On most nights it is easy to see why Angels fans can dream of a better future on the horizon. Young talent in key positions is developing and fans are justifiably thinking “if he can be like this consistently….”
Jose Soriano provided that reason to dream tonight. He was brilliant, going 7 innings allowing a sole earned run. Texas did score an unearned run off him as well.
His stuff was nasty enough to net 7 strikeouts. But his control was intact as well as evidenced by the 2 walks allowed. Texas hitters looked to be off balance all night and swung over sinker after sinker.
Early on, the game looked a lot like this:
Luis Rengifo provided the lone meaningful offensive highlight for the Angels tonight, an RBI single that tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the 4th. As mentioned above, Texas pushed the lead to 2-1 after a Jo Adell error led to a run in the top of the 7th.
Then the Angels bullpen went to work. Former first rounders Reid Detmers and Sam Bachman combined to give up 4 runs in 2/3rds of an inning and leave the bases loaded for the next guy. The next guy was Carson Fulmer and got a K to put out the fire. End result: 6-1 Texas in the 8th.
That’s when Nolan Schanuel gave us another reason to dream a bit, cracking a 2 run shot to cut the lead to 6-3.
That ended up being the final score, 6-3.
Losses aren’t fun. But they sting a little less when O’Hoppe walks twice against Eovaldi, Schanuel goes yard, and Soriano pitches like a future star.
We’re wasting Soriano’s best years.
We’ve wasted my best years.
To quote Fred Mertz, “Which ones were those?”
Kudos to the fans who made a solid effort to grow the diehard fandom tonight. That was a strong showing by the fans. Good work!
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You should see the guys in sec 305 on Saturday
Some of my son’s friends were in that group.
Trout is unclutch. Need to pinch hit for him. Maybe that will light a fire in his ass.
Why sell when you can make a big splash by trading for Garcia and start the slow death roll to bankruptcy, Mortimer!
It really is sell time. The pitcher trade today was a total turd burger. Clowns running this team for Gah’z sake.
I didn’t want to see Luis Garcia on the team the 2nd time, and now some fuckwit thought he would be great a 3rd time? This is a moment that you think, that guy needs a good ass kicking, but then you stop and realize, they are sooo stupid that it would just be a waste of a good ass kicking.
Can somebody please explain to me the hate for Luis Garcia? He provided positive value during both of his previous stints with the team. Is it just because he’s not a 19-year-old pitcher in A ball that we can dream about his future contributions?
He sucks.
But Turks nails it down in the game thread …
“ Turk’s Teeth
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Reply to DowningDude
They gave up very little, but it just telegraphed: we have no long term plan, and we’re making franchise decisions day to day. No decisiveness, no strategy, no courage or conviction, just massaging casual fan perceptions”
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Not his best work.
Luis Garcia is garbage, not someone you trade for. A 2 pitch reliever who can be replaced probably by someone in the stands. He is not a high leverage guy and really doesn’t have anything special that can’t be picked up omfif league minimum.
The answer: We have a lot of effin drama queens around here who feel the need to react strongly even to minor deals that signify very little.
DING! NUMBER ONE ANSWER!!
Just because. Shut up. No you shut up.
That trade for Harry Chaplin and Garcia was so insignificant that it didn’t even meet the threshold for ESPN to grade it as part of their trade deadline coverage.
Exactly why it telegraphed indecisiveness and short-termism. Hardly moves the needle, beyond turning over 40 man roster names in a deeply mediocre bullpen. Choose a lane, M&M.