after Korean dude who just signed with St. Louis.

Need at least one other starting pitcher.

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Landed Rendon.

Apparently an elite third baseman. But I thought the left side of our infield was okay already. We still are going to suck without some starting pitching.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBXLhFSkZX0


10. Los Angeles Angels (https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/_/name/laa/los-angeles-angels): Reid Detmers, LHP, Louisville
Who is Detmers? A polished lefty who pounds the strike zone, Detmers works off a low-90s fastball but has a plus curveball, a plus changeup and excellent feel for the art of pitching. His fastball plays up because he hides it well, and he fanned 167 in 113⅓ innings last year and was dominant in his four outings in 2020, with 46 K's in 22 innings. He might be more about a high floor than a high ceiling, but he could move quickly through the minors
Why the Angels took him here: No surprise with this pick, as the Angels had been tied to a college arm all along and Detmers might be the safest pitcher in the draft. He might not have the upside of some of the high-velocity arms, but given the Angels didn't have a single pitcher make even 20 starts last season, they need a workhorse who can chew up innings. Detmers also is advanced enough that with the expanded rosters we expect to see this season in the majors, he could make an immediate impact for the Angels. -- Schoenfield



https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29260677/2020-mlb-draft-tracker-live-updates-first-round-picks-analysis-highlights

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Madoon Popovich was a bad hire.
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Why was Joe Maddon jettisoned by Cubs? Theo Epstein spells out some clues

https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2019/9/30/20892786/joe-maddon-cubs-theo-epstein

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Madoon Popovich was a bad hire.
https://www.celebrityborn.com/admin/assets/images/people/B4zC6USZPX5Yhqf3Didm_2017_02_04.jpg

Maybe more like Tryonn Lue, tbh. One chip and back to mediocrity.

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Why was Joe Maddon jettisoned by Cubs? Theo Epstein spells out some clues

https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2019/9/30/20892786/joe-maddon-cubs-theo-epstein

Theo Epstein is over-rated in his own right.

But some teams have especially terrible general management. Angels have went to trash. They can't even get a decent starter let alone build a solid starting rotation.

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All you MLB watchers familiar with the Angels, has Maddon reached Pop levels of incompetency? I mean really.

Spurty you mentioned starting pitchers. Oh the acquiring of Al Bundy was an excellent move. Tonight is now at the least the 2nd excellent game he has pitched only to have Magoo Maddon Popovich blow the hell out of a lock win. Midnight has mentioned how in years past Maddon tried to get all cutesly with the Cubs lineups and blew the fuck out of many sure wins there too. It's not only the same shit, Maddoon has gotten worse if that is possible. Similarities with Cubs stacked lineups and Poop also fit.

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All you MLB watchers familiar with the Angels, has Maddon reached Pop levels of incompetency? I mean really.

Spurty you mentioned starting pitchers. Oh the acquiring of Al Bundy was an excellent move. Tonight is now at the least the 2nd excellent game he has pitched only to have Magoo Maddon Popovich blow the hell out of a lock win. Midnight has mentioned how in years past Maddon tried to get all cutesly with the Cubs lineups and blew the fuck out of many sure wins there too. It's not only the same shit, Maddoon has gotten worse if that is possible. Similarities with Cubs stacked lineups and Poop also fit.

Tyler Skaggs (who OD'd), who would've been a 5th starter on most teams, was our ace by virtue of nobody (not injured) being better. We were calling up mediocre pitchers not far removed from Class A ball. It was pretty sad. So many bad GM decisions that it wasn't even worth trading for more viable band aids. I don't know if we'll have a good enough staff before Trout has left his prime.

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Otahni looking great, throwing 97 mph per BSPN article.

Agent said he spent offseason changing diet, working out, studying to see where he can improve.

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I never liked the optics of nobody in leftfield. Just let a couple hundred people out there FFS.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGoMlVNUmWI

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Otahni looking great, throwing 97 mph per BSPN article.

Agent said he spent offseason changing diet, working out, studying to see where he can improve.

We need an ace and then some.
Assuming Dylan Bundy reverts to the mean, the rest of our starters are proven 4.50 ERA guys.
And our pen has been underwhelming for some years now.

The good news is the offense is viable: https://www.rotochamp.com/baseball/TeamPage.aspx?TeamID=LAA

We have to hope that we can catch some teams sleeping on us and have a few hot streaks and sneak into the Wild Card.

79-83 would be my prediction.

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Various reasons for it, but as an Angels fan I was actually way more stoked for the Vladimir Guerrero signing than I was the Mike Trout resigning.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF89aQhAOKI


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Angels need to draft this guy.


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We have to hope that we can catch some teams sleeping on us and have a few hot streaks and sneak into the Wild Card.

79-83 would be my prediction.
Nothing more was needed, but just in case......
More inside the mind of Magoon.

