RandyMarsh

Sucks to lose but it's amazing how much for fun the team is to watch when they have a couple guys in the middle of the order that are mashing.

So tonights Reds Angels game in Anaheim is cancelled due to the effects of Hilary, this is now the 2nd game in a row that the Angels had to cancel due to it. Reason this is noteworthy is this is the first time in 40 years the Angels have had to cancel multiple games in a season due to weather, not multiple games in a row just multiple games period for the weather in any given season.

Javy's bat dies a hero as he scores two on a broken bat double and then Vierling ties it up with a bloop single that Bellinger looked like he misjudged!

Tigers just announced that Maton indeed was the guy sent down for Meadows.

Yep, I imagine we benefited more than most in regards to graduations since we really didn't have any major ones this year so by default we were likely to move up some just cause of that but that can't explain a 15+ ascent.

Its cause our fans suck just like Lorenzen said.

Tigers up to 11 on Kiley McDaniel of ESPNs updated system ranking, they are also only trailing the Twins(9th) among ALC teams. Considering most had us as a bottom third and in some cases bottom 5 team a year ago and now most have us as a borderline top 10 team that is quite the jump in less than a year.

Great to see my AAT get the call up, gives me one more reason to tune into the games outside of the big 3 of Greene, Tork and Carp.

Javy's been almost what I expected with the exception of one very big thing and that is the HR power. I figured he'd be a liability at the plate with his avg and OBP but he could offset that a bit by hitting 25+ bombs a year presumably more than a few in high leverage situations but sadly that hasn't been the case.

If Julio Rodriguez didn't go crazy this week there's a chance Tork would've won player of the week. Him and Carp both have been monsters this week.

Lorenzen followed up his no no with perhaps his worst start of the year going only 3 innings and giving up 7 runs with just 1K.

They also have a team OPS of .845, only 21 qualified players in all of baseball have higher than that. For reference our best hitter Kerry Carpenter has an .856 so as a team they are almost as good as our best hitter.

Shep and CMo talking about the guy on the Guardians being a high pick but not panning out thus far and CMO talks about how not all high drafts work out in baseball(duh) made me think of a tidbit I read the other day and that's that out of the 2016, 17 and 18 drafts there have only been 1 All Star total and that was Trevor Rogers of the Marlins and even he hasn't been good outside of that AS season. Those guys are all still young but crazy to think that this many years later there still has only been 1.

Yeah can't speak for HS but it was like that for the Tigers for sure, kinda reminds me of Manning since he has been called up for the Tigers. Haven't seen much this year but in prior years he will show flashes of electric stuff but then look relatively ordinary stuff wise other starts.

Who was the best Tiger that played for Cleveland previously? Colavito obviously comes to mind along with V-Mart and Jhonny Peralta. Any others?

When we traded for Norris he was averaging nearly 96 and topping out at 98 with over 12 inches of vertical movement, 2 years later and he was down to 92 and topping out at 94-95 with 5 inches more drop. Just a crazy drop in stuff in a short amount of time and that is just the FB.

It may be because of the whole load management thing and them not wanting to risk Wemby not playing in those games. Unlike say GS or LAL where if the stars sit people will tune in if Wemby sits nobody is going to tune in for the Spurs.

The Spurs and Blazers is the battle of Lamarcus Aldridge.

Skubal finishes the day with 6IP 3H 1R 1BB 7Ks, now has 43Ks to 7BB on the season with a 3.76 ERA and WHIP about 1 despite a .350 BABIP. Peripherals suggest he should be a low to mid 2s ERA. Ace level stuff!

Tork now 10 for his last 26 with 6 HRs and 3 doubles.

Ideal start as Miggy makes it 3-0 with an RBI double.

I remember a couple years back shortly before Wander debuted and he was basically considered the best prospect in forever one of the sports card channels I follow on youtube that does pack openings had this opening that consisted of a bunch of high dollar cards from all sports. They had Trout rookies, Lebron rookies, Mahomes, Jordan etc. along with Wander. The winners got to pick the card they wanted and one of the winners picked this top of line Gem Mint Wander rookie over the proven guys. For his sake I hope he flipped that by now or else he is going to be kicking himself.

I never really paid attention but I'm guessing the arrow is just for the guy pictured atleast judging by this pic.

If I'm Ohtani and I truly care about making the playoffs and competing for a WS then there is no way I'm staying with the Angels. He's put up two back to back all time seasons and they still aren't really even close, yes they missed Trout this year but they also got a ton of production from other guys namely Moniak that aren't necessarily sure things going forward.

Imagine having Mike Trout for over a decade and Ohtani for 6 years both on team friendly deals and still not beable to sniff the playoffs. Oh yeah AND they play in the 2nd biggest market in baseball too. Such a patheticly run organization.