Yeah so nobody put up a postgame, it is 1:30 AM and even though nothing about this game needs remembering besides the monstrous Brandon Marsh blast early on, a record of this contest now stands.. They started Diaz instead of Barria and then sent him AND Adell down after the game. Mets fans are loud. There, a postgame wrap-up!
Why Rengifo over Duffy? Duffy can hit and field better. Might be FO interference.
Not sure it matters
I am predicting that the Angels will win another World Series in 2025. That is because Trout will be the same age as Salmon was when they won their first world series.
Ah Man, I miss Tim Salmon. The guy was solid. Loved the outfield of GA, Edmonds, and Salmon.
Ummm, I think you are just a little off there. What you meant to say was “I loved the outfield of GA, Erstad and Salmon.”
There. Fixed.
During the 12 game losing streak we had
6 games were we only scored 1 or 0 runs
6 games where the bullpen lost the game after leading to the 7th inning
Nevin has only managed 4 games with a 1 – 3 record.
Hopefully, in the next 20 games or so, he can figure out how to get some timely runs across and secure better results from the bullpen late in games.
Over the last 16 games the offense has sputtered, the bullpen has been terrible. But, the starting pitching is still holding up fairly well.
I say there is still hope and time to turn things around.
Phillies have won 9 straight since Rob Thomson took over for Joe Girardi who was fired. Let’s see the Angels accomplish that in their attempt to turn things around in their remaining games. Pigs will fly before that happens…
So, Perry’s secret weapon all along were the new uni’s.
Here’s a question. You want Adell up? Well, though he looks better right now, if Ohtani were to struggle again, and Ward turns out to still be good, what would you think of Shohei NOT DHing every now and again, trying Ward as a RH compliment to Walsh sometimes at 1B, and between DH, 1B and OF we get Marsh, Trout, Ward and Adell regular at bats with Walsh and Shohei sitting down once a week or so?
Deal
I think injuries will dictate any rotation but personally, Ohtani needs to play. Can Ward play 1st w/o hurting the defense? I’d be good with that.
Yeah, but we gotta get Adell like 10-12 ABs a week at least if he’s not playing every day in Utah… Ward n Walsh switching won’t pull that off.
This is a great idea. The key is if the Sho starts to struggle offensively. If he doesn’t, the scheme doesn’t quite work.
Sounds very good to me.
unless.. shoehei wants to play every day. I’m inclined to give him whatever he wants. Money included.
Apparently Jeff Fletchers taking today off. Here’s the answer to one of your questions which generates more questions from Mikey D :
https://twitter.com/MikeDiGiovanna/status/1535750712386211840
And heres the answer to your other question . Papa Smurf is back:
https://twitter.com/MikeDiGiovanna/status/1535748224425725952/photo/1
pretty good lineup for this team
The Angels need a corresponding 40 man guillotine move to add Davis Daniel to our major league roster
Is Perry just trying to give a taste of the big leagues for his minors? Revolving door. He’s gonna use up all the options in year.
06/11/22Los Angeles Angels designated LF Dillon Thomas for assignment.
Man what a week for Dylan
Should have known it was the kiss of death for him……like the 3rd or 4th to be called up and then a DFA.
Are you high on drugs???
Isn’t everyone that follows this team?
About the best lineup you can make with this team aside from MLB the Show fantasy trades.
Take out Rengifo and put Duffy in. Then agree, we’re are forced to play Squid and Lagares.
Despite the fact there is still no Ward, the top of the order looks better than it has in a while… We’ll see if that translates into results or not.
Replace Lagares with Ward and then it will be a good lineup. Hopefully we can start winning games again.
Here’s my thoughts Adell being sent down. Rengifo is currently on paternity leave and probably is returning today. This would require the Angels to make a 26 man roster move unless Rengifo gets sent to the salt mines. Adell, Squid or a pitcher ( Diaz, Detmers, Wantz, Herget or Ortega) are the only players with options right now.Since we’re short on pitching, And everyone loves Squid & Rengifo Adell draws short straw.
