Over the weekend, the Angels designated Carl Edwards Jr. for assignment and sent Victor Mederos to Triple-A. They brought up Jose Fermin and Jake Eder from Triple-A. Nolan Schanuel is undergoing tests on his right knee. The Angels got swept by the Twins over the weekend and it was pretty ugly.
Tyler Glasnow has right shoulder discomfort and might end up on the injured list again.
Eugenio Suarez hit four homers in the same game. It’s not something you see every day.
Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s suspension was called off but his fine was left in place.
Player/Fan Interactions
An Angels fan apparently touched Tommy Pham as he was trying to field a fly ball in the left field corner. Pham made an obscene gesture and got fined and suspended for one day. A fan said something inappropriate to Jarren Duran about his suicide attempt and Duran took it badly. The fan got ejected. If anybody is struggling with thoughts of suicide, there is help.
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
I’m not typically in the “trade away assets and tank the season” lot but, this year/roster is tailer made for it.
They needn’t wait until the deadline, either. If someone makes a decent offer for TA or Jansen, do it now.
This is the year. Get a bunch of young talent and the #2 pick. Completely rebuild the Org around Neto and OHoppe.
Why not? Maybe find out if Detmers or Zeferjahn can close games while we wait for Ben’s shoulder to get well.
Yes it is.
Rengifo, Anderson, and Jansen are free agents at the end of the year.
Ward has one more year of control left, but we aren’t competing in 2026 so perhaps he can gain some value between now and July.
That could be a nice haul of prospects and ideally a CBA pick for the draft. And it would greatly enhance the chances of a decent squad in 2027 and for years to come.
Can we start a fan movement to get me my CBA picks? One in CBA round one and one in CBA round two, please.
Detroit and Seattle seem like obvious trade partners at #34-35, or Tampa at #37 (they already have extra picks at 42 and 67). Meanwhile, Cleveland and Kansas City seem like good targets at 66 and 71 – both have multiple compensation picks elsewhere.
The latest Baseball America staff draft saw four of my favorite round 2-4 guys move into the top 50 picks. There’ll be regrets if we don’t maximize the # of picks the team has in the top five rounds, methinks.
I think you’ve more than earned it. I don’t have the bandwidth to absorb college/blue chip baseball so your work is valuable for people like me.
I am reading this, however:
Always a good antidote to screen self-torture.
I wish you were making the actual picks
You’re too kind – but then I might regret consigning twenty-some young lads to the dungeons of Anah- cough – South ‘Los Angeles’.
I’m not ready to throw in the towel until our prize jewel Robert Stephenson shows what he can do in this lockdown pen.
Trout’s batting average makes me want to weep. I remember when it bothered me that he was no longer a consistent.300 hitter. Now he’s showing few signs of being a .200 hitter. Let the leadoff experiment ride for at least two weeks.
Zach Neto is some kind of baseball player. That is all.
I don’t think Wash is anything close to their biggest problem but I’ve become convinced that either he or Perry are the guys to take the team forward, and he is not a new school guy. I’m also not convinced the team has a solid organizational hitting philosophy. I’m typically against change because I appreciate continuity but I thinks it’s time for some changes.
Just thinking it must be rough to get swept and then have to wait a day to get back out on the field.
They’ll dab those sniffles and tears with their buddy Benjamin Franklin.
…and that’s just from the per diem walking around/gum and candy cash.
In Seattle with money burning a hole in their pockets and they probably have to go to a team meeting.
Now we will hear how they had too much sleep
And Johnny and Ron’s cousin, George
Right. I just remember from my playing days that after a few losses, I hated an off day. Wanted to get back out there and get rid of the bad feelings.
If getting back out there to get rid of bad feelings, is a daily thing, does it get rid of the bad feelings?
Tree asking the forrest….
Getting swept sucks but if you can get out there the next day and win, you can leave it behind. Having an extra day to think about it sucks.
Rough, lol. I bet O’Hoppe, Neto, Paris and Joey Adell are up in their suite with a beer bong playing Madden football, “Hey, The Kids are Alright”!
