Brandon Wood Time Already!
by Monkeyspanked on Apr 18, 2009 12:11 AM PDT
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Ken Rosenthal and his stupid grin can suck it...
Do it for Nick '09
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Apr 18, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I've been for it since the beginning........
he cant be anyworse than K-MO or Aybar right now
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 15, 2009 8:12 AM PDT reply actions
K-Mo has been as I expected. Aybar just sucks with the stick.
RIP Nick...
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
Ya Kendry really sucks.......but have you seen that guy Geruero?!?
And Hunter?!?
And Kendrick?!?
We should just DFA all 4 of them and bring up Brown, S-Rod, Wood, and Evans.
Are you serious, Morales/Napoli were our best hitters but Morales has had 2 back to back 0-for games. Now you guys are talking smack, what about Guerrero and Hunter, they are batting worse than Morales if you have not noticed, and a hit in his first at bat will put him over kendrick as well. Give me a break, the season just started.
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im sorry, when exactly was morales our best hitter?
i must have missed that
RIP Nick Adenhart
by ihearhowie2.0 on Apr 15, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
When he was hitting .368 two days ago.......Abreu was batting .300
Napoli was batting .667 (in 2 games)
Guerrero .250
Hunter .222
Kendrick .217
Nough said…….
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
have you ever hear of small sample size?
Just because Morales is hitting very well in ~30 at bats doesn’t mean that he is that good, and it is no indicator of future success.
St. Louis Cardinals... defying win expectancy since 2008
by vivaelpujols on Apr 16, 2009 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Put Matt Brown at 1B and move Brandon Wood to 3B.....NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#34 Nick Adenhart always an Angel
by UCIHalo on Apr 15, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
TRUE
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Apr 15, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I know........take away the last 2 games and Morales was our best hitter other than Naps.
Read Closely, cus you just solidified my case.
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 games is 25% of the season to this point
RIP Nick Adenhart
by ihearhowie2.0 on Apr 16, 2009 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Wasnt this an exact copypasta
from another thread?
Man, you are weak.
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
i would be ok with missing the playoffs in 09
if it meant wood got 500ABs and was ready to be a star in 2010.
but now we have an old roster that might not even make the playoffs this year even with Wood out of the lineup.
lack of foresight by tony IMHO
I know its early, but i also do not see morales as a long term solution at 1st base. The guy’s defense just isnt there and the offense isnt offsetting it.
RIP Nick Adenhart
I dont think we're in danger of missing the postseason......
its only been 7 games……
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 15, 2009 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions
im not saying i think we will
but i definitely see it as a possibility. Im not arrogant enough to think this team is going to win the division by 22 games again. in my opinion, if our starters arent 100% when they get back, we’re a very ordinary team
RIP Nick Adenhart
by ihearhowie2.0 on Apr 15, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
If 2 of the 3 starters don't return by June
this team is in trouble with regard to the playoffs. Of course, the other teams in the division aren’t any better, so maybe it really doesn’t matter…
RIP Nick...
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
If we are 500 at the end of April it has been a very successfull month
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
+1
Total agreement. Even .400+ Win % and I’ll consider it salvageable.
Nick, you will always be an Angel. And you will be missed.
by anaheimisnotla on Apr 15, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn...
Kendry should get more than 25 AB’s to prove himself, no? He has been hitting the ball well when I’ve seen the team play. His defense isn’t good, I agree there, but he is going to hit pretty well, it seems. Not a world-beater, but he seems fine.
The bigger issue is the decision to continually run Aybar out there after three years of evidence that he can’t really hit major league pitching. He needs to find some time on the pine and Wood needs to take his starting spot. If Figgins is going to stay on the roster, then Wood needs to play SS. Aybar isn’t good enough to offset B-Wood sitting in AAA.
RIP Nick...
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
ya, i dont think morales is terrible offensively
i mean, id say he’s an average-to-slightly-above-average bat but when you factor in the defense, the offense just isnt worth it. Its one thing if its adam dunn making stupid errors at first base and he hits 40 homers and 100 walks to offset it, but morales isnt that kind of guy offensively. In my opinion, the occasional double doesnt excuse the horrifying defense.
