LA Angels Thursday News Crash: Bat Disaster

25 days ago

Reply to Roy Hobbs

Absolutely agree. I’d go as far to say they will make money on his $700m contract.

Last edited 25 days ago by Senator_John_Blutarsky

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Marcotor

25 days ago

Reply to Roy Hobbs

That’s not what will happen. Remember, Mark Walter’s day job is making money appear.

From what I understand, an annuity is being funded annually at about the same rate as the cap hit (about 42 million). I promise that in spite of some rage boners just waiting for the deferral payments to bankrupt the Dodgers, it isn’t going to happen.

And if Ohtani is smart, he is not a California resident when he starts receiving payment and avoids the tax hit.

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Roy Hobbs

25 days ago

Reply to Marcotor

That’s basically what I was implying without knowing the details.

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25 days ago

By the way – Ohtani has earned his $70m this season. He’s going to be fun to watch in his first playoff appearance.

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WallyChuckChili

25 days ago

Reply to Senator_John_Blutarsky

I hope Ohtani does good as the dodgers get eliminated

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Roy Hobbs

25 days ago

Reply to WallyChuckChili

I would like to see him be the World Series MVP. I am not now, nor have I ever been a Dodger fan, and I really wasn’t a Steve Garvey or Tommy Lasorda Fan either. But I’ve never understood the hatred for the organization. Especially now. I understand the dislike of the bad behaving fans but not the club itself. They are a great baseball organization. I did not like them growing up because many Dodger fans at the time were also USC fans and I was an Angels and UCLA fan.

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Marcotor

25 days ago

Reply to Roy Hobbs

It’s more annoying little brother rage boners.
Evil Walter O’Malley, even though the narrative has long been disproven.

Evil Walter forcing Beloved Cowboy Gene Autry to pay RENT while playing in
Dodger Stadium.

Obnoxious fans sure, but one finds those everywhere if looking for them. I’ve probably been to 500 games in LA over the last 50 years, and never encountered an issue. Interestingly enough, the only NorCal fan actually killed in a parking lot was an A’s fan sucker punched in the Angel Stadium lot.

GB and some others will tell you, it’s a relatively recent development, along with line of death in the sand dogmas regarding other issues in life. We used to make fun of the fans in Chicago, with the Northside/Southside thing, thinking how lucky we were to have TWO teams (then three) within an hour (or two) of each other.

Having said that, everyone can hate whomever they wish, for any apparent or imagined reason 🙂

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FungoAle

25 days ago

Reply to Senator_John_Blutarsky

Looking forward to watching them get knocked out

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25 days ago

Ohtani’s line tonight:

6 AB
6 Hits
4 Runs
10 RBIs
3 HRs
2 Doubles
2 SBs

Honestly, he’s at a level of performance that no one in the history of the game has produced. Think about the time he lost on the mound due to injuries and just imagine what he could have delivered.

Last edited 25 days ago by Senator_John_Blutarsky

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WallyChuckChili

25 days ago

Ohtani 50/50

Congrats!

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Roy Hobbs

25 days ago

Reply to WallyChuckChili

I love it, it’s awesome.

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Roy Hobbs

25 days ago

Reply to Roy Hobbs

Also, he’s only been caught 4 times. It is a remarkable achievement. One of the few players who signed a big FA contract and then went out and performed.

Last edited 25 days ago by Roy Hobbs

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Brent

25 days ago

Going to FL for two weeks on Monday… thought, hey, are they playing TB at all in that small time of schedule left? They were done with them by the end of April. I hate the modern MLB schedules. Wish it would go back to just AL vs AL teams all year. Have more at stake between the divisions/WC slots.

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Legend

25 days ago

ok, sorry about this but we’re seeing a season for the history books with Ohtani (yes, I named him). I wish he were doing all of this for us. I don’t hate him, though. Except for throwing Ippei under the bus and into prison he’s a pretty good guy.

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Brent

25 days ago

Reply to Eric_in_Portland

His HR’s in Miami have been Bond WS-Esque. Unreal.

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angelslogic

25 days ago

Reply to Brent

Shohei one HR shy of a 50/50 season, never before done in the MLB.

But we have Mike Trout.

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25 days ago

Reply to angelslogic

Mike Trout? He’s the guy that’s giving interviews and not playing, right?

