Roku (free) will be streaming some Sunday games that were previously scheduled on Peacock. The only Angels game appears to be August 11, 2024.
Injuries
The Angels won’t have to face Steven Matz this series with the Cardinals. He remains on the shelf with a lower back strain. Willson Contreras is also out with a broken arm. The Athletics just put Paul Blackburn on the injured list with a stress reaction in the fifth metatarsal of his right foot. Their left-hander Ken Waldichuk will undergo elbow surgery. TJ Friedl has a thumb fracture. Cubs right-hander Adbert Alzolay has a forearm strain. Uh Oh!
Designees Etc.
The Orioles just designated outfielder Ryan McKenna for assignment. They recently claimed Corbin Martin off waivers from the Brewers. Not to be outdone, the Yankees straight up released outfielder Luis Gonzalez. David Peralta just opted out of a minor league deal with the Cubs. The Twins signed Caleb Baragar to a minor league deal.
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
Representing tonight in my CtPG shirt 418 Row H seat 12
You are courageous, and it could mean a win.
I generally think a hitter should hit at least .270 with an OBP of at least .330 to be considered an everyday player.
Not counting the newcomers who have too few at-bats for us to take their numbers seriously, here’s the list of 2024 Angels who meet the above criteria.
Luis Rengifo
which is pretty wild.
Yikes.
More beef for the Heef
The oddest part of this story is that Rengifo is only here because Arte meddled in the work of the GM.
Tonight’s lineups
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/cardinals-vs-angels/2024/05/14/746235/preview
First day off for Neto.
The fact that Guillorme is the backup SS, IN MAY, is just awfully sad, you want to laugh and cry at the same time.
Phillies just became the first to 30 wins.
My guess is a month from today, we still will not have 30 wins.
*but i still love Wash, this is going to take time and a lot better ball players.
I am just hoping we have 20 wins before 30 losses, and even that seems like a longshot.
we’d have to win 5 of our next 7. So yeah….
They can definitely win 5 games over the next 7 series.
😂
This team is not a manager away from the playoffs or even competitive baseball.
Unless Wash does something outrageous, I won’t be advocating for him to be fired, and I hope he doesn’t quit. No one can make a good burger out of spoiled meat.
Not a manager away, not a GM away, not even a new owner away from the playoffs (and new owner is a must)
We probably need to replace about 15 roster spots with an influx of upgrades MLB talent.
With another influx of minor league talent.
Sadly that means moving on from Trout.
Any organization would be foolish to think he will ever maintain his health going forward. Ditto for Rendon obviously.
Will take years and years of a rebuild. Full of tanking and last place finishes. Kinda like we we’ve seen.
UFC 301 on June 1st.
Boxing is good of late as well.
Soriano has a decent shot to be our best starter by seasons end.
Looking forward to Trout’s return and assuming the full-time DH role ala Edgar Martinez or Big Poppy.
Oh, can the real Reid Detmers please standup?
Team evaluation year current standings:
Studs: Adell, O’Hoppe, Schanuel for the last three weeks.
Decent role players: Neto, Moniak, Detmers, Sandoval.
Jury out: Soriano. He’s one of the above, just not sure which yet.
Guys who have value but won’t be around when we’re good again: Ward, Anderson, Rengifo. They all need to be traded for prospects.
Guys who don’t belong on a competitive MLB team: everyone else.
I don’t think Adell is a stud.
I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t see it
No one on this roster has a better chance than him. I say it’s 60/40 he will. The kid has made a big jump. Shocked if they give him much to hit going forward.
Free Ward from the 3-hole.
