Anaheim's stats in 2009
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 6, 2009 12:00 PM CDT
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tis hard to believe the Angels pitching has been so putrid
I can’t believe Arredondo and Shields both look(ed) so horrible.
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
You left out one other stat
1-5
Thats right Angel bitches. Thats your record against us this year. Suck it. Its about to be 1-8 after Wednesday
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
I vote for you to give the pre-series speech in LAA tonight
Ill donate 6 dollars towards your airfare
Man I'm hungry, you said footlong and I got light headed
When I see a solar eclipse I think "oh no, is the moon eating the sun?"
the second part...
is what she said.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
HMMMM....
looks like its going to be at least 2-7 now…any more predictions Nostradamus?
Do it for Nick '09
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jul 7, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions
What I'm interested in seeing
is how their handling of Kendrick works out for them.
"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers
I'm endlessly amused by their refusal to give Brandon Wood a shot.
He’s OPS’ing .952 in AAA this year.
I feel bad for the kid, but I love that they’re wasting him.
Hopefully some GM pries him away from LALA for pennies on the dollar and he has a nice toldyaso season like Russ Branyan’s been having.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Everyone needs to drive a vehicle, even the very tall. This was the largest auto I could afford. Should I therefore be made the subject of fun?
He's doesn't play the game the Angel way.
NEEDS MORE SMALL BALL.
"Look out, Itchy! He’s Irish!"
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next year when 'Sean' is gone
he’ll finally get his shot… but he’s been seriously wasted. You’d think when Howie got sent down they’d have given him more time, but no.
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
Are they really gonna let Chone walk?
He’s really good and he fits in perfectly with their smallball style.
If they do let him go it’ll probably be because of all those walks. Gotta swing the bat, Chone! Walks only clog the bases!
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Everyone needs to drive a vehicle, even the very tall. This was the largest auto I could afford. Should I therefore be made the subject of fun?
Good question that many of us Halo fans have wondered ourselves...
However, there is something called a SUPER TWO that helps explain why Wood hasn’t been given a chance yet….check out the link for more info.
Do it for Nick '09
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Jul 7, 2009 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Darren Oliver
Just has never gotten the credit he’s deserved over the years. And IMO he still owns the best Ranger postseason start in team history.
My favorite part is Gary Matthews Jr.'s .618 OPS.
How’s that $10M/year looking now?
Chris Davis’ OPS: .671 (Also, Davis is making less than five percent of what GMJ is making.
Hunter’s having a great year with the bat, so far, with an OPS of .940.
Adenhart’s line pretty much sums up Angel pitching this year, I think. An ERA of 0.00 but a WHIP of 1.67.
Also, with Lackey and Palmer right next to each other in the stats, it’s easy to see why Lackey should end up being just fine and Palmer is a lucky SOB. BB/K: Lackey 16/49, Palmer 31/42.
Adenhart was the pitcher who died...after only making 1 start.
by TooLegitToQuit on Jul 6, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
um
i think we are all aware
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
Adenhart's line...
Meaning the Angels pitching is dead?
"Support the Dutch Oven" - Me
by RangerFloppy on Jul 6, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
wow
at least attempt to show class
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
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"Call up Joaquin Arias? He had a legit spring training and seems to have cooled off a little bit in OKC but still a DH option. " -- kch tx
I guess I missed why the Angel team stats are pushing down the rest of the articles on the front page...
I miss 1989. I miss 1996. Please make me miss another season in 2008.
Why?
What compelled you to post the Angels stats on the front page. A link would have been better. IMHO
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
If losing German Duran warrants front page news
Then the stats of our main opponent for the division before such a big series would too I would think
ALthough im with you that a link would have been sufficient
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
More posts....
equals more clicks and more comments from us? A need to keep the “volume” of both up? Only thing I can think of.
I really love
that the Angels have become the new Rangers, and the Rangers have become the new A’s. Now if we can get Hamilton back in the lineup and productive and have a few more guys on our pitching staff we can legitimately count on, we can be the new Angels and win this mother fucker.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
this lineup has a glaring need
Kinsler
MY
Hamilton
???
Byrd/Murphy
Cruz
Blalock
Catcher
Andrus
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
Cruz should be 4th
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
5 Angels front line players at .300 or better, the Rangers Have
One, MY that needs to change if the Rangers are going to over take them, Kinsler needs to re-find his stroke this swing for the fence deal aint cuttin it right now, why not place Elvis or Murphy in the lead off spot for awhile, do something to help Kins figure out how to hit again
Larry Parrish Was Da Man!
Yep
the number one problem with this team is good old fashioned batting average.