In regard to Pham, I have always known and said that he is a headcase. I agree that the Anaheim fan should’ve been booted, not re-seated. HOWEVER, he honestly thinks he is going to parley that fan’s touch into a lawsuit/paycheck?
Shirley, he must be kidding-No, that’s just the jackass known as Tommy Pham.
Don’t call him Shirley, it will only piss off Tom.
https://youtu.be/KM2K7sV-K74?si=n0qVauQpOdWMIZvi
Say what you want about Pham and you’re right. But Tommy Pham is the first guy off the bench when a pitcher throws at his teammate. McCutcheon last week, of course Pham was in the middle of it.
Wonder, who would be that Angel player to come out of the dugout first? Rendon is at home. Trout…snark.
So is Pham just short for Phamatic?
FlaPHAMable
Rendon stuck his injured paw n Wanker’s face. Does that make Rendon a great teammate?
Heckling a suicide attempt is a new low for baseball fans. Cleveland didn’t have a Boston/Philly type reputation for fan behavior but incidents like this will do it.
Phan has always been a jerk and will always be a jerk. He started a fight at a strip club then sued when he inevitably got stabbed. He’s that dude. But he’s getting older and just about run out of teams so he’ll be out of baseball soon.
I’m really glad that Duran incident didn’t happen at Angels Stadium. It’s pretty indefensible.
The guy tried to run off and hide in the concourse. I’ve got two words for him: security cameras.
What was the Duran incident that happened ??
He’s the guy who got heckled about suicide. I don’t know the name of the fan who did it.
AP reports that the fan’s name has been confirmed as “Jack Ass”.
That is lower than side walk scum on Skid Row.
Well… it sounded on the video like 95% of Cleveland turned on that guy right away. He was running away before security even started looking for him and you can see a bunch of fans just railing him.
Cleveland as a city, instituted the standard that the D-Cell battery, would become the official battery of choice, to throw at the opposing team during Brown games.
That was great to see.
didn’t pham punch joc pederson and it was somehow mike trout’s fault for being a shitty fantasy football commissioner.
Pham puts the Jack in Jackass.
Well rumor has it that Trout runs his Fantasy League based on the Arte Moreno School of Business 1990’s infomercial series sold on late night TV. Preaching to be cheap and evil as possible to everyone, all the time.
Pham’s history of jackassery is long and undistinguished.
These are the same kinda people that say racist, vulgar, shit behind fake Twitter accounts.
Now is where the fun really starts.
Pitchers have adjusted to Paris. We can start finding out if the kid is legit or if the new swing had the shelf life of a mediocre pop song.
Hitters are absolutely killing Silent C’s slider this year. Can he adjust and stick?
I think Nolan Schanuel is what he is. Yes it is still early in 2025 but he’s simply not going to slug enough to be a linchpin in a top tier offense.
But with a bum knee, will Nolan still be “flash”? Speed is such a big part of his game….
He could still be “flash” … Maybe he can walk around wearing a trenchcoat and a motorcycle helmet.
ah, the 70s and trenchcoat flashing. i’ll never forgive them for what they took away from us.
Yes. I was 8 years old when some dude ran through our local poorly-named grocery store “Lucky’s”. I was unlucky that day.
⚾️ ⚾️
🪈
(Couldn’t find a “bat” emoji, so I used a flute emoji)
it was a simpler time without tiktok and snapchat.
also, stephanie edwards was iconic in those lucky commercials.
I swear you must be a brother from another mother. 😂
😂 😂
I remember Alan Hammil doing the Alpha Beta ads. “Alpha Beta, tell a friend!’
Poor dude. Being that he was so excited to display it, you would think that he would be described with one of the larger ‘members’ of the woodwind family.
Is that a skin flute or an oboe under that trench coat?
We used to have a Lucky’s by us.
Older guys are also on a wild ride this season. Hendricks needs an umpire with a big strike zone. Soriano must keep that sinker down in the zone or else. Adell is what he is at this point.
Trout and Ward= SMH
If you want pretty much guaranteed money, bet the over on pitcher strikeouts against the Angels.
Parlaying my Ippei Bucks on the over for K’s and an Angels Loss…. Money.
OR you can bet on the Angels Team Runs going UNDER the total.