Yes, I’ll reserve judgement until the end of the season but it’s a progress report for the first quarter. At this point, I’m sold on no one. Neto is an 80 OPS+ so he has a ways to go as a hitter. Right now he’s a cheap defensive specialist. Adell has the best numbers so far with a 131 OPS+ for 100 ABs, so we’ll see where he ends up. Schanuel was 4 for 31 for his last 9 games before last night and 9 for 39 for May. He has an OPS+ of 77 for the season. O’Hoppe has raised his BA and OBA this year but his SLG/AVG is 100 points lower than last year. He’s currently at a 98 OPS+. Detmers, Sandy, and Soriano, have all shown potential but are very inconsistent. Moniak is a 42 OPS+ for 93 ABs. There is nothing yet here to build on. Honestly, this is a team with all crappy young players except for O’hoppe and Adell, and Logan has not been great defensively, so he’s just cheap and 10% below average as a hitter. The pitcher’s are back of the rotation guys until they can achieve consistency. I like these guys and we’ll have to see where they’re at after the next 3/4s of the season. So far though, their individual performances as hitters have been abysmal except for Adell. This is not a great foundation of young talent to build on so far based on their performances.
I’ll be satisfied with competent starter. Something in the neighborhood of Cole Calhoun in terms of production.
Anything more will be icing on the cake.
I’ll reply to myself instead of three different people lol… reasons I don’t see it with Adell:
All good points and observations and they may catch up to him. Currently, he’s a 30% better hitter than the league average, which is very good. Even if those were all true, if he finished the season as a 130 OPS+ hitter, they don’t really matter. But, we have 3/4 of the season to go and we can see where he ends up. You have a very valid opinion and we’ll see how it plays out. I said I would have to wait until the end of the season. I am not confident either way with Adell right now. I like all reasonable view points as they hopefully, help make me a more knowledgeable person.
ya, long season. I hope I’m wrong and he is a viable starter, I’m just not sold yet
These are things that Make commented about years ago when I saw him in the low minors playing at the Lake Elsinore Storm stadium. I took photos and said n his stance was way too wide ( he has since narrowed it), and his swing depended too much n guessing right, as to the pitch that was coming. Otherwise, when he guessed wrong, he was flailing.
I love the adjustment he made in spring last season getting his foot down early (like ohtani did), but then ditched it for some reason
I say trade him along with anybody else you can and rebuild the farm system.
I’ve reached the point where I would trade anyone for the right price but the only 2 position players I would wan’t to hang on to are Neto, and O’hoppe.
Yep, I agree. I assume you meant you would want to hang onto them.
maybe if you were running the show but Perry would be in charge, hamstringed by Arte’s stinginess.
My buck and a quarter take:
Studs: Adell, O’Hoppe,
Schanuel<Sorianio> for the last three weeks.Decent role players: Neto,
Moniak, Detmers, Sandoval.Guys who have value but won’t be around when we’re good again: Ward, Anderson, Rengifo <Canning (he’s an arm), Drury, Emilio, Garcia, Moore, Moniak>. They all need to be traded for prospects.
By then, none of these Studs, Decents and Jury’s Out guys will be playing baseball anymore and many of us will be dead.
Because trAdition tell us so.
And Artificial Intelligence (AI) Arte will probably still own the team 😀
Did I read that right? Peacock wanted to pay only $10 Million to broadcast games as opposed to $30 Million for 18 games. $30 Million sounds kind of cheap to me or am I just out of touch with broadcast rights?
Maybe this season is a blessing in disguise. Hitting rock bottom early in the season should be a wake up call to Arte. Getting shitted on by every news and social media outlet, dwindling attendance, pathetic rosters. The season was pretty much over late April. I do think that Arte cared more about making money than winning and as a business man, he should know when to cut a sinking business.
Let’s hope so.
I wonder if that nimrod from 714 Tickets is still buying up half the stadium.
Going 0-162 won’t wake up Myopic Arte. I’m losing hope….everything’s fading to black….
Yes. Everyone needs some rock bottom. Advocating for a new owner is like shaking your fist at rain clouds, and since I’m not an idiot or a small child I don’t do it. But plenty of crap ownership groups have hit rock bottom and changed.
So even if Arte holds on, rock bottom could be great. Ditch some shitty players. Ditch signing free agents. Ditch Carpino. Ditch half our shitty fan base. Ditch the uniforms. Ditch desperately trying to be “LA’s Team”. Ditch the Rally Monkey. Ditch Roger Lodge. Add stuff like pitch tunnels and steroids. Scout internationally a lot so we get good players up at age 21 instead of 24. Steroids.
