Series Thread: Rangers in Anaheim for three 8/26-8/28

[darrylgann]

Can your 16 year old daughter catch, Murph. Just asking.

 

[Bmurph]

Garbage AB Santana

 

[Bmurph]

Can your 16 year old daughter catch, Murph. Just asking.

Yup she's a great defensive catcher

 

[darrylgann]

Yup she's a great defensive catcher

Sign her up, JD. This team is years away from a decent catcher here. I would have kept Robinson.

 

[Bmurph]

Sign her up, JD. This team is years away from a decent catcher here. I would have kept Robinson.

Not re-signing Robbie was a mistake but we see that and they didn't which is telling

 

[Bmurph]

10 K's in 5 1/3 is disgusting

 

[Nightcrawler]

Heaney dominates Santana

Danny can barely even put the ball in play against him over the last 2 games he’s seen him.

 

[darrylgann]

Heaney would be in trouble if we had some decent hitters

 

[Bmurph]

Roogie hits a rocket and gets hosed by the shift

 

[Bmurph]

Good start for Minor, hopefully LeCLerc won't come in and screw it up in the end

 

[Bmurph]

Choo with a terrible AB, it's like everyone is guessing at the plate.

 

[darrylgann]

Choo with a terrible AB, it's like everyone is guessing at the plate.

You get the feeling most of the team is ready for this season to be over.

 

[Bmurph]

Terrible pitch Minor and now no win for you

 

[Bmurph]

Another terrible 2 strike pitch there Minor. Not sure why he's even throwing a curveball for a strike there

 

[darrylgann]

This team could still lose close to 90 games

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Quick 123 for Minor. Halo broadcasters. Note that it is a crime having Mike Trout and team of noble to build a playoff team around him. And the have spent money. Interesting

I have a number of friends from California and of course Angel fans. When they signed Trout to that $43 mill a year contract I said they should have traded him and stockpiled their system. Way too much money. Plus they hired a complete statue for a manager. Took a world series contender in the Tigers and they just got worse every year.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Heaney would be in trouble if we had some decent hitters

He threw a lot of pitches right down the heart of the plate.

 

[jta4437]

I have a number of friends from California and of course Angel fans. When they signed Trout to that $43 mill a year contract I said they should have traded him and stockpiled their system. Way too much money. Plus they hired a complete statue for a manager. Took a world series contender in the Tigers and they just got worse every year.

Problem is no one would trade anything that he's worth because then he would just gut someone else's system and they themselves get to be non-contenders in short order.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Problem is no one would trade anything that he's worth because then he would just gut someone else's system and they themselves get to be non-contenders in short order.

You could be right there. There may be some big market teams who might do it but that is not a certainty. But they would need to already have a decent team in place at the MLB level and they would not pay him $43 mill a year. That was a little extravagant to say the least.

 

[saddles]

I have a number of friends from California and of course Angel fans. When they signed Trout to that $43 mill a year contract I said they should have traded him and stockpiled their system. Way too much money. Plus they hired a complete statue for a manager. Took a world series contender in the Tigers and they just got worse every year.

I think they spent too much. I remember you bringing it up at the time. My thought then was that I could understand the Angels fans not wanting to trade him. Loyalty tends to blind us at times, and others' loyalty tends to look foolish to us at times.

I don't think I would have had a problem with trading him for the right package.