OR the total Team Hits by the Angels going UNDER.
What is more important for me is that I find myself losing interest. I understood that the team had major flaws and wouldn’t be great. What I had been looking forward to was seeing the younger guys growing into a form that suggested that better things were coming.
I’m more and more convinced that it doesn’t as much matter who the guys are as it does how you equip them to be successful. This team’s lack of basic fundamental skills, the frequency of horrible at bats and no apparent situational understanding is really deflating.
They are a lifetime away from being a winning organization. I’ve given them my end of times donkey rating…..The 4 Saddest Donkey-Men of the Apocalypse.
When does Football start?
Look at those poor donkeys. Stone cold. There’s still gonna be plenty of KIDZ watching to do.
You can watch mike trout become a husk of corn before your eyes, if that interests you.
I get it.
I couldn’t agree with you more. I plan my nights around watching the games, and it gives me something to look forward to, but the way they’ve been playing is a total bummer. The poor at-bats, high strikeout rate, and lack of overall execution are absolutely frustrating.
Eh. watch some other teams. Check in on your Angels. Baseball’s still fun. Watch the Tigers and Reds… Padres and Snakes… fun times. Hate the Doyers. Javy Baez is killing it in center field for gah sake.
I still love baseball, I just wish that my chosen team played it.
Our team has simply perfected the art of sucking.
When they are bad they really get BAD. Fkn leather Michael Jackson bad. Dark secret weird bad.
Referencing the old joke?
Q: What do the Angels and Michael Jackson have in common?
A: They both wear one glove for no apparent reason.
Aw come on … it’s “train wreck” interesting at this point. I’m totally entertained on a comedic level. Increase your DGAF level and all will be chill. Even Paddy O getting excited over a pop fly 2 inches from home plate or lil Wayne talking about the Timbuktu Snail Dogs becomes comedy gold.
I do enjoy mocking the Angels broadcast team as they take the art of homerisms to new heights. WTF was that this weekend with Matty V calling out play results prior to that video being broadcast? I know, cheap Arturo sucks!
My commentary is often like this: I’d throw these guys nothing but fastballs until they prove they can hit. It’s like a fricken whiffle ball game!
I remember Ronald Reagan talking about broadcasting baseball games from a teletype feed in the 30s or 40s for smaller markets. He would read the teletype feed and they would then make baseball sound effects like hitting a bat on a chair leg etc. People will tell stories about how crappy this organization is as well.
Whenever I get down, buddy, I become Laurence Fishburne in this scene:
https://youtu.be/5Gk7uzwptGA?si=vexxSO5YgWEs8kGB
I absolutely love this movie and this song.
Starts from the top. Perry is a Grifter. They made a movie about Billy Bean, Moneyball and the flick, Catch me if You Can is attributable to Perry Minasian. He has a lot of folks fooled here over the years and help makes them believe Arte shaped this roster and is the background to another movie, The Fall Guy. Worst 4-year W-L stretch in California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angel history and not turning the corner. But I do enjoy a good grifter story so I still tune in, it’s so LA.
Still like watching baseball. Let’s go Halos and beat Jedi!
LMAO @ “Grifter”
What would the draft situation be like next year if this pace continues? I’ve read the angels won’t get a top pick 2 years in a row so do they get dropped below the 10th pick?
After
ifthis pacewillcontinues?We will be picking outside the top 10. So technically, it’s the year of TANKING FOR 10 +
Thanks!
We will be drafting 10th overall next season unless we get horribly screwed by the lottery in some way I haven’t considered.
Off to Louisville. There’s a horse race Saturday 🌹
Have fun!
Secretariat will win again
Hell yeah! That’s cool.
That is so awesome. Enjoy your trip.
Baltimore is in a contention window, they are off to a terrible start, and they thought they addressed a SP shortage by signing washed 41 year old Charlie Morton. I know this may be too much for Minasian to understand, but how about offering them Kikuchi for one or more of their extra prospects.
Or Anderson, or both.
Yup. Anderson too. I’m anxious to get the longest contracts off the books. But they could actually use both of them..
Yup. Baltimore would be a great landing spot for Anderson, Kooch or Jansen…. or all three! MOAR KIDZ!
