After a recent hot streak, the Angelenos have cooled off, loosing 7 out of their last 10, dropping them to 20-26 overall. Aside from that, the Angelenos have made a couple of transactions which included trading for Kevin Howard. LA is hoping he can be the guy to help anchor this pitching staff to make a run at a possible playoff berth. To make room on the team, disappointment Billy Daniels was sent down to AAA and could have seen his last stint with the major league team, despite a hefty salary.
Following that trade to bolster the starting pitching, KC called up two prominent bats from AAA.
DH Ryan Ruffinwas the first to be called up and has done nothing but amaze GM/Manager Buckeye86. "The kid is 22 and he was tearing up AAA pitching. We just couldn't keep him down there any longer. So we call him up, expecting him to need an adjustment period, but in 14 games the kid has hit .339, including 2 homers. He's going to be an amazing talent....that's for sure.
Herman Atkins was also called up today to take over at 2B, moving Ben Darwin over to SS. Herman can play several positions, but putting him at 2B just made the most sense for the Angelenos. He also was ready to be called up after hitting .365 in 39 games for AAA Angelenos. He's