Officially eliminated

[Oz27]

From the division race, at least. Still a few games left until that becomes true of the wildcard.

I don't have much else to say. But our elimination day has to be worth its own thread, right?

[Blarg]

Yes,  when the day arrives it does. 

[tomsred]

But not eliminated from a protected draft pick.

[Ohtaniland]

[Guest]

Very shocking stuff. 

[arch stanton]

My fondest wish for the rest of this season is that every time anyone mentions a protected pick that he gets his junk caught in a zipper.

[mulwin444]

CALZONE, be honest...you've had that picture since March, haven't you?

[Ohtaniland]

13 minutes ago, mulwin444 said:

CALZONE, be honest...you've had that picture since March, haven't you?

Since Opening Day. It was easy to see that we didn't have a competitive team back then. We were in 2nd place before we threw one pitch thanks to the schedule makers. We never did get to 1st place by ourselves this season.

[tdawg87]

16 minutes ago, CALZONE said:

Since Opening Day. It was easy to see that we didn't have a competitive team back then. We were in 2nd place before we threw one pitch thanks to the schedule makers. We never did get to 1st place by ourselves this season.

You were saying how this was a good team all offseason. But we know why that is, don't we sweetums?

[tdawg87]

38 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

My fondest wish for the rest of this season is that every time anyone mentions a protected pick that he gets his junk caught in a zipper.

Jokes on you, that's my fetish.

[Puget Sound Angel]

And just when the NFL is ready to kickoff, could not have planned this any better.

[Stradling]

4 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

You were saying how this was a good team all offseason. But we know why that is, don't we sweetums?

yep

[Ohtaniland]

4 hours ago, Stradling said:

yep

I said that Arte was not going to sign another high dollar left fielder because we already had one on the books. Arte also knew that we were not just another high dollar LF contact away from being competitive. He was right. 

It also looks like Arte is going to benefit from Mike Trout drawing 3M fans again this season. Mike Trout is like Disneyland to the fans. He makes the stadium the happiest place on earth no matter what the standings are. Arte is very fortunate to have the best player in baseball on his roster.

[Troll Daddy]

What took so long ?  Frickin Scioscia

[DMVol]

Healthy pitching and we're in the mix....not a great team but a competitive team....

[Angel Oracle]

And now starting a very difficult stretch of 20 straight days, of which 17 games are against post-season contenders.

[Ohtaniland]

7 minutes ago, DMVol said:

Healthy pitching and we're in the mix....not a great team but a competitive team....

That's going to take a while. 

[Ohtaniland]

17 minutes ago, Blarg said:

The Angels pitching staff has given up the 4th most runs in the AL during the season. The Rangers the 3rd most. They also have the 4th worst BAA, WHIP and 4th worst OPS. Texas is masking a poor pitching staff by amassing a ton of runs on the offensive side. I would have to say they are the odds on favorite to crash and burn in the playoffs.

The Yankees were a .500 team on August 9th. They had already dumped Chapman, Miller and Beltran. They then sent A-rod packing.

They call that tanking right? 

 

[DMVol]

44 minutes ago, DMVol said:

Healthy pitching and we're in the mix....not a great team but a competitive team....

 

36 minutes ago, CALZONE said:

That's going to take a while. 

I meant this year, wasn't clear....but yes, we are obviously not going to be healthy until 2018....

[Angel Oracle]

What the Skanks are doing is WTF material.

Does Gary Sanchez get AL ROTY, despite only playing some two months at the MLB level?

The main competition at this point would likely be Naquin and Fulmer.

There is precedent.    Willie McCovey was NL ROTY in 1959, despite not being in the MLB lineup until late July and only appearing in 52 games with a 1.085 OPS.

[Ohtaniland]

14 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

What the Skanks are doing is WTF material.

Does Gary Sanchez get AL ROTY, despite only playing some two months at the MLB level?

There is precedent.    Willie McCovey was NL ROTY in 1959, despite not being in the MLB lineup until late July.

Sanchez has been crazy good. The Yankees were written off two months ago. They're unexpectedly playing good baseball now and their future looks even better. 

[ettin]

13 hours ago, arch stanton said:

My fondest wish for the rest of this season is that every time anyone mentions a protected pick that he gets his junk caught in a zipper.

When inclusion goes too far.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

You mean that we're not going to win the division? Damn.

[Stradling]

3 hours ago, CALZONE said:

The Yankees were a .500 team on August 9th. They had already dumped Chapman, Miller and Beltran. They then sent A-rod packing.

They call that tanking right? 

 

It shits all over your belief that you can't build a farm and spend money at the same time.  

[disarcina]

elimination day? Is that for the 2016 or the 2017 season?