RIP Nick Adenhart
by ihearhowie2.0 on Apr 15, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Aybar can't hit
But his excellent fielding makes up for it.
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by vivaelpujols on Apr 16, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Not that Izzy's bad...
He had a great game defensively, save for one miscue that didn’t mean much.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
Not really
I’d rather have Izturis start. Izturis is a much better hitter and his defense isn’t nearly as bad as Aybar’s hitting is.
by Chzburger Jones on Apr 19, 2009 2:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I listened to a guy from Angelswin.com on 830am last night
trying to explain why having Woods not coming up is a good thing. He didn’t make a good case, and therefore I won’t read his blog.
I have nothing important to say.
I just went over there to look at it
kind of a mess… hard to navigate.
I mean I don’t really want to rag on an Angels website, but…
I have nothing important to say.
Speaking of 830am
did anyone make a downloadable file from Rev’s appearance?
I have nothing important to say.
Alright thats ONE to many.......His name is NOT TIGER WOODS it is BRANDON WOOD
there is not freakin “S” in his last name.
If you cant spell his name right just call him Sheriff Woody!!!
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is not a direct towards you, but there have been at lead 3 people call him Woods
who I cant think at the top of my head but its just bugs when I see the S cuz it as if your talking about Tiger Woods.
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wood...
Where does he play? I’m all for having him on the club, but I don’t think it benefits him to play 1-2 times a week. As is, Izturis is barely getting into the lineup.
Barring a trade or injury, I just don’t see how it benefits Brandon’s development to sit on the bench.
Put Aybar on the bench and Wood at SS.
Aybar doesn’t deserve to start over Wood. Plain and simple.
RIP Nick...
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
I've said it here before
Trade Izzy, give Wood the start at short and have Aybar back him up. Next year slide Wood over to 3rd and give Aybar short again. Aybar has already developed into what he is; another year on the bench won’t hurt his future value. Wood can use the ab’s this year at the MLB level in order to be an impact bat next year.
n0000 dont trade Izzy......
he’s one of the few hitters on the team that is “clutch”
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 15, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeppers.
But too late, I would wager. Aybar’s stock would plummet if you put him on the market now, instead of doing it over winter or waiting until closer to the trade deadlines. You wouldn’t get anything back for him now, since the other teams have yet to determine that they will have a need at SS so early in the season, and the Halos would be branding Aybar as damaged goods to be pulling the plug on him so soon in the campaign.
I have loved Izzy over Aybar all along, but continue to wait Aybar out as he develops. Now we got no choice but to hold him. The only move that delivers value at this time and makes sense to us is to trade Izzy in a package for arms and promote Wood.
Uh...logical inconsistency here...
You should have typed “Noppers”.
HK47 said to trade Aybar, and keep Izzy. You close by suggesting the exact opposite…keep Aybar, trade Izzy.
I know, I know…just seeing if anyone pays attention.
Not really. Just too brief.
I agree that trading Aybar is a good idea instead of trading Izzy. And I got me some mad love for Izzy’s skills.
But my next point is that our time for that has passed. Now, unless we wait until later in the season, we cannot get value so we cannot trade Aybar.
Meanwhile, we COULD still get value for Izzy.
So, if we need to trade one of them now and make room to bring up Wood, Izzy would be the one to go. Unfortunately.
Step 1 towards returning to respectability: Izzy starts at SS.
I agree about Brandon Wood
But remember, it’s only been one week. Every team goes through slumps, this one is just happening to the Angels at the beginning of the season.
In 2008, the Angels went 5 – 9 from August 13th through the 27th.
Give it some time before giving up the season.
I was uncool before uncool was cool.
wow, it ONLY took seven games to hit...
the we need more offense panic button.
I would give it
another couple of weeks before we do anything. If we are still having power issues then I would definitely want to bring Wood up, assuming he will be playing everyday. I would then suggest the following for the line up:
If Morales is not cuttting it at 1B – then bench him
Move Kendrick to 1B – he played there a couple of years ago when Kotchman was out.
Move Figgins to 2B
Play Wood at 3B
If Morales is cutting it at 1B , but we still don’t have the pop in the lineup:
Play Wood at 3B
Make Figgins the super utility guy, and play him at a different position everyday, while giving everybody else a day off
RIP Nick. The Angels and their fans will always remember you.