Win.
OG’s Pizza sucks.
But you are talking about owners that most likely care about winning. I am not sure Arte does at all.
I guess maybe if the team gets so bad that the attendance starts to die he might change, but change for the wrong reasons is rarely change for the better.
Unfortunately the LA/OC area is full of transplants that want to come out and see their home team when they are visiting the Angels. Arte gets to be insulated from his poor team management.
I see we get their ace Sonny Gray tonight…Oh Boy!!
Losing ohtani to FA and with a fragile Trout and Rendone it’s hard to see any hope for the playoffs any time soon. The bullpen consistently blows leads. Washington is saying what every coach has to say because that’s what they do. It’s B.S. and we aren’t fooled. Hopefully football season gets here quick as watching this team is not much fun. Looking for hope but not really seeing a whole lot to be positive about.
College baseball is heading to the postseason and boxing is on a ridiculous hot streak right now so I’m entertained.
Calling Usyk over Fury btw 👍🏻
Old time playoff hockey, constant action
The GM Hippocratic Oath
“I swear by Apollo the Roster Builder, and Aesculapius Scouting Department, likewise Hygeia and Panacea, and call all the gods and goddesses to witness, that I will observe and keep this underwritten oath, to the utmost of my power and judgment. I will reverence my master who taught me the art.”
What ever happened to, First, do no harm. Has he forgot this or never learned it?
Oh shit, his oath has him swearing by Atlas, which is why this team keeps rolling that same rock up a hill only to have it roll back down season after season.
Sisyphus. Atlas was the guy that held up the Earth.
And Atlas contracted and died from syphilis while traveling the earth.
So, are you saying that the Angels injuries are because they all have syphilis?
Damn, you’re right. Hard to remember my Jr. High mythology.
Of course I’m right. I’m not just handsome, I’m also brilliant. And modest.
We’re so bad we’re tanking while trying not to. We’re a quarter of the way through the season and the honeymoon is over for me with Wash. I see no evidence of change and I’m not even convinced the team would be any worse with Nevin. Looking forward to the intern who replaces Perry next year.
Record wise with Nevin, you’re probably right, no difference. But I do think Wash is/will have a positive influence on the kids and I do see some positive change. Neto alone it might be worth it. Wash has a spine and conviction, might be worth keeping him around for a few years for the stability. This is truly the worst run team in MLB, no manger can fix that.
Put me down with a thumbs up for Wash. I don’t think we could do any better at manager during a complete collapse/rebuilding of this franchise (if that has even really started yet).
Free Rengifo, Sano, Trout, Rendon, Silseth, Drury, (Ward, even though he plays everyday) from baseball hospice.
Agree…Wash will never let the inmates run the asylum.
Agreed and I think Wash’s comments on Sunday were telling. He said he is measuring his success this season on growth. He acknowledged the losing record but said he’s looking for growth.
That sounds to me like a manager who was brought in to make the young guys better. Not one trying to win a division.
I agree but so far I have not seen the growth. We still have 3/4 of the season left.
Don’t you think Adell has grown?
He entered this season as the guy who never performed enough to stick in the majors and we were thinking of releasing.
Now later on in this comment section someone said he’s the only hitter doing well on the team.
Adell has made great progress this year, I have no idea if it’s related in any way to Wash. Certainly not based on anything either Wash or Adell has said. And I already did say he’s the only young player who is currently performing. No one else has made any significant visible progress based on current results. We still have 3/4 of the season left so we have to wait and see. I want them to grow and do well, but so far that has not happened.
I’ll amend my comment. The one other player who has improved over last year was Rendon, and I do believe Wash deserves credit for that.
Lest we forget, Phil had Shohei and a productive Moore & Estevez (more or less).
…and we were still a huge gap away from a playoff spot. Assume we still had them performing up to snuff, + Wash +15 WAR, team is still under .500.
