We’re on pace to win 79 games which is a little better than many of us thought. We’re going to have to fight to finish over .500. It’s hard to not be better than last year after winning only 63 games.

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Fansince1971

16 hours ago

Reply to Roy Hobbs

I’m predicting 70-92

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MH252525

23 hours ago

So at least they took some highly rated prep prospects later in the draft. Maybe if they get them signed the draft isn’t quite as bad as we thought, but man taking relievers with top picks is frustrating.

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steelgolf

19 hours ago

Reply to MH252525

I’m of the camp that after the Bremner pick, it is a horrible draft. Picking a bunch of wild relievers because of velocity screams injuries, TJ surgery on the shelf for : years, coming back getting shelled, injured again, rinse, repeat. And ignoring bats/position players in the early rounds in favor of relievers is a fireable offense in my book. I want to see the signing bonus they threw away on Shores.

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MH252525

17 hours ago

Reply to steelgolf

So I watched Shores pitch the last 2.2 innings of the CWS. NGL he looked pretty damn good, obviously much better than he had been early in the year. He even pitched the 9th because he was dominating over their usual closer.

Take a look if you haven’t.

https://youtu.be/MwvBagJexmQ?si=u7Aus0EMqNlW4Rbo

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steelgolf

10 hours ago

Reply to MH252525

Eh, still just a reliever whose fastball tails slightly to the right. You can get those guys later in the draft. We have the same guy in Ben Joyce, who is shockingly on the injured list, and we may not see him the rest of the season.

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MH252525

2 hours ago

Reply to steelgolf

I don’t think the pick was the best at all, but I think you are underestimating how hard it is to find guys later in the draft who throw 101.

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RexFregosi

1 day ago

That Dan Haren trade was interesting. I think we got over 9 WAR from him in 2.5 years for four good prospects.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are open for business.
After a disappointing first half has left Arizona 11 games out of first place in the NL West, the team has made starters Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly, third baseman Eugenio Suárez, and first baseman Josh Naylor available for trades, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports.
All four players are pending free agents.

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Roy Hobbs

22 hours ago

Reply to RexFregosi

Do we even have the assets to trade for Suarez as long as Perry is going for it.

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grichmanpoorman

20 hours ago

Reply to RexFregosi

Eugenio might be a nice FA target for us in the offseason…

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MarineLayer

1 day ago

TB just got sold. When will it be our turn!

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bobblanton

1 day ago

After a brief break back to the pitcher draft

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Eric_in_Portland

1 day ago

Alton Davis, P. Did Perry look at his 5-0 record or his 8.14 ERA and 1.952 whip?

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MarineLayer

1 day ago

Reply to Eric_in_Portland

We need a Suarez replacement.

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Born_in_59

1 day ago

If the Cubs do trade for Yoan, I think Pedro Ramirez (2B/3B with their AA team) might be a good return. The MLB.COM site rates him as their 16th best prospect and reminds me of Rengifo as a switch hitter with a bit of power and able to steal 20 or more based.

Angie of the9 Angels

1 day ago

Hi everybody, Angie here. I’m new. I want to make a compilation video for my boyfriend of some of the Angels’ best moments of the first half.

Can many of you please respond here by listing the date,,score and opponent of a really great Angels win this season?

Thanks so much!
Xo Angie of the Angels (Angie Thomas)

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Twebur

1 day ago

Reply to Angie of the9 Angels

A compilation video for of the Angels’ best moments of the draft might interesting

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Roy Hobbs

1 day ago

Reply to Twebur

One that showed the facial reaction of all the posters!

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Charles Sutton

6 hours ago

Reply to Angie of the9 Angels

Browse back through the Postgame articles. They have highlights. Offensive highlights are more common with this team than defensive ones. We have had some great roller coaster games in June and July.
https://crashingthepearlygates.com/category/postgame/

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RexFregosi

1 day ago

Who will play 3b next year?
I Don’t Know.

Re-sign Giffy? Re-sign Yoan?

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Pineapple12

1 day ago

Reply to RexFregosi

Denzer Guzman

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Roy Hobbs

1 day ago

Reply to Pineapple12

I believe that next year will be a big disappointment because the team will regress after overachieving this year and Perry will think we’re close so he will do very little.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 day ago

Alford too? OK. Now Perry is just fking with me….