Pretty ugly weekend for all of the teams I follow. Thankful that we had better than expected weather in Oregon this a weekend and that I spent it working outside.
I have friend who tends to bandwagon, who was sending me Yankee, Dodger and Mariners clips yesterday. I’ve had the same teams as favorites for over 50 years and while I value being the human equivalent of a Golden Retriever, I sometimes question the wisdom of it.
Read this morning that Marine Layer’s fave player Anthony Rendon will probably be released later this year.
Yay! So glad I’m known for leading the charge on that. All I have to say is, what’s wrong with today!😀
Why? He isn’t taking up a roster spot. No team can take him because he’s hurt. We still have to pay him. What do we gain other than a pile of dicks feeling happy that the always hurt guy is “getting his” for always being hurt…. which, by the way, is how you end up with rectal cancer. Do the Angels actually gain something?
He’ll take up a roster spot after this season ends. And that’s when I expect him to be released.
The Angels will pay Rendon $245 million to produce 3.9 WAR for them, or about $63 million per WAR.
That fan should be banned for life. A**hole said something that could lead to somebody dying. Maybe he should do some jail time.
I was thinking about buying the streaming service when the Angels were doing their winning kind of things. Glas I was skeptical now. Looks like the same team that gave that got swept by the White Sox last season. Still a mess.
A friend of mine was telling me he thought it was losing Soscia that led to the Angels decline. I told him I thought Soscia was great before Analytics took over. What do you guys think? Give me some stats so the next time I argue with him I’ve got a leg to stand on.
The team will probably be sold to a out of state buyer from TX, TN or NC once Trout and Rendon are gone.
Any Coach or manager has a shelf life and sometimes you just need a new voice in the room. It was time for Scioscia to go a few years before he did. It’s not like those who followed him were great with analytics either. I offer Rom Washington as Exhibit A.
Rom Washington? Is Nog Washington or Quark Washington available?
Damaged brain cells or Siri are the two excuses I’ll offer.
I think his memory is random access type. Not read only.
I think catastrophic failures of our post Weaver/Wilson young pitchers was a big deal. The team didn’t see the extension market coming and thought they could buy solid FAs and then got faced with a lot of markets that had 2 good FAs and a bunch of crap. Catastrophic injuries and failure of the FAs they did sign hurt. Trout sucking since he was extended really hurts too. We’ve also tended to have a lot of players lost to injury a lot of seasons, not just star players.
No manager is gonna win with those issues.
That’s why I love the pain. We gotta suck and build up some kids. We need a lot of kids cause many of them will suck. But there is no quick fix for our issues. Gotta just live with a bad team for a while.
The Angels were already bad when he was here
Leading to the Angels decline.
@jeff_joiner isn’t there an article where you covered the decline of the Moreno ownership? I can’t remember.
But basically, it was the firing of Eddie Bane (in 2010?) along with the corporate mentality of ownership to not staff up after critical departures. Corporations post 2009 pretty much “do more with less” and when someone leaves (brain drain), it’s up to those who are left behind to add to their usual jobs to do what the departed person used to do. As opposed to staffing up again, accordingly to the loss of critical staff.
That’s my belief.
Soth (Scioscia) had little to do with it, except that his message was stale.
We need much better foundational organization in our entire baseball operations. Scouting, development, etc etc etc
Here is Jeff’s article. Please read the comments specifically the one I scanned quickly and saw from Turks Teeth. You’ll know the entire story.
https://crashingthepearlygates.com/2022/10/06/arte-morenos-legacy-of-abject-failure/
That is one of my favorites.
Stale ?? It was 5 yrs old rock hard dried bread.
As I remember, aside from 14, he was being outmanaged by the shift, as well as other analytics.
The Halos should send Paris down and sign Eddie Rosario. I would say cut Newsome too, but another warm body would need to replace him.
I said we should’ve signed Harrison Bader…
I like Bader. He’s not really hitting enough to save us right now, but I still like him.
Rosario got snatched up quickly.
He isn’t the only Newsome that needs cut from their job.
You really want to cut Gavin Newsom?
Can he hit????
He seems to be switch hitting now.
