Wannabe AAA Team

[Fanster]

How much longer can we put up with this wannabe AAA team they call the Los Angeles Angels? This is one of the most pathetically performing assemblage of players I can remember seeing in Anaheim and I’ve been supporting this franchise since the 70’s. Yes, there are some obvious individual talents on this team… but they aren’t a TEAM. Ron Washington is a good manager.. he just has to deal with an owner who is working at cross purposes. Moreno should be hanging his head in shame. Finally Trout has spoken publicly about his ownership and the gross mishandling of the franchise over the years…the paltry investment in a farm system.. the hamhanded lack of strategy when it came to surrounding Ohtani and Trout with the right players.. the horrendous free agent deals…

I beg you Arte Moreno.. do the decent thing and respect the fans and SELL this team !

[BTH]

Yes, please sell the team Arte

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Fanster said:

How much longer can we put up with this wannabe AAA team they call the Los Angeles Angels?

just four more games.

[tdawg87]

I get it. I agree. But it's been said a million times. There's nothing we can do. 

Just get whatever enjoyment you can out of it and then watch football once the season ends. 

[arch stanton]

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

I get it. I agree. But it's been said a million times. There's nothing we can do. 

Just get whatever enjoyment you can out of it and then watch football hockey once the season ends. 

 

[tdawg87]

1 hour ago, arch stanton said:

 

That too. 

[T.G.]

Fresh take.

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, T.G. said:

Fresh take.

 

28 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Add this to the list of every year threads. 

 

[Hubs]

Look, the Angels are not the worst team in sports. But they haven't been a great one after probably 8-10 seasons of being a top MLB team. We all know the deficiencies in Arte's management style. Selling the team could get us an owner like Reinsdorf, Fisher, or McCourt, too.

Arte spends money (on free agents) and with the record losses coming, I imagine he will spend on free agency, but still not on organizational things. He might remodel the locker room, and he apparently is improving the ST facilities.

He's not selling. 

If he didn't take the 3B offer that kept him a 10% owner...he's not selling.

[tdawg87]

15 minutes ago, Hubs said:

Look, the Angels are not the worst team in sports. But they haven't been a great one after probably 8-10 seasons of being a top MLB team. We all know the deficiencies in Arte's management style. Selling the team could get us an owner like Reinsdorf, Fisher, or McCourt, too.

Arte spends money (on free agents) and with the record losses coming, I imagine he will spend on free agency, but still not on organizational things. He might remodel the locker room, and he apparently is improving the ST facilities.

He's not selling. 

If he didn't take the 3B offer that kept him a 10% owner...he's not selling.

Worst team? No. Worst organization? Still no but absolutely in the top (bottom?) 5. 

[Hubs]

4 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Worst team? No. Worst organization? Still no but absolutely in the top (bottom?) 5. 

I would say that there are 5 worse organizations in baseball. Oakland for sure, the Rockies, White Sox, Marlins, Nationals. 

Then Angels, Pirates, Rays in the next tier.

[T.G.]

3 minutes ago, Hubs said:

I would say that there are 5 worse organizations in baseball.

It's irrelevant.  When you suck, you suck.  How you rank in suckitude doesn't matter.  Sucking just sucks.

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, T.G. said:

It's irrelevant.  When you suck, you suck.  How you rank in suckitude doesn't matter.  Sucking just sucks.

[Hubs]

3 minutes ago, T.G. said:

It's irrelevant.  When you suck, you suck.  How you rank in suckitude doesn't matter.  Sucking just sucks.

I just get optimistic this time of year, after a disappointing season, I think the only way to go is up.

This team needs help, for sure, but they also have some positives.

[tdawg87]

10 minutes ago, Hubs said:

I would say that there are 5 worse organizations in baseball. Oakland for sure, the Rockies, White Sox, Marlins, Nationals. 

Then Angels, Pirates, Rays in the next tier.

I think the A's for sure. Rockies are debatable. 

[fan_since79]

Maybe we need to lose 110 games for a few years and restock the farm with top draft picks as Houston and Baltimore did. 

Get a new owner and front office who wants to win and understand what it takes.

And finally, get some quality free agents, especially pitchers, who are not 30 years old and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. No more shiny objects who break down or regress the minute they get here.

[T.G.]

It's as if 79 and AO have morphed into one broken record.

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

....pretty sure that's Freddie Freeman watching Ohtani hit.

[BTH]

3 hours ago, Hubs said:

I would say that there are 5 worse organizations in baseball. Oakland for sure, the Rockies, White Sox, Marlins, Nationals. 

Then Angels, Pirates, Rays in the next tier.

Rays don’t belong anywhere close to a tier with the Angels.

Marlins and Nats are a tier above the Angels.

[Hubs]

9 minutes ago, BTH said:

Rays don’t belong anywhere close to a tier with the Angels.

Marlins and Nats are a tier above the Angels.

Their player development is top notch, but their stadium sucks, budget sucks, and owner won't spend to compete.

Marlins have a worse record, poor player development and an owner that never spends either. But they have a cool stadium. 

Edited Thursday at 08:50 PM by Hubs

[Tank]

8 hours ago, Hubs said:

I would say that there are 5 worse organizations in baseball. Oakland for sure, the Rockies, White Sox, Marlins, Nationals. 

Then Angels, Pirates, Rays in the next tier.

 

4 hours ago, BTH said:

Rays don’t belong anywhere close to a tier with the Angels.

Marlins and Nats are a tier above the Angels.

clearly, we need someone to create a detailed tier system around here.