Kendrick at 1st!!
Not a viable option
by mastermind565 on Apr 15, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
teach napoli first base in the offseason
and let his bat play every day
RIP Nick Adenhart
by ihearhowie2.0 on Apr 15, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree
Get Mathis and Napoli in the line-up
by mustard_man on Apr 15, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
The last thing this team needs is
MORE Jeff Mathis. 70 games a year is enough. He won’t keep hitting like this folks. He isn’t that good with the stick and he can’t throw – the bench is his best position.
RIP Nick...
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
I'm sure most of us agree
But you know hes going to play a bunch again this year short of hitting under the mendoza line. Hes likely to settle in as a .250/.320/.400 type guy, which for Scioscia will be just fine when combined with all the “virtues” he brings behind the plate. And if playing 1st can keep Naps healthy and in the line up, I’m all for it.
Mathis
i know i’m in the minority here but i still think Mathis can be a productive starter at the C position.
i am in the minority too
Loves Naps’s power, but Mathis is the superior receiver…neither of them can throw, unless we consider throwing the ball to center field…You would think that Scosh could teach tehse kids to throw, especially in this organization. There is no excuse in this organization for poor throwing catchers..
R.I.P. Nick, you are missed!
Naps and Mathis...
spend too much time at Goathill guzzlin’ brew and chasin’ tail instead of learning how to throw from catcher to 2nd.
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 17, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Plus, bonus...
He’ll almost never have a reason to airmail a throw in to center field! Of course, it doesn’t help that Mathis loves to do that too.
Randall T. Longwith, DUI Attorney for Andrew Gallo: you are the very scum of the earth and a disgrace to your alma mater as well as your species.
hmph.
Howie’s bat does not play at first, plus his D at 2nd is much better than most here give him credit for. I’m also not in favor of Figgins as a “super sub” again. Who exactly do we give a day off to regularly to make room for him? And hes done his job as our leadoff/3rd baseman, as he has over the last two years. No power, of course, but he does the other two things you like to see in your lead off hitter, get on base and run.
I’d say if Kendry doesn’t cut it at first, why not give Rivera a stab over there? Couldn’t be much worse. Don’t get me wrong, I still think Kendry can at least be decent over there, but if worse comes to worst…
I’m not going to get too giddy over Wood hitting long balls in Salt Lake. That is to be expected. It doesn’t mean hes Evan Longoria waiting to happen. Unless the team feels his bat will outshine Aybar’s glove (I think its possible) hes just going to have to wait patiently until an injury to our infield forces their hand.
I think
Howies bat play’s fine a first if you have Wood in the lineup to provide the pop people are looking for. I was just offering up a suggestion based on the thought of getting Wood into the lineup. If they are going to bring him up, I feel they should play him as opposed to bring him up to sit on the bench.
I agree with you on Figgy being a super sub, I was just putting out a 2nd option, and Figgy is the only player we have that can play the multiple positions as I suggested.
RIP Nick. The Angels and their fans will always remember you.
(cont.)
is that Howie is turning out to be a decent 2nd baseman. Combine his hitting skills with some D at 2nd and you have an all star. Move him over to 1st and you have merely an adequate 1st baseman. I suppose that contradicts the fact that we have Figgy at 3rd, though, doesn’t it?
Last year the average first baseman had a .793 OPS in the AL
Howie Kendricks career OPS is .756. He would have to hit a lot better than he has to be an average first baseman.
St. Louis Cardinals... defying win expectancy since 2008
by vivaelpujols on Apr 18, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Wood at 1st?
Give him a few weeks at 1st base in SLC. He is an awesome glove, just has to learn how to pick it out of the dirt. He’s got to be better then Kendry.
by V-Hawk Angelorum on Apr 15, 2009 10:59 AM PDT reply actions
but who would you rather replace in our line up
Kendry, who hasn’t really had a chance to prove himself, or Aybar, who we already know the extent of what he can do…
I have nothing important to say.
Kendry can play LF/RF i guess
maybe platoon them with JR or GMJ.
With Vlad likely going on the DL i think this is a perfect time to give Wood a shot.
