Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Astros (August 11th, 2023) MUST WIN SERIES!!

[jsnpritchett]

Alert!  There has been an Eduardo Escobar sighting!

[Revad]

17 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Do you feel feverish? I would check if I were you.

Perhaps it’s “Angel’s Trama and Psychotic Syndrome,” I’m familiar with that condition.

[jsnpritchett]

Lol.  Why take him out at this point?  Just let him finish the inning.  Who cares?

[No Roles]

poor announcers calling a 2nd out in the bottom of the 8 th down 10-3 was a big out..lol

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, No Roles said:

poor announcers calling a 2nd out in the bottom of the 8 th down 10-3 was a big out..lol

...and trying to spin Rosenberg giving up 12 baserunners in 5 innings as a good outing.  Again, I'm happy he was able to get through 5, but in no way did he pitch well in doing so.

[fan_since79]

Chemically enhanced. 

[Erstad Grit]

3 runs in 6 innings of Verlander ain't too bad at all. Besides Rendon, Detmers is the biggest disappointment for me this year. I really thought he'd be a #3 type SP. 

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

Chemically enhanced. 

I think he's still just fat.

[Revad]

2 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I think he's still just fat.

We call it large bodied.

[eligrba4ever]

Under .500 again. Detmers has 9 of those 59 Ls. 

Dim the Halo once again.

 

[daygloman]

Well, it was over early actually. 

It's gonna be a brutal road trip. 

[Revad]

1 minute ago, daygloman said:

Well, it was over early actually. 

It's gonna be a brutal road trip. 

This was going to the tough game in this series on paper with Verlander going at home.  Let’s see the other two games.

[Revad]

4 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Detmers has 9 of those 59 Ls. 

Damn.

[CaliAngel]

16 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Under .500 again. Detmers has 9 of those 59 Ls. 

Dim the Halo once again.

 

But...but...no-hitter...

Announcers keep *saying* the Angels are still in it if they keep winning series', but the tone of their voice certainly doesn't sound like it...

[VladdyforHOF]

5 minutes ago, CaliAngel said:

But...but...no-hitter...

Announcers keep *saying* the Angels are still in it if they keep winning series', but the tone of their voice certainly doesn't sound like it...

Winning the series the rest of the season doesn't even put them at 90 wins. But it's hilarious to even think they could win every series going forward. The postseason hunt is over. Getting swept by Seattle was the end.

[TroutField]

This team is a game under .500 on august 11th and just got embarrassed yet again in a “must win” game by a division rival…. 
 

1. This team sucks ass and is nowhere near being a playoff team. 
2. They play even worse than normal with any sort of pressure on, imagine playing must win baseball for 45 games lol. They will probably go 20-25, if we are lucky. 

[jsnpritchett]

Seattle now up 7-1 on the Orioles.  Red Sox and Yankees both won. 

At least the Angels are staying ahead of the Guardians? 

[Just Sayin]

45 games left….

Let’s see here ….

To get to 90 wins …we’ll need to go 32-13 ….(.711)

 

[TroutField]

14 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Seattle now up 7-1 on the Orioles.  Red Sox and Yankees both won. 

At least the Angels are staying ahead of the Guardians? 

The Mariners…. Idk what the hell it is but everything is going right for them the past couple years… sure they have some decent to good players but I don’t look at the roster and think playoff team. The angels should be much better than them, why can’t this stupid franchise put together a small run to at least get us excited? 

[jsnpritchett]

5 minutes ago, TroutField said:

The Mariners…. Idk what the hell it is but everything is going right for them the past couple years… sure they have some decent to good players but I don’t look at the roster and think playoff team. The angels should be much better than them, why can’t this stupid franchise put together a small run to at least get us excited? 

Mariners have good depth in both their rotation and bullpen. They've allowed almost 100 fewer runs than the Angels. Obviously makes a huge difference. 

[ukyah]

man, detmers has been a hot piece of dog shit this season.

the angels just continue to be exactly the same. totally overmatched by good teams and never able to answer the challenge.

[Ender]

9 minutes ago, TroutField said:

The Mariners…. Idk what the hell it is but everything is going right for them the past couple years… sure they have some decent to good players but I don’t look at the roster and think playoff team. The angels should be much better than them, why can’t this stupid franchise put together a small run to at least get us excited? 

It's purely our pitching. Both starting and bullpen. 

We churn out starting pitchers (Logan Gilbert, Kirby, Bryce Miller, Bryan Woo, Emerson Hancock) and good relievers. 

Starters are 4th in WAR. Relievers also 4th in WAR. 

Angels 12th and 27th respectively. 

[ukyah]

2 hours ago, jonickell25 said:

The Angels just flat ass don’t believe in throwing a chase pitch on 0-2. Fucking unreal.

what's funny is they would have great success on getting outs if they did because the hitter thinks a pitch in the zone is coming.

[jsnpritchett]

9 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Mariners have good depth in both their rotation and bullpen. They've allowed almost 100 fewer runs than the Angels. Obviously makes a huge difference. 

 

1 minute ago, Ender said:

It's purely our pitching. Both starting and bullpen. 

We churn out starting pitchers (Logan Gilbert, Kirby, Bryce Miller, Bryan Woo, Emerson Hancock) and good relievers. 

Starters are 4th in WAR. Relievers also 4th in WAR. 

Angels 12th and 27th respectively. 

[Duren, Duren]

Maldonado getting three hits? And that's just part of the onslaught.  Enough said. Too many pitches in bad locations without much movement or velocity. Easy pickings for the Astros. 

And no defensive help from this rag tag infield. Not that it would have made much difference. Rengifo dancing himself out of position on a ground ball was so bush league. And no stat to quantify many plays where positioning and deftness make a difference. 

Anyways, looks like the team knows their licked whenever they go to Houston.