Link
Angels manager Joe Maddon wants more emotion, less instant replay – Orange County Register (ocregister.com) (https://www.ocregister.com/2021/03/12/angels-manager-joe-maddon-wants-more-emotion-less-instant-replay/)

Doesn't want instant replay. Period.
Wants no limit on pick off throw attempts over to 1st base. (Should have been limited starting in 1864 to me.)

Oh and Ohtani looked like shit today. :depressed

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Nothing more was needed, but just in case......
More inside the mind of Magoon.

Link
Angels manager Joe Maddon wants more emotion, less instant replay – Orange County Register (ocregister.com) (https://www.ocregister.com/2021/03/12/angels-manager-joe-maddon-wants-more-emotion-less-instant-replay/)

Doesn't want instant replay. Period.
Wants no limit on pick off throw attempts over to 1st base. (Should have been limited starting in 1864 to me.)

Oh and Ohtani looked like shit today. :depressed

My prognostication is based on almost wishful thinking. Our pitching could be utter sh**.

Managment f*cked up by giving the house to Butt Holes. And before that it f*cked up by giving what was then a giant contract to Gary Matthews.

It's been a decade of ridiculous mediocrity. Even when we weren't so good at points in the 80's and 90's it didn't feel as hopeless; and in fact, fans look back fondly at those teams. But signing fat turds to lottery sums of money and relying on pitchers with 85 MPH fastballs is just not acceptable.

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Shohei Ohtani threw the fastest pitch by a starter (100.6 mph) and recorded the hardest hit ball of the season (115.2 mph exit velo) (https://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy-baseball-weekend-wrap-shohei-ohtani-shows-off-dual-threat-ability-150417373.html)both in the first inning of Sunday night’s game (https://twitter.com/sung_minkim/status/1378879082515992576). He hit a 451-foot homer on the first pitch he saw, although Ohtani’s night ended unfortunately and without a win during a strikeout that somehow resulted in two runs scoring (https://twitter.com/AlexFast8/status/1378900089322799107) (and him nearly getting injured during a play at the plate).
(https://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy-baseball-weekend-wrap-shohei-ohtani-shows-off-dual-threat-ability-150417373.html)https://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy-baseball-weekend-wrap-shohei-ohtani-shows-off-dual-threat-ability-150417373.html

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Butt Holes finally grabbing some pine. Angels appear to be a legit playoff contender.

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Madoonovich bringing one of his Pets over from the Cubs.

José Quintana in the starting pitching rotation. Ya this is really working out well. :rolleyes

Another pet from his Cubs daze Dexter Fowler is now out with a torn ACL.

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FFS Madoonovich doing his micro managing cutesy relief pitcher shuffle again.
Choked off a 3-1 lead with his musical chairs bullshit.

3 HR by the big 3 (well 2+1) Trout, Ohtani and Upton yet Modoon gives it all away.

Probably .500 at best since Moreno won't do shit since he gave Grandpa the fat contract.

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FFS Madoonovich doing his micro managing cutesy relief pitcher shuffle again.
Choked off a 3-1 lead with his musical chairs bullshit.

3 HR by the big 3 (well 2+1) Trout, Ohtani and Upton yet Modoon gives it all away.

Probably .500 at best since Moreno won't do shit since he gave Grandpa the fat contract.

Some pundit said Ohtani should stop pitching and focus on batting. So take away our one starter who can get through five without giving up three runs or more? :lolK.

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Angels currently 28th in the majors in ERA: 4.72.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SDIb2rf9EA&ab_channel=BaseballDoesn%27tExist

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SDIb2rf9EA&ab_channel=BaseballDoesn%27tExist

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Damn, can't stop watching this channel now

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jF4askAoM0

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Damn, can't stop watching this channel now

I haven't been a big purveyor of their stuff. But everything I've seen thus far has been top shelf.

The image of my Angel tie-in isn't showing, so I'll re-post another one.

EDIT: It keeps going away. Oh well.

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Angles below .500 and battling Texas for last in the AL West.
https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/g4r2g0ii_TPvmvgyxilBt35KHpw=/1400x932/smart/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn.s3.amazonaws.com/public/4QECNN2EMNHEVCEBB47IVT6BA4.jpg

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Angles below .500 and battling Texas for last in the AL West.


It's a terribly run organization. Even the Angels support staff are miserable. I know something about all that.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IouoK1c1B0Q

[FrostKing]

"A couple of people that I have talked to who usually know what's going on have said Freddie's people have made it known they are thinking a Rendon type deal(7/245m), while the Braves were thinking a little more than Goldschmidt.. They both think the Angels are a major threat to the Braves if he reaches free agency.."

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEnCJixeLI8&ab_channel=MLB

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Ohtani 5 complete innings.
1 hit shutout.

6th inning Ohtani is wild, walks 1st two.
Rodriguez puts out the fire, ends inning.

7th relief blows yet another Oh win.

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My prognostication is based on almost wishful thinking. Our pitching could be utter sh**.
So when the Angels do get a beauty pitching performance, they better protect it, right?
Ohtanis 1-0 lead shit out in the 7th. Now down 3-1.
8th inning offense we get a break as a leadoff single then a hit batter.
2 on nobody out.
Got to advance those runners, right? Old School Madoon will get er done right?

