Ron Washington sez: “You see the ball. Hit the ball. Run. Field. Throw.”
Anthony Rendon is back. Let’s see how long it lasts this time. He got a double yesterday.
Gerrit Cole will be having an MRI on his pitching elbow. Something is wrong but they don’t yet know just how wrong it is. Oswald Peraza, also of the Yankees, will miss six to eight weeks with a shoulder injury. Lucas Giolito will be having elbow surgery this afternoon. The Giants will release J.D. Davis. He’s going through waivers right now.
Royals outfielder Dairon Blanco will get an MRI on his calf while Edward Cabrera gets his MRI on the shoulder.
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
4th rd 2020 MLB Draft.
2023 Atlanta Braves W-L 20-5
Someone was looking for you today and here you are! 😎
Nice mustache jackass.
And who thought is was only men that were pigs…lol
A tweet or x:
LHP Justin Wilson, who impressed scouts this spring, opts out of his Dodgers’ minor league contract and becomes a free agent. He’ll be on someone’s opening-day roster.
Poup 2.0
Poup 2.0 is undesirable on multiple levels.
Does Spring Training matter?
Friday Rangers score 2 runs and lose.
Saturday 1 run in a loss.
Sunday 1 run in a loss.
Monday 15 runs in an ass whipping win over the Angels.
Tuesday 0 runs in a loss.
trAdition
They don’t matter and they matter very much at the same time.
Spring Training games only matter if you got feelz. They matter zero in reality both in terms of scoreboard and actual team evaluation due to the number of A, AA and AAA players who get invites and are on the field over Spring Training as well as managers not really managing to win Exactly zero conclusions can be drawn. I’ve seen guys bat .500+ in Spring Training only to start the season 0 fer 20. I’ve seen guys with awful Springs have a big start to the season. It means zero.
That’s an accurate statement.
Source?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeIGjYFPG4o
They don’t matter if Trout or Rendone batt .190, but matters if Adell does. It doesn’t matter if Sandoval’s ERA needs a scientific calculator to enumerate, but it does to Plesac and a few others.
For upcoming, hopefull upcomers and bubble guys ST is everything, for the obvious veterans and contracts being carried, it isn’t everything.
Our Cactus League championships prove that it does!
😂
All games are played at Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real
And nothing to get hung about
Nothing really matters, anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me…
Any way the wind blows.
That’s one way of looking at it.
Another way to view would be that tejas lost 4/5 and the Angels on 2 or 3 games during the same span.
And the fact Angels starters get ripped, Perry isn’t phased. Per Per is a glue guy.
The Halos had no games because of Taco Tuesday? Okay, I can see that…..
JINX!!!!
https://www.si.com/mlb/angels/news/angels-news-mike-trout-says-this-is-the-best-hes-felt-in-years-ks1994
Funny. He’s 32, it something I never considered when I was that age and I was very active. I would be thrilled for him to play 150 games and win an MVP but I’ll believe it and celebrate it when it happens. I wish him the best.
Robin Yount was around 37 or 38 playing CF everyday and he was part of the first generation of baseball weight trainers. He could still run and patrol CF just fine, Trout will be fine also for a few years to come.
This is of course addressing ONLY the age issue for Trout.
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The Holy Trinity Of Rendon Hate:
1) He’s injured & doesn’t play = He’s a bum he sucks.
2) Playing but not performing well = He’s a bum he sucks.
3) Has a good game yesterday and is in today’s lineup = He’s a bum he sucks.
It is my strong belief that the reason why we have not had a meet-up at the Big A is because we would all co-support each other’s overdrinking to cover the pain of Halo fandom and end up without any designated drivers.
Ha ha. We should set one up this year.
I’m up to it. It would be cheaper this year anyway.
Only if F71-Cowboy and Mia/2002 attend. With a 3 drink minimum for each.
Where has 2002heaven been? Like Beetlejuice and has to be summoned with 3 calls outs?
