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LA Angels Wednesday News Crash: Clobbering Twinkies

September 10, 2025

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Angels clobber the Twins 12-2, with every Angels run coming with 2 outs. That has to be a record.

Kyle Hendricks did not allow a run though, going 7 scoreless last night. That is 3 straight quality starts for him.

Prospect Rio Foster, who was injured in a car crash when a drunk driver crashed into him, needs help with medical bills. He has a GoFundme. Kikuchi right now is the top dono.

Around Baseball

A Pirates fan fell at PNC park off the stands and survived. They have no idea how they are alive either.

While Mike Trout still sits at 398 home runs, Aaron Judge keeps climbing the NYY record books, passing Yogi to get to 5th all time in Yankee home runs. Tigers beat the Yankees 12-2. Almost like they aren’t a good team. Well, “good team” they are in the playoff race and will finish with a winning record AGAIN.

Speaking of home runs, Kyle Schwarber became the 2nd Phillie ever to hit 50 in a season. No way he wins MVP though.

Juan Soto is in the 30/30 club and is the first to do it in 2025. I am still mad Mike Trout only did it once.

Who has been the most mediocre MLB team since 1999? And by mediocre, I mean who has been at a .450-.550 record of 73-89 most often. The Blue Jays. But the Angels are 4th. Not sure if I agree with the math, but there is a chart.

Anything I missed? Post below for upvotes!

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YOUknowulovetheIE

1 day ago

Arte, man up and pay his medical bills. You’re worth billions

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James

1 day ago

They won so all positives 👍🏻

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Phil

1 day ago

It was fun, and surprising!, to blow out the Twins yesterday.
Scoring 12 runs, all after 2-outs.

For today:
Bradley has faced Angels once (2023), with no decision, giving up 1 run in 5 innings.
For 2025, he’s 0-1, ERA 7.20

Jose Urena is our starter for today. He has faced Twins 6 times (pitching for Detroit, White Sox, Texas), going 0-3. ERA 6.85
For 2025, he’s 0-1, ERA 4.29

I didn’t know that Urena has played for Mets, Blue Jays, Dodgers, Twins — all in 2025!!

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RexFregosi

1 day ago

AFL rosters announced- Salt River Rafters
Juan Flores C,
David Mershon IF
Raudi Rodriguez OF

P – Costeiu, Dufault, Gervase, Lockhart, Victoria

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Turk's Teeth

1 day ago

Reply to RexFregosi

Very uninspiring crop, outside of Flores and Rodriguez. (The last name on your list I believe is Najer Victor.)

Usually, the AFL is where teams send ascendant prospects on the cusp of the MLB, or highly promising kids who made progress in the previous year but might not have gotten a full season of work. The A’s sent Nick Kurtz last year, and the Rockies are sending Charlie Condon this year.

The Angels, however, have been tending to send also-ran prospects who’ve struggled this year, and may be on the verge of washing out. Interesting that they are holding back Johnson and Hurtado, both of whom had very modest and controlled workloads this year. Or some of the nearly-there BP guys like Southard (Natera Jr attended last year).

Also makes you feel the worse for Rio Foster, as he’s exactly the type of prospect you’d send to the AFL this year, especially given his second half performance.

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RexFregosi

1 day ago

Reply to Turk's Teeth

I’m glad the team has Condon. The position players make sense but Mershon has been disappointing in 2025. The jump from All SEC SS to AA/AAA is not was easy as it appears. Mershon is a grinder though.Let’s see.

I hadn’t heard of any of the pitchers. None of these parks are as close to me as Tempe, but I will see more of these games than ST games in the future. I just go to ST practices.

Pray for Rio here in 2026. Last year was Niko and Cole. Also uninspiring.

Yes another uninspiring crop. reflective of the talent we have in the system at the higher levels.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 day ago

Reply to RexFregosi

This crop is kinda crap. But who cares when we got to hold onto Ward/Jansen and play meaningfulz?

I actually root for Mershon. Feels like the org likes him. It would be cool if he made a big leap forward.

