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Angels Lose Another

August 16, 2025

Charles Sutton

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The Angels dropped their second game in a row to the Athletics. The final score was 7-2.

Photo credit: Rex Fregosi

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Senator_John_Blutarsky

4 hours ago

….but wait, we swept the Dodgers and announced our triumphant return to being relevant!

So riddle me this: which series really announced where the 2025 Angels are in their return to relevance: the White Sox series? The first two games of the A’s series? Or the series with the Dodgers?

Please will someone…anyone….post the cherry picked selection of minor league prospects that had great games yesterday – we need our “juice” quickly.

Bottom line: The blunt message to Perry:

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Phil

3 hours ago

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Angels are a long way from being relevant.

TL:DR (too long; don’t read) – they need players who can do fundamentals

First, they need pitchers who throw strikes when up 0-2 or 1-2. Stop nibbling so that the count goes to 3-2 and then needing to throw 2-3 more pitches before the batter makes an out or gets on base. This is partly why pitchers can’t make it out of the 5th. And the bullpen is worn out by the 2nd half of the season.

Second, they need hitters who can consistently make contact with man on 3rd and less than 2 outs (instead of striking out). Just. Make. Contact.

Third, they need to stop playing players out of position. Rengifo is terrible at 3rd. Every game he is at 3rd is a game that might be lost because he can’t make the play (even if it’s not ruled an error). Campero is not a RF.

Fourth, certain players (Ward, Rengifo, Campero) need to stop taking the extra base, only to get thrown out by a mile.

Fifth, management needs to make quick decisions.
Example #1: trade O’Hoppe. You cannot spend 4-5 years, allowing a player to learn how to play catcher in the majors (that’s what the minors are for). The longer O’Hoppe is the catcher, the more games will be lost due to his incompetence (remember Matt Thaiss, and his 2 catcher’s interference, in separate games being lost to the Red Sox). And, O’Hoppe is just an average hitter with slightly above average power.

Bad fielding, bad base running, bad pitching, bad situational hitting.

It’s just a mess that can’t be fixed, as long as you keep playing the same players who consistently contribute to being bad fielders, bad base running, bad pitching, bad situational hitting.