johnnyangel101

He was a latecomer to the party here, anyway. I don't think this impacts Woulard's decision, either.

Solid pickup

Hmmm...I KNOW you're thinking what I'm thinking...

No word on if he accidentally threw to 1st base at any time.

Fans in Utah won't see him very much longer.

And the purge continues. I know nothing of the guy - he's a scout, the most under appreciated part of a major league team. It's just interesting the depth of the organizational turnover at this point.

OK, we've gone over this before. BUT...read the comments. There are actual Halo fans that believe Mathis makes a difference and that installing Conger would make them worse.

Nothing really new here, other than making that point that even if the Angels make improvements, the Rangers probably will too, keeping the Halos at arms length the rest of the way.

Trumbo is on a list of the last 25 players who have had an OBP of .310 or less, yet have an OPS+ of 110. Interesting list.

The Angels, according to this source, are the 28th best-paying team in the world, barely edging out the Kolkata Knight Riders. I'm not sure if this before or after assuming the Unmovable Contract. The Knight Riders are, apparently, a cricket team and are on the verge of the IPL playoffs. Is the IPL the next stop for Vernon Wells? Remember, the bat is flat. I had to click this link to figure it out what the IPL and the Knight Riders were, to be honest: http://www.iplt20.com/

Guess which team is leading the poll? Guess who their least favorite blogger is?

New updated Forbes list has Arte hanging tough at $1BB.

Dave Cameron has bashed the Wells trade since it was first announced. After days to ponder, though, it looks like he came to terms with the same thing many of us have: other MLB teams simply do not want Napoli to be their catcher. As frustrated as I was by the trade, this was the only plausible explanation I could come up with, too. One snippet from Cameron's article: "We do have one strong piece of data that suggests that Napoli's work in this area might be so deficient that the Angels decision to move him wasn't totally absurd -- the fact that no other in baseball seemingly wanted him as their catcher either."

Rob Neyer had a link to this today, and I couldn't stop reading. Ensberg pulls no punches and give his thoughts, regardless of who he might offend. Very interesting read.

I was noticing that the Indians were the first team we're scheduled to play with a losing record. Playing on a hunch, I decided to look up our YTD strength of schedule. The result was more than I expected. Our strength of schedule is 40 points higher than the next team. We are truly being tested early. So far, we are hanging in there.

When Casey's Kiss of Death wrote his "congratulatory" post last week, several Yankee fans berated him. Joe's SI piece, however, covers it in a way none of us can...and he's right.

How else can you explain these things happening in Boston...again?

I probably need therapy. But I enjoy reading this stuff.

Dave Cameron comes up with something I was going to write about: our bullpen has been a little unlucky in the early going. It WILL eventually get better, kids....

Is this good or bad? This might move Dice-K and his propensity for walks to open the series. Your thoughts?

But I think they left off Rowland Office