Brings in Phil Gosselin. Boom double play, rally over.
Ya check the history on Gosselin, who btw was just called up yesterday from the minors.
Not blaming the game on Gosselin, just saying why in the f would you put him in a situation like that? And triple that in the fact that he's been in the minors for the last.....basically forever in MLB terms. I love a comeback story just saying why at that critical point of the game?
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^^

Angels will lose way more pitching duels than they'll win.
The offense shouldn't have had him clinging to a 1-0 lead.
Six runs or more should be the objective on any given night.

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^ and so it should.

Nonethess, Rodriguez had just pitched the Angels out of a disaster situation with an inning ending double play, preserving the Ohtani shutout.
So Madoons Musical Chairs reliever bullshit continues and he brings in another to start the 7th.
Midnight pulp traced this shit all the way back to his Cubs days when he had super stacked teams but could only get 1 Championship out of it.
Update: Rodriguez got hurt. Nonetheless Madoonovich said he would have pulled him at the same time.

Next, what the hell is the purpose of bringing in Gosselin at a key juncture? .199 hitter over the past 4 years or so.
To boot, Numb Nutts had Gosselin recalled from AAA the day before.

He's at Pop level, seriously.

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^ and so it should.

Nonethess, Rodriguez had just pitched the Angels out of a disaster situation with an inning ending double play, preserving the Ohtani shutout.
So Madoons Musical Chairs reliever bullshit continues and he brings in another to start the 7th.
Midnight pulp traced this shit all the way back to his Cubs days when he had super stacked teams but could only get 1 Championship out of it.

Next, what the hell is the purpose of bringing in Gosselin at a key juncture?
To boot, Numb Nutts had Gosselin recalled from AAA the day before.

He's at Pop level, seriously.

Definitely not the guru they try to claim he is, imo.

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He's got to be on something like a lot of these MLB'ers.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANYyPZYuH1w&ab_channel=MLB

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https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-angels-releasing-future-hall-of-famer-albert-pujols-175133334.html

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Angels have some awesome individual talent with Trout, Walsh, Shoetani, etc.
But still a five game losing streak in progress and they're in last place now.

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Angels +125 at home against the Dodgers.

Worth a go, IMO.


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It's a terribly run organization. Even the Angels support staff are miserable. I know something about all that.

:lol they thought they were getting a dynasty when they signed Pujols ten years ago.

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:lol they thought they were getting a dynasty when they signed Pujols ten years ago.

I think they thought they were getting a guy who would stay committed to his steroid regimen, Bonds style.

The problem is that he didn't have a next big contract to work for, so he didn't feel any need to take the risk.

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I think they thought they were getting a guy who would stay committed to his steroid regimen, Bonds style.

The problem is that he didn't have a next big contract to work for, so he didn't feel any need to take the risk.

And how many WS rings did Bonds win? :lol the Giants didn't start winning rings until they went away from Bonds and focused intensively on pitching.

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And how many WS rings did Bonds win? :lol the Giants didn't start winning rings until they went away from Bonds and focused intensively on pitching.

The money was just as good as ever when Bonds was there.

Would've been for the Angels too if the dude was juicing and going for 900 homeruns.

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How do the Angels finish last just about every time

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How do the Angels finish last just about every time

By sucking.

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https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-betting-2-players-from-1-team-are-getting-nearly-80-of-al-mvp-money-164119919.html


One of the worst teams in the American League has two players attracting a huge portion of the betting handle for the AL’s Most Valuable Player award.
According to figures released by BetMGM on Monday morning, Mike Trout (https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8861/) and Shohei Ohtani (https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/10835/) of the Los Angeles Angels (https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/la-angels/) have combined for 78.8% of the money bet on the AL MVP. Trout has attracted more money, 43.3% of the handle to be exact, but Ohtani has received the most tickets by a significant margin. Nearly half of the bets (48.6%) are on Ohtani, with 35.5% of the money going his way as well. By comparison, only 7.9% of the bets are on Trout, though he has obviously attracted some big-money suitors.
Trout remains the betting favorite with his odds seeing a slight move from +200 at the start of the season to +180. Ohtani, the power-hitting DH who doubles as a stellar starting pitcher, has seen his MVP odds jump from +1100 to +500.

Despite having two of the game’s best players, the Angels currently have a 17-22 record and boast the fourth-worst winning percentage in the AL. The Angels are in fourth place in the AL West, 6.5 games behind the Oakland Athletics.
Next on the AL MVP odds list are Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/10621/) at +1000, Byron Buxton at +1500, JD Martinez at +1800 and New York Yankees teammates Aaron Judge (https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/9877/) and Giancarlo Stanton at +2000 apiece.
Behind Trout and Ohtani, only Martinez (3.2%) has received more than 3% of the money. Guerrero has received the third-most tickets at 5.7%. Guerrero opened the season with +2000 odds.

