Shohei Ohtani has been scratched from the mound (traffic). Patrick Sandoval is pitching instead.
Angels Lineup: Upton 7, Ohtani DH, Rendon 5, Walsh 3, Lagares 8, Rojas 4, Ward 9, Butera 2, Fletcher 6. Sandoval 1.
A’s Lineup: Canha 7, Pinder 4, Laureano 8, Olson 3, Lowrie DH, Chapman 5, Murphy 2, Piscotty 9, Andrus 6. Bassitt 1.
Perry has done the same things as Reagins, Jedi, Epps have done in the past. The owner wants yes men and miracles because he buys expensive talent. Arte gives these guys a slim budget and they have to work within those slim margins and he takes care of the Free Agent signings. Arte does not like spending money on relief pitchers so that has forced the GM’s to be creative in how they build the Pen. What is being missed is every team to advanced through the playoffs has a really good Pen. KC in ’15 had the best. I do believe that Maddon has pulled starters properly if you had a BP that was very good. But he has pitchers that he can not depend on. So I can now ask, how has this strategy worked out. I did not like how Jedi quit the team mid season at the time but now I realize that there is a lot I am not aware of what took place. No one person can do the job of General Manger of the Angels without the full backing and no interference of the Owner and come out doing the job properly.
the answer to tonight’s baseball quiz: The last complete game by an Angel pitcher was August 6th of last year (2020) by Dylan Bundy. 9 innings, 1 run, 4 hits, 10 Ks, 0 BBs, Angels won 6-1.
Nice job by Sandoval.
Yep. Too bad the offense could not get him a run or two.
Used up all our run production yesterday.
One barrel on the ball tonight. That’s it.
Our announcers just said the exact same thing about a CG shutout. Even they don’t care.
Tuned in just in time to watch yet another passed ball.
That’s actually the Angels best play tonight.
Sad thing is, I believe you
Butera has checked out of this game.
That curveball was nuts.
Maddon would pull this pitcher wouldn’t he?
With two outs in the 9th on a no-hitter.
And he’d still end up using 5 pitchers
Lol
Ok last time Angels had a pitcher complete 8? Last complete game?
Cy Bassitt now pitching.
RengIFFYo for Rojas – straight up.
ngl still confused why we didn’t tender bedrosian a contract
Or nick tropeano either :/
Different deal with Nick in that he was just about par at best. Good for him this year in S.F. He was due a good season some where.
Because he sucked with us, we tried to force pitches on him, he refused. The As’s, help him out, and instruct him in pitching awareness. And Bedrosian is willing to learn things and new pitches in a great, baseball, environment.
I think his last 3 years were decent, much better than most of the Pen Guys we have currently. H.T. has a legit question.
His role in the pen got less stressful. He would come into games where he would make less of an impact on the outcome. Didn’t he finish up here kind of the mop-up man?
Do the A’s really let fans bang on drums and stuff like a freaking soccer game?
sure. Who can forget those thundersticks?
Can’t we fire the owner? Can’t be that hard can it? 🙂
😃
Was the entire offense late to the game?!
Baseball is crazy. 9 runs one night, zero the next.
Car Jam
They drowned out Missa Luba….
following HT’s suggestion that we look at these games with an eye to improving the squad, rather than just calling the owner, the GM, the manager, various players “losers” and suggesting they be “DFA’d”, I’d have someone sit down with Arte, someone who doesn’t care if he gets fired in the next 5 minutes, and tell him the truth. Specifically I’d like it to be Perry who does that. And if nothing is accomplished in that meeting I’d resign.
I guess that’s what happened to Dipoto. I’d like to know all the details of what happened there.
I would honestly be so bummed out if my one chance in life to run a baseball time was cut short because the foundation of the team was shaky and the superstars were injured. That’s why I guess it pays to be the owner! 🤪
But yeah, not much that can be done now from a roster standpoint.
Yeah, you guys are right and frankly to me, the right approach. Avoid piling on the negativity. Makes my chest lighter I can tell you that.
When you DFA a player, whom will you replace them with?
Right now you just play the IL game, and ride out the never-ending storm.
With a pen this bad, rotate AAA players in until someone proves himself. It cannot be much worse than what we are dealing with now. Maybe the ream finds a diamond in the rough.
And ruin minds
You need to get these young guys a little ready first, and you know we have nothing down on the farm that is even a little ready.
Many mysterious secrets with this team, I didn’t know that was maybe what got Jetty fired, not surprised. Love to hear that story.
Perry is just what the Artester ordered.
Joe is playing the long con on Arte.
The group that owns the Angels? I would be surprised if they knew about baseball, or even cared about team sports.
The cupboards are bare with anyone to face up to Mr. Moreno.
Good night all. This game is history.
Their defense is out there maybe 5 minutes, and ours was like a half hour.
It’s a telling stat. Time playing defense and pitches thrown.