The Official 2017 Major League Baseball Thread

[Angel Oracle]

17 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Carlos Correa with a torn thumb ligament.  Out 6-8 weeks

Head first slide?

[Blarg]

Managed to tear it swinging a bat.

[fan_since79]

Didn't Andre Ethier manage to break a finger swinging the bat?

By the way, he's been on the DL for what seems like forever. It's easy to forget that he's actually still on their roster.

 

[nando714]

1 hour ago, m0nkey said:

Carlos Correa with a torn thumb ligament.  Out 6-8 weeks

He'll be fresh for the playoffs 

[Troll Daddy]

With Correa out of commission the Angels have a shot at the division title, right?

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

With Correa out of commission the Angels have a shot at the division title, right?

Our chances just improved sure.  Did the Angels lose ground without Trout?  Who's got the better roster the Astros without Correa or the Angels without Trout?  Hell, who has the better roster the Astros without Correa or the Angels with Trout?  But I sure hope we catch fire.  

[Angel Oracle]

Astros have a deep lineup.   This isn't the 2015 Astros, slugging but also putting up lower BAs in a lot of the spots in the order.

They will just acquire a starting pitcher and relief pitching to get deeper in those areas.    Besides, 15.5 game leads usually don't evaporate.  

[fan_since79]

Bartolo Colon struck out Aaron Judge in the top of the first inning.

Yes, THAT Bartolo Colon. He's on the Twins now.

 

[fan_since79]

The Bartolo Colon era with the Twins got off to a shaky start. Yankees pounded him in the fifth.

Oh well.

 

[Troll Daddy]

3 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

With Correa out of commission the Angels have a shot at the division title, right?

[m0nkey]

Moncada getting called up

[nando714]

Eppler needs to get the Red Sox on the horn and discuss Escobar

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, nando714 said:

Eppler needs to get the Red Sox on the horn and discuss Escobar

Yep, I am sure it would be an underwhelming Escobar for Brock Holt type of trade.

[ettin]

31 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Yep, I am sure it would be an underwhelming Escobar for Brock Holt type of trade.

The problem is the Red Sox would have greatly preferred a left-handed bat to improve their hitting against RHP. Escobar isn't terrible but Frazier was a lot better option for them. The Yankees damaged them there a bit.

To be honest they may have more interest in Valbuena possibly.

[fan_since79]

Dodgers are the first team since the Royals in 1977 to have 30 wins in a stretch of 34 games, and the first NL team to do it since the 1936 Giants. Two of their four losses were to the Angels.

They have a healthy 5-1 lead tonight over the White Sox.

 

Edited July 20, 2017 by fan_since79

[fan_since79]

Newcomb (1-5) against 15-game winner Kershaw, coming up shortly.

Pulling for the kid!

 

[Lou]

Kershaw comes out after 2 innings. Undisclosed injury 

[totdprods]

Astros pen chokes away another lead.

[ettin]

And with today's win Billy Eppler decides that, yes, the Angels are buyers.

[nando714]

Espinosa signs with Seattle

[fan_since79]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

Kershaw comes out after 2 innings. Undisclosed injury 

Wow. 

[m0nkey]

Turned out to be back tightness.  

Strasburg also left after 2 innings today

[Troll Daddy]

On 7/18/2017 at 10:59 PM, ettin said:

The problem is the Red Sox would have greatly preferred a left-handed bat to improve their hitting against RHP. Escobar isn't terrible but Frazier was a lot better option for them. The Yankees damaged them there a bit.

To be honest they may have more interest in Valbuena possibly.

I doubt Yescobar is available for trade yet. Going 3-5 against two division leaders may put selling on hold. 

[ettin]

1 minute ago, Troll Daddy said:

I doubt Yescobar is available for trade yet

To be honest over the last two years his market never really developed. He will almost certainly be with us until the end.

[totdprods]

19 minutes ago, ettin said:

To be honest over the last two years his market never really developed. He will almost certainly be with us until the end.

Back to 2.5 games out of the Wild Card - in a three-way tie with Seattle and Texas.