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oops.

Ohtani may be the good money now at +625
Vegas will massively drop that since it's now known Trout is out for 2 months.

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oops.

Ohtani may be the good money now at +625
Vegas will massively drop that since it's now known Trout is out for 2 months.

https://sports.yahoo.com/mike-trout-to-miss-up-to-2-months-with-calf-injury-224957053.html

Sucks for the people who put money on Trout to be MVP. Great for the people who put money on Ohtani.

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To me Canha has a legit beef.
Ohtani has major control problems.

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Unbelieveable.
Ohtani burned out of another win after another good pitching performance. The guy would be what, 8-1 with a decent team and a real coach?

At least the Madonoviches won the game. Thank in large part to Ohtanis bat too.

MVP easily.

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Angels on a five game winning streak to pull up to .500.
Unfortunately, that may be our ceiling with this starting rotation.
I hope we get a trade or two for starters.

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Angels swept KC at home and now they swept Arizona on the road.
And now a big three game series in Oakland against the first place A's before returning home for four against the Tigers and two against the Giants.

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Angels Starters

Shohei Ohtani: 2.85 ERA in 9 starts
Patrick Sandoval: 3.31 ERA in 5 starts
Andrew Heaney: 4.45 ERA in 12 starts
Alex Cobb: 4.98 ERA in 9 starts
Griffin Canning: 5.07 ERA in 10 starts
Dylan Bundy: 6.98 ERA in 12 starts
Jose Quintana: 7.22 ERA in 9 starts

Big surprise that the Angels are about to get swept in Oakland.

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Angels one game above .500 and going for the four-game sweep of Detroit later today.
Six and a half games out of both Wild Card spots. But just keep winning an trip a couple games off that.

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Smh another superb quality start by Ohtani results in no W for him.

Yes they pulled it out in 12 and that's good. (Update WTF the boxscore said 3-2 Angels in bottom of 12 at LA. Reversal of play at home, Lagares out?)

I'm talking about his record. Could easily be 10-1 with a real team and coach.

Sure doing better then they were tho. :clap

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And the Angels went on to lose the first of four in a row and counting.

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How does a team with that much talent consistently underachieve for like 20 years now?

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How does a team with that much talent consistently underachieve for like 20 years now?

Our starting rotation has been abysmal for most of that time. No real excuse for that.
Throw in a hand full of catastrophic signings as well.

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And we're finally a game over .500 now.


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Shohei Ohtani is 1st player in MLB history named All-Star as hitter and pitcher (https://sports.yahoo.com/shohei-ohtani-is-1st-player-in-mlb-history-named-all-star-as-hitter-and-pitcher-235952917.html)

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Mike Trout
Shohei Ohtani (Batter)
Jared Walsh
Shohei Ohtani (Pitcher)

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Back over .500.
Angels need to win the rubber tomorrow.


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Six games away and home with Seattle with a three-day all star break in between.
A good chance to bury one competitor and jump into the thick of the playoff race.

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Derp is excited.

Ohtani is a stud but he will wither and die in that shitty organization where nothing grows. He should think about career prospect over money.

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Ohtani is a stud

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Terrible political takes, even shittier baseball takes.

You make me regret unhiding your posts to have a discussion here. Dumb dumb

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Terrible political takes, even shittier baseball takes.

You make me regret unhiding your posts to have a discussion here. Dumb dumb

:lol @ all of that, tbh.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKTJCew7oGQ

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Trout still a few weeks or so from coming back.
Gonna need to keep winning without him.


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After 10 years of Mike Trout, what's next? (https://www.mlb.com/news/mike-trout-s-10-year-mlb-anniversary)

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Mike Trout

1. He's the only player ever with 300 HR, 200 SB and a .300/.400/.500 slash line 10 years after his debut

As it stands today, Trout has a career line of: .305 AVG, .419 OBP, .583 SLG, 310 homers and 203 stolen bases. He's the only player in MLB history with 300 home runs, 200 stolen bases and a .300/.400/.500 slash line on the 10th anniversary of his MLB debut.

Two other guys came close:


Barry Bonds is the only other player with 300 HR and 200 SB at that point in his career, but he fell short in batting average (.286) and OBP (.398).
Alex Rodriguez had 366 HR and had a .306 batting average at that point in his career, but he fell short in stolen bases (195) and OBP (.381).


2. He has the longest streak of consecutive top-five MVP finishes in MLB history

Last season, Trout finished fifth in the AL MVP voting, the *worst* finish of his career. But it was the ninth straight season he finished in the top five -- that's the longest streak of its kind since the BBWAA started voting for the award in 1931.

And it's tied for the third-most top-five finishes since 1931.

Most Top-5 MVP Finishes – In BBWAA Voting



Barry Bonds: 12
Albert Pujols (https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/playerpage/223571/albert-pujols): 11
Mike Trout: 9
Willie Mays: 9
Mickey Mantle: 9
Ted Williams: 9


3. He's better in years he *doesn't* win the MVP award than in years he *wins* it

Trout is already one of 11 players to win three MVP awards, but his numbers are even better in the years he does not win the award.


