The Angels had to get up early to face the Rays today. I know I did not feel like watching even if the team was not tanking. AM Baseball is annoying after all. But how did they do anyway? Well Canning went 5 innings, giving up 2 runs on 3 hits, striking out 7 and walking 3. Really trying to keep injuries down eh?
And how was the tanking going? Did everyone get the-COME ON MAN!
Yeah Jo Adell decided to actually try for once and played good today. I get that he is trying to not be a failed prospect and all but he is ruining the tank here. Seriously, a home run is not what he is supposed to do.
Oh well, it was close enough for the bullpen to blow it. Could they though? The answer is yes. Yes they could.
Highlighted Recap
The Rays scored first, Canning following his orders.
Fletcher singled in 2 but you can’t really blame him as it was really an error that scored them.
After Canning gave up another run on a groundout, he was removed and it was even util Jo Adell did a thing and hit a 2 run home run.
Angels bullpen allowed an RBI double though to make it close.
It was set up for the bullpen to blow it, which would work. Otherwise, it would mean a series win at the Trop for the first time since 2016. So, would they blow it, or fail to blow it?
Charlie sheen blew it! Rays tied it in the 9th with some help from Neto.
And a bloop means the Rays win. Angels lose. They blew it and tank is intact!
Upcoming
9 Games left. At Minnesota, and home vs Texas and the A’s. Enjoy this baseball, you will miss it come January.
lol
You’re the manager of this team dip shit why didn’t you call for a squeeze play instead of whining about it after the fact?
That’s been happening all year. Did he just realize this or does he have to pretend he’s gonna get tough on the players as the season winds down?
Do Neto or Drury even know how to bunt?
Drury wouldn’t bunt with 2 outs. I’ve seen Neto attempt to bunt before but at his stage of development he should be working on this at practice for this perfect opportunity.
fwiw the squeeze play is usually not the answer. Situational hitting is, and we’ve struggled with it all year
And the contact play is?
Oooo I hate the contact play lol
Squeeze >>> contact play
I think you need to go for the win there. I’d go for a squeeze to push the winning run across. But…Angels are not a fundamentally educated or talented team.
it was a desperately needed insurance run. We already had the lead.
Perfect time to bunt
Of course, Angels did have the lead. Yeah, why not. What did Neto do, K?
fielders choice at the plate due to a failed contact play attempt
He’s an expert on what good teams do, none better than Phillip. He sees it every game in our opponent. They seem to always “find a way” to beat us. Keep your pie hole closed Rooster.
Estevez is a closer on a bad team. A bull pen piece on a good team.
Trade him in the off-season. Getting 1 decent season out of him and then a prospect would be a fantastic outcome.
I subscribe to the JeDi methodology of building a bullpen — farm + waiver claims. Relievers are so volatile, there’s 0 reason to invest multi-years in one, unless you have team control.
Yet the key members of the JeDis most successful bullpen while he was the GM here were built though a trade ( Huston Street) and a Free agent signing (Joe Smith)
Oh and don’t forget 2 of the DiPoto 4 free agents were relievers.
BTW Not sure that statement even applies to JeDi’s current team . Of the 9 Seamen residing down there in the Mermen bullpen only one has came from their farm system . 5 arrived via a trade while the other 3 were waiver claims.
I always thought Billy was more active searching the garbage heap for firemen. While the JeDi was more of a
TraitorTrader.Appreciate you doing the digging I was too GA to do.
Point still (kinda) stands — go cheap in the bullpen. No reason to commit longterm money towards relievers
That said, it is one of the primary places the Angels should spend money next year. We need a starter or two, but then bullpen pieces behind Estevez (unless we get rid of him too) while letting some of our young talent take turns (Joyce, Quijada, Soriano, Marte, Suarez, Warren … )
As long as these bullpen adds aren’t named Loupera I think this makes sense.
I am very happy Tepera is gone (so seems everyone) and Loup should have been let go a while ago (why didn’t we put him on waivers?).
One year deals would be ideal – especially if we really are trying to tank. If we resign Shohei and Trout is healthy again, we could even make a push in theory.
JeDi puts together decent pens. He is schooling Minasian.
Jo Adell had two hits today.
Wasting AB’s on Fletcher, Cron and Escobar pisses me off.
I would agree with you if Kyren Paris and Jordyn Adams weren’t as raw as a Thanksgiving turkey in March.
the Adell Era is upon us
Who are those 3 taking at bats away from?
Reading an article in the Times, and Perry is quoted about Shohei becaausse of cors Shohei is gona sign width the taem just as certainly as my speling here is purfect.
Congratulations to Carlos Estevez for being named today’s “Tank Commander” of the game. His weak-ass effort tonight sealed the loss for the Halos and helped improve our draft chances.
We salute your failure with a warm glass of Carlo Rossi “wine” from the ceremonial jug. Keep up the outstanding results!
Tank Commander. I Love it!
