DonShula84
Sporty Don
Weaver w/ a great first start was nice to see
DonShula84 said:I went to Cal State Long Beach when Jered was there. Got to see a lot of his games and he is was a monster in college. I was excited when the Angels drafted him so hopefully he has a good debut. And I'm praying he can bump his chump brother from the rotation.
PHINATIC13 said:Angels 10 Orioles 1
Jered was smooth in hin ML debut.He went 7 shutout innings only giving up 3 hits with 5 k's.First 4 game win streak for the Halos who presently resemble a MASH unit with all the injuries.This was drfinitely a big bright spot for the Angels (God knows they needed it).
14-2 spanking of the Tribe.I can't wait to get to 500 mark again.DonShula84 said:I hope we get to see Napali get more starts. Jose just isnt cutting it and I like seeing some of the young talent we have getting a chance to play. Hopefully this win streak continues it's nice to see finally.
PHINATIC13 said:14-2 spanking of the Tribe.I can't wait to get to 500 mark again.
Good call on Napoli 84. I agree Jose is going to lose his job if he hasn't already.I didn't get to see the game tonight,but the highlights showed his(Mike's) monster 2-run shot.It nice to see Vlad starting to get the rhythm going as well.
PHINATIC13 said:My Halos are finally above .500 at 46-45.The Angels are 11-1 in their last 12 games and are really playing good ball.Our pitching has been outstanding and if we have more power at the plate their recoed would be even better.John Lackey is among the best in the league imo,Evrin Santana is 11-3 and Jered Weaver has been awsome at 6-0 in as many starts(did skip last start).Only 1.5 games back of Oakland(playing well themselves) is just fine with me at this point ,but if we don't sign a "big bat" before the trading deadlne it's going to be awfully tough to compete with NY,DET and both SOX in the playoffs.I really like Abreu or Soriano,either could play LF and provide protection for Vlad.
Jaj said:The way the Angels can make the playoffs is addition by subtraction. Rivera is hitting well in LF, but Kennedy needs to be traded for a lefty pitching prospect so Kendrick can play. Final roster to close the year hopefully...
1- Figgins
2- Cabrera
3- Guerrero
4- McPherson
5- Napoli
6- Anderson
7- Rivera
8- Kotchman/McPherson
9- Kendrick
You know Mike would never do that though:shakeno: :mad:
unifiedtheory said:I'm actually glad to see this thread return from the dead.
Last year I had a great time debating and discussing AL West baseball with all you Angels fans.
The second half promises to be fun.
BTW...in case you all forgot...I'm a diehard A's fan. :wink:
My A's did their usual tonight. Come off a nice 3 of 4 series win in Beantown and turn around and lose to the Orioles...typical.
A little up date for my fellow AL West fans on the A's:
Eric Chavez played tonight after speculation he was headed to the DL. It looks like he's going to battle through tendinitis. That being said he is considered day to day.
Joe Kennedy, out since May 11 with arm and shoulder problems, reported to AAA Sacramento on Monday and starts a throwing program this week. That will really help the bullpen which has been mangled by injuries all year.
The bad news is Rich Harden won't be able to play catch for another 2 weeks. If he gets through that without incident it could take up to a month for him to be ready to pitch again. Even after that it looks like the A's will handle it with kid gloves and he will pitch in relief for the rest of the year.
He won't need surgery though.