Gameday Thread (5/20/24 5:05pm Pacific): Angels @ Astros: Detmers starting, Pillar hitting cleanup

[eligrba4ever]

Hope the Angels hitters won't be playing pepper with the Houston SS and 3B the rest of the game.

[No Roles]

honestly if these guys keep progressing Perry is gonna look like a genius in 2 years !!! That's a big "IF"

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, No Roles said:

honestly if these guys keep progressing Perry is gonna look like a genius in 2 years !!! That's a big "IF"

[jsnpritchett]

 

[No Roles]

8 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

This Angels team will be a powerhouse in 2 years at this rate ! You just don't see it cause we are in the dark part of the tunnel...There will ne Halo Light eventually ! Angels in the 2025 season a wild card team....in 26 the angels win the division!!!

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, No Roles said:

This Angels team will be a powerhouse in 2 years at this rate ! You just don't see it cause we are in the dark part of the tunnel...There will ne Halo Light eventually ! Angels in the 2025 season a wild card team....in 26 the angels win the division!!!

In 2025, essentially the entire bullpen will be new, so no way to predict how it'll do (though it's obviously hard for them to be worse than they are now!).  Starting staff could be the same as it is this year, though maybe Silseth or even Dana taking over for Anderson if he gets traded.  Maybe they're better than this year, but hard to actually count on that for next year, given that none of them have any track record of consistent success.  On the position player front, you'd have to once again cross your fingers and hope that Trout and Rendon can both be healthy and return to strong performances.  I don't think Moreno is going to lay out much $ for improvements via free agency (this off-season is pretty weak in terms of free agents, anyway), and unless O'Hoppe, Neto, and Schanuel take quantum leaps forward, you're probably looking at a league-average at best offense.

So where is your impression that they'll be a wild card team next year coming from?

[CaliAngel]

Put a f**king fork in Detmers.

[eligrba4ever]

Oh, Detmers does it again.

[tdawg87]

Ok but Houston just absolutely owns this team it's actually kind of fascinating. Usually things even out but year after year here we are.

And they started in the AL after losing like 105 games.

[CaliAngel]

This is just becoming a shellacking.

They need to get Detmers the hell out of there...oh wait, Suarez, is warming up...nevermind...

Talk about pick your f**king poison.

[jsnpritchett]

 

[jsnpritchett]

Detmers looks like he's about to cry.

[jsnpritchett]

Schanuel with a 3-run HR!  Beating out an infield single and now this.  Love it!

[eligrba4ever]

SCHANUEL CLOSES THE GAP!! 

Down only by 2 runs.

[CaliAngel]

Nice Schanuel! Needed a boost like that!

[No Roles]

gotta admit Houston is one of the easiest places to hit a hr....

[fan_since79]

3 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Schanuel with a 3-run HR!  Beating out an infield single and now this.  Love it!

He's a keeper! Starting to figure it out.

[CaliAngel]

Pillar a goddamn hit machine right now.

[Blarg]

Suck it Asstros!

[eligrba4ever]

OH OH OH O'HOPPE!!! ANGELS LEAD!!!

[No Roles]

OMG IS 2025 LOOKING BRIGHT

[Anthony Tendon]

LFG!

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, No Roles said:

gotta admit Houston is one of the easiest places to hit a hr....

12th-easiest out of 30 stadiums over the past three seasons, so not really--despite the 3 HR from the Angels in this inning!

[Angelsjunky]

Let's say Detmers is taken out. Here's his ERA through his first 10 starts:

2022: 3.83 ERA

2023: 5.15 ERA

2024: 5.80 ERA

This guy is going the wrong direction.

[CaliAngel]

NO WAY! OH-OH-O'HOPPE!