You’re probably correct, but I was jumping in on the Phil vs. 15 WAR Wash question.
Phil had Shohei, which skews the comparison.
Valid point. I hear players and staff say things are different, but I don’t see the players doing anything any different. 25% of the way thru, they’re still doing the same things they did last year. I want to see change, and so far, I don’t see it. I agree my comparison was a bit overstated, Wash is greater than Phil but his results are not much better. And you’re right, He had Ohtani.
Good stuff. TBH, I was never as down on Phil as most and I’m not necessarily as high on Wash as some. Frankly, the “15 WAR” stuff was always tongue in cheek for me.
I stated multiple times last year that baseball managers don’t move the needle much IMO. Are some better than others, of course, but in the end, you gotta’ have the horses and our stable is looking a bit bare.
Agreed, valid points, but based on hope as opposed to visible results. I wasn’t really complaining about what he says he’s trying to do, just that he’s been unsuccessful so far, which may not be his fault.
We didn’t realize that ‘15 WAR Wash’ meant that we’d only win 15 games this year.
Hard to imagine that he & Perry are here next year.
2024 is simply 2025 Spring Training. At least that’s how I’m choosing to view it.
That photo of the “brain trust” is so depressing. Where’s the meat? In terms of Minasian, not anywhere near the brain.
Sorry! I couldn’t resist.
somebody took a video of carpino watching a hockey game in his suite last night.
I wonder if he had any money down on it.
Hahaha, just read the box score since I’m not watching any games until suarez is gone.
It’s fucking crazy the angels have zero people to bring up over that sorry piece of shit.
20 pitchers were drafted in 2021…..
There should be 10-12 of those arm still in the organization
You’ve inspired a research piece. I’ll write a full article on this.
The top 4 picks aren’t contributing at all.
Sam Bachman – injured
Ky Bush – traded for Giolito but crushing it in AA for another team.
Landon Marceaux – – injured, out all season. Has a 5.50 ERA in AA.
Luke Murphy (my draft crush) – 5.73 ERA/1.27 WHIP in AA for the 3rd year
Brett Kerry is looking good in AAA this year, sporting a nifty 0.85 WHIP and 2.56 ERA across 31 innings.
Chase Silseth, the 11th pick, is the most accomplished of the group.
I know we had one guy not sign and one guy retired…then Perry started the 2023 Trade Deadline lotto machine.
I blame Arte for the first 2, not Perry. (Or at least I’m willing to say Perry deserves more chances)
I think Arte was pushing our GM to draft quick-to-majors pitching to quickly and *cheaply* get some more pitching around Ohtani pronto for his last hurrah hoping we’d make the playoffs, without Arte having to spend money on free agent pitching.
Ditto for Arte’s crazy push to go “all-in” last summer and trade away Ky Bush. That wasn’t Perry.
I’m willing to believe that if Perry was left alone to formulate his own long term plan as a GM that maybe he doesn’t draft Bachman with that pick, and he probably doesn’t even draft 20 pitchers, but instead goes more of the “best player available” route. But we’ll see.
Perry was “all over” Bachman, that is his boy. Scouted him personally with a jug gun. Perry whiffed.
Well, to be fair he whiffed mainly with injury not necessarily with talent (yet). It is hard to find a GM that can pick/sign all players who won’t get any random injuries.
Shakespeare couldn’t have written a worst tragedy than the Angels 2024 season so far.
A couple losses away from officially joining Team Tank.
🏳🏳🏳🏳🏳🏳
Also, who the fuck (May) are Luis Guillorme and Niko Goodrum ??????? 😂😂😂
They sound like two failed lounge lizard comics.
“Seriously folks……(Crickets)…..”
mark trumbo looking elite @ 3rd compared to goodrum (if that even is his real name)
Jack Howell > Goldrum
Rene Gonzalez > Goldrum
Spike Owen > Goldrum
George Arias > Goldrum
Dave Hollins > Goldrum
Maicer Izturis > GoldrumDallas McPherson > Goldrum
Brandon Wood = Goldrum
Alberto Callaspo > GoldrumYunel Escobar > GoldrumLuis Valbuena > GoldrumJack Mayfield > Goldrum
Cardboard cutout of Troy Glaus > Goldrum
No one playing 3rd base > Goldrum
Rengifo will be our everyday 3rd baseman in a few days.