I want Pineapple12 (colts now chiefs) and Max (49ers then raiders because krapernick) to come… have to mix in some bandwagon fans with the fair weather and just plain stupid (me) ones. I’ll be sure to bring the hurt feelz reports.
Do NOT say his name….
Too late!
Is 2020 and 2002 the modern day Spy-vs-Spy ???? Some say yes whilst others say nay….. the mystery continues.
I think Banned meant you, 2020 not Toots.
See what you did?
I’m down if I don’t have to give and money to Arte.
Get a block from a broker. Then the money goes to him instead of Arte.
I get my tix from a season ticket holder
Easier to just buy day of game from an internet site like TickPick
Not for a get-together. Need a block.
I’ve seen this take by lots of different people but didn’t Arte already get paid and aren’t you just reimbursing the guy that fronted the money.
Arte got paid regardless. He was going to get that money no matter what we did. This doesn’t put extra money in his pocket.
Does that mean a bar, tavern or cove type of meet up?
Otherwise. I’m curious to hear your workaround for attending a game and chugging a few beverages without “giving Arte money”…..
LMAO
OK, but I’m not the one doing the alcohol filled anus balloons. Miss me with that shit !!!
In the olden days ( mid 80’s) they would let you walk into the Big A with a small igloo cooler containing the larger plastic seven up bottles inside. No-one ever thought to stop us and do the sniff test to see if there was only seven up inside . Spent alot of time in the upper deck enjoying the games win or lose.
I like the tavern idea watching a game from there
I’m down with that idea, too.
🤣
It’s been, what… 7-8 years?
end of August 2017, i believe – a Vlad ceremony game – couldn’t make it
Time flies when you’re losing. Oh so close to .500 ball that year.
I can be a DD…. Even if there’s an overflow of Les misérables whine.
Me too. I’m the guy who doesn’t drink because he KNOWS that the cops will pull him over.
Plus, I’m not a beer guy.
i cannot be a DD. I can’t even begin to fill Downing Dude’s shoes
We’re talking about being the Designated Dick, right??
I can also drive without substances. I already have a booster and car seat, let me know how many more I need. If enough participants I might rent a short bus to drive.
Bruh, Corky from
Life Goes On can fill DD’s shoes so……what does this tell is about you?
With the news about Cole and Peraza, I’d guess Snell will soon be a Yankee.
Works for me. He can get injured over there.
I’ll set the over/under at two seasons.
Depends when the opt out clauses are. TrAdition dictates there is 110% probability that the injury will occur after Opt ins are exercised.
I’m Not sure the Skanks are that enamored with him considering this:.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/03/yankees-trade-rumors-new-offer-dylan-cease-white-sox-gerrit-cole-injury.html
Or that Cease rumor/information is leaked to put pressure on Snell to accept their final offer
more likely.
Eric, how many times must you hear it, it is on the interwebs, it is true.
I figure anything Boras says is a joke. Anything the Skanks put out there is a joke. Joke…as in b—sh–
Could be but I think Snell has legitimate fear of failing in NY.
We should offer them Sandoval and start rebuilding.
Logic says yes, but perhaps he hates NYC and the East Coast in general? My guess is that he has IRL reasons for wanting to play in Anaheim (assuming that’s true of course).
but I *want* a game today!
All the Rendone hate does not seem fair to me. No doubt, he is terribly overpaid and has grossly failed to come anywhere close to expectations. He has been injured.
He gets knocked for putting family first? What’s wrong with putting family first? It doesn’t mean he doesn’t show up for his job.
While his getting hurt again and missing significant time is a distinct possibility, it’s also possible that he is healthy and puts up impressive numbers. Not likely to be on par with his all star caliber seasons, but playing 130-140 games and batting 280/350/450 wouldn’t surprise me.
If we release him, I would almost expect him to go elsewhere and make us regret it.