"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers
well, it DOES improve OBP
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jul 6, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions
If you compare this team to last years team
2008 .283/.354/.462
2009 .258/.319/.457
As you can see, slugging is roughly the same as last year. The big difference is BA and OBP. As you say, raising BA raises OBP. If the teams BA was raised .025 to .283, the OBP would be raised to .341, so they would only be off the OBP by .013.
So from a BA/OBP standpoint, this team is .025 lower in BA, and .013 in “non-BA OBP” (Walks and HBP).
So the problem is primarily a BA problem.
"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers
kind of amazing that they've maintained SLG with such a drop in BA
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
Yep
If the team was able to hit at the .283 clip they did last year, they’d probably have a near identical OPS to last year’s team.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
it would actually be...
..about 30 OPS points better than last year’s OPS since adding 25 points of BA would correspondingly raise the teamwide SLG almost 50 points.
To get the Rangers team BA from .258 to .283 in the same # of PA, you’d need to replace 70 outs with 70 hits which, given the 09 team’s current ratio of each type of hit to total hits would yied an extra 39 singles, 17 doubles, 2 triples, and 12 homers or 127 additional total bases which would give the team a .503 SLG with an overall line of .283/.341/.503.
(Obviously the math isn’t perfect since replacing 70 outs with 70 hits would cause them to have 100+ more PA than the number they actually have)
The 2009 Rangers offense is close to thier 2007 version.
2007 .263/.328/.426
2008 .283/.354/.462
2009 .258/.319/.457
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
missing components in 2007 and 2009
Milton Bradley
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jul 6, 2009 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions
yea, i know
he really is an amazing hitter. I would love for the cubs to get sick of him and dump him on us this offseason when we have a new owner who actually has money
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
Batting average
I don’t see how this team gets close to a .283 batting average.
You put Kinsler and Hamilton at .300, Blalock at .275, and Davis at .250, and it only gets them to .273.
Now, assuming those were all singles, that would move the team’s line to .273/.334/.472, for an OPS of .806, which would be highest SLG and third-highest OPS in the league.
I wish there was some way to get Milton Bradley back, but that’s not going to happen.
by Darrell McKown on Jul 6, 2009 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions
.300
Excellent point!
We should promptly trade for Christian Guzman (.318), Scott Podsednik (.311) Skip Schumaker (3.01), and Felipe Lopez (.301). Those guys are solid, .300 hitters.
"You'll meet them again on their long journey to the middle." -Lester Bangs
by BAC on Jul 6, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Hell yeah to Schumaker
The guy is hitting 3.01!!!!!! I didn’t even know that was possible.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
he's REALLY REALLY
mediocre.
So mediocre, they invent new ways to describe him.
"You'll meet them again on their long journey to the middle." -Lester Bangs
Rangers are going to make financials available to potential buyers soon
Another team for sale, the Texas Rangers, is likely to put out financial data soon for potential buyers to peruse, according to a source familiar with that process. Bids of $550 million are likely, sports bankers and baseball officials said.
Rangers owner and Texas billionaire Tom Hicks hopes to have bids for the Rangers by mid-August, although negotiations and financing could result in a deal not closing until after the season, the source said.
Hicks said in May he was willing to sell control of the team. In April, creditors declared Hicks Sports Group, which owns the Rangers and Dallas Stars hockey team, in default on $525 million in loans.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
fanpost already about it
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
well F me large steve
whatever will I do?
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
Just letting you know if you hadn't noticed it yet
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
I've looked at these stats several times today and I got nothin
Am I supposed to come to my own conclusion about them? Like, think for myself? That’s not why come here.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
You are pretty up to speed on the Rangers
Maybe you can contrast lineups to see what each team’s pitchers are up against?
Or …. you can put together a slide show presentation and business plan, and sell the Angels out from under Arte Moreno ?
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Jul 6, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Stands for 1 million in insurance.
Mainly due to the german, or spanish, or some other language that heavily influenced the insurance industry using “mm” to abbreviate million.
Based on my research it's from the Latin word mille
Which means “thousand” so MM would be a thousand thousand. I’ve seen it used in the oil and gas context as well (normally for cubic feets of gas). Didn’t realize it wasn’t a well-recognized abbreviation until I looked into it.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
you have 1MM too many free minutes on your hands
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
It's short for a Crash Test Dummies song?
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
And here I was getting ready to watch the game.
Forgot about that. Bah.
the preceding post was a great success.
Works out well for me
I can stay late at work and get stuff done instead of staying late at work and having hte game running here and getting nothing done.
Yeah, I’m not going to complain about the game being at 7 p.m. my time.
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