For the next few seasons also…..too soon?
He might be gone come the T.D. but until then, he’s our best option at the Hot Corner and that includes Sano.
Now you’re going to make us all sick!
more like redrum?
Arte just got a bill for the 3 scouts that will work for the team, and their flea bag motel stays, and he is telling Perry to get rid of them for not sleeping in their cars. For those of you that would like to lay all the team’s problems on Perry, there is no one that can do better as the Angels GM. Not a one is capable of coming into this situation and being successful.
Biggest obstacle is Arte and we can all agree on that. Then the best that money can buy in the Carp and Capt. Kool. The temporary secretary hire that PTP has loses calls as she pushes the hold button, damn those land lines. And the fact that the smartest coach on the team is in the broadcast booth, hey, at least they go on the with the team on road games but there is no Terry to by a round.
The Angels are run like they have the most expensive CEO in the world, and pay him market value, then surround him with bunch of interns and first-year graduates because they’re too cheap to pay everyone else.
Ippei was earning 80K as an interpreter while with the Angels. For practically having the same job with the Doyers, he was getting paid 300K instead.
If you’re a PT or nutritionist, or whatever sidelines job on a baseball team – do you go to the Angels where you’d probably get an under-market salary, or you go somewhere else where you get paid a lot, plus extra benefits. And who do you think will do a better job between the two?
A lot of fans tend to blame the players for not staying healthy. Fair enough. But it shouldn’t also be some kind of mysterious phenomenon why the Angels are always on top of injured players’ lists every single season – calves, knees, hamstrings, etc. If you have only interns or people coming out of college to do these important jobs, as compared to getting the best and/or experienced people in their respective fields, then it’s not a surprise these players will be dropping like flies in a long season. In short, garbage in, garbage out.
No, Ippei’s take home pay was a lot more than $80K….LOL
Just like the radio announcers, maybe Arte wants them to phone conference as they scout?
Update on Rendon from Wash:
We will see him on the field at the end of August or early September after he has a “setback” in his rehab. The Angels need to understand that every season will have Rendone and Trout missing a significant amount of time, and adjust accordingly. Now Sano going down too is what really screwed them…. well that and the infamous blow pen.
But see, Sano should not have been counted on as a dependable 3B backup, like Urshela was last season (until he himself went down on a freak injury). The guy was out of baseball for a year, and had to lose 60 lbs in order to get to playing shape. I understand he was signed for his bat, and the plan was to DH him most of the time. But if Perry also expected Sano to be his everyday 3B once the inevitable Rendon injury, then that’s just shitty planning on his part.
I actually like Sano. Is there an update on his injury or has his status been changed to out for the year.
I like Sano too, as a DH, not an everyday 3B player.
He’s been taking groundballs and doing drills with Luis pre-game, but no timetable to return yet. Like Wash said, he has a big…body.
Not really enamored with his 35% K rate.
Trout should be our full-time DH when he returns.
“The desire to perform for his $245m salary is fickle, very fickle”
😆😆😆😆😆😆
🤣
Hopium is an addictive substance
Well, if true, ole Wash may want to start polishing up his resume.
Unless he quits, I don’t see Wash getting fired for this shitshow. It’s not like he joined a team that has WS aspirations and he has them way underperforming. This is what most expected anyway? So I’m not sure where the surprise is.
I think he should book a room in the retirement community.
It certainly does depend on how you look at it. I’ll have to give him the benefit of the doubt that he isn’t serious. If he is he’s delusional.
I don’t think he is delusional. I think any manager is going to say positive stuff to the media. Isn’t that what any manager would and should do?
Do any of us on this site honestly think either a manager or even a GM will get in front of media and throw his team under the bus full on? Say “yeah, this team is filled with under-performers, and they suck, and this season is a train wreck, and I have no idea when this team will ever reach the playoffs again.”