He’s had former teammates confirm that he showed limited interest in the game. When questioned about it, he obfuscates by saying it’s not a priority because God and his family come first. Well, he’s not the only one that sees it that way, but he’s the one with the reputation for not loving the game and it shows in his performance. He got paid, so we get what we get.
Thumbs up for “obfuscate”
No need to get pedantic on us.
You lot need to stop being ostentatious with your vocabulary.
How can you be so obtuse?
Hey, I’ve been working out and dieting.
Yep, werd power!
His attitude during these times is not what I like to see in a player, making it look like he’s not really interested in fulfilling his side of the contract. I can’t read minds, but in my job, when a person has that kind of attitude, production and missed time we try to find a way to help them move on to a place they’d be happier.
Nobody knocked him for saying he puts family first, just that his job, profession, and commitment to his contract didn’t seem to be very important to him based on his comments. While it’s certainly possible for him to put put up impressive numbers, it is highly unlikely. 280/350/450 is not even remotely impressive or very close to what he is theoretically getting paid for, although it would a dramatic improvement over the last 3 years. I would be very surprised at 280/350/450. He has shown the ability, at least when healthy, to get on base so they should leverage that by getting him out of the clean up slot and put him at the top of the order. Because of his perceived poor atitude, and lack of production, I do not think that we would ever regret releasing him although I am not suggesting we do. His ill advised public comments and poor performance, especially when you consider his compensation, is why people have negative feelings. I’ll be generous and say no one “hates” Him, they are just very frustrated by the fact that his contract apparently prevents the Angels from acquiring needed talent and moving forward.
As a former Rendon supporter and a fan of his signing on, I don’t think it is likely that he will ever put-up impressive numbers again. Just too far gone from his last productive year, 2019. I think he is now just a “guy”, nothing special.
The idea of putting family first is obvious, shouldn’t be part of the equation, and shouldn’t have to be said. The fact that he does say it, is the problem.
We are family here at CTPG! Think of all the dysfunctional people following this shitty team every day!! It warms my heart that we are in this together!!! 😀
Sing it with us sister LanaBanana!
https://youtu.be/eBpYgpF1bqQ?si=ecZI1CCP8rdH3dBu
CtPG, where we put the FUN in dysfunctional!
That’s right.
Dig those uniforms!!
Hate those uniforms and really did not like that team. I liked the Pirates of the 60’s but those guys I thought were a bunch of hot dogs.
Even Stargell?
I remember a piece of tape they used to use as a bumper. Stargell is at bat- ducks to avoid a pitch heading for his noggin. Ball hits the bat for a foul tip instead of ball four. He just looks up, kind of shakes his head like “Stuff happens”. Man was trancendentally cool.
I dig them….for the city of Pittsburg. The whole Steeler thing is cool. For Pittsburg.
Best baseball unis are the Yankees home and probably the doyers & Red Sox fighting for #2…
And I hate those teams.
Best NFL is the Raiders. Period.
lol nobody is knocking him for putting family first.
With his record, and again I’m not mind reader, but the putting family 1st comment (Which we should all do) sounds like his way of excusing not putting baseball 2nd.
Faith is second.
Costco third.
You thought your job is tedious? You’ve never walked a mile in tonys shoes.
Where does In-N-Out fall?
he’s such a contrarian you know this dude puts whataburger above in-n-out.
but they’re both above baseball.
In N Out is higher than Costco (unless it is contract time, then Del Taco).
NO WAY!!! Costco beats cold (but delicious) burgers anytime.
No 5 Guys, though. That’s MFY food.
Started in NoVa/DC. I think of it as Nationals food.
I always think the question should be In N Out vs Tommy’s Original
Oh, I love Tommy’s but that can’t be good for you. Every time I eat one I’m not hungry for a day and a half.
Or walked around the bases to n Tony’s shoes!
Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes. Because if he finds out, you’ll be a mile away and you have his shoes
You mean baseball 3rd?