LF-Figgins
2B-Howie (dont like him batting 2 yet, but not many options)
DH/RF-Abreu
CF-Torii
C-Naps
RF/DH-JR/HGH
1B-Morales
3B-Wood
SS-Aybar
i could live with that
That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey
by anaheim angels on Apr 17, 2009 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Agree
Trade Izzy, bench Aybar, play Brandon.
If Texas has the stones to move Young over, we should think on the same lines.
GA GA he's the man, if he can't do it, no one can
It's April 15th, we've been played 7 games...
…I think we can probably give it a month before summoning the executioner.
I see red people
by The Limey on Apr 15, 2009 2:35 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
yes
i honestly had no idea what his stats were until this afternoon (after i read the Rosenthal story).
but yeah… 3 homers and a triple in 4 games? yes please.
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
Definately!
Don’t get me wrong, I like Aybar, but Wood is so much more.
by Monkeyspanked on Apr 15, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Figgins used to play short right?
Why not put him back there and plug Wood in at third. Still have your leadoff hitter Soth.
or just let Wood play SS
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
by howiestheman on Apr 15, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Well now that Vlad is on the DL for at least a month
put Figgy in LF and DH Rivera so Wood can step in at 3B.
by Chzburger Jones on Apr 18, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Rafael Rodriguez Time Already!
Is anyone else thinking it’s time to see Rafael Rodriguez in the bullpen? Right now the Angels have 4 losses for the bullpen. Rodriguez has a last name proven to be effective for this ballclub. I for one would like to see him called up. He had a spring and he’s pitching already in AAA. Why waste him there? There has already been one game where I would have like to see his arm. Just a thought for today.
Randall T. Longwith, DUI Attorney for Andrew Gallo: you are the very scum of the earth and a disgrace to your alma mater as well as your species.
Wow you're original
I think Aybar and Izzy are the same type of player. Both are utility guys. But Wood is supposed to be the future.
by Monkeyspanked on Apr 15, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
did you write this
before or after he was called up to replace willits? lol.
World Series '09 - In Memory of #34 Nick Adenhart!
It read it on the press release before he posted it here...
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just me being silly.
I think the Angels made exactly the right move, getting our best shot at a starter without going the way of the Yankees and sacrificing a long man in the pen.
And yes, I wrote this when I saw the press release. I think our bullpen will be just fine as is once we get five starting pitchers again.
Randall T. Longwith, DUI Attorney for Andrew Gallo: you are the very scum of the earth and a disgrace to your alma mater as well as your species.
We have actually had 5 solid starting pitchers thus far.......
the bullpen on the other hand has SUCKED!!!
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, but...
…2 (soon to be 3) of those starting pitchers should be in the ‘pen. Hence the problem. We’ve got the AAA arson squad (Bulger, Jepsen et al) holding the fort.
I see red people
I think Sosh is nuts...
…for keeping Wood in the minors. We need to unload Aybar or Izturis and get Wood up here. Furthermore, why is Willits in the minors while GMJ gets ABs? Is the rally monkey making personnel decisions out there in Anaheim?
RIP Nick. We will miss you!
That's an understatement
when I’d rather have Matthews on my roster than Willits, you KNOW what I’ve gotta think of Willits.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 17, 2009 1:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Willits is better than Matthews
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by vivaelpujols on Apr 17, 2009 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe
but only if Willits’ ass is bigger, giving him a wider bench-warming range in a single sit.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 17, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
your funny
St. Louis Cardinals... defying win expectancy since 2008
by vivaelpujols on Apr 19, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
his funny?
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 20, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I wonder what Caseys Kiss of Death's opinion is on this matter
I don’t think he’s stated his take yet.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 15, 2009 5:38 PM PDT reply actions
Nah
Dweebs are at least capable of eliciting some compassion or sympathy, usually.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 16, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Who is Casey and why does he want to give me the kiss of death?
Thank god he is just a legend and not actually real
That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey
by anaheim angels on Apr 17, 2009 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions
wood and brown where kept out of BOTH...
games in salt lake’s double-header today/tonight.
