GameDay Thread: Angels @ Giants 2/28/2021

[stormngt]

19 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Nah, he needs to be better than Upton. Upton is not a HOFer. The way Adell has been talked up, it would be a disappointment if all we get is Justin Upton.

Has anyone suggested that Adell was going to have a HOF type career?

[Stradling]

Howie didn’t have a good career and was way over rated because some dude said he would win a batting title.

[Stradling]

Just now, beatlesrule said:

So now I am being optimistic with a player on our team and getting ganged up on. This site never ceases to amaze me.

To be fair it is your ignorance that is being ganged up on.

[ScottT]

beatlesrule expects to end racism by drawing rainbows with crayons

[eligrba4ever]

Hope springs eternal didn't outlast the fourth inning.

[failos]

Helen Keller looking sharp

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Howie didn’t have a good career and was way over rated because some dude said he would win a batting title.

Well, I mean, that's kinda true...

[failos]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

To be fair it is your ignorance that is being ganged up on.

Give it a rest. Beatlesrules just has high expectations for Adell. I don’t think you guys should be attacking him like this.

[ScottT]

beatlesrule expects angelswin revenue to exceed Amazon's by 2030

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, failos said:

Give it a rest. Beatlesrules just has high expectations for Adell. I don’t think you guys should be attacking him like this.

Stop being so sensitive. 

[eligrba4ever]

Did I miss the 5th-inning stretch?

[failos]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

Stop being so sensitive. 

Get over it.

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, failos said:

Give it a rest. Beatlesrules just has high expectations for Adell. I don’t think you guys should be attacking him like this.

Or he can listen to reason and not double down on his naive opinion.  

[CanadianHalo]

Jordyn Adams swing ain’t gonna play. Who the hell came up with that crap?

Not sure why you are all bitching about Adell. Dude has two good AB’s. Hit the ball really hard the first time up. Was all over that first pitch 2nd AB. Laid off some pitches he would’ve swung at last year and worked a BB. 

Sandoval is who he is.

But on another note, who the heck is this kid...

 

 

[Inside Pitch]

14 minutes ago, Bronson said:

Exactly. He’s gonna be good but I don’t think he’s gonna be good under pressure. He’s gonna be one of those stat padders when there is no pressure.

His OPS in high leverage situations (.845), is higher than in low or mid leverage for his career.

 

[stormngt]

6 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

My expectations are a Mookie Betts type BECAUSE Adell is being talked up big time. If Upton was being touted as possibly the best 5 tool player ever, he has been a massive disappointment. Dude won't even make it to the HOF so he did not live up to expectations and all those scouts were wrong by a lot. I am hoping the same thing doesn't happen to Adell.

Imagine being a prospect where expectations are so high that if you dont ma ju e the HOF you are a disappointment. 

[Stradling]

Just now, CanadianHalo said:

Jordyn Adams swing ain’t gonna play. Who the hell came up with that crap?

Not sure why you are all bitching about Adell. Dude has two good AB’s. Hit the ball really hard the first time up. Was all over that first pitch 2nd AB. Laid off some pitches he would’ve swung at last year and worked a BB. 

Sandoval is who he is.

But on another note, who the heck is this kid...

https://twitter.com/jared_tims/status/1366117844635639810?s=21
 

 

Yep. 

[Bronson]

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

His OPS in high leverage situations (.845), is higher than in low or mid leverage for his career.

 

Maybe it’s just his Angels career that gives me nightmares. 

[ScottT]

beatlesrule expects The Beatles to have a reunion tour that includes every original member

[Bronson]

1 minute ago, ScottT said:

beatlesrule expects The Beatles to have a reunion tour that includes every original member

Well, Pete Best is still alive... 

[beatlesrule]

Okay so he hasn't been the number 1 prospect in baseball but many lists have him top 5. The way people here and in the media talk about him, I assumed he was. If Adell is untouchable, to me, that means he SHOULD be a HOFer. If the Angels won't trade him for a stud pitcher like Castillo, I expect Adell to be even better and more important to the team. I've been hearing about and reading about Adell for years. If he is not a 4-5 WAR player every year, he will be a disappointment and so far, the dude looks clueless.

https://www.mlb.com/news/every-no-1-overall-mlb-draft-pick

There's my proof about number 1 picks.

I couldn't care less that the "crew" here makes fun of my opinion or thinks they are all knowing. No one here knows wtf they are posting about and we have all been wrong many times over the years. I expect a player on our team to be better than freaking Justin Upton. If that means the "crew" here takes shots at me than so be it. I don't care. I already get blasted because I actually want the Angels to win a World Series and I believe that Arte is a bad owner. Hell, I got blasted because I voted that I would rather the Angels trade Trout and win a World Series than keep Trout and not win one. Nothing surprises me on this message board.

[Chuck]

16 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

My expectations are a Mookie Betts type BECAUSE Adell is being talked up big time. If Upton was being touted as possibly the best 5 tool player ever, he has been a massive disappointment. Dude won't even make it to the HOF so he did not live up to expectations and all those scouts were wrong by a lot. I am hoping the same thing doesn't happen to Adell.

With all due respect, nobody has every compared Jo Adell to Mookie Betts. He has never been hyped as such. 

He's a top prospect who may or may not become a solid major league player. There's been so many drafted in the top 10 and one of the top 3 prospects in baseball that never really reached their full potential. 

If we're lucky we'll get a Preston Wilson or Justin Upton out of him, but we very well could see Adell become a Lastings Milledge, Joe Borchard, Delmon Young, Josh Vitters or Dustin Ackley as well. 

[Inside Pitch]

2 minutes ago, Bronson said:

Maybe it’s just his Angels career that gives me nightmares. 

He sucked ass in those situations in 2018.  Raked in 19, and was about average in 2020.  So 2018 may have soured your opinion.

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, beatlesrule said:

Okay so he hasn't been the number 1 prospect in baseball but many lists have him top 5. The way people here and in the media talk about him, I assumed he was. If Adell is untouchable, to me, that means he SHOULD be a HOFer. If the Angels won't trade him for a stud pitcher like Castillo, I expect Adell to be even better and more important to the team. I've been hearing about and reading about Adell for years. If he is not a 4-5 WAR player every year, he will be a disappointment and so far, the dude looks clueless.

https://www.mlb.com/news/every-no-1-overall-mlb-draft-pick

There's my proof about number 1 picks.

I couldn't care less that the "crew" here makes fun of my opinion or thinks they are all knowing. No one here knows wtf they are posting about and we have all been wrong many times over the years. I expect a player on our team to be better than freaking Justin Upton. If that means the "crew" here takes shots at me than so be it. I don't care. I already get blasted because I actually want the Angels to win a World Series and I believe that Arte is a bad owner. Hell, I got blasted because I voted that I would rather the Angels trade Trout and win a World Series than keep Trout and not win one. Nothing surprises me on this message board.

"Realist"

[ScottT]

Just now, Inside Pitch said:

He sucked ass in those situations in 2018.  Raked in 19, and was about average in 2020.  So 2018 may have soured your opinion.

It's almost like that's not a reliable skill