Gale Sayers wrote a famous book entitled “I Am Third” (The inspiration for Brians Song) Where he stated that God was first , His family second but himself and his playing career were third. I dont think anyone ever questioned the Kansas Comet’s commitment even though his incredible career was cut short early by injuries. So IMHO it just comes down to cause and effect, Rendon has sucked as an Angel , his body has also broken down now but he cant keep his flap shut without saying something that comes across as moronic justification for what appears to be a laissez-faire attitude. In many ways he reminds me of Jimmy Edmonds who always acted like he didnt care about the team or even rehabbing his injuries effectively. Of course Edmonds went on to have multiple successful seasons in St Louis and is probably a borderline HOFer. Rendon actually jumped the shark and his Angel career may never amount to much more than a trivia discussion for candidate for the worst contract in MLB history. yet we dont know how he is in the clubhouse. if hes not a detriment to the team why not let him play?. There’s still a chance that we could get some production out some portion of his last 3 years of the contract.
I guarantee you there have been great clubhouse guys who weren’t great at playing the game. Nice guy? Awesome. Does he pay his gin debts? Yes? Cool. Tells a good joke? Check. Generous with the credit card when the lunch bill comes? Yep. Cheers you up when you’re down. He’s got your back. Shows up to play and work? (Siren, siren, siren).
I have low self-esteem….I list myself tied for 9th with my “Angel 2024 Playoff Ticket Fund”…..which today I just rolled over into Cryptocurrency in hopes of making enough to buy the Angels. 😀
So it will be your fault when Crypto.com doesn’t fail, and we can’t get a decent name for Staples Center.
JD Davis makes too much sense. He can play third. He can let Schanuel take some days off vs. lefties.
He actually is what Perry is hoping Sano will be.
All depends on the price, no? Do we pay 6+ million, or a lot less?
This is a good question I guess We pay whatever he agrees to as he is now an unrestricted FA and apparently arbitration awards are not 100% guaranteed but prorated if the player is released early on. MLBTR wrote this:
So it looks like the Giants are not off the hook quite yet for just 30 days of pay.
Sufficient skill or competitive ability is subjective.
If he is worth 6.9M, why haven’t the Giants been able to trade him? Seems like an odd choice to pay 1.1M to cut him unless absolutely nobody else is interested in him at that price tag.
…a choice of $5.8M
Timing is everything. In December, he probably could have pulled it off. Now, after everyone set their 40-man, ran players through waivers, and have gotten their eyes on prospects – it is hard to add someone to the mix.
He won the arbitration, so it really depends on who decides what ‘sufficient skill or competitive ability’ means. Davis is plagued by a freak injury/illness (like Jered Walsh) or a case of the yips, or developed a hole in his glove during ST. If they let the Giants off the hook because they signed a FA All-Star, what is to stop any team from doing this kind of end-run around the Arbitration process?
Yeah, I don’t see the Giants getting out of pay him his full salary.
I’ll take that bet.
But again if Angels carry 5 outfielders and sign JDD ( or elevate Sano) Rengifo becomes our backup shortstop and I just dont see that happening . Hes played zero innings at Short this spring although you never know what Wash is cooking up behind the scenes, and needs alot of work there.
Really looks like they are thinking Soto or Paris is the back up option for Neto.
Adrianza or Soto. Summer in Paris will be at the Great Salt Lake
Good morning, everyone! I missed my opportunity to opine yesterday on Bauer’s appearance, but I read all of your comments regarding Bauer and chuckled when GranpaBaseball mentioned that he would want the Angels to sign Bauer. Nikkan Sports this morning published that he is likely not be picked up by any MLB team for now; it also mentions that he can return to Yokohama Baystars and play there and continue to communicate with MLB teams.
Nikkan Sports additionally reported that Japanese and Korean baseball fans are giddy that they would be able to watch Yu Darvish vs former Angels DH what’s his face in the first official MLB game. Dodgers also announced that Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start in the second of the Korea series.
