The home stand concludes today.
Angels vs. Braves Game 3 Gamethread
161 Comments
Super Member
23 hours ago
Gotta believe Candalrio’s days are numbered
Legend
23 hours ago
Not even. Not with Moncada as the only veteran option.
With more playing time Candelario will hit..
The other thing is that the Braves have the best pitching staff in the majors… so there is that.
Trusted Member
23 hours ago
Right now, this Angel “offense” is abhorrent. I know, “well duh”. The only hitter worth a damn is Adell. The Ks are piling up like last year, no team speed, 29th in runners stranded. Any reinforcements better in the minors?
Legend
23 hours ago
Might as well give CMo a try. Peraza has been stinking it up. Can’t be worse than him…
Last edited 23 hours ago by JackFrost
Super Member
21 hours ago
Unfortunately, no is hitting in AAA either.
Legend
23 hours ago
Suarez is amazing! 😂
Trusted Member
23 hours ago
Trade Adell for him!
Legend
23 hours ago
Do we just always blow ass right after a fight? Man. What a bunch of tools.
Trusted Member
23 hours ago
Lol
Legend
23 hours ago
The Angels and Mike Trout especially sure fooled me. They came out of the gate hot and have fizzled ever since.
Shame on me for getting my hopes up.
Legend
23 hours ago
Hard to buttercup if you don’t get built up in the first place.
Legend
23 hours ago
Today Neto served us some dry and stale LOBster with a warm side of Buttercup.
Legend
23 hours ago
When I’m not soaking with hopium you knows it’s bad lol
Trusted Member
23 hours ago
The Angels began last season like this .500 or so, through 18 games, actually 9-9. Then the wheels fell off. Perhaps this when the wheels fall off?
Super Member
23 hours ago
Angels Hall of Famer Jose Suarez!
Legend
23 hours ago
Just to scare folks a bit; things will not get any easier for us….Next we face a scorching hot Reds team in Cincy. They open with young stud Chase Burns who will shut our bats down. That takes us to a three game losing streak….
If Sori fails to win his start on Sunday we could be looking at a 6 game losing streak or worse, cause the next stop is Yankee fuckin Stadium…
Last edited 23 hours ago by JackFrost
Legend
23 hours ago
The scorching hot teams are the only ones the Angels beat up on.
Last edited 23 hours ago by angelslogic
Legend
23 hours ago
Really ?
The Yankees had won 6 out of 7 games last year when they came to Anaheim…
Guess what? They swept us in that three game series !
Last edited 23 hours ago by JackFrost
Legend
22 hours ago
How about the Dodgers? We swept them.
Trusted Member
23 hours ago
This is probably the last time this team will be at .500. 3 games at Cincy and 4 games at the Bronx. Tough road trip coming up.
Legend
23 hours ago
No Soler on the trip. It’s gonna get nasty
Legend
23 hours ago
Yep. See my comment above. 7-8 game losing streak is incoming.
Legend
23 hours ago
Thank goodness the NBA playoffs start next week to distract from the tailspin that will occur on the upcoming road trip
Legend
23 hours ago
One thing about Trout; when he starts slumping his plate discipline goes out the window.
I mean, this last AB was a walk with a “normal” Mike Trout.
Last edited 23 hours ago by JackFrost
Legend
23 hours ago
Trout sucks so bad right now. I’m about to drop him in my fantasy league where I drafted him late as a sleeper.
Legend
23 hours ago
The thing to do is to draft him low like you probably did, THEN after his 2-3 HR’s in the first week, trade him when his value is high… He has a pattern of starting well and tailing off after the first 7-8 days..
Last edited 23 hours ago by JackFrost
Legend
22 hours ago
Someone offered me Matt Chapman. It was a fair trade. Shows how far he’s fallen.
Super Member
23 hours ago
Going out on a limb here, but, they might lose this ballgame….
Legend
23 hours ago
We’re wasting Jo’s prime. But seriously, it’s Jo’s team now
Legend
23 hours ago
I think it’s him and Neto.
Legend
23 hours ago
and Soriano
Super Member
23 hours ago
Jo only has 1 year left after this.
Super Member
23 hours ago
You’re a risk taker!
Super Member
1 day ago
Some of these games aren’t even out of reach and letting your bp pitcher throw so many pitches until they make it worse makes zero sense to me.
Legend
23 hours ago
Contrarily, wasting Bachman down 6. I’m starting to think Suzuki has no clue what he’s doing
Legend
23 hours ago
I don’t believe he does. They’re slipping right into last year’s pattern, which has actually been the pattern for the last few years. I’m disappointed they didn’t give Torii the job.
Super Member
23 hours ago
what is anyone going to do with this junk roster.
Legend
23 hours ago
Throw some fire under their butts. Give them someone to look up to and respect.
Super Member
23 hours ago
Maybe, but there just isn’t much talent.
Legend
23 hours ago
Torii isn’t qualified whatsoever
Legend
23 hours ago
How is Suzuki qualified.