His *average* slash line when he's not the MVP is .308/.420/.584 -- neither Derek Jeter (who was just elected to the Hall of Fame on 99.7% of ballots) nor Hank Aaron (the all-time leader in total bases) ever had a single season with those numbers.




Wins MVP
Doesn't win MVP


Batting average
.298
.308


On-base percentage
.417
.420


Slugging percentage
.582
.584


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9.7



4. He's third all-time in WAR per 162 games

Trout has always been an analytics darling, but since WAR is a counting stat he's nowhere near the top of the all-time list. But if you look at WAR per 162 games, he's 3rd all-time behind only Babe Ruth and Josh Gibson.
Only 38 other players have ever had a season with 9.5 Wins Above Replacement -- Trout averages that for every 162 games he plays.

Most Wins Above Replacement Per 162 Games – All-Time



Babe Ruth 10.5
Josh Gibson 10.5
Mike Trout 9.6
Rogers Hornsby 9.1
Barry Bonds 8.8
Ted Williams 8.6


5. He debuted leads the majors in WAR since the start of 2011 season… and since the start of 2010… and since the start of…

Trout didn't debut until midseason but he still leads the big leagues in Wins Above Replacement since the start of 2011, and it's no surprise that he also leads the league in WAR since the start of 2010. He also leads the majors in WAR since the start of 2009, and since the start of 2008.
In fact, you can go all the way back to the beginning of the 2005 season and Trout still leads all major-league players in Wins Above Replacement, despite missing out on more than 1,000 games in that span.

Most Wins Above Replacement – Since Start of 2005




Games
WAR



Mike Trout
1,288
76.0


Adrian Beltre (https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/playerpage/11491/adrian-beltre)
1,967
70.1


Albert Pujols
2,289
70.0


Robinson Cano (https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/playerpage/532997/robinson-cano)
2,234
69.5


Miguel Cabrera (https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/playerpage/288897/miguel-cabrera)
2,270
64.7



6. He's one of 10 players all-time to lead his league in stolen bases and to lead his league in slugging

In his first full season in 2012, Trout led the majors with 49 stolen bases, and he has since led the American League in slugging three different times.
The last time a player pulled that off was Willie Mays, who last led his league in steals in 1959 and last led his league in slugging in 1965 -- so when Trout led the AL in slugging in 2015 he was the first player to pull that off in 50 years.
He's also one of just 10 players ever to post a 40-HR season and a 40-SB season in his career. Trout had 49 steals in 2012, and then hit 41 homers in 2015 and 45 in 2019.

7. He passed four more Hall of Famers in WAR this season

Trout has been out since mid-May but he continues to climb up the all-time WAR leaderboard.
Despite being limited to just 36 games so far, he already passed Hall of Famers Paul Waner, Johnny Bench, Sam Crawford and Paul Molitor in career Wins Above Replacement. And he has Ozzie Smith and Robin Yount firmly in his sights.

8. He has more Wins Above Replacement than Roger Maris and Bryce Harper (https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/playerpage/1765813/bryce-harper)… combined

Trout is 47th all-time among position players in WAR so he has already passed some truly great players. But he has more Wins Above Replacement than former MVP winners Roger Maris and Bryce Harper combined. He also has more than former MVPs Kirk Gibson and Willie McGee combined.


And he has a higher WAR than the combined WAR of former do-it-all shortstops Hanley Ramirez (https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/playerpage/393458/hanley-ramirez) and Jose Reyes (https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/playerpage/288917/jose-reyes).

Career Wins Above Replacement



Mike Trout: 76.0
Hanley Ramirez + Jose Reyes: 75.5
*Roger Maris + Bryce Harper: 74.1
*Kirk Gibson + Willie McGee: 72.6


9. His worst season (by Wins Above Replacement) is better than the best season by a two-time MVP

Trout's lowest WAR in a full season (not counting the year he debuted, the COVID-shortened season last year, or this year) is 6.9, which he put up back in 2017 when he played only 114 games.
Juan Gonzalez (https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/playerpage/2209465/juan-gonzalez), a two-time AL MVP winner for the Texas Rangers (https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/TEX/texas-rangers/), never had a season with that many Wins Above Replacement. His best season by WAR was in 1993 when he had 6.5, which was his only career five-win season.
As recently as 2007 there was an MVP winner with a lower WAR than Trout's worst career season (Jimmy Rollins) and in 2006 both MVP winners had a lower WAR than Trout's career-low mark.

10. He has more HR at this point in his career than the all-time HR king did at the same point

And despite the power he's shown he's rarely mentioned as a threat to break the all-time home run record. But he could be on track to get there.
He has more home runs on the 10th anniversary of his MLB debut (310) than Barry Bonds did 10 years after he played his first major-league game (309).