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RexFregosi

1 day ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

exactly what Arte hired him to do.

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bobblanton

1 day ago

So I am confused. If he was saving money for later rounds to pick hs hitters to keep them from college why is he picking college hitters

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Trout_is_my_Bestie

1 day ago

I will be the first to predict that Chase Shores will turn into the next Paul Skenes.

The resemblance is uncanny! Except 2 inches taller!

Plus Chase has a similar delivery and four pitch mix.

He just came back from TJ this season so expect to be amazed by him next year!

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bobblanton

1 day ago

Reply to Trout_is_my_Bestie

Or pauley shore

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steelgolf

1 day ago

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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bobblanton

1 day ago

I wonder what grade the pundits will give us

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steelgolf

1 day ago

Reply to bobblanton

F, possibly a D- if they are feeling generous.

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Fansince1971

16 hours ago

Reply to bobblanton

D or D- overall

F for missed opportunities

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bobblanton

1 day ago

We have another hitter except he is more defensive minded then offensive

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 day ago

Reply to bobblanton

I actually like Jackson fine for a later round pick. He has power. He’s semi-fast. Not a total head scratcher.

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RexFregosi

1 day ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

He’s a good baseball player.

Andre Ethier – another nice recent Devil OF.

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smithy610

1 day ago

#229 – Isaiah Jackson – OF

Ranked 214 by MLB

Woohoo, another hitter!!! We finally get a steal!!

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 day ago

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WAIT! THIS is actually a guy I looked at for a “down there in the dirty rounds” pick. Holy crap. A guy I would have taken where I would have taken him. Unpossible.

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RexFregosi

1 day ago

Reply to smithy610

Forks up. Pick #481 from Arizona State. (that’s a lot)

Kole Calhoun. Kenny Landreaux, Reggie Jackson.
LFG!

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smithy610

1 day ago

Reply to RexFregosi

I would love to get those diamonds in the rough – Howie Kendrick, Mark Trumbo, Peter Bourjos, David Fletcher, etc.

It’s just that they also had a chance to hit in the earlier rounds and did not.

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MH252525

1 day ago

You’d think the Angels would realize by now that drafting relievers just doesn’t work. A lot of MLB relievers are actually failed starters. Heck look at Detmers. Angels have drafted a lot of very successful college relievers only to see them fizzle out as soon as they get to AA. Probably because unless you have tremendous stuff, you need at least 3 pitches to get people out, which college relievers simply don’t have.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 day ago

Reply to MH252525

Exactly. If the Angels were drafting guys like Sawyer Hawks and Aiden Haugh right now I’d be annoyed, but at least they are starters in good college programs who, if they wash out, can be pen arms. We aren’t even doing that. Taking a reliever with your SECOND PICK?

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bobblanton

1 day ago

We don’t need no stinking hitters. We will win every game 1-0 and lose every game 13-1

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smithy610

1 day ago

Reply to bobblanton

I honestly can’t imagine how Perry can see the state of the farm in terms of hitters/position players, and be like “We’re good!”

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FungoAle

1 day ago

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No secret of my disdain for Perry, he is in over his head. He comes off as someone who is smarter than all other GMs, he’s now back to revisiting his all-pitcher philosophy which bombed the 1st time.

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bobblanton

1 day ago

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Lose 120 games by the way

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 day ago

It’s like Perry was driven mad by all the shit talk over the “pitcher draft” and has gone all Captain Ahab and is now going to sink his ship trying to prove that white whale is out there and he can be stretched into a starter.

This draft is so amazingly bad that Q Anon people are gonna start investigating if PTP is a spy for the A’s sent to deliberately destroy our farm system. It is a mind bogglingly bad draft.

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2pints

1 day ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

this awful draft is obviously to distract from the Epstein files

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bobblanton

1 day ago

Reply to 2pints

What. Artes on the list

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smithy610

1 day ago

This is what’s left of MLB’s top 100 that are undrafted. Probably due to signability issues. Also not sure if anyone dropped off from the draft on this list. At Round 7, might as well pull the trigger: