Gameday Thread (7/9/24): Rangers @ Angels: Contreras on the mound, Neto & Ward back in the lineup

[Tank]

18 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

At least I have my Phillies to send me to bed happy...just watched Trea Turner's grand slam to put them up against the Dodgers in the 4th inning, 8-0. 

yep. we're going to see them in philly next month.

[Swordsman78]

31 minutes ago, daygloman said:

Another series lost.

At least the halos can still get 40 wins before the all star break 

[Blarg]

1 minute ago, Swordsman78 said:

At least the halos can still get 40 wins before the all star break 

But they only have 37 not 39 wins right now.

[Torridd]

10 hours ago, DMVol said:

Adell and Moniak are what they are. I don’t think either is going to ever be a productive big league hitter. 

I still have hope that something clicks. If they can even get to .240, the team is totally different. The only reason they're still in the lineup is that we're not going anywhere, but I agree with still putting them out there every day.

[DMVol]

34 minutes ago, Torridd said:

I still have hope that something clicks. If they can even get to .240, the team is totally different. The only reason they're still in the lineup is that we're not going anywhere, but I agree with still putting them out there every day.

I think that’s fair. I wasn’t sold on Ward and he obviously figured things out. Rengifo always seemed to have the skill set, just took him awhile to put things together. The frustrating thing with Moniak and Adell is they are both such good athletes…Moniak is a plus defender with speed, Adell has become a good defender, great arm, speed… both hitting .240, as you say, would make this a different team. I guess I’m just skeptical. We’ll see. 

[Chuck]

12 hours ago, Tank said:

wayne and gubi said adolis garcia already has 99 strikeouts this season. yikes! figured he was ahead of everyone by a bit until i looked it up. he's not even in the top 20.

1		Elly De La Cruz	122	2024	CIN
2		Nolan Gorman	117	2024	STL
3		Will Benson	114	2024	CIN
4		Ezequiel Tovar	112	2024	COL
5		Ryan McMahon	108	2024	COL
6		Cal Raleigh	108	2024	SEA
7		Paul Goldschmidt	107	2024	STL
8		Oneil Cruz	107	2024	PIT
9		Teoscar Hernández	106	2024	LAD
10		Brent Rooker	105	2024	OAK
11		Kyle Schwarber	104	2024	PHI
12		Zack Gelof	104	2024	OAK
13		Matt Olson	102	2024	ATL
14		Bryan De La Cruz	100	2024	MIA
15		Aaron Judge	100	2024	NYY
16		Riley Greene	100	2024	DET
17		Julio Rodríguez	100	2024	SEA
18		Paul DeJong	99	2024	CWS
19		Eugenio Suárez	99	2024	ARI
20		Jose Siri	98	2024	TBR
21		Adolis García	98	2024	TEX
22		Michael Busch	98	2024	CHC
23		Christian Walker	97	2024	ARI
24		Gunnar Henderson	95	2024

So we suck, but at least we don't strike out. 

[Chuck]

13 hours ago, katie said:

Bring back the ladies’ forum please @Chuck

I wonder how many women we have on here now? I know back in the day there were at least 15-20 active members. 

Maybe I should create a new thread to find out. hmmm

[No Roles]

14 hours ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Not yet for gods sake! September 11th!

i'm the 2nd

[totdprods]

6 hours ago, Torridd said:

I still have hope that something clicks. If they can even get to .240, the team is totally different. The only reason they're still in the lineup is that we're not going anywhere, but I agree with still putting them out there every day.

I hope they both get a ton of at-bats the rest of this year. Either something will click and it’ll give them reason to keep in the mix for 2025, or if they are still floundering by end of year I think it’ll be safe to say we’ve seen enough that neither should be counted on for next year.