July 31, 20187 yr Nothing has reaffirmed the rebuild strategy for me more than the struggle the angels have had to make the playoffs. Just did not have enough resources to add enough to overcome a series of unlucky seasons. Have been drafting wayyy better though, so they will be better soon. Unknown if trout is there for it.
July 31, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, bmags said: Nothing has reaffirmed the rebuild strategy for me more than the struggle the angels have had to make the playoffs. Just did not have enough resources to add enough to overcome a series of unlucky seasons. Have been drafting wayyy better though, so they will be better soon. Unknown if trout is there for it. I can see why it's tempting to go full Greg and blow the rebuild, but you simply can't do that in this day and age. You have to be bad for a long enough time to rebuild the whole system. Edited July 31, 20187 yr by AustinIllini
July 31, 20187 yr 33 minutes ago, AustinIllini said: I can see why it's tempting to go full Greg and blow the rebuild, but you simply can't do that in this day and age. You have to be bad for a long enough time to rebuild the whole system. I think he is saying the Angels inability to build around someone like Mike Trout, further confirms the notion and strategy the Sox took to blow up their roster vs. trying to rebuild on the fly around an existing young core(i.e., one laded with a couple young, cost controlled star players (Sale / Quintana / Eaton (albeit now oft-injured)). Angels and Sox weren't much different...some young, dynamic players, but their existing farm systems were extremely depleted to non-existent. Sox decided to sell and start over, Angels have tried to rebuild on the fly (without a strong system) and while they have scratched together some mediocre seasons, they have zero hope towards anything that great. I very much agree with Bmags statement. We know I hate throwing out the term "insert sport "hell"", but the Angels are in MLB hell.
July 31, 20187 yr 10 minutes ago, Chisoxfn said: I think he is saying the Angels inability to build around someone like Mike Trout, further confirms the notion and strategy the Sox took to blow up their roster vs. trying to rebuild on the flow around an existing young core(i.e., one laded with a couple young, cost controlled star players (Sale / Quintana / Eaton (albeit now oft-injured)). Angels and Sox weren't much different...some young, dynamic players, but their existing farm systems were extremely depleted to non-existent. Sox decided to sell and start over, Angels have tried to rebuild on the fly (without a strong system) and while they have scratched together some mediocre seasons, they have zero hope towards anything that great. I very much agree with Bmags statement. We know I hate throwing out the term "insert sport "hell"", but the Angels are in MLB hell. Yes, all of this.
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