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25 days ago

I guess 31 year old Jack Lopez is the best we can do at 2b today.

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25 days ago

Reply to Eric_in_Portland

It’s one of the indications that we’ve stopped trying for 2024…..which is ultimately okay since everything should be focused on the 2025 season and actions required to add more young talent.

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cookmeister

25 days ago

Reply to Eric_in_Portland

would you rather have Drury the older .160 hitter? Or the worst exit velo Stefanic out there?

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https://www.tankathon.com/mlb

25 days ago

Reply to cookmeister

I’d much rather have the Plumber out there

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grichmanpoorman

25 days ago

Re: the immaculate inning that Ray tossed last night… a reminder that our guy did it in 2022. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34324990/los-angeles-angels-starter-reid-detmers-records-immaculate-inning-texas-rangers

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Angels2020Champs

25 days ago

1/10 simulations this morning gave us the #1 pick… 6 others had us 4-8.

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Cowboy26

25 days ago

Reply to Angels2020Champs

F it. It’s time to finally get some good luck and win something this offseason. I hope we get the no. 1 pick. if not at least in the top 3. All of which lead to a higher over all signing bonus pools for the 2025 draft.

Last edited 25 days ago by Cowboy26

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25 days ago

Reply to Cowboy26

If we want a good draft pick, I hope Arte has increased the amount and frequency of the honorarium payments to Manfred.

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25 days ago

Reply to Angels2020Champs

According to Tankathon we have an 18% chance of getting the top pick which means an 82% chance of not getting it.

Think of it as 18 ping pong balls out of 100. If Miami gets the first pick that would remove 22 so our odds for the second pick would be 18/78, whatever that comes to. 22or 23% I think.

But if one of those further down clubs get the #1 pick, let’s say a surprise team with a 2% chance, then our odds at #2 are hardly better than getting #1. It would still be about 18% with the rest of the field still at 80%+

That’s why I’m expecting us to land at 8

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25 days ago

Reply to Eric_in_Portland

What C26 said…it’s our turn!!

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FungoAle

25 days ago

Reply to halofansince1978

What a nice jolt that would be for the team

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FungoAle

25 days ago

Reply to Eric_in_Portland

My math skills say 18% chance is better that 10% (4th-Nationals), I fully expect 1 team to sneak in there in the top 3 but I hope a Halo ping pong ball is selected within the first 3 selections. Pretty good talent over the past few years where any of the top 3-5 could make a case for No. 1. If the Halos get kicked out of the top 5 would be a drag. My hopes are up.

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Fansince1971

25 days ago

Reply to Eric_in_Portland

I’d be happy with top 3 pick. I think those odds are better than 50/50?

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red floyd

25 days ago

Reply to Angels2020Champs

It doesn’t matter. I don’t trust this organization to make a good pick. We have no scouting.

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cookmeister

25 days ago

Reply to red floyd

uhhhhh

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25 days ago

Oh Boy…Suarez on the mound against the cheaters.

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Roy Hobbs

25 days ago

Reply to halofansince1978

Remember, it’s just spring training. Maybe be next year as well.

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25 days ago

Reply to Roy Hobbs

That doesn’t change the fact that he is a known quantity to SUCK!!

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Twebur

25 days ago

Reply to halofansince1978

Detmers vs Suarez this series?

$1.5 Million Ippei Bucks Suarez out pitches Detmers.

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25 days ago

Reply to Twebur

Detmers probably has a job next year.

Suarez still pitching to get a 2025 job.

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25 days ago

Reply to halofansince1978

Suarez vs Altuve…just stop that guy and Pena.

Altuve HR 1 RBI 3 AB 17 AVG .417 OPS 1.032

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25 days ago

Great outing by Kochanowicz…the future might be bright.

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grichmanpoorman

25 days ago

Reply to halofansince1978

Agreed, that’s the only reasonable way of viewing him at this point. Totally outstripped expectations last six starts. Also: no longer eligible for rookie status in 2025… crossed the 50-inning rubicon.

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Cowboy26

25 days ago

Reply to grichmanpoorman

Well thats probably best since it would have been pretty hard for Silent C to win AL Pitcher ROTY with Caden Dana dominating performance next year.

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