If Wash or Perry ever actually came out and said this, would it appease half of the people here and make them happy? (Those that feel that Wash and Perry constantly “lie” or “mislead” about competing)
What I’m hoping is that behind closed doors, that Wash is a better manager than we’ve had for a while. That he is holding people accountable and making them work hard to make the team better. It doesn’t help that we have half a team of waiver claims right now.
I’m not expecting Wash to say anything negative publicly about his team as well. And he’s right, there’s a lot of first-year players on the team, and they have a lot of growing up to do.
It would be fun though if he tells Sam, “I’m a manager, Sam. Not a magician.”
I’m tired of the excuses, just be honest. You don’t have to throw anyone under the bus.
But what are his excuses though?
He’s working with first-year players – that’s a fact.
He’s also working with a lot of scrubs – that’s a fact.
I don’t think Wash will ever say “this isn’t a team that will win a lot of games this season.” Part of his job as a manager is to find the positive spin even on the shittiest situations.
And I think on the overall play, Wash has copped and admitted to mistakes – defensive miscues, baserunning misadventures, etc – and talked about getting them ready to play better and needing to improve, and that a lot of that is on him and his coaches.
I think he’s a good manager. Some of his decisions and strategies are suspect, but there is no perfect manager. I think of this similar to a chef working with stale ingredients – no matter if you’re a James Beard chef, you can’t make a good burger if your meat already stinks, if your lettuce is brown and not green, etc.
This team is not a manager away from the WS, let alone the playoffs. So might as well have a manager who’s willing to work with kids. So far Wash seems to be that, IMO.
And beyond all of that, there is also that I really don’t want us to hit the reset button yet again and get a new GM and a new manager again. I think the organization takes a negative hit every time that happens, and we don’t need more of that right now.
I’m fine pushing the button on a new manager. But then I’m not a fan of the Washington hiring and still hate the hire.
Serious question. Who are these so called “1st year players” we talk about. They all played last year. Neto still has rookie status because of his injury, and Schanuel only played a month so he’s a rookie. That’s it. There are some other younger players but they’ve all played for at least a year and most have played for several years. They have just never been full time starters. Do we have young players, yes, but as team we are not on the younger side.
You mentioned scrubs. The honest answer is that we have a lot of crappy players both young and old and it has nothing to do with youth. The players just aren’t very good. I am not anti Walsh, but he has garbage, young and old to work with and he came in with his eyes open. He could say “I came there to help build something, and it’s going to to take time”. He should say “We’re not a very good baseball team right now, we’re inconsistent, we make too many mistakes, We take too many good pitches, we swing at too many bad pitches, and we don’t hit with men on base.” and put the onus on the players to step up. The first step towards progress is for the players to own their performance instead of excusing it.
It’s not about young players, it’s about crappy young players. Now, I like them and I would like to see them develop. I see potential, but until it’s actually realized, they are not very good. Maybe by the end of the season things will be different, but it’s not because they are young, it’s because they’re not very good.
I agree with the conclusion you reached which is that the ingredients are bad and, as has been mentioned by others, this is the culmination of many bad organizational decisions.
I know this isn’t the main point of your post, but if I’m thinking who are the young/green players, I’d say Shanny, Neto, O’Hoppe, Soriano, Silseth. You could even say that Adell and Moniak are pretty new, since they’ve barely played that many MLB games even though they’ve bounced around a few years. Joyce and Bachman would have brought down the average too if they weren’t both toast this year.
Agreed, and I’ll concede for the sake of argument with all of them. I guess my point is that I don’t believe that thier youth is what is keeping the team from success. A number of those guys should not be in the major leagues right now either because they are not ready or not good enough and most should not be starting. The real reason is because right now they aren’t very good. They may become good some day, and I hope they do, but right now they’re not. The reason they are playing right now is because the organization does not have enough major league ready players to fill the roster.
Keep hoping.
They put up an 8 in the 7th…YIKES!!!
No lead is safe for The Angels.