Attending the funeral
RE: Wood and Brown being out the line-up today:
“In other movement, infielder Brandon Wood, infielder Matt Brown, catcher Bobby Wilson and outfielder Brad Coon have all been placed on the Temporary Inactive List. The four players are scheduled to attend the funeral services of former Bees pitcher Nick Adenhart later this week.”
Speaking of the funeral
Am I the only one who is more than a little nervous about the private jet Arte chartered to go to Adenhart’s funeral?
The plane is to carry Moreno, Reagins, Scioscia, Butcher, Lackey, Weaver, Moseley and Tim Mead tonight from Seattle to Maryland, then return them all to Seattle in time for Thursday’s game.
Anybody in corporate world will tell you it is fundamentally unsafe to place all the eggs in one basket when it comes to travel. The folks who ran In-N-Out disobeyed that rule, and wound up almost destroying the company when most of the key execs were killed in a private plane crash on approach to John Wayne.
Team travel.
Doesn’t the whole team travel together all the time? Granted, not necessarily on smaller planes, and not usually with such a tight schedule, but I still don’t want to worry too much.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
Sciosica, yes
But it isn’t a given that Reagins and Moreno travel with the team. Moreno goes on the occasional road date, and Reagins will travel more frequently than Moreno but he doesn’t go to every road date, either.
I suspect both men travel separately from the team.
by George Kaplan on Apr 16, 2009 3:40 AM PDT up reply actions
More than 15 years ago
The president of In-N-Out was on a small chartered plane, and it crashed while it was coming in for a landing at John Wayne (got caught in another, much larger, plane’s wake turbulence). The president’s brother had to take over the company. He died 5 or 6 years later of an overdose of something or another.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 16, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Correct, but...
That wasn’t where I was going with that. In addition to Snyder, the plane also held the company’s COO/EVP. The loss of both execs almost killed the company because it was instantly vulnerable by the loss of experienced leadership.
Most companies have rules prohibiting key execs flying together.
by George Kaplan on Apr 17, 2009 6:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully
Sosh will not let Wood waste away in triple A if the Halos continue their funk. HGH is taking up a roster spot. The Angels knew this before they signed Rivera to a 3 year deal. oh.. and after they did this they signed another outfielder named Abreu. We have Aybar & Izzy (basically “thing 1 & thing 2”). Something has got to give.
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Apr 15, 2009 10:36 PM PDT reply actions
Basically, we don't have a lot of power...
…and Wood is killing AAA pitching. There’s no doubt he comes up when the Angels get through this pitching need they have because of all the injuries and Adenhart’s passing.
NA, #34 SP, LAA
Light up the Halo for Nick!
so Vlad is hurt now..
if he goes on the DL, they better bring Brandon Wood up to add some power to the lineup..
World Series '09 - In Memory of #34 Nick Adenhart!
wait. what?
what the hell just happened? i’m so confused right now..
World Series '09 - In Memory of #34 Nick Adenhart!
Can he pitch relief?
Angel Pitching (Adenhart), Angel Defense - get past that.
by vladtheimpaler on Apr 18, 2009 12:34 AM PDT reply actions
Correct me if I’m wrong… but I think Scosh despises guys who don’t make contact with baseballs, move runners around, go from 1st to 3rd on a single to CF, aka, gamers. So, that sums it up. Wood is not a Scoscia guy.
really
what about tim salmon, or troy glaus, or dallas mcphereson who was given the starters job? What about bobby abreu? Just as beane looks to exploit inefficiencies in the market, the Angels have their own particular brand of baseball. And guess what? Its worked a hell of alot better than anything Beane has done in the past 10 years.
That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey
by anaheim angels on Apr 18, 2009 1:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Wood"s not slow, so 1st to 3rd...not a problem
2 HR’s in a game against Yanks last year, suicide squeezing home Naps in a game last year. Safe to say he can DO all the little things, he just something else that most angel players on the roster can’t do…hit the ball a long, long, long way
Phys: Well, Coon doesn't have a lot of power but he's a good bunter
Coon: F$%# That!
Thanks Zu
by halofan4life on Apr 18, 2009 6:50 AM PDT up reply actions
If the Angels keep playing the way they do
All the Wood jock hangers will be seeing him playing regularly in Anaheim sooner than later if the Angels recent swoon becomes a bit prolonged. If he is the Angels’ savior in 2009, then the team is in more trouble than anyone things.