I could not participate yesterday because I was umpiring local high school game in their first official day. It was rainy, windy and cold, but we finished the whole game. I was rusty, but was glad to be back behind the plate. I feel spring is around the corner.
Bauer, while equipped with a talented arm, is just not worth the distraction. I agree with Nikkan Sports in that no MLB team will sign him.
I think the “distraction” narrative is way overblown.
The national media doesn’t give two shits about the Angels. Heck, most people living in the OC don’t give two shits. I see more doyer gear around here than Angels gear.
Sign the dude. He benefits us in the short term on the mound and potentially long term if we flip him at the deadline.
National media may not but every local reporter in every city will be asking Trout/Neto/O’Hoppe what do they think of playing with someone accused of XX then add in that Bauer can’t shut up long enough for teams to forget he’s a jerk and you’ve got a season of other players being forced talking about Bauer instead of the Angels.
I hope they continue to pass on the clubhouse distraction.
He is/was a clubhouse distraction. He played for himself.
It’s not the external distraction, he was not a clubhouse favorite and his antics were not appreciated by his teammates.
Who on the Angels roster is veteran enough to keep Bauer in his place when he performs stupid acts? Trout…lol.
Angels/Doyers concessions suck, can confirm. Whats your experience?
A new study ranking the top Major League Baseball stadiums in terms of concessions has found our local franchises lacking for fans wanting to grab a drink or a bite to eat during the game.
To determine the best ballparks for foodies, Ontario Bets created an index that took four key factors into account.
number of concessions stands divided by the stadium’s square footage
number of concessions stands in comparison to the stadium’s capacity
price of a beer per ounce
price of a hotdog
Unfortunately for the millions of fans going to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles or Angel Stadium in Anaheim this year, the results weren’t good.
The Dodgers, who currently rank 9th in team payroll for 2024, were considered the 27th worst out of 30 teams when it comes to concessions.
The Angels, also among the upper half in terms of payroll at 13th, were 25th on the concession study.
Seattle, Blue Jays, Brewers are 1-3.
Care to add a link so we can see for ourselves?
I think this is it. Google is amazing. https://ktla.com/news/california/dodgers-angels-among-worst-in-new-concession-study/
I agree with Safeco/T mobile Park being number one. Have their garlic fries and fish burger/tacos; you will be in heaven.
Gracias
どういたしまして 😀
When I first took Japanese we joked “Don’t touch the mustache”
Really wasn’t anything noteworthy… athletics & red sux at the bottom. HR Derby and ASG in LA were fun, concession wise seemed liked everything newer was in the outfield. Hadn’t been there since Stadium Series Ducks v Kings years before so not an expert there at all. I was closer to home plate, which was below standard.
For the Big A (can’t speak for ‘23 as I took the year off attending) but it’s pretty awful. Price, quality, waiting, you name it. Even sitting in Club and having things delivered it’s about 50/50. Bringing things in (including a diaper bag) is first time every time there and the experience greatly depends on which security person there is. I’ve literally seen tall boys and other things snuck in and consumed but using Angels clear bags and following policy to a T is met with resistance.
Colorado and San Diego are much better in every category (recent examples).
As awful as it maybe its 20 times better than the Latrine.
Can’t think of a reason why I’d go there. I used to do the freeway series here and there but stopped that in the mid 2000s. I don’t know if it’s 20x better here but I still show up pretty often. Fireworks nights and some giveaways have been reason enough, even if the product on the field or in the concessions is D- grade. For what it’s worth, have been to crypto and StubHub center within the last 2 weeks. Crypto barely gets a passing grade (bringing in food they’ve gotten much better) and StubHub is the same as the Big A. I miss tailgating.
Hey! We beat the Doyers at SOMETHING!
But alas – it was only a concession prize
Says nothing about quality or diversity of concessions. Only measures availability and cost for the basics.