Pat Riley was a radio announcer until he got hired and now he’s a Hall of Fame.
Legend
23 hours ago
Honestly I don’t think Suzuki is either. Working as a special assistant to Perry should be disqualifying haha.
Riley is an exception to the rule. Maybe Torii would be too, idk, simply stating he isn’t qualified due to no managerial experience
Legend
23 hours ago
I agree that no manager can fix this garbage roster. I just think it would be more interesting. Torii was in the dugout for Jo’s amazing game. Good things seem to happen when he’s around.
Legend
23 hours ago
That is a bit harsh, I think.
Legend
23 hours ago
Yeah, I was scratching my head with that one just a bit. In Kurt’s defense though
1) tomorrow is a day off, so he should be okay for Friday
2) he did need the work to stay fresh
Last edited 23 hours ago by JackFrost
Super Member
23 hours ago
Him and perry are gone after this year. Maybe the new president can hire a better gm
Trusted Member
1 day ago
If the Angels had some speed burners in the line up, it could conjur up some offense. But that’s not the case.
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Super Member
1 day ago
At least everyone managed to hit the ball that inning.
Trusted Member
1 day ago
Thats progress, sort of.
Legend
1 day ago
I’m glad Suzuki believes in rolling out the same lineup. It’s clearly working
Legend
1 day ago
This lineup would never get 1 hit. Oh wait it happened last week lol
Trusted Member
1 day ago
Team batting average now is .199
Legend
23 hours ago
Los Angeles Mendoza Lines.
Trusted Member
23 hours ago
Los Angeles Mendoza line of Anaheim.
Legend
23 hours ago
I think he needs to rest O’ Hoppe a day or three. As a former catcher he should understand that you can get run into the ground pretty quicky when you play 6 games a week.. One day off is not enough.
Last edited 23 hours ago by JackFrost
Trusted Member
23 hours ago
It’s only the 2nd week of season.
Legend
23 hours ago
Yes, but he was also playing in Spring Training games so we are talking about a month and a half of games..
Trusted Member
1 day ago
It doesn’t make any difference,other to point out the crappy trade the Angels made: Taylor Ward is hitting .383, with nine doubles this season already. He has 18 hits which are 4 more than Trout, Lowe and Moncada have combined. He also has 8 rbi’s.
Legend
1 day ago
Ward outperforming Trout is mad depressing
Trusted Member
1 day ago
Ward is outperforming everyone, non pitcher, on the Angels. He is scorching hot.
Super Member
1 day ago
trout is cooked.
Legend
23 hours ago
What happened in the course of one week? He looked raw previously.
Super Member
23 hours ago
i mean he’s still mike trout. can put together an impressive string. it just happened early and now its back to the usual.
Legend
23 hours ago
It keeps happening more and more often. And it lasts longer and longer and the slumps are deeper.
Super Member
23 hours ago
im convinced he was on the sauce until the contract. fell off a cliff.
Legend
23 hours ago
I don’t buy that conspiracy. Wouldn’t he have been caught ?
Super Member
23 hours ago
I’m not convinced that’s true anymore. Where are these impressive strings you refer to. Anyone can be good for a week.
Legend
1 day ago
Except for one reality: most players perform worse in an Angels uniform than they do on any other team.
#indianburialground
Trusted Member
1 day ago
It is quite the phenomenon isn’t it.
Legend
23 hours ago
Yep. Despite this about 80% of the regulars on this site were itching to trade him.
So, there is some revisionist history going on here …
Super Member
23 hours ago
He should have been treaded, he would have been gone after this year anyway and he wasn’t going to make a difference for this team. He just should have been traded for something of value.
Legend
23 hours ago
We differ there. Look at this division now. It is very winnable. There is no dominant team. The Mariners are 4-9 and in last place for Chrissakes !
Last edited 23 hours ago by JackFrost
Super Member
21 hours ago
It’s only 13 games, I don’t believe it will stay that way. Especially for the Halos.
Trusted Member
23 hours ago
No doubt, but the player received in the trade has spent the majority of the past two years with serious arm problems and is already on the shelf. Could the Angels at least received a healthy player?
Legend
23 hours ago
At the time I was not crazy about the trade. Franky, I may have been the only person here who was beating the drum to re-sign or extend Taylor.
Trusted Member
23 hours ago
Ward getting traded wasnt the issue, what the the team got back in return is the problem. People can need a change of scenery. Sucking for so long in the same place is tough for anyone. Also, Moniack looks pretty good so far.
Legend
23 hours ago
I said that yesterday. Perry gives up on guys too soon !!
Trusted Member
23 hours ago
Yes you were, and good point. But it looked like a salary dump, than a legitimate trade.
Legend
1 day ago
The zephyr strikes again…..
Editor
Super Member
1 day ago
Sheesh, Zeferjahn!
Legend
1 day ago
Back to his true form as was Detmers.