I’m up for giving Wood his shot to be something for the next five years or so, but it doesn’t mean everyone else up already is tradeable crap just because Richard is supposed to be this uber prospect who is supposed to come in and dominate.
He is just as unproven as Kendry or Aybar are, except maybe he is still a little bit more hyped up.
Wrong.
I agree he’s no savior, but Brandon is younger and has better tools than both of them. Neither of those guys hit 30 homers a year in the minors. Kendry looks like a stop-gap at this point, and Aybar is a typical all-glove, no hit shortstop. Which would be fine if the rest of the line-up could produce.
Wood coming up?
He did not play at AAA for the 2nd straight day and there is still no info on the website. I’ve got to think that he’s the one coming up with Vlad out for a month or more.
Figgy to LF
Abreu to RF
Wood at 3B
Thats what Terry Smith mentioned as a possible scenario. My fingers are crossed.
He was at the funeral
He flew to Maryland for the Adenhart funeral, as far as I can tell. Since he was flying commercial (not on Arte’s rented jet), and he needed to get to Reno. Logistics might be the issue.
by George Kaplan on Apr 18, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Or Wood at DH
If you don’t want to move Figgins (who has played great defense over the last year). But in any case, Maicer Izturis is not a DH.
The HK-47 hitting droid is the finest line drive machine ever built
I'll take that
I don’t care how but we need his bat in the lineup..He should get 400+AB and then they can evaluate
his long term potential. DH,3B,SS whatever get him in there.
WOOD
he thought their was pressure last season to produce. with all this thats happening, he’s going to have soo much pressure to perform. how long are you guys going to give him if he’s brought up to produce??
Angels' fans will give him all the time in the wold
If he fails to live up to expectations, fans will moan about the Halos jerking him around when he was 24, thus permanently scarring his Major League career.
If he has success, ‘we told you so Angels, why didn’t you bring him up earlier.’
400 AB's
Will be a good amount to evaluate..I’d reserve judgement on him if he continues to show
the improved plate discipline he did in AZ. Pressure is part of pro-sports, he’s
24 and a former 1st rdr. Lets not baby him, he can handle it.
Here is the perfect solution.
1) Ship Rivera’s ass out for pitching help
2) Move Figgins permanently to LF
3) Call up Brandon Wood and put him at 3B
4*) Bench Failbar’s ass and start Izturis at SS
- = optional
by Chzburger Jones on Apr 19, 2009 2:42 AM PDT reply actions
Can't trade Rivera until July
There are restrictions on the trading of a just-signed free agent.
Of course, by then Rivera will be in a hot streak and everyone will be loving on him.
by George Kaplan on Apr 19, 2009 6:37 AM PDT up reply actions
isnt it different though since we resigned him
And hes cheap and will get better. I dont understand the juan hating
That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey
by anaheim angels on Apr 19, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
3 years and 12 million seemed cheap at the time
but with Abreu getting 5 mill for just 1 year and Orlando Hudson getting just 3.8 million for 1 year, the deal doesn’t seem all that great anymore. Plus the signing of Abreu made the Rivera signing pretty pointless and obsolete IMO. We will continue to have an OF log jam for the next 3 years and it’s effectively blocking Brandon Wood since Figgins can’t move back to the OF.
by Chzburger Jones on Apr 19, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
But it's all moot
The “logjam” isn’t a three-year problem, since Abreu’s deal is for this year only, Figgins figures to be gone after this season and we don’t know Vlad’s future (though his stock certainly dropped some with his pectoral injury). The Angels aren’t exactly as ass-deep in OF prospects as they are in middle IF players, so keeping Rivera through 2011 wasn’t a bad idea.
In addition, it’s Abreu who is blocking Figgins, since Abreu is the LF, presuming Vlad to be the RF. Abreu is going to be in more lineups than Rivera until Rivera gets a hot streak going.
It is post hoc reasoning to assume that Abreu would play RF with Vlad on the DL and then as DH, since this wasn’t known to anyone when either Rivera or Abreu was signed.
by George Kaplan on Apr 19, 2009 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions
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