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Turk's Teeth

1 day ago

Reply to RexFregosi

Even then, I think you could send a crop more representative of actual talent, however thin the crop.

On the position player side, this would be a fine time to send 21 yo Guzman out, unless they feel he’s absolutely gassed. Rada too.

Maybe one of two of this year’s senior signs: Isaiah Jackson, Nick Rodriguez, Slate Alford. Obviously Rio would have been perfect prior to the accident, but that’s a tragedy. Maybe Ryan Nicholson, though one wishes he had responded a little better to his AA promotion.

On the pitching side, Cortez, Hurtado, Johnson are starters I’d want to test, and Southard and Choban, maybe take a flyer on Tookoian in relief.

All the pitchers here, save perhaps Victor, feel like timecards punched – they had to send some names, so they sent some org soldiers they’re not too invested in.

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RexFregosi

1 day ago

Reply to Turk's Teeth

More from BA in article on which AFL pitchers hit 100 mph

The Angels called Lockhart’s name in the 13th round of the 2024 draft. The South Florida alum did not produce great numbers this season in a year spent mostly at Low-A Inland Empire. With the 66ers, he allowed 25 runs (21 earned) and issued 30 walks over 20.2 innings. He did, however, strike out 36 One pick after they took the above-mentioned Fulton Lockhart in 2024, the Angels doubled up on heat by adding Victor, another live arm from the Sunshine State. In his first full season as a pro, Victor’s numbers were mixed. He racked up 65 strikeouts in 40.2 innings spread across both Class A levels, but he also issued 26 walks in that span. His output improved once he moved out of the Cal League and onto High-A Tri-City.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 day ago

Jo. Vertigo. Fan Ju Ju. Aliens?

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AngelsFanInHell

1 day ago

Half day at work and Halo baseball this afternoon. I guess I don’t have to bitch slap Wayne, since he’s finally stopped talking about making the playoffs.

I would be thrilled to run into Torii. He should be the coach for next season and beyond. He’s one of my all-time favorite Halos.

I question whether Adell has vertigo, since they keep saying he’s going to play and then have done a late scratch the last two games. If he had vertigo, the odds are that he’d be out the rest of the season. Maybe the Halo doctors are as competent as the GM and coaching staff. They certainly haven’t been able to help Trout.

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steelgolf

1 day ago

Reply to AngelsFanInHell

I wouldn’t mind Torii being manager next season. I think he would be better than Monty.

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JackFrost

1 day ago

Reply to steelgolf

Definitely better.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 day ago

Reply to AngelsFanInHell

Eric Davis was one of my favorite players as a little kid. He should also manage the team.

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RexFregosi

1 day ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

Jim Fregosi was my favorite
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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 day ago

Reply to RexFregosi

He should probably manage the team… or manage the managers….

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RexFregosi

1 day ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

I hate the idea of hiring a manager who has never managed, but Gene hired Fregosi mid season in 1978 and the next year, the first division title. It worked. And signing FAs helped a lot.

but I’d rather see someone with experience

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 day ago

Reply to RexFregosi

I’d rather see a stacked farm and a roster that might play +500. then I’ll give a shit who the manager is.

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JackFrost

1 day ago

I just saw an article about Albert being a candidate for the Angels manager job if the org decides to move on from Wash due to age and health reasons….

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/albert-pujols-floated-as-potential-next-manager-of-angels-by-mlb-insider/ar-AA1MhjUD?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=fc773aa0f2504e5f8831abca3a823c77&ei=

Let me just say right now that I think it would be an absolute DISASTER to hire Pujols as a manager. Not only am I not convinced that he would be even decent at the in-game strategic aspect of managing, but I don’t think he would be a good leader.

In contrast, I feel like Torii would be a fantastic leader. He is a born leader and is up there with Baylor, Grich as the best leaders the team has ever had.

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grichmanpoorman

1 day ago

Reply to JackFrost

This Albert-as-manager stuff is roughly as credible as the “Stephen A. in 2028” stuff. Makes for a fun headline. Not remotely rooted in reality.