BUT WHAT A SMILE!
At least Rendon pretended to show up for work. Newsom would be ‘working remotely’ from a restaurant in Napa.
Good morning everybody.
Today is a new day, with no game and no automatic loss. Learn to appreciate the small things in life.
So, if we look at the numbers after nearly one full month it does look pretty bleak and bad for the Angels as an offensive ballclub. And what makes it worse is that we actually have hitting talent in the lineup! These guys lack direction and the benefit of a team approach. That of course falls on the coaches and manager. But I’d say especially it falls on the hitting coach.
Right now the Angels are one percentage point from being dead last in the entire League in batting average. We are at a paltry .212, and only the lowly White Sox are worse at .211.
2025 MLB Team Hitting Stat Leaders | MLB.com
And as far as strikeouts are concerned only three teams are worse. But perhaps the most condemning stat is the fact that we are DEAD LAST in OBP !! Yes, you heard that right.
This is maybe the single most important stat for an offense and nobody is worse than us ! And really it is not even close. We are the worst by a good amount.
2025 MLB Team Hitting Stat Leaders | MLB.com
Folks, this is not about a lack of talent.
Fire Johnny Washington.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Angels’ offensive malaise starts with the most fundamental problem: putting the ball in play.
The Angels struck out 13 times and had four hits in their 5-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon.
During their 15-game slump, the Angels have reached double digits in strikeouts in 12 games. They have struck out in 32.7% of their plate appearances, while batting .188 and averaging 2.3 runs per game.
Logan O’Hoppe, who was the cleanup hitter on Sunday, said the blame belongs entirely on the players, not with hitting coaches Johnny Washington, Tim Laker or Jayson Nix.
“I think that this funk is just easy for people to point fingers at, honestly, the wrong people,” O’Hoppe said. “It’s not J-Wash’s fault that we’re striking out so much. It’s not Laker’s fault. It’s not Nixy’s fault. It’s my fault. I’ve punched out way too much the past week, and I know other guys would say the same thing. It’s no one else but us. I think that’s part of the frustration of it too. The blame is getting put on the wrong people.”
Manager Ron Washington said they want the players to have a different approach when they get to two strikes, but what they want and what’s happening are two different things.
“Once they leave what’s being told to them and step in the batters’ box, it’s totally up to them,” Ron Washington said. “We can’t hit for them. All we can do is give them the work, get them in the right direction, and they’ve got to take care of the rest. It’s not happening right now. And it’s not just one or two people. This is up and down the lineup.”
Other than Zach Neto, who had a double on Sunday, no one has been hitting well over the past week. The collective slump actually began on April 11, the day after the Angels (12-15) scored 10 runs and hit six homers. They haven’t scored more than five runs in a game since. They’ve lost 11 of the last 15 games, getting shut out three times and scoring one or two runs four times.
“The way we’re going right now, it’s not working,” Ron Washington said. “But all we can do is just keep grinding. That’s all we can do. We know we are better. It’s a matter of making the adjustments that we’ve got to make.”
“It’s got to be up to (the players) to go up there and put better at-bats together,” Washington said. “They’re working on it. They’re working every day. They’re talking every day. But once the game starts and those guys go between the lines, they’ve got to get it done. … It’s not just a couple guys in that lineup. It’s up and down the lineup and that includes all the big guys. If our big guys don’t go, where are we going?”
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/04/27/slumping-angels-hitters-strike-out-13-more-times-in-shutout-loss-to-twins/
Why all the strikeouts?
I think the reason is pretty obvious.
These guys are swinging super hard with a swing meant to increase the launch angle. That works when you connect but also creates holes in your swing. This increased launch angle thing is preached by batting coaches these days since it’s a way to increase the likelihood of hitting HRs which is one of two flashy stats in modern baseball (with the K).
You can see the results on this squad. When contact is made the ball is launched high and far. When it’s not, the players walk back to the bench with a pop up, fly ball or K.
Make no mistake- this is taught. There are countless technologies directed at measuring launch angle.
The problem is that over 162 games, teams that have CONSISTENT offense put balls in play. When they hit a HR there are usually players on base. They hit a single with runners on 2nd and 3rd, not swing for the fences. Over 162 games, baseball is all about increasing your chances of success.