I think both might score even lower than they did if those were considered. Doyer dogs controversy has been going on for awhile and post covid Angels concessions have been downright awful. Even the better options that were behind home plate (by Michelle Carew statue/courtyard) aren’t as available as they once were.
Do they still have sundae in a helmet? That is all that matters. 😀
I don’t know when I last went to a game in Anaheim. I think it was around 2004 or something.
Yes they do! And it is probably the best thing they, especially June-September!!
Yeah, the only good thing in the courtyard nowadays is the BBQ.
And Cathy’s Cookies. That shit is like crack
Last week we discussed the move of Betts to short. Here is a great article on the subject. I think he’s going to struggle but I expect by the end of the season he’ll make huge strides. The two most rushed positions are C and SS. That will take time to adjust to.
https://www.mlb.com/news/what-to-expect-from-mookie-betts-at-shortstop
One of the greatest player acquisition mistakes (by the BoSox) since they traded The Babe….
All three of the prospects dealt by the Dodgers were highly regarded at the time. Now – Verdugo is a journeyman outfielder, Downs flamed out and Wong is a back-up catcher.
The Red Sox traded Mookie Betts and right-hander David Price to the Dodgers in exchange for outfielder Alex Verdugo and prospects Jeter Downs and Connor Wong on Feb. 10, 2020. The Dodgers also agreed to pay half of the remaining $96 million owed to Price over the last three years of his contract.
Betts was certainly a disaster, Jeff Bagwell for Larry Anderson is right there too.
MRI-FEST Let’s hope that bug doesn’t bite us!!
Aaron Judge also apparently just got one on his abs. It’s the Yankees problem.
Oh boy! Rendone will play today. Gee that’s swell, I guess he needs the next week off.
Anothny just pointed to the centerfield bleachers for you, GP
Good morning, Angels brethren, I see that Borass and PTP still talking about Blake Snell and have added JT Martinez in the mix as well. Someone help me out here, Gerritt Cole was a Borass client also, right? Borass used us to get more from the Yankees and a pissed off Moreno and his hurt ass signed Rendone. Makes sense to bail Borass out while we are getting clipped. JD saw hittable pitches because of the lineup that the Dodgers had and now is 38 years old season. Can the Angels get any dumber? They sure can. 😂
Being “used” in business by someone requires your complicity. I have come to accept that the current version of Arte thrives on being outbid for marquee players because he gets more mileage by claiming “he tried” than by actually spending the money.
The first case of this was Boras and Mark Teixiera. They kept going back to Arte for higher and higher bids then signed with NY and said he was going to NY all along.
During the Cole negotiations Arte straight up told Boras he wanted Rendon. So he not only helped Boras get more from NY he let Boras know he’d overpay for Rendon.
It has to be difficult to come up with a worse strategy than that.
Texiera, Crawford, Beltre. Then it seemed We were pretty much boycotting BorAss free agents until the Rendone signing in the 2020 off season .
Conversely though The Angels did have success with WTY both out of college and then with the 2021 extension. but Stoneman strong armed the original negotiation out of the draft right up until the one year deadline ( I suspect this is why Weaver fell to us to the 12th pick int he first place) The extension was all Weavers doing . In fact I dont think Borass even showed up to the press conference.
I always thought it would be a good idea to bid up players so other teams overpaid them and wondered how often it happened.
You mean 36 year old season G Pa. But I disagree with your assessment on JDM. He has always been a professional hitter even prior to being in the star studded Doyer lineup and his stats reflect this. the biggest problem with him is his lack of a defensive position which is why the Doyers didnt re-sign him knowing they would pursue the unicorn.
I would think the Angels could get him cheap enough but this would definitely precipitate a trade of a fifth outfielder. The only outfielder with any real trade value is Ward although there may still be some lingering concerns over the injury that retard his evaluation by other teams.
The positional flexibility is why we shouldn’t sign him. We need the DH to spell Trout and Rendon, and having 5 OF works well for that.