The Angels try to avoid the sweep in Arlington on a Sunday morning. They have a tall task ahead of them, as Lance Lynn has been pitching very good ball. Joe Maddon has shuffled the lineup to hopefully ignite a spark. I fear that if it works, Mike Trout will stick in the 3-spot. Old friend Jeff Mathis says hello.
Angels Lineup: Fletcher 6, La Stella 3, Trout 8, Ohtani 10, Rendon 5, Goodwin 7, Adell 9, Castro 2, Rengifo 4, Heaney SP
Rangers Lineup: Choo 7, Kiner-Falefa 5, Frazier 3, Gallo 9, Solak 8, Odor 4, Andrus 6, Refsnyder 10, Mathis 2, Lynn SP
Adell definitely isn’t ready. I’m guessing his confidence is taking a beating. For such a supposed high power offense, they’re not scaring anyone. Its brutal to watch.
Even without the wild pitch in the 8th and the HR that wasn’t they still lost
So: how ’bout that Anthony Rendon, huh? Golly!
you know he still has a 364 OBP. Amazing.
He got paid. Gotta perform in a walk year. Now it’s time to go all J-Up! Don’t know who’s worse, him or Adell.
pain.
And suffering.
First overall pick here we come!
Then Arte will trade it to get rid of Upton’s deal! #hesalreadydonethisbefore
True story, but we wouldn’t pick the right guy anyway.
We may win this fight to the top pick, right now only KC Royals stand in our way, go Halos.
This team makes me want to go into a crowded nightclub, maskless.
Calm down Mike as we still have have a future draft pick race. lol
guh.
l am late and l come in w/ 2 down and a better chance at that coveted 2021 first draft pick, way to go Halos.
Angels never win in 2002 if they didn’t endure the horrors that were 1994 and 1996. Erstad and Glaus pretty important players!
Well, this I agree with. You have to be bad before you can be good.
But usually has to do with the growing pains of young players; we have vets like Trout, Rendon, Ohtani etc and STILL get swept by one of the worst teams in baseball.
My main concern is that Arte is very problematic. I think that he is holding us back. I feel it is time to start calling for Arte to sell the team. Let somebody own the team who actually gives a shit.
I think Arte wants to win but unfortunately is still making the mistakes of Gene Autry. It’s very hard to win if player development isn’t your focus. Arte has shown that it is anything but.
Well, yeah. Not wanting to pay for scouting is kind of a problem, lol.
I would add that there is a big difference between Autry and Arte; Gene Autry was NEVER cheap. You can criticize him for over-spending on FA’s but he was not cheap. Arte is. If he wasn’t in the beginning he has become so.
Kole Calhoun ruins Lamet’s bid for no-hitter w/a a leadoff HR in the 7th.
seems like we jinxed him from over here
Angels score 3 so that they lose 7-6
That’s…not what you want.
Way to go Buttrey
No harm, no foul I guess
I kind of wish MLB rosters would have been cut as originally planned. Ward would have been cut.
When we’re 10-40, Rendon is really gonna go on a TEAR!
Yep. That’s the way it will go down.
I have to get my kicks elsewhere. Joy at the Skanks losing, the Cheatin’ Stros losing…that sort of thing.
And now I’ve heard of Dinelson Lamet.
At least Altuve just struck out and slammed his bat down.
That’s what happens when you don’t know what pitch is coming.
Can we please let Ward, Thaiss, Hermosillo, and all the rest of the AAAA players get ABs, and cut them when they all hit .150. I’m tired of seeing these guys on the roster.
This is the biggest Angels problem. Giving abs to guys that don’t deserve it, because Arte builds a top heavy lineup instead of letting Eppler build a team with depth. The best Angels team didn’t have anyone even resembling a superstar but they had depth in spades. Ward/Thaiss/Hermosillo/Walsh have probably gotten more abs then Rendon and even if Rendon was hitting, it’d be better to have a more balanced lineup instead of the Angels hole ridden lineup.
Right, what I wouldn’t give for a Maicer Izturis or a Casey Kotchman right now. Hell, even a Robb Quinlan.
No HOF’ers but some very good players…….GA, Salmon, Glaus, Erstad, Eckstein.
and a lights out bullpen.
Now Trout has been infected
Pro analysis: we suck
Comical.