F-yeah! Spanked the Hurricanes yesterday who came in on a hot streak. Up by 2 tonight again today. Byfield putting it together.
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Season ends today they face off against the Oilers. I hope it stays this way, time to set the record straight.
2nd was the announcer actually saying the Angels updated Spring Training Facility finally brought them up what the rest of the league already had. Think he’ll be gone by Opening Day.
It feels like we are rooting for the Washington Generals. This team just exist for other teams to beat up on. Like relegate this team to the minors already. Arte doesn’t deserve a team.
Perdomo pitched well but got screwed by his defense and forgot his PFP training. Davis will not make the team and may not even go to the minors.Considering what Fontenelle went through last year I’m just happy hes playing again and can now go back to Rocket City and continue to develop.
Are your sure your not just a little but hurt because he laid a giant turd against the Doyers ?
I think it is alot more than that Cowboy. His stuff just looks VERY hittable. He is the LAST guy you’d want as a closer right now : 37 yrs old and ready for retirement. If not Joyce as closer we should have kept Charlie Sheen.
I mean, sometimes as a closer you make a pretty good pitch and the batter does a great job of hitting it — that happened to Estevez when he gave up the Grand Slam to Mariners in August 2023 in that series when we were neck and neck with them in the standings …. I mean, if a guy hits your high heat of 97 then you tip your cap.
Who missed the last 2 weeks after burying his mom. I looked at his stats for last year including his last 18 appearances where he had a 10.2 K/9, a 0.70 WHIP and a .419 OPS against . He did not perform like a guy who has lost it . So unless he just sat around and ate bon-bons all winter Im not too concerned
Yea this is the most Angels transaction ever. Pay a former superstar way more money than he’s currently worth. Then watch as he loses any motivation to play but since we’re paying him 10 million or whatever a year he’ll still be on the roster in August with a 7+ ERA and we’ll hear things like, he’s working on some things in his bullpens and is about to turn it around.
I’m looking forward to when Joyce strikes out 3 in the 8th on 11 pitches and then Kenley gives up a game winning homer on a 89 mph cutter.
It would have made alot more sense to just give the closer job to Joyce. Zeferjahn and others could rotate the setup…. At least that way we don’t get a ton of late blown leads (and games !) early in the season ….Those types of losses totally kill the morale of the team..
Not logical Cowboy because Joyce would pitch just as many innings (if not more !) as a setup man as he would being closer… Alot of setup guys get 5 outs these days…
No he wouldn’t Frostie. He’ll pitch when hes available and the Angels need to regulate his innings. Now the Angels have 2 pitchers who are capable of closing and they dont have to worry about overtaxing him or are tempted to put him in too many high leverage situations ( which yes studies have shown lead to more arm injuries) . The guy who is going to get taxed way too much is Zeferjahn because the rest of our bullpen is left-handed and a RHP who has never pitched in relief and has reverse splits against right handed batters.
IF the Angels split the closing duties between Joyce and Kenley that would be slightly more palatable. But all the pundits are projecting Joyce as setup. I guess we will see.
Personally, I have always liked early Maddon approach of closer by committee and go with the hot hand …
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Yes it’s spring training, but Paris outhit everyone. Hopefully it continues until he’s called up.
Gonna be a long season.
How many days until pitchers and catchers report?
Can we make a pit stop at the Draft first?
Don’t skip our annual 6 – 14 record we are going to win the world series week.
Just taking a 2-minute timeout from March Madness to say…”DUCK FODGERS”
Go Kings! Make a run at the cup so some of us have alternate viewing options.
Or I guess we always have Meghan Markle on Netflix
F-yeah! Spanked the Hurricanes yesterday who came in on a hot streak. Up by 2 tonight again today. Byfield putting it together.
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Season ends today they face off against the Oilers. I hope it stays this way, time to set the record straight.
We’ve got these Dodger Dogs right where we want them
So close
If only we have a pitcher like Suarez to keep the dogers in check.
If only the Angels had a scouting department.
obvious what the gameplan is against Moore.
Throw it thigh high down the middle of the plate at 92 mph and watch him swing through it?
just high fastballs generally, wait until he sells out to hit it, then throw an offspeed
Kyren Paris has to make the team at this point
And then sit on the bench.
Biggest positive for tonight was Soriano.
2nd was the announcer actually saying the Angels updated Spring Training Facility finally brought them up what the rest of the league already had. Think he’ll be gone by Opening Day.
Agree on Soriano. As a fan of this team his development is one of the few things I am looking forward to…. along with O’Hoppe and Neto of course.
It feels like we are rooting for the Washington Generals. This team just exist for other teams to beat up on. Like relegate this team to the minors already. Arte doesn’t deserve a team.
We’re in mid season form.
Early-Mid-End season form.