Someone is teaching these guys to swing for the fences. It’s absolutely endemic on this team. It must be the coaching, right?! Too much of a coincidence otherwise?
Hmm, am I going to listen to starting catcher, Logan O’Hoppe, and manager, Ron Washington, or online posters?
It is easy to blanketly blame the coaches when you have 0 insight on what goes on beyond the games you watch.
I would ask are you going to believe team-speak ie PR type stuff or your eyes?
Fan, this is essentially what I am saying with my comment right below …
You’re correct we don’t have insight into what’s going on but we can see the bad results. So, it’s either lack of talent, poor coaching, complete lack of players heeding supposed good instructions, bad organizational philosophy, or some combination and the participants all say it’s no one’s fault. There is at least a recognition of bad results which cannot be denied but there is apparently no plan to do anything different or anything about it. So something magical will happen or what? It reminds me of when Scioscia would defend poor performance either by coaches or players his response was always “They’re working really hard and no one works harder.”
There is zero accountability in this organization for anyone, players, coaches, or management.
There likely is accountability. They just aren’t publicly accountable to us.
True.
Online posters. No way O’Hoppe is going to throw shade on his manager or coaches.
But Washington is so stupid. And logan is a weak puppy who is afraid to say anything. I know, because I have watched 100,000 innings of baseball.
Keep in mind Washington blamed a player for not getting down a bunt that should have never been called.
Wash isn’t a fan of having coaches take blame.
I agree. I think, unless you are VERY strong naturally, launch angle isn’t really your friend. Some hitters are actually figuring that out this year…. none of them are Angels.
Total agree. Swing low, finish high to backspin a ball has ALWAYS been a thing. Trout was a beast, because he was strong like ox, quick like fox with a short backside to his swing and was a line drive first hitter. He kept his bat in the hitting zone longer than others.
I think there will be a shift towards old school Paul Molitor type guys eventually. Especially among the “athletic but not huge” players. They will still get paid, so they won’t sell out for power. Guys like Pete Crow Armstrong, Corbin Carroll, Jaren Duran, Butler in Sacramento…. FOs are starting to see the value and pay for it. Young hitters will learn to be OK with 20HR/40 2B/ 30 SB/ high OBP.
Neto is actually a good example. Has pop, but it’s never gonna be his calling card.
He can hit. I wonder sometimes if he’s the hitter version of a max effort pitcher as he swings as hard he can a lot.
Well, I have a couple of responses. First, I like O’Hoppe. He is one of the leaders on the team. As such he is always going to take the high road. He is trying to protect his guys, by which I mean the coaches (J. Washington, Laker etc.) I would EXPECT him to do this.
Do you really think he’s gonna sit there and say “Our overall hitting philosophy is poorly constructed and not conveyed well.” ? Do you think he’d say that? I don’t. We need to take his words with a grain of salt and look beneath the surface. He is being what we’d call a “good soldier.” You take the fall for your superiors.
Second, even if we somehow get to the conclusion that it is all on the players and absolutely NONE of it has to do with the coaches you are still left with a situation that needs to be addressed. And of course, you cannot fire all the players. So, the most obvious thing is to fire the hitting coach. Even if it is unfair (and I personally don’t think it is) it is the only realistic action to amend not just a bad but a horrible situation. If the Angels were middle of the pack in these things you could say, give it time etc… That is not what we are looking at. It is BROKEN. At this time firing the hitting coach is the most logical thing to do.
If I had the band width, this is the post I would’ve written! 😀
Nah. What player goes out and starts railing against people in his club house? when has that worked ever? Manager – Nicky Lopez. That’s not gonna happen and I don’t know why we look for it.
I would attach this to the email from Minasian thanking him for his efforts firing Washington. Isn’t this your job, to figure things out and try to win.
The players aren’t going to call out a coach this early in the season and cause even more drama.
Sounds like Washington doesn’t care at all. I am so much smarter than him. I hate him with a capital 8. We need Ersty. I need more screaming and fuming. I need to feel them feel my feelz! I want them to fk the bad hitters like an animal. I want them to feel me from the inside. It’s time for the whips and ball gags!