Now when Ward comes back on Tuesday . (How do they really know which Tuesday?) Someone else from that above list will be going them. We know its inevitable that Adell will get sent back down but why handicap a pathetic offense by sending down someone who is showing promise with much better at bats this past week? And the deduced ball is really retarding HR’s You could see it with Rendon first At bat last night and many other balls hit by the Mets. But why send down someone with legitimate power. The Guys that are getting hurt the worst are mediocre hitters like Wade, Rengifo Lagares and Duffy who typically need favorable trade winds to get their obligatory 8 to 12 home runs per season in years past.
Rev…where to you get the team transactions so quickly?
So far not seeing any matching moves for Adell and Diaz.
Some of the team hoochies message me when a major leaguer breaks a date for a flight to Salt Lake!
Just kidding, Jeff Fletcehr tweeted it late last night that Adell and Diz were packing their bags.
Clearly you have your people in high places Rev!! `;~}}
Ky Bush last night AA… 6inning 3H 1ER 3K’s 0W 83-61 2.75ERA
Sooooooon…..
4-1 strikeout to walk ratio thus far in 2022. That’s great. Hitters are batting .289, would like to see that come down.
Yah. Just a guess but he probably needs to learn to not be “wild” in the strike zone.
for what it’s worth, our one game losing “streak” is tied for the best in the AL West. Oakland has lost 10 in a row, Houston has lost 2 and is losing today because they are terrible and collapsing.
“Houston has lost 2 and is losing today because they are terrible and collapsing.” — Are you high on drugs??? Check the standing..
Quick! Give me your hand! You have fallen into the Sar-Chasm
Let him fall à la wile E coyote off that cliff chasing the Road Runner
“ He has fallen and he can’t get up.”
sorry, my mistake. That should read “Houston has lost 3 in a row”.
Houston is solid. Said before the year, they win the division. Lose Correa, no problem.
This is what we really wasted, not Mike Trout. We’re now half way through the 20 yr deal that THE OLIGARCH squandered through his ridiculous meddling, insane big money long term deals (Pujols, Trout, Rendon). His deliberate defunding of the farm, stubbornness to hire a POBO and now look at what it’s gotten us.
POBO…POBO…POBO!!! 😠 😠 😠 BYE!!
With our current offensive woes ( they’re actually beyond offensive ) sending down Adell today is akin to waiting for next year
What if he ain’t that good a hitter?
You mean like Marcus Semien ?
Or Matt Olson?
See. I can’t bag on anyone who wanted Matt Olson. I would have loved me some Matt Olson.
These big off season acquisitions have underwhelmed thus far, by a wide margin.
Cowboy…… I think sending down Adell reflects Perry’s thinking that playing Lagares and D Thomas (while Trout and Ward are out) gives the Halos a better chance of winning.
I don’t agree with this thinking.
Perry thinks that the team as it is can win. I think he believes that the Angels should make the playoffs this year with the team as it is constructed.
Perry is playing to win, to get to the playoffs. I don’t think he is throwing in the towel.
Frankly, I am not a Perry and his analytics fan. But, I am an Angels fan and hope that he is right about them making the playoffs.
“Perry thinks that the team as it is can win.” Yes, this is true. He has said as much, including most recently at the press conference introducing Nevin.
In fact, with our key pieces healthy; Trout, Ohtani, Ward, Walsh, Rendon our offense is quite good, despite the weakness of the lower third of the order. Also, we need our SP and bullpen to pitch like they did in April. It may seem like alot to to ask, but remember this was all working together for like a month.
Unfortunately the 14 game losing streak meant the firing of Maddon and basically killed our chances. If we had won just a few of those games this could have been very different.
I am still waiting for the in season GM Presser where the GM says “I’m pretty certain we CAN NOT win with the roster as constructed. I wish to hell I could put several players in a boat and push them out to sea, but I can’t.”
Actually, I am not waiting, but it seems like half of CtPG expects this to happen someday.
It would appear that most people on this site are.
Don’t understand this. Perry sure yo-yo’s players. I don’t like it.
We shoulda signed him……..oh well
I’m stupid remember 😆
😀 😆 😁 😆
https://youtu.be/ldH7LHXIOfg
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You wanted to sign a 33 year old to a 4-year 78M contract? A guy who has a 115 OPS+ this year (lower than each of his prior three years with Oakland, Miami and Arizona?)
If that is true, yes, you are stupid. (And you can’t help reminding of us of that).
4 yrs is less than 7yrs (I think you know who I speak of!!)
If not ask Marine Layer and Cuda440…..LOL!!!
So, you don’t like the Rendon deal – but then suggest signing Marte? Smart!!! Must write that one down. Call Perry.
Perry didn’t sign Rendon, he inherited him……THE OLIGARCH did
I dunno, have you noticed yet that absolutely NO ONE has taken to calling Arte the Oligarch unless they are doing it sarcastically to mock you?
This is what the kids call a failed meme.
You shouldn’t crack on people that you like…..HMMMM!
ALERT!!!
just hit a walk-off vs the Reds who are 15 games above .500
Yes. Tommy Edman is a player on another team. Very good Tooty.
No, the Reds are not 15 games above .500…. sadly.
really weird, since StL is 8 over and Cincy is 19 under.
Jeebus the Reds suck….
How could we forget?
Thank you for your incredible self awareness
That’s OK
Me 6
HH/CTPG 0
As in 6 straight losing seasons plus I was the lone voice back in 2019 at HH who said NO!
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Meaning you’re a loser ? Couldn’t agree more .
I don’t need 3 wks of info data to see what’s working like a stat nerd who drafts Corey Coleman 1st in the 2016 NFL Draft LOL!!!
Cleveland Thanks You Paul DePodesta who said we’re looking for production for a undersized guy who padded his #’s in the no defense Big12 Conference……. 😆 💪 🤘
More emoji’s anybody?
You are, indeed, “grown man who uses emojis”. That sums it up.
Peeter Pann I gess
What if we could teach Wade to hit right handed since he is right handed, can’t be any worse
Oops sorry I just realized that hitting right handed wouldn’t fix his defense
Yes, actually
Since when do us the Angels teach many players to do something theyre not? Before you answer with Taylor Ward and Troy Percival be advised that they probably also did these things in college or HS first.
Yes in the Moneyball movie there was Scott Hatteberg having to learn 1B but I don’t know if it’s real about learning it totally new or not.
You really believe that a player that is right handed has never swung a bat right handed
Trade Lorenzen, Adell, Thaiss
Why? To whom? For what possible gain?
Well we still have according to many pundits one of MLB’s worst farm systems as we speak so how about more young pitching? Especially from somebody else rather than our untrustworthy own
Thaiss????
That is a name I have not heard in a long time…
I’m just trading for trade sake again.
Can we trade you to Lookout Landing?
For everyone upset about Adell, this how I see it, we have 4 OF positions and 3 are regulars. You have Trout, Ward and Marsh with a #4 that doesn’t play everyday. Everyone seems to agree that Jo needs to play everyday, so we can send him to AAA to play everyday or we can trade him or we can turn him into a 4th OF’er or we can trade Ward or Marsh to clear an everyday spot for him in the OF
I would agree with you, but isn’t Ward activated on Tuesday and Lagares playing tonight? I don’t get it, Adell has been very good the last 7 games and is hitting over 300, with 375 on base, Lagares hitting 273 with a 273 on base.
Yes, this is the point. Ward does not come back until Tuesday. We need to win every game at this point. Why not have Adell in the lineup tonight and Sunday night as well?
We do not know all transactions today but may include activating Rebgifo
I’m excited about the progress Adell has shown but I think Admkir is right, he’s not gonna start over our top 3 and we shouldn’t mess too much with his groove right now. Get him back “home” to SLC and keep him playing constantly.
It’s laughable that a site that has made it it’s personal mission to shit on Adell is now gonna complain about being deprived of Adell for 3 days. Adell’s going down and Lugares is staying because of defense. That’s fine, Adell will hopefully solidify in SLC for a while longer and come back up looking good on both sides of the ball.
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Dammit. Quit making good points. but still … FREE ADELL!
Losing 15 out of 16 with zero offense has made me realize the importance of Adell to this particular roster. Since Lagares has degraded as a defender he has no real value. I think we should put the best 26 on the roster because we no longer have the luxury of time or any margin of error. I am now prepared to accept Adell’s floor in the hope of getting his ceiling. He has advanced since opening day. He will always be more Manny Ramirez than Brandon Marsh in the OF, but that works when we’ve already got so many automatic outs in the lineup. Having Marsh available to PH when he doesn’t start is nice as well.
Meh – at least adell gets another 2000 frequent flier miles. Good for a gift box from Untied Airlines or Amex reward points…
See, you must have missed it when the Real Men of Baseball explained over and over how Adell is not an MLB player, is not developing, and we are over him.
What you need to do is come up with some catchy nickname for Adell, like he is an 8 year old playing his first LL season, then the masses will REALLY be pining for him, regardless of talent or readiness.
The problem is Jo is large and black. We need to make him small and white. Then we can just call him “Lil Jo” and he’ll be the savior we never see.
The write up is perfect, considering the game. Sending Adell down and keeping Lagares up makes no sense considering we have nearly entered the lost season part of the schedule . I know Minasian is dedicated to having crap on the roster, but why didn’t we pick up Willie Calhoun off the wire and give him a shot. He can’t field either but at one point he was a top prospect.
Perry only likes the players he drafted, the manager he hired, and the coaches his manager hires. Honestly if Adell isn’t going to get major league at bats – trade the guy.
Sadly, we’ve tanked his value so even that’s not a great option now.
Kinda agree. It seems like Perry is jerking Adell around for some reason.
Did Jo accidentally look at Perry sideways or something? Yes, Adell is challenged defensively, but our offense is struggling so badly that any bat in our lineup that is halfway decent needs to be kept there. And it is not like Lagares has been flashing his former Gold Glove caliber defense.
Makes zero sense to do this..
+1 – agree.
Further – Adell brought a lot of youthful energy. Like having him up even with the boneheaded plays here and there.
Totally agree. The Angels are showing a Bubba Gump Bro Love Movie on the Video Board between innings that is very cute. I like the way the feed off of each other to bring new energy.
Although I noticed that the gold plated fat ass found another gear on the bases last night so maybe Adell’s presence helped motivate him as well.
Totally unfounded and baseless theory, but I think maybe the idea is to keep Adell in his zone in SLC for a few more weeks…. not break his mind the next time he blows it in the OF under the big lights…. while Ward comes back and is hopefully good.
Adell develops a little more confidence. Ward develops a little more trade value. Ward or Adell can then be traded in a package for pitching help. If it turns out both get kept and both are good, this is also nice. But this way we have the most chances at a positive outcome.
I hear ya. But cowboy has a point … the marketing of Adell was apparent last night. The BFF video was moving, you had to be there.
I do believe it. This is even more completely out of my ass conjecture, but I think they are really invested in Adell and are managing the shit out of his mental fragility.
I think, when they sent him down, they told him something along the lines of “Go to SLC and kill it. Learn and learn and learn. You will start for us eventually so don’t stress. When there’s a couple games for you to play up here we promise we’ll bring you up for a taste. Don’t stress about your future, just play, in SLC and here. We’re backing you in both places. Don’t panic.”
A video like that takes a guy like me a few hours to make if I don’t need to shoot the footage myself. It probably meant 200 confidence points to Adell.
You gotta remeber, long term, Adell and Marsh both fully developed is 50-70M a year of OF production at pre-arb prices. That can do this FO a lot of good.
Jo Adell 2.0 version
A great man once said, “Yes, actually
Since when do us the Angels teach many players to do something theyre not?”
Now some may ask, what does this have to do with anything? Lesser minds may even ask what the fk is being said at all? All I ask is, WTF Jurikson Profar has to do with Adell, and how can he be a “2.0” of a guy who started playing years after him?
Why are you against trading him at this point?
Maybe he needs to go to a team that’s well known for coaching up young players who have struggled elsewhere.
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When did I say I was against trading him? I even traded him in my IIWPM for pitching.
I wanted to post some more emojis again
Agree. Halos need to stop jerking him in and out of the lineup.
Lagares – no options
Adell – options
We could have the option of not having Lagares on the team any longer, right? (Would even free up a 40-man spot for another pitcher).
But maybe that is just me.
Yeah, I think I would prefer that. I mean, Bluto is right; at some point you need to keep Adell up and give him a chance.
Lagares off the roster is addition through subtraction. I mentioned Willie Calhoun but I’m sure there’s others. But there’s just no reason to jerk Adell around anymore.
I don’t see why it’s so damm hard to find cheap affordable OF’s. But then again I’ve mentioned before about the inept and deplorable team payroll management around Trout and Rendon and Pujols before that.
Willie Calhoun??? Seriously ???
Keep hearing these ANGEL MEDICAL/INJURY RUMORS (proceed with caution) that MR. Ward is playing on Tuesday. Assuming Fattish Trout is playing tonight, that means they got the band back together in the OF by Tuesday. I personally would rather have Gold Glove sitting the bench and being a defensive replacement/pinch runner, hitter and have Adell playing everyday in Sodium Lake.
Now with that said, why in the !F! don’t they do this on Monday is beyond me……All I can come up with is TrAdition.
FREE JO !!!!!!!!
They probably don’t see Jo playing over the weekend if Trout is playing, may also need the space if Rengifo is activated. They may also feel that they can use infielders as depth in the outfield
Stop it with this logic stuff.
They could have kept Dillon Thomas up and let Lagares go, if it is just pinch running and a potential defensive replacement. Still frees up a 40-man spot (and gives Thomas a shot at sticking – which we know Lagares can’t handle now as he is no longer good at his main selling point – GG Defense).
Too much logical! I have hated Adell in durr MLB for evah, but now he play some good innings. He is magic. I need those extra two days of his magic!
All jokes aside, I think they are being very careful with Adell’s mind. He’s obviously very talented, and he has obviously totally vapor locked at the MLB level to this point. I think they are letting him be comfortable in SLC, then bringing him to the MLB to get a taste, then sending him back to the woodshed, rinse repeat.
It’s not screwing with him. It’s training him. Expanding his comfort level. This way he will hopefully not fall apart next time he takes a bad rout in the OF and blows a play.
I think if they really thought Trout was gonna be out long term Adell would be staying.
? would be having Adell playing every 4-5 days or Lagares.
Trout and Ward back makes them 4th OF’ers
Lagares – no salad
Adell – salad
Long term, my moneys on Adell.
having Lagares, Wade, Velazquez, Duffy in the lineup makes us an expansion team.
Expansion teams are better than that
Speaking of expansion, the Royals first pick in the expansion draft was a hard throwing right hander from Covina, Roger Nelson. He was drafted off the Orioles squad, who chose to protect a young player named Don Baylor. Unfortunately, Nelson had injury issues which cut short a promising career
You’re missing the point that the company plan is for Adell to play every day.
Still could have sent Jo to Salt Lake, DFA’d Lagares and kept Thomas on the bench instead. Gives you another 40-man spot for a pitcher.
Do we have a pitcher we want to put on the 40 and expose if he has to go off of it?
Probably not long term (Davis Daniel is the closest, maybe), but gives you the flexibility to use Moran, Mike Mayers, Grant Dayton or Cesar Valdez (or at least have them available if a game needs to be a bullpen game) in a situation where the pen is gassed.
What about Kalish?
What is this logic that you speak
Lagares would pass through waivers – the guy just isn’t that good anymore
Actually he would head home to his couch
It makes perfect sense if the goal is to get Adell as much playing time as possible and Trout and Ward are coming back.
Hey, let’s not get greedy. Win streaks don’t last forever, you know.
do Apple TV games count?
The Apple “announcers” remind me of sitting next to annoying people babbling about nonsense until having to say “Hey, could you keep it down? I’m trying to watch the game.”
i completely agree. In their case, I’d probably look for empty seats in the section and just move there.
It did give me a night of not having to listen to O’Neal not eating the microphone with his amped up phony excitement calls
I prefer his to Steve Psychotic’s amped up phony excitement calls back in the day or Vasergian getting excited for the other teams calls.
And Psychotic’s massive Yankee love, along with “Hud” and his same tired 4 stories… IT’S A PLAYOFF ATMOSPHERE HERE AT THE BIG A!!!, as the Angels face the Baltimore Orioles in a matchup of 4th place teams.
Huge thanks to Apple for making this game too inconvenient for me to switch back and forth with basketball and letting me skip it.