Inside Pitch

Familiarity breeds contempt. Obviously you don't think he sucks, but Angel fans have become so accustomed to his consistent greatness that anything other than perfection is considered "meh". We have all done it.

Yes.. Because you were so in favor of him getting more chances right? Here you are commenting on how the team would improve if MS was replaced. And here again The only time you weren't bagging on either his glove or his bat or his baserunning is when he first came up and you threw him into the whole "Mike Scioscia doesnt play young guys cause derp" agenda. But by all means -- keep trying to save face.

Rolison scouting report from Sickles https://www.minorleagueball.com/2018/5/11/17328852/2018-mlb-draft-ryan-rolison-lhp-university-of-mississippi

Law's got a mock 2.0 out today... http://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/23522324/keith-law-2018-mock-draft-20 (insider article) 17. Los Angeles Angels: Ryan Rolison, LHP, Ole Miss I've mostly heard them with college pitching, with one or two prep outfielders like Scott in the mix.

Id vote for Verlander as the hero. Dude was on, he's been on all year.

Please STFU... You were one of the people clamoring to get rid of him, in fact.. You were one of the morons that felt replacing him or Valbuena with Headley was a good idea. Just to remind you... Here you go Just hit the arrow in the upper right hand corner to see the entire post. You have no room to talk, none -- your comments on Cron's tiny value and complete approval of the trade at the time it happened show ecactly where you stood.

I'm clearly not making myself clear... For me it's been less about them not wanting to BUILD a stadium -- I think the issue would have more easily taken care of itself had they just invested in the team, made it more profitable and increased local revenues to where there was more pressure on the bureaucrats to make it happen. Given how little cities do actually get out of owning a stadium (at least that's the story these days), the only way to win that war is to win over public opinion and force their hands a bit. Again.... IMO the ownership has been all too willing to blame the stadium and everything else while at the same time allowing good teams to be torn apart because of supposedly financial limitations. Just once I would have loved for them to have made a legit effort to grow their business and tap into that team's amazing legacy.

As far as adding teams and realignment goes... https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Radical_Realignment always found the groupings in the original proposal a bit off. Adding a team on each coast would really make for a better all around grouping of teams.

Obstacles no doubt -- but we are talking about two guys in Wolff and Fisher that have nearly twice the net worth of Arte, if not more than that. They have the resources to invest into that team and make it all that much more valuable.. They just haven't, instead they have whined about the Stadium situation. I genuinely hope something happens. The A's are a legacy franchise IMO. I miss the days when they were the big evil in the AL west and matchup's with the A's felt epic. Lord knows the two teams have played each other tough over the years, imagine what it would be like if that ownership group was making a legit effort... Much like the Astros have made the Angels elevate their game, a healthy A's team would make it all that much more of challenge.

Its legit BS they haven't. The ownership there reminds me of Carl Pohlad in Minnesota. Dude was the richest owner in MLB for most of his tenure and yet he allowed the team to waste away where they couldn't draw stick figures then blamed the community and the ballpark.

This is where I think realignment gets a little tricky. The Marlins won't draw -- a combination of the local economy/demographics and the amount of bad blood that organization has created. The Rays... That stadium is absolute garbage... But there is precious little that argues they would draw well in a better stadium. You're 100% correct IMO, and both those teams would be better served by being allowed to go elsewhere.

The A's situation is a complete farce... That ownership group has milked the fans' good will for a long time. They don't spend on the team despite having bigger pockets than Arte, and they have done very little to grow their brand -- they cry about a stadium but have yet to really show they are willing to put some skin in the game IMO.. The A's are easily the most storied franchise in the AL West, they have a history that goes back to the Ruth era when over a three year span they dominated the AL and the Yankees. The fact that their ownership is content with them fielding a competitive team only long enough to tear it down is pathetic. If MLB ever did allow a team to go to LV I hope it's the A's.

Brings new meaning to the 7th inning stretch, doesn't it?

No player better encompasses what you're saying than Baldoquin. Pretty much every word out of Jerry's mouth at the time was about what he already was. There was nary any mention of what he could grow into. The one thing about the JD era farm that really sticks out is the absolute dearth or breakouts. We just didn't see them. Maxed out athletes with old player skill-sets played like maxed out players with nothing to refine. I don't know if it was the high floor low ceiling route that was a failure of the development paths put into place but IMO there is no denying that there has never been an uglier period of player development than during those 3.5 years. Trading all the mediocre SPs in the system away before they could stall and be turned into BP pieced didn't help either. That was the ONE area where the high floor approach could have reaped benefits. You look at the M's farm now and that's all they have.. a ton of guys who could be pretty solid RPs.

Beautiful isn't it?

I have always liked Cano, so it's a bummer as a fan of his.

My guess is they can keep him on the 10 man until they run out of room.. they already had open spot or two on the 40 man .. So, they didn't really need to move him to the 60 due to numbers crunch or anything

Thats what I thought...

Wow.... I would have thought he would get the Edinson Volquez treatment and be allowed to serve while on the DL. If they wait til he gets back -- he's def out for the season. Way to let the team down.

MLB Network has reported it -- Rosenthal has commented on it being official with no word yet on what the actual violation is. Ken Rosenthal‏Verified account @Ken_Rosenthal 20m20 minutes ago More Ken Rosenthal Retweeted Héctor Gómez Source confirms: #Mariners’ Cano will be suspended 80 games for violating baseball’s joint drug agreement.

M's catch a break kinda since he was likely out for two months anyway with the broken hand -- but he loses his pay and I don't believe he can work out as he normally would while suspended. Crazy turn of events.

Another mock draft, FG v2.0 https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2018-mlb-mock-draft-v-2-0/ 17. Los Angeles Angels – Logan Gilbert, RHP, Stetson We have the Angels mostly on college players here, with Gilbert representing the most consistent rumor but either one of Kowar or Rolison also representing a fit. The club is also on Alabama prep SS Jeremiah Jackson, possibly at this pick. He’s likely off the board by their second selection, though.

Nobody with a sub .400 OPS has enough glove to overcome his lack of bat in the current hitting environment, much less so when that person plays a corner OF position. He's been so very bad it's almost hard to believe it's real.

Regardless of the source -- they have 7 of our guys listed. Yet another sign that people from many different places are taking notice of the farm system.

Lol..... you're Hilarious...