taco sauce down the front of his shirt saying, “I’m here to make the team better!” would be fine with me as long as our starting rotation was in place to greet him.

...stick with pitching, you’ll always get to the playoffs where you can hope to catch “hot bats” lightning in a bottle.

I have always believed that you don’t make a trade using the major ingredients of the team when your in the sort of position that the Angels are in (first place). Obviously the SP for the Angels would not be shifted in any trade. If you look at a lot of trades made at the trade deadline there are not a lot of big names getting trade for one another. Most of the time it is minor league guys being shifted for a big name. How many people knew the name Rob Bryson, or Zach Jackson, or Matt LaPorta for the matter? They get ya a not even a full year removed Cy Young Award Winner. What about Felix Diaz and Ryan Meaux heard of them? Don’t think so! Well The White Sox liked them back in 2002 and traded Kenny Lofton to the Giants to get those guys. All the Giants got were 37wins 19 lost and one game away from a WS Trophy.

If you can help the current team with trades using minor league players then you try to get it done. After all the minor leagues is in place to help the major league team win.

No pressure, amigo. Well, I guess a drastically improved Matthews could be the answer, but I’m a Juan man myself, as I think most are these days. Let’s hope he’s our 2nd half mvp. Angels – an army of Juan.

Santana was actually better than that: only 3 ER in 7. One run was unearned (thanks, GMJr.), and Speier gave up another.

The pitching we saw in the first half, while perhaps better than what you’d expect is more in line that what we’ve seen after the break.

The hitting we saw in the first half is BELOW what you’d expect. You should expect Vladdy, Figgy, Torii and Matholi to improve. Juan is already an improvement over HGH.

now that he’s in the lineup, i’m content. this team can win as is.

Juan, Weaver, or GMJ

...are the bit-parters – and for me that includes GMJ, Reggie, Quinlan, O’day? Maybe Speier – a lot of teams need relief.

Any prospect would be expendable, if, and only if, the right slugger turned up… A rental is OK, so long as we get 2 picks out of it.

The Garbage man botched a flyball in right. A-hole. (Gmj)

I guess our minor league system is SHIT. Other teams are able to add major pieces without trading from their current starting lineup or their current starting rotation.

An ace costs more than a bat. CC got moved, we know what he cost.

The only answer I can come up with is our minor league system sucks DICK.

If we do acquire Fuentes, you can kiss Frankies ass goodbye in the offseason.

I do not anticipate our competitors sitting on their hands.

but yeah, it wasn’t a great performance either way.

for George Sherrill. Send the Admiral to the O’s for him.

Your last paragraph says it all.

Jesus Rev, Thats as crazy as your vegas poker shirt. Teams can always improve.

I say strive for excellence. If there is a way to improve our club, to help us win this year. I say do it. Wood? Adenhart? Adios muchachos if it means we can get a bat to help us.

Ive said it before, this club is not strong enough offensively to win the World Series. Period. If you guys are content to just win another division title, more power to you. I want to win the world series.

This team will score more in the 2nd half. Replacing GMJ alone will help a lot.