Interesting take Frost. I don’t really agree though. I suspect it is about organizational philosophy. They want HRs. They want pop at almost every spot. They are willing to sacrifice pure contact for that. They aren’t the only organization that does this stuff. The Braves won with it a couple years back.
It’s more a talent issue I think. Neto is good. O’Hoppe is a nice piece. Soler is a DH that plays like the philosophy outlined. Trout is coming back from multiple injuries and years off. It’s unclear what he has left. Rengifo has always been a steamy guy. He gets hot later in the season usually. Schanuel is what he is. He’s your contact guy. Adell is a big swing and miss guy. Anderson cannot hit anymore. Paris was nothing before he re-did his swing and found power. Now he needs to adjust. Ward is the one other player that could make more contact. But he’s Taylor Ward and hitting 20 HRs or having the ability to do so is why he’s gotten paid. If he hit 8, he’s gone.
So, you basically confirm what I am saying and then state that you disagree with me ????? Makes no sense. My focus on the coaches is the same thing as “organizational philosophy.” I mean, who do you think conveys and teaches organizational philosophy ?? It is the coaches.
Now, if you want to point the finger higher up, that is saying something different. I would not disagree with that, however, the most immediate source of the philosophy is the coaching staff — they are the ones interacting with the players on a daily basis, so that is where you start. I mean, nobody is going to fire Arte and Arte won’t fire Carpino. We all know that.
I agree with you Jack.
So. Big picture. Arte is the reason Trout and Paris both swing from the heels with their eyes to the heavens all the time.
Deep.
Lmao. Did I say that?
I think it is Perry and whatever he hears from those at his level. My point was it isn’t that Washington’s son cannot coach or the like. They are teaching what they are told to teach — so I agree with that point you made.
You had me at your last line, “Fire John Washington.”
Well, yeah. It’s a lack of talent.
I doubt they fire anybody this early. But J Wash is certainly in the cross hairs. The team is gonna suck. It’s not gonna be a powerhouse either way. But if almost ALL the hitters can’t hit and none of them are getting better…. well, who gets canned? The team’s gonna suck, but the season’s not a waste of kids learn. If Washington can’t get some improvements to happen he’s got to go. He probably gets at least the month of May to get some guys on track. Then he becomes the shame firing.
My timeline is alot different… I think the whole month of May is way too long; assuming we don’t see significant improvement in the next two weeks. Perry and Wash both said the goal or plan was to win THIS YEAR. With that being the case you would not wait until your team is hopelessly buried in the standings to take action. You would do it earlier to correct course .. I mean, we are LAST or second to last in almost all the major hitting categories.
The season is not a waste if “kids learn”? You are aware that the vast majority of our position players are not kids, right? So, your argument that losing is acceptable because “kids” are learning does not hold water.
Johnny Warshington is a deck chair on the Titanic.
Ummm, not sure I agree. But I think I get your point. Do I think firing him changes the overall direction of the franchise? No. That will not happen until Arte either dies or sells the team.
HOWEVER, I do think it can kickstart the offense. And help the team score moar runs which will lead to moar wins. So, my theory here is not “Moar Kidz,” it is “Moar Runs = Moar Winz” !!
I predict we will not strikeout today and we will not lose
Even odds on that my co-depressed friend.
Bold hot take!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsx2vdn7gpY
Something that will get lost in the conversation because our offense is in a historically bad stretch — Jose Soriano’s expanded arsenal.
Sinker
4-seam FB
Knuckle-curve
Splitter
Slider
Sori bounced back nicely yesterday after the Pirates lit him up in his previous start, and that’s what good pitchers do. He will continue to be the most important arm in the org.
One thing of concern is the extreme home vs road splits…. He is very good on the road and terrible at home. And of course his next game is at home vs a good Tigers team, so watch out for that. In addition there will likely be added pressure in that game as he’ll be trying to help as avoid being swept as the first two games line up as pretty easy wins for Detroit with Hendricks set to go against Mize in first game and Skubal for Detroit in second game …
I think it’s still small sample size and hopefully it will normalize to the good side. We need him to work out for our future.