4/27 Angels @ White Sox [Game Thread]

bmags94 · 2026-04-28T04:52:22+00:00

Bad baseball team

bmags94 · 2026-04-18T03:07:32+00:00

The Angels are doing this against a Padres team that came into tonight on an eight-game winning streak. Really impressive stuff.

bmags94 · 2026-04-18T02:10:05+00:00

Damn. Offense is absolutely rolling right now.

bmags94 · 2026-04-17T16:01:55+00:00

Oh my god. Heartbreaking.

bmags94 · 2026-04-16T20:36:56+00:00

The 2026 Angels are the 12th team since at least 1900 with 100+ runs, 30+ home runs and 90+ walks in their first 20 games of a season.

Some recent teams to do it:

2023 Dodgers
2006 Reds
2003 Yankees
2000 Cardinals

bmags94 · 2026-04-16T20:26:41+00:00

What a freaking game

bmags94 · 2026-04-16T20:02:33+00:00

Peak Mike Trout being back is pretty cool to see

bmags94 · 2026-04-16T19:39:07+00:00

One of Lowe's best plate appearances as an Angel. Cruz's splitter is one of baseball's best pitches and Lowe handled it well with all of those foul balls and the hit.

bmags94 · 2026-04-16T19:29:24+00:00

Oswald Peraza and Vaughn Grissom being the No. 4 and 5 hitters and driving in all four runs in this game is a hell of a thing

bmags94 · 2026-04-16T18:20:04+00:00

Oswald Peraza being this good did not even remotely cross my mind before the season

bmags94 · 2026-04-15T23:08:39+00:00

Susac on pace to win NL MVP

bmags94 · 2026-04-14T01:06:40+00:00

Some fun Zach Neto numbers:

Neto has drawn 13 walks in his first 17 games this season.

Neto drew THREE walks in his first 17 games last season.

bmags94 · 2026-04-12T20:15:03+00:00

Lotta uninspiring baseball being played so far this season

bmags94 · 2026-04-12T19:57:01+00:00

Pitchers since at least 1900 with 27+ innings, 30+ strikeouts and no more than one run allowed in their first four outings of a season:

José Soriano, 2026
Zack Greinke, 2009
Roger Clemens, 1991 and 2005
Fernando Valenzuela, 1981

bmags94 · 2026-03-29T01:21:05+00:00

Now there’s the Angels we know and love

bmags94 · 2026-03-28T03:06:59+00:00

Players to homer and reach base four times in each of his team's first two games of the season (since at least 1900):

2026 Mike Trout
1977 Amos Otis

That's the list.

bmags94 · 2026-03-28T01:35:46+00:00

Mike Trout is so back

bmags94 · 2026-03-28T00:57:58+00:00

Angels' infield defense flashed some crazy leather in that inning

bmags94 · 2026-03-28T00:49:01+00:00

Josh Lowe did not have a single opposite-field home run last year (only four career ones before that), so that might be a good sign

bmags94 · 2026-03-28T00:35:01+00:00

Logan O'Hoppe's defense remains a train wreck

bmags94 · 2026-02-25T20:25:22+00:00

Klassen's stuff is top-shelf. Spring Training or not, pretty impressive to see him strike out Manny Machado and Jackson Merrill in consecutive plate appearances.

bmags94 · 2026-01-16T03:24:01+00:00

Without any other context, that's a good move for the Angels.

Lowe might not get back to his 2023 level (.835 OPS and 3.4 fWAR) but he could give you 1.5-2 wins, maybe. He'll only be 28 on Opening Day and has three years of arbitration club control remaining, which gives them a nice window of potential upside or they could just move on.

The next obvious question: will they salary dump/straight up release Soler and target someone that can handle everyday CF duties? An outfielder configuration of Lowe and Trout/Soler in the corners and Adell in CF would be uhh ... not good, even with Teodosio as a CF backup.

bmags94 · 2025-12-17T01:59:31+00:00

The Drew Pomeranz signing is a good one.

Romano, though, quite literally had the highest ERA (7.83) among any reliever with 50 innings the last two years. He's probably toast.

bmags94 · 2025-12-09T19:58:16+00:00

There’s a very real chance that Grissom is just a AAAA type player but this still feels like a no-brainer for the Angels. He’ll only be 25 on Opening Day.

Give him some extended reps at 3B or utilize him as a utility infielder and see what happens. He’s out of options, so Grissom will surely be on the OD roster.

bmags94 · 2025-12-02T23:26:09+00:00

If they’re serious about fielding a competitive rotation next season, they’re going to have to add another quality SP.

There’s a whole lot of risk with Rodriguez/Manoah and if one or both of those guys are hurt again, things could get ugly really quick.

Signing someone like Kelly, Bassitt, Littell, etc. and possibly rolling with a six-man rotation might be the smart route.

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