TrAdition
My prediction for Opening Day : the Angels battle and battle and then take lead to 9th inning only to see Kenley Jansen blow the save. They lose 4-3.
So basically Opening Day 2023
We can’t/won’t score 3 runs in a game
Can we just send Fontenelle and Davis and Perdomo on a spaceshit to Mars.
Perdomo pitched well but got screwed by his defense and forgot his PFP training. Davis will not make the team and may not even go to the minors.Considering what Fontenelle went through last year I’m just happy hes playing again and can now go back to Rocket City and continue to develop.
Are your sure your not just a little but hurt because he laid a giant turd against the Doyers ?
I think it is alot more than that Cowboy. His stuff just looks VERY hittable. He is the LAST guy you’d want as a closer right now : 37 yrs old and ready for retirement. If not Joyce as closer we should have kept Charlie Sheen.
I mean, sometimes as a closer you make a pretty good pitch and the batter does a great job of hitting it — that happened to Estevez when he gave up the Grand Slam to Mariners in August 2023 in that series when we were neck and neck with them in the standings …. I mean, if a guy hits your high heat of 97 then you tip your cap.
Kenley doesn’t have near that kind of stuff.
I wonder if it’s more like a Lee Smith / Percy thing for Jansen / Joyce here in 2025.
Who missed the last 2 weeks after burying his mom. I looked at his stats for last year including his last 18 appearances where he had a 10.2 K/9, a 0.70 WHIP and a .419 OPS against . He did not perform like a guy who has lost it . So unless he just sat around and ate bon-bons all winter Im not too concerned
That was with Boston, I believe. This is the Angels.
TrAdition.
Need I say more ?
btw, sorry to hear about the loss of his mother.
Great inning guys
Did you guys see Ian Anderson’s crazy stat line for Spring Training so far? 17 IP 6 H 18 BB
Yes and a 2.65 ERA . That takes talent.
This bullpen is really the stuff of nightmares
Yes For the other team.
All his pitches are 90-91 …. I think my prediction earlier that we get the Kenley implosion year is gonna be right …
Yea this is the most Angels transaction ever. Pay a former superstar way more money than he’s currently worth. Then watch as he loses any motivation to play but since we’re paying him 10 million or whatever a year he’ll still be on the roster in August with a 7+ ERA and we’ll hear things like, he’s working on some things in his bullpens and is about to turn it around.
I’m looking forward to when Joyce strikes out 3 in the 8th on 11 pitches and then Kenley gives up a game winning homer on a 89 mph cutter.
I could easily imagine 4-5 blown saves by the end of May.
If not earlier.
It would have made alot more sense to just give the closer job to Joyce. Zeferjahn and others could rotate the setup…. At least that way we don’t get a ton of late blown leads (and games !) early in the season ….Those types of losses totally kill the morale of the team..
yea makes me wonder why our GM still has a job. Way too much to pay for a reliever when the Angels aren’t going to be competing anyway.
I mean, there is a reason nobody else wanted him.
So he shits the bed one time in the spring and you guys are already crying?
Please. I’m sure you’ll still be whining when hes coveted at the trade deadline and we flip for more real prospects.
We will see Cowboy. His stuff is just not good. If he miraculously pitches great I will gladly eat crow. But I don’t see that happening.
When the team finally demotes Kenley and promotes Joyce it will have already cost us 5-6 games in standings due to blown saves.
It would make sense if the season wasn’t 162 games long. NFW Joyce last the whole season as the closer without ending up on the IL.
I think this is a smart move by the Angels
Not logical Cowboy because Joyce would pitch just as many innings (if not more !) as a setup man as he would being closer… Alot of setup guys get 5 outs these days…
No he wouldn’t Frostie. He’ll pitch when hes available and the Angels need to regulate his innings. Now the Angels have 2 pitchers who are capable of closing and they dont have to worry about overtaxing him or are tempted to put him in too many high leverage situations ( which yes studies have shown lead to more arm injuries) . The guy who is going to get taxed way too much is Zeferjahn because the rest of our bullpen is left-handed and a RHP who has never pitched in relief and has reverse splits against right handed batters.
IF the Angels split the closing duties between Joyce and Kenley that would be slightly more palatable. But all the pundits are projecting Joyce as setup. I guess we will see.
Personally, I have always liked early Maddon approach of closer by committee and go with the hot hand …
Luckily they didn’t pay him much. He’s just here to be flipped for prospects at the break, but that won’t happen if he sucks.
Plus he looks completely out of shape.
Yep. He doesn’t look good at all ….
So did Lee Smith
Kenley still helping the Dodgers I see.
Starting to buy into the Lugo should be our starting CF hype
Too bad hes never really played centerfield in professional baseball
All I have to say is that I sure as hell hope that Kenley averages more than 90mph on his fastball this season, or else we’re in a ton of trouble …
Jansen not encouraging tonight. 89-90 with his cutter and they’re all balls.