I hate to say this

[Ocangelfan]

mvp is out the door for trout this year...donaldson is just flat out getting shit done.  trout keeps watching that first pitch.  I thought last year he was going to switch it up in the playoffs when it mattered most...didn't happen then and won't happen now.  

 

toronto line up line up is just scary to pitch too....just a tad better then the angels

[Tyler]

Still a month left. Trout will have a big September.

[Jason]

Without a doubt it's Donaldson. Trout has completely fallen apart in August and is showing no signs of coming out of this slump. He is part of the offensive problems too.

[Stradling]

He's a hot month away from winning it.

[Jason]

Still a month left. Trout will have a big September.

It doesn't matter. Donaldson will not have this atrocious of a slump

[Amazing Larry]

Why does he let the first pitch go by? Is it a mental block?

Put some catchers gear on him and let's see if he can throw the ball back to the pitcher.

[CaliAngel]

Why does he let the first pitch go by? Is it a mental block?

 

No clue. It's just something he's pretty much always done.

 

And I'm not going to tell the guy how to bat, he's the one making the big bucks.

 

But it's infuriating to watch him let the first pitch go by when many times it's the best pitch of the at-bat.

 

If you're facing Trout and you don't throw a first pitch strike you done ****ed up.

[hen3ry]

He's in the top quartet of major leaguers even with him sitting on the toilet for the entire month.  So no, it's not lost to him yet.  

[Jason]

Trout just isn't seeing the ball well. There's not much else to it.

[Jason]

He's in the top quartet of major leaguers even with him sitting on the toilet for the entire month.  So no, it's not lost to him yet.

By September 8th this team will be out of it which isn't going to help. You have to think all this crappy play from the entire line up is affecting him.

[Stradling]

Baseball is stupid, so at any point they can play above their heads for two or three weeks. We've seen this team go through streaks year after year, so anything is possible. I hope they get really hot at the right time, but I am not counting on it.

[Ocangelfan]

i hope i am wrong...they are just playing so horrible now and the other teams are hitting strides.  mike and albert need to wake the frig up when it counts. 

[fan_since79]

Giavotella...sometimes hits, but can't field

Calhoun...only reliable hitter on team

Trout...missing, put out Amber Alert asap

Pujols...looking old, good for occasional solo home run

Cron...overmatched against good pitchers

Aybar...just plain cold

Iannetta...hopeless

Jackson...a non-entity

Cowart...belongs in AAA for another year or two

 

The three amigos (Victorino, Murphy, DeJesus)...a Scioscia platoon! Match ups rule!

 

Presenting your 2015 Angels offense.

[ispy45]

http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasybaseball/update/25253775/angels-option-of-daniel-robertson-dfa-1b-efren-navarro

Navarro hit .260 with five RBI in 77 at-bats with the Angels this season. Robertson was hitting .346 with nine hits over his last eight games before being demoted

[Ocangelfan]

yep robertson and navarro jump started our winning this year.    

[OregonLAA]

http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasybaseball/update/25253775/angels-option-of-daniel-robertson-dfa-1b-efren-navarro

Navarro hit .260 with five RBI in 77 at-bats with the Angels this season. Robertson was hitting .346 with nine hits over his last eight games before being demoted

This!!!! I'm about to go AO on this board. Victorino and Dejesus were terrible signings! I hate the way Arte/Scioscia have done business this year

[ispy45]

When he played look at how many runs we scored. What's sick is looking at the Wins when Robertson played

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=roberda09&t=b&year=2015

Edited August 22, 2015 by ispy45

[Oz27]

Calhoun...only reliable hitter on team

Many years from now, people will look back at the history of our time, look at this comment from someone talking about a team Mike Trout played on and assume everyone from our time was really stupid.

[70runner]

Many years from now, people will look back at the history of our time, look at this comment from someone talking about a team Mike Trout played on and assume everyone from our time was really stupid.

 

It's mostly frustration.  Calhoun is a good player.  Trout is a great player that needs to get his head out of his ass on the first pitch business.  He frankly doesn't have one to give away against quality pitching.  Pujols often does the same thing...coincidence?  Now with Trout making more outs with men on base, that much more dependent on the 35-40 yr old hitting about .200 with RISP. 

 

Iannetta in the lineup next 2 games after Perez goes 2/3 with the GW HR...you just can't make this stuff up.  Brought to you by the same outfit that dumped a .260 Navarro for a legion of washed up vets.

Edited August 22, 2015 by 70runner

[LAAMike]

The scoreboard identified Perez as one of the "Hot Angels" and there he was on the bench for the second night.

[hen3ry]

Being in the lineup makes you ice cold at this point, so lukewarm looks like a bonfire in comparison.

[JoJo26]

Remember when we read about how Scioscia "manages by feel"...not be numbers? Or something like that.

 

Well, Scioscia's feeling sensations MUST be numb...because he don't feel squat.

 

Benches Murphy - who was on a roll - because the pitcher was a lefty.

Perez starts to feel comfortable - hits a game winning ding dong - sits for 2 days for Chris "My Twitter Followers Hate Me" Ian-nada.

Lifts Weaver who was fine at 84 pitches to bring in Gott.

Doesn't play Shane - Then Thursday - in the same inning - Air-Mails one throw, then pockets another when the running would have been out. Gets another start, and goes Juan Rivera in LF.

Continues to play Cowart - obviously struggling - without batting an eye.

 

Play Cold Guys...Bench Hot Guys....Hey Scioscia -FEEL THIS!

[Jason]

Calhoun is a good player but he's hitting under .270. Not what I consider awesome. That's actually really good for this team. It's really sad that mediocre hitters look appealing to us.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Giavotella...sometimes hits, but can't field

Calhoun...only reliable hitter on team

Trout...missing, put out Amber Alert asap

Pujols...looking old, good for occasional solo home run

Cron...overmatched against good pitchers

Aybar...just plain cold

Iannetta...hopeless

Jackson...a non-entity

Cowart...belongs in AAA for another year or two

The three amigos (Victorino, Murphy, DeJesus)...a Scioscia platoon! Match ups rule!

Presenting your 2015 Angels offense.

Calhoun has had some pretty bad ABs in the 8th and 9th with the game on the line and men on base, and completely shit the bed.

[Jay]

Attendance was a bit thin last night at the stadium... Not a happy crowd with all the miscues and Trout taking strike three with two on in the sixth.

You know you're in trouble when the most memorable moment of the night is something that happens on the Kiss Cam.