Bonus: Trout just keeps getting better

He's still just 29 years old, with his 30th birthday coming up next month. He won Rookie of the Year in 2012 when he led the majors in runs and stolen bases and was second in the MVP voting. He was runner-up the following year and then won the award the next season when he led the league in total bases.
Since then he won two more MVP awards and was runner-up two more times. In 2016 he had his first 40-homer season and in 2017 he had his first season with an OPS over 1.000.
Then in 2018 he set career highs in on-base percentage (.460), OPS (1.088), OPS+ (198) and walks (122). The following year he had a career-high .645 slugging percentage and set a career high with a home run every 10.4 at-bats.
And before getting injured in May he was batting .333 with a .466 on-base percentage and an OPS of 1.090 -- all three of those marks would be career bests.


https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/10-years-of-mike-trout-celebrating-10th-anniversary-of-angels-stars-mlb-debut-with-10-incredible-stats/

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Offense sputtered too; they could've closed it out before that. Got to win the next two to head into the all star break with good momentum.

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It's bad when the strike is three inches wider than the ball called in the same at bat.

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Angels 45-44 at the ASB; 5.5 games out of the road Wild Card.
That's a steep climb, but doable.
Mgmt never trades for pitching before the trade deadline.
One wonders if this time around could be different with all the scrutiny about wasting Trout/Ohtani potential.

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Sucks that Soto found lightning in a bottle.
Fans showed up for Shohei, tbh.


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This team has got to be the worst franchise in baseball and Maddon is practically senile Pop version of baseball.

This team has so many terrible pitchers..all of their bullpen is crap except for Iglesias and Mayer’s is somewhat decent at road. Bundy sucks so bad as a starter and he’s even worst as a reliever

Suarez is decent
Sandoval decent
Ohtani is their best pitcher

But Heaney, Cobb gets one good game out of 3

You start to wonder if pitching coach for this is to blame

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This team has got to be the worst franchise in baseball and Maddon is practically senile Pop version of baseball.

This team has so many terrible pitchers..all of their bullpen is crap except for Iglesias and Mayer’s is somewhat decent at road. Bundy sucks so bad as a starter and he’s even worst as a reliever

Suarez is decent
Sandoval decent
Ohtani is their best pitcher

But Heaney, Cobb gets one good game out of 3

You start to wonder if pitching coach for this is to blame

Still pretending you're a FOB.

:lolK

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Angels announcers calling a career .170 hitter "Captain Jack" is an embarrassment to the organization.

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LA Angels: 3 prospects who should not be included in trade talks (https://halohangout.com/2021/07/19/la-angels-3-prospects-should-not-included-trade-talks/)

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Los Angeles AngelsBuyer: Wow, what a week it’s been for us! Shohei Ohtani was the center of the baseball universe and is probably the biggest reason why the All-Star Game got a small ratings boost. Jared Walsh made the play of the game with his diving stop in left field. How can you not invest more in this team with the vibes this high, especially with Mike Trout hopefully back in the lineup by the end of the month?
Seller: Yeah, it’s probably been our best week of the season, maybe aside from that time last month when we had back-to-back sweeps against the Royals and D-Backs. And that’s sort of the problem, isn’t it?
Buyer: Look, this isn’t the year any of us imagined, especially with Mike Trout getting injured (https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/05/18/angels-mike-trout-injures-right-calf-injury-list). But our manager set a goal of playing .500 ball until he came back, and we’ve actually topped that and gone 27–22 without the best player in the sport. That’s the pace of an 89-win team.
Seller: Sure, but we’ve mostly been beating up on the cellar dwellers. We’re 20–7 against losing teams and 25–37 against winning teams. We won’t be able to make the sort of improvements we need to make to contend for the World Series in the middle of the season.
Buyer: We can’t look at this season as World Series or bust. We owe it to our fans—and to Trout—to make a run at the playoffs. And we have an obvious path to improvement: better starting pitching. We rank 25th with a 5.06 rotation ERA.
Seller: Yeah, but that’s the path every contender will at least be exploring (and what we’ve been trying to improve for the better part of a decade now). Twelve of the 17 teams at or above .500 have at least one starting pitcher on the injured list, and that doesn’t include the Nationals, Braves and Cardinals—three teams who fancy themselves as contenders with at least two starters on the IL—because they’re just below .500. And we don’t have a deep enough farm system to outbid other clubs for the most sought-after names while also maintaining a solid base of prospects for the future.
Buyer: Look, I’m not saying we should go get Max Scherzer. But Ohtani, Alex Cobb and youngster Patrick Sandoval have been our only decent starters. Jose Quintana, Andrew Heaney, Griffin Canning and even 2020 success story Dylan Bundy have all been disappointing to awful. Can we at least get another competent arm to give us a shot? Maybe Colorado’s Jon Gray?
Seller: Our pitching isn’t even completely to blame. We have an awful defense—with Walsh being one of the worst offenders, that nice All-Star snag notwithstanding. And that’s something we can’t overhaul midseason. Meanwhile, we have a couple pending free agents in Cobb and Raisel Iglesias who could actually fetch us something nice to help us get Trout a World Series ring in the future, and not just a token playoff berth in the present.
Buyer: I hear you. Look, we still have some time to make a decision. Here are our opponents for the rest of this month: Mariners, A’s, Twins, Rockies, A’s. That’s not so bad, right? Let’s see how we hold up against those guys without Trout and let that guide us in the right direction.
Verdict: This is maybe the hardest call of them all. It takes a strong stomach to willingly eat another year of Trout’s prime, but there are five teams between the Angels and the second wild-card spot. This has got to be a HOLD, with the decision range likely being a couple modest moves in either direction based on how things unfold the rest of this month.

https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/07/16/mlb-trade-deadline-angel-devil-buy-sell-the-opener

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Angels took the last three in their four game series in Arlington, and they won the series opener vs. the Dodgers.
They are now 56-54 and 6.5 games back of the second Wild Card slot.


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Angels won this and then lost the back end of a doubleheader.
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That MVP award is actually in doubt now.


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F*cking feds dragging Tyler Skaggs's name through the mud.

https://sports.yahoo.com/feds-ex-angels-staffer-eric-kay-used-tyler-skaggs-as-middleman-to-deal-drugs-to-multiple-mlb-players-212429811.html

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Angles below .500 and battling Texas for last in the AL West.
https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/g4r2g0ii_TPvmvgyxilBt35KHpw=/1400x932/smart/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn.s3.amazonaws.com/public/4QECNN2EMNHEVCEBB47IVT6BA4.jpg
Another Otahni pitching win turned by Magoo.
Ahead 6-4, just needed a hold and save.
Enter MaGoo:
"I know, lets insert just acquired JAKE PETRICKA for his 1st MLB game since April 2019."

[Michael Jordan.]

So when are they gonna Free Trout and Ohtani and quit wasting their careers?

[Spurtacular]

Another Otahni pitching win turned by Magoo.
Ahead 6-4, just needed a hold and save.
Enter MaGoo:
"I know, lets insert just acquired JAKE PETRICKA for his 1st MLB game since April 2019."

Idiot has been batting Shohei leadoff while putting the worst hitters at 8 and 9. So basically every HR he hits is a solo shot.

[MultiTroll]

So when are they gonna Free Trout and Ohtani and quit wasting their careers?
I hope Trouts quad is not like Kwa Leonards. Give this a listen:
Mike Trout talks LLWS, gives injury update | Watch ESPN (https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/32066977)

As to wasting their careers, the owners commitment to Magoonovich likewise appears to have no ending.
Could Trout and Ohtani carry the Angels to a Championship ala Tim Duncan carrying Popped? I guess it's possible. Rendon will be rehabbed from surgery to start next year.
But if the Angels don't add playoff pitching no way they advance.

[Spurtacular]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKB9Z1ICrxk&ab_channel=MLB

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The ticket selling ruse of "Trout may be back in 2 weeks" has ended.
Trout will be shut down for the year.

Starting to sound like Kwa Leonards quad. :depressed

[Spurtacular]

The ticket selling ruse of "Trout may be back in 2 weeks" has ended.
Trout will be shut down for the year.

Starting to sound like Kwa Leonards quad. :depressed

Angels knew something.
Explains why they made no attempt to do anything at the trade deadline.

[Spurtacular]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SZyEgvBF0g&ab_channel=MLB

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbEbwDlpmAI&ab_channel=MLB

[Spurtacular]

Got an e-mail from the Angels: Three dollar tickets for every game in September available.

[Spurtacular]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvHL0lHeY3M&ab_channel=MLB

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Captain Retard left Otahni in for 117 pitches his start before last. Even tho ahead 3-2 after 6 innings and already at about 100 pitches.
Sure enough, next start Ot revealed he was sore from that 117 start.
Retard says he still has not had him see a Dr. Altho that could all be bullshit the for the continuance of beloved ticket sales.
Now Retard says Ot might not start another game this season. Durrurrr urrrr ya think Numb Nutts?
So Ot ends at 9-1 in what could very reasonably been a 15-1 even 17-1 with some offense and a non retard coach.
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[Spurtacular]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ClpEqyZE4&ab_channel=MLB

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Ohtani rules on this most crappy Angels team.

6 of his last 8 at bats have been walks. Not blaming Crusty Baker at all, in fact a good strategy. But it's burning Oht out of HR and RBI chances.

So what does Oht do? Steals his 24th base in a 1-1 game then scores from 2b on a single. 4next stolen base will put him as one of only 5 to have 45 HRs + 25 SBs, and the other 4 are all heavy steroid era stats. Bonds etc.

His pitching performances all year long we can only hope the retards that make up MVP selection know what a quality start / burned out of a win is.

Props to Vlad Guerro Jr, he is indeed having a great year. But not does-it-all like Ohtani.

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25th stolen base tonight.
45 HRs.
1 of only 5 all time. The other 4 are all steroid stats. Bonds etc.

