Elvin Rodriguez

[Docwaukee]

PTBNL in the upton trade.  

thanks for the kick to the nuts.  

[tdawg87]

That's fucking awful what the fuck

[AngelsFaninGA]

Cool, now our pitching can suck even more

[m0nkey]

Solid numbers in orem especially being so young.  What's his scouting report/projection?

[Chuck]

It's only a kick to the nuts if Upton doesn't stay with us. 

These lower level skinny Dominicans with live fastballs don't always make it at higher levels. 

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, m0nkey said:

Solid numbers in orem especially being so young.  What's his scouting report/projection?

One of the higher reward pitchers in our system. 

High risk as well, but this is stupid.

[fan_since79]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

It's only a kick to the nuts if Upton doesn't stay with us. 

These lower level skinny Dominicans with live fastballs don't always make it at higher levels. 

With our luck his arm could fly right off.

 

[Chuck]

Could be another Ricardo Sanchez, who cannot seem to get out of low A ball. 

[GrittyVeterans]

It's been a rough couple weeks in Angel land

[fan_since79]

4 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

It's been a rough couple weeks 57 years in Angel land, outside of 2002.

More accurate.

[GrittyVeterans]

Just now, fan_since79 said:

More accurate.

2002-2009 was fun. They were the 2nd most successful franchise in baseball over that 8 year period other than the Red Sox. Other than that they're pretty consistently mediocre or shitty, I agree

[Tank]

13 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

With our luck his arm could fly right off.

 

if we keep him = TJ surgery by 2021

if we lose him = turns into the next pedro martinez

there's no way around this very familiar path for angels fans.

[fan_since79]

2 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

2002-2009 was fun. They were the 2nd most successful franchise in baseball over that 8 year period other than the Red Sox. Other than that they're pretty consistently mediocre or shitty, I agree

2004. Boston

2005. A.J.

2007. Boston

2008. Boston

2009. Yes, the sweep of the Red Sox was fun. Then came the disappointment.

[GrittyVeterans]

Just now, fan_since79 said:

2004. Boston

2005. A.J.

2007. Boston

2008. Boston

2009. Yes, the sweep of the Red Sox was fun. Then came the disappointment.

Well shit happens. Like I said, 2nd most successful MLB team over an 8 year period. Was a tremendous run. You get a couple more balls to bounce your way (AJ and Fuentes ugh) and people are talking dynasty about the Angels from 2002-2009

[floplag]

were this upset over someone who was our 22nd rated prospect per mlb.com who doesnt even throw above 90?  really? 

[2112]

I think the frustrating part about now is the fact the Angels are one of several shitty teams competing for the last wild card spot.  Just a little less mediocre and they would be in.

 

[2112]

2 minutes ago, floplag said:

were this upset over someone who was our 22nd rated prospect per mlb.com who doesnt even throw above 90?  really? 

His arm is still attached.  Rare commodity around here.

[Stradling]

46 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

More accurate.

Seriously, why do you even bother?  I value my time way too much to deal with things that make me miserable. 

[eligrba]

1 hour ago, Dochalo said:

PTBNL in the upton trade.  

thanks for the kick to the nuts.  

Need a different analogy. I think the Angels lost their nuts in one of Dipoto's trades.

[Angels#1Fan]

55 minutes ago, floplag said:

were this upset over someone who was our 22nd rated prospect per mlb.com who doesnt even throw above 90?  really? 

This

[Angelsjunky]

A bit better of a prospect than I had hoped they would give up.

[Stradling]

It was a top 25 guy for an All Star OFer.  I'll live.  

[AngelsLakersFan]

We were fooling ourselves if we all assumed it would be a guy we didn't care to lose. Detroit wasn't doing us a favor.

[wopphil]

If Upton doesn't opt out of his deal, literally any prospect in our farm would have been a fair deal. Discontent over losing this guy - who isn't a top 10 prospect in a weak farm - is very premature.

[DMVol]

7 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

We were fooling ourselves if we all assumed it would be a guy we didn't care to lose. Detroit wasn't doing us a favor.

Except I'm not sure we had a lot of competition for Upton....not sure....