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JackFrost

1 day ago

Reply to grichmanpoorman

With Arte nothing stupid is impossible.

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milehigh

1 day ago

Reply to JackFrost

I’ve had my fill of first time managers. If someone better than Wash can’t be hired then resign Wash.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 day ago

Reply to JackFrost

But what about Ersty? Or Magic Johnson? Oh wait, Robert Downey Jr! He led the friggin Avengers for gah sake. Full on leader muscles.

I don’t care who they hire, at first. I like Torii, but for all I know he’s a dog crap manager. I don’t see any other teams beating down his door. Being cool, and from our team back in the day, seems to be a major qualification to us around here…. and that would be great if “former player” was managing a bunch of over the hill fans. But they aren’t.

I feel like I won’t have a clue who will actually do a good job managing till they get in there and do it. I hate the idea of Albert but that’s because I don’t really like Albert. Honestly, maybe we should hire Albert since many on this site are bound to launch their “this guy doesn’t know what he’s doing” campaign as soon as he puts a hat on “wrong”. With this roster and owner I think we could get the best GM/manager tandem in baseball and still finish fourth, at least to start with. Albert deserves that shit show.

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PedroCerrano

1 day ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

Turns out I don’t know much about who would be good as I thought Maddon was the answer.

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milehigh

1 day ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

So we’re all agreed on Al Bundy. Cool, let’s score 4 touchdowns!

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Marcotor

21 hours ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

ERSTY!!!!! So much grit and stubble. Fire. Manly Toughness. DIrty uniform. Teams would forefit to avoid his manly gritty gaze and fire. Anthony Rendon would walk on water, hit .355 with 75HR so afraid of ERSTY’s manliness he would be. Trout would be so afraid his body would instantly be 25 again and he would steal 80 bases to avoid being on the doo-doo list.

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steelgolf

21 hours ago

Reply to JackFrost

Probably floating the Pujols idea was from the Angels front office as he is still in his 1 million a year “personal services” clause of his contract. “Here Albert, you be the new manager since we are already paying you a million a year. Heck, we will add 150k on top of that. Deal?”

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JackFrost

7 hours ago

Reply to steelgolf

Yeah, I think the services contract is part of it

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Eric_in_Portland

1 day ago

Several players have stepped up. Jo, Lugo, Teodosio, Farris, several others. I think there’ll be more soon. Hoping for a complete recovery for Rio

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Born_in_59

1 day ago

It’s nice to see Peraza hitting better this month, but is a .258 BA so far this September sustainable when you’re striking out at a 35% rate and your BABIP is .421?

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 day ago

Reply to Born_in_59

We’ll have to see. Yep, he has to cut that K rate. My hope is that he’s just rusty AF from almost two years of bench sitting and that drops down towards 28% or something. This month is the perfect time to let him play and see…. though I think it’s stupid to “test” him and teach him 1B at the same time…. they should send him to winter ball or something and just have him hit and play middle INF.

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Jeff Joiner

1 day ago

Reply to Born_in_59

Not sustainable.

The kid has such quick hands he should be able to cut down the K rate. His inside out swing looked great last night.

Then again, I loved Squid’s hand speed as well.

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Angels2020Champs

1 day ago

I checked the whole list… Arte Moreno $0 donated.

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Roy Hobbs

1 day ago

Reply to Angels2020Champs

Honestly, it’s front pocket money for Arte and he could probably figure out a way to write it off plus it would be good PR. He should just step up and say “I or we got this”. Any one of a number of players on the major league roster could do the same without even missing anything or so could a group of them, but let’s get the fans and other regular people to cover it. Not criticizing the go fund me but Rio has a connection to people with resources who should just step up and take care of it. I’ve always thought that if I had those kinds of resources it would bring me great joy to do those kinds of things as often as I could.

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PedroCerrano

1 day ago

Reply to Angels2020Champs

It was encouraging to how some of the fringe guys who haven’t got paid yet and are now back in the minors still stepped up. MiLB pay is still way below what anyone would reasonably expect.