This one is for you Carlos! It’s a hit!
Welcome to team tank Carlos!!
The Angels are a mess of epic proportions, as illustrated by the state of their best players. Ohtani is heading toward free agency, Trout has struggled mightily to stay healthy these past three years, and Rendon’s contract, with $114 million remaining over the next three years, feels untenable. The Angels, meanwhile, have secured their eighth consecutive losing season, the longest streak in franchise history. — Gonzalez espn ranking last paragraph
23. Los Angeles AngelsRecord: 69-83
Previous ranking: 21
On Friday afternoon, Anthony Rendon revealed he has been dealing with a tibia fracture, a diagnosis — from a fifth doctor of his own choosing — that ran in contrast with the Angels’ description of a deep bone bruise over these past two months. Later that night, media returned to the clubhouse to find that Shohei Ohtani’s locker had been cleared out, the product, we learned the following day, of him shutting it down as a hitter and shifting his focus to elbow surgery. Mike Trout, meanwhile, is running out of time in his hopes of returning from the hamate fracture he suffered in early July.
The Angels are a mess of epic proportions, as illustrated by the state of their best players. Ohtani is heading toward free agency, Trout has struggled mightily to stay healthy these past three years, and Rendon’s contract, with $114 million remaining over the next three years, feels untenable. The Angels, meanwhile, have secured their eighth consecutive losing season, the longest streak in franchise history. — Gonzalez
Since 2016 Trouty has one season of no injuries and that of course is in the Covid-19 season of 2020 as it was a very short season. Trouty has missed a lot of his prime years of production due to one ailment or another for some time now. Shohei as great as he is has missed his share of games, especially as a pitcher. Rendon(e) is a hospital ward all to himself. Two Bags played in has most games in 2020 – the last time he was productive. But it’s only 106 million dollars a year, give or take, for the 3 of them to not show up.
Tanks for the mammaries
The Angels need to lose out to have any chance at #5. Cardinals have Padres, Milwaukee and Cincinnati to finish out. They could easily lose all of those. GO TEAM TANK!!
#5th or #6th? Its seems as if you’re just picking the fly shit out of the pepper ’71
I want 5!
The odds increase as the number gets lower, for a #1 pick.
Not really that much.
https://www.tankathon.com/mlb/pick_odds
Thats why this obsession between the 5th & 6th pick is ridiculous.
Difference between 7.5% and 10% is actually significant. A 10% chance is 25% more than a 7.5% chance.
Actually its a 33% better chance but you know what they say .Nothin from Nothin….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeKwWLIcX18
2.5 goes into 10 four times
yes and 2.5 is 33% of 7.5.
Real Math. try it sometime.
Either way 10% odds are significantly better than 7.5% odds
Rec’d for the Billy Preston reference.
Rec’d for looking at the math correctly
Main thing is the difference between 5 and 11. Only a few %points difference.
You know we can have the 5th best odds to win the lottery and draft closer to 10th than 1st right?
Ahh my young Pineapple, I enjoy your optimism and fortitude, but clearly you don’t understand the reality of TrAdition.
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
Jim Jones
Six teams will get lottery-ized before the first round reverts to order of finish. I expect us to some have the worst possible result
I thought Jim Chones said that.
Is that why the Lakers traded him?
So you’re saying there’s a chance?!
I don’t like Tankathon today.
I pressed the button a bunch of times and it gave the Angels pick #8 multiple times…
You got me to go try the simulator. First try – Angels got the 1st pick. I stopped there.
that’s what I did yesterday.
😂
I hope you get to run the lottery in real life.
We need all the help we can get.
Hopefully a Paul Skenes type evolves
Estevez is tanking his trade value more and more with each crappy performance. By next spring, he will be another non-performing overpay.
At least we’re playing good teams the rest of the way…. and the A’s, who’ve already proven they can sweep us.
Every team we play now is a good team regardless of record. Hell we just got swept by the Tigers who we swept in July.
The biggest concern you should have is the Twins. Their magic number is one and they’ll probably be so hungover from winning the division they may not show up this weekend.
I’ll miss baseball in October.
It will still be there again this year, probably Braves vs Orioles.
You can still watch it just not the Angels
I watch no matter who is playing. Playoff baseball is great. I quickly get over the fact the Angels suck.
Ditto
I loved the smell of those things
Last game of the season is October 1
Bask in the nine whole innings of October baseball.
Where the bags are packed and lockers empty before even first pitch.
Typically the fastest game of the year for non contenders.
Where pitchers like Mike Witt can throw perfect games.
I would have left Witt in
Too soon.
The Angeles miss it every year.
I love it when a plan comes together.
Alright, this clears me to finish weekend links.
Why do I get the feeling that a few minutes ago the title was “Angels blow it vs Rays, Win series”?
L is on me.
I turned it on and they immediately lost that BS replay review challenge. Was downhill from there.
Thank you.
Thank you for your service. 🫡