Captain Retard has him batting leadoff again. 98 RBIs but assume even as lead off he will get a few more chances. Then again perhaps not. :depressed

[Spurtacular]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abu-nGd1bZc&ab_channel=MLB

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Idiot has been batting Shohei leadoff while putting the worst hitters at 8 and 9. So basically every HR he hits is a solo shot.
Joe Magoon keeping it up in 2022.
Otahni with the start pitching, home game.
Will bat leadoff.

Cleanup is some .231 with 5 homers new guy from, you guessed it Magoons old homies the Cubs.

[MultiTroll]

:rollin Has Joe Magoon added heroin to his booze and opiates?

Los Angeles Angels intentionally walk Texas Rangers' Corey Seager with bases loaded in fourth inning (espn.com) (https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33747334/los-angeles-angels-intentionally-walk-texas-rangers-corey-seager-bases-loaded)

[djohn2oo8]

:lmao 11 straight losses

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Immediate turnaround with Magoon out.
Trout blasts HR and double in 1st two at bats.

Uh oh Trout taken out in 3rd inning for pitch runner. :wow

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FFS Trout injured.
Another choke job by relievers / asleep bats.

6-5 Mets in 10 innings.
:deadhorse:pctoss

[Isitjustme?]

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[Chris Fall]

Over a decade into his MLB career, and Mike Trout still only has 3 post season games under his belt. Not 3 post seasons. 3 games. In the modern era of expanded playoffs.

At this point, he's not chasing the likes of Babe or Hank or Mays. He's trying to separate himself from Andre Dawson. You hate to see it with such early promise to his career.

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Psssh Trouty Trouts 1st 12 years blows away Dawsons 1st 12. And Dawsons 1st 12 were excellent. Appears he only hit the steroids hard in 87 then backed off.

But yes the injury bug is derailing Trouts pursuit of Babe Hank and Mays big time.

[Chris Fall]

You're not getting the reference. I'm not saying Trout is in the same class as Dawson statistically. I'm saying his lack of post season success is. Forget a World Series or even an AL pennant. Trout doesn't even have a playoff moment.

Decade plus in the majors, now over 30, ain't done shit in the post season. He's worse than James Harden.

[djohn2oo8]

Well it wasn’t Maddon was it? I mean shit guess they will be bad forever

[MultiTroll]

Major facepalm.

Angels struck out 20 times vs Astros. A new MLB record.
Trout 0-11 with 9 strikeouts in series. Many of them "looking" for strike 3.

FFS sell the team Moreno. Something has this franchise all jacked up.

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Babe Ohtani with another gem.
7 innings, 2 hits, zero earned runs, 10Ks. A stolen base and run scored to boot.

Drove in the go ahead runs with a 2 rbi single. Angel scrubs finally added a couple insurance runs and the usually porous bullpen held, 5-2.

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Apparantly the only way for starting pitcher to get a win on Angels is to hurl shutout.

Today up 4-2 after Trout homered and Oht added an insurance run solo shot in top 9
4-2 Angels.

Two outs bottom 9th.
5-4 Oriels W.

Ohtani gets a step closer to bailing from Anaheim.

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Trouty Trout injured again. He may be 100% sincere that he does not do PEDs.

The Angels are cooked but i look for Babe Ohtani to continue his excellence. On the mound tonight.

Of course you practically have to hurl a shut out for any chance of a W.

[lefty20]

Just saw Bryant, Rizzo and Baez's stats for the year and sheesh...

Rizzo is basically the only respectable one thanks to that Yankee stadium right field corner. I'm kinda glad that all of them turned down their respective extension offers made by our FO. Love them for 2016 but that's no reason to overpay them for the next decade.

[MultiTroll]

Is Trouty Trout going to have a healthy season ever again?

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout placed on 10-day IL with left rib cage inflammation (espn.com) (https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34264104/los-angeles-angels-outfielder-mike-trout-placed-10-day-il-left-rib-cage-inflammation)

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7 HRs, all solo shots.

And lost game.

Pretty sure until Arte Moreno sells this team is cursed.

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Babe Otahni with a shutout and HR at the plate.

Babe Oh.

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Facepalm
Ohtahni you cannot get away from this losing organization fast enough.

Tonight's genius was Phil Nevin inserting reliever Loup. Ya same 35 year old Loup who was 0-5 with 5 blown saves last year.
Ohtani's 6 inning 10K shutout blown to hell. Again.

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Babe Oh

19 IP
1 earned run
24 Ks

2-0 record (in 3 starts. Hey, it's the Angels)

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Free agency cannot come fast enough for Babe Ohtani.

Another great effort wasted.

7 IP, 12K 5 hit 1 run.

Limp Angles can't manage 1 run.
Never sends runner on fly ball so short in left the throw was like deep shorstop area. :lol

Basically if Oh doesn't do it himself at the plate, he gets the Ls when pitching.

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Forecast is continued suckage.
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