The Angels dropped another three positions in the MLB Power Rankings this week. Of course the Angels made this list of the nine most epic September collapses in the wild card era. Nolan Schanuel got a Fangraphs write up. Shohei Ohtani will get some kind of procedure done. Whatever it is, he plans to bat next season from day one. Tim Salmon and Chuck Finley are uniformed advisors now.
Julio Urias was arrested on felony domestic violence charges.
Here is a story about Jim Abbott and his no-hitter.
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
https://x.com/yankeewrld/status/1699214655153959218?s=46&t=9okrAC405BGuMUJ9RAKfkg
We are definitely being punked as fans of this team right?
https://twitter.com/YankeeWRLD/status/1699216817632268747?s=20
Neto hit a home run on the first pitch of his rehab assignment.
And strained his oblique
“Sho wanted to play today but I’m not gonna let him”
Nevin
Japanese newspaper confirms that Sho will not start, but he is available to pinch hit.
If it wasn’t Shohei I’d call 1000% bullshit. IL next week.
But Shohei isn’t human.
Phil is our tank commander, fall in line
whew . shohei just arrived per J Fletch
Sammy’s Twitter X page claims that Arte plans on signing Shohei’s stun double to a contract next year. They calculate that 57.9% of the fans won’t know it’s not him.
They plan on placing him on a perpetual 15 day IL due to an Oblique strain. Once a month they will let him play and then get hurt again. They will give him the number 17, and he’s legally changed his name to O’hei Shotani. They are also assuming that many people will confuse him with O’hoppe and get distracted.
We should start our own version “The Onion” for the Angels.
Oh wait, the truth is already ridiculous and funny. No need for it. Truth is better than fiction.
Lineup hasn’t been posted yet…
Maybe the Angels just decided to forfeit the rest of the season and finish their record at 64-74.
they’re saying “CHEEEEEEEEZZE” right now. Just chill
YAH BUT HE SUCKS
lulz
i love the bipolar nature of this site.
I’m a negative nelly for denying that Rosenberg is a “youth” but a pollyanna for actually liking Rengifo.
Weird shit.
IT COMES SUDDENLY ….
MVP of the Angels going forward……..not a joke………said with a whisper.
Your best ability is your AVAILIABILITY!!
—Coach voice
He was last year too. Better start believing before you’re accused of hate. Ignore the low IQ and….#FreeRengifo
As some of you predicted, Rengifo gets AL Player of the Week.
(Trea gets the NL counterpart for the amazing series he had against the Angels.)
This is awesome (the rengifo part)
He should gain some interest in the off-season as trade fodder
PLAYER OF THE WEEKKKKKKK
REN-HHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEFOOOOOOO
But we still hate him, right? 🤣
heheheheh
10c head
lazy
all the other tired latino compliments we can pay him.
Body by Jake, Brains by Mattel.
I’ll admit to the 10c head – but I haven’t used that in awhile.
Yes, he will be the heart and soul on next year’s team (assuming he’s not traded) but he does have .10c head….that ain’t changing.
I won’t give more than a nickel for Rengifo’s cabeza.
Well, if the season starts in July, then he may work out okay.
Rengifo – AL player of the week.
Jinx
Ha!
Team Photo being taken as we type
I hope the Polaroid doesn’t break. That team picture should be a classic
Oh shit. Sarah V reports that there was “a stand-in for Shohei” wearing his 17 uniform.
Ha! What a joke.
Reschedule the damm thing?!! My senior year we won the league championship and I nearly fractured my wrist running into the wall the day before so had appointment to get MRI during our picture time. Our Coach had the sense to reschedule for when his Oregon State bound soon to be college bench warmer could make the damm photo. Not Shohei but just a little punk 17 year old. What are we doin??
Add it to the list the media will use to mock us for today.
Sad man.. guaranteed Arte did not want to pay the $50 dollar reschedule fee. 😢
Meh, who cares? The photos usually end up on the floor of the stadium during the final weekend.
110 kodachrome with a cube flash.
70s cutting edge technology!
What are we doin?!!!!
https://twitter.com/SamBlum3/status/1699177453732938083?s=20
Angels must love this guy😀😀😀😀😀
Reality of what could be.
Make me feel positive about this…
Ohoppe C
Schanuel 1B
Rengifo 2B
Neto SS
Moustakas 3B
Adell OF
Moniak OF
Ward OF
Ren-done DH
Rendon is done. I would not count on him.
Where is Trout on that list?
The Flounder will be St. Elsewhere.
Will he still be here?
Trout that is…
I’d give Rendon the Hamilton treatment today
Needs the Aaron Burr treatment.
Under the Aaron Burr treatment Arte would have to still pay him. But if he got the Alexander Hamilton treatment that might free up a little bit of cash
clubhouse just opened.
No moves announced and no lineup yet (per Jeff F & Sarah V)
Rhett Bollinger takes this as “So (this means) Shohei Ohtani isn’t going on the IL today”
Sam agrees.
We don’t put people on the IL after they are hurt….we have a process.
You wait several days, list them day to day, say they should be ready on Monday………then wait till Thursday, then they go on the IL.
Call up bum, move another guy to the 60 day IL. Follow the science
David Fletcher no longer appears on any of the rosters. What am I missing?
According to Fangraphs/Roster Resource hes still in AAA and they’re still paying him the bg bucks. https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/angels
So he’s sunk so low they removed him from the 40-man?
Yes in fact the Angels removed him twice from the 40 man roster this year. So I guess its a really really low moment for him.
But hes still cashing them checks!
Swept right out of the barn
Ding dong Squid is gone!
Now he’ll go on a tear and bat .195
And we will still win at a brisk 0.200 win % clip and be an overall grumpy and angry community.
Fo shizzle
<
"
Poor squid … he’s now on the Atlanta Braves. He will get some sort of ring this year.
Don’t care. Hope he took his negative mojo with him.
heheheheh
we still have ours here well intact!!!
I would think he follows the Braves Inglesias model. They will turn him into not a great, but serviceable hitter. And I don’t get the hate for the kid, not like he was forcing the Angels to play him with a gun to someones head. It’s just baseball
Agreed…. he sucks but its not his fault we overused him to the point of hatred. that’s on Phil and Perry
As Squid was never counted on to hit, I think Squid is not the guy to be celebrating his departure. I can think of 15 other names before I got to Squid.
Too many negatives thoughts on Ohtani leaving and how bad team will be 2024. A core of Trout, Drury, Ward, Rengifo, Moose (if re-sign) and Rendone (IF healthy) is not bad. If Sho goes Dodgers, try to sign Martinez to 1yr deal to DH . Let kids Neto, Schanuel, OHoppe fill in some gaps. Put FA money into starting pitching for at least 1 top line legit starter. That done we could be a pretty good team. Easy to doubt it, but I’m sure Reds, Giants, Dbacks, Red Sox, Cubs fans expected their teams to tank again this year but each team has been good. It can happen here. But a new coaching direction needs to start in club house with Nevin replaced, or nothing will change next yr.
So starting out with way less than we’ve had in recent years, but let’s be optimistic that the outcome will be better somehow.
Sure, let’s see what happens, sometimes things just click.
But my expectations for next year are about as low as they’ve been in over a decade.
Again, “expect”ations. I think it would be nuts for me to expect more, and I don’t want to start next year feeling frustrated by expecting more and then seeing us stumble and stink.
I’d rather be pleasantly surprised at our team outperforming and having a good season.
We usually just drink the Kool-Aid, like we are told to.
But, we need pitching again in 2024 and, “Up jumps the devil!”
So, if the team needs pitching again, badly, then I wonder who the 2024 “Josh Hamilton” signing will be?
If my math is correct we’ve gone 10-25 which isn’t good!
With 24 games left if we maintain that pace we’d finish 71-91, or 2 games worse than last year
10-25’s good if it is your hitting stats.
Shoot for 8-16 and a high chance of getting a top 3 pick!
The Foundation Building Materials’ keystone of the game tonight against the Orioles is the video “Everything Is Broken (Multifandom).”
The Jim/Michael moment right around 1:15 gets me right in the Ohtani oblique feels.
https://youtu.be/Y-qlqBkceEQ?si=shWKeGfeEm_Lh6cx
So much for todays positivity trip.
I wanted to savor Ohtani’s last month as an Angel. I wanted to say a proper goodbye. Now an oblique injury has seemingly ruined all of that.
Who had the audacity to be positive!?
One more positive outburst and you’ll have compulsory 2024 season tickets given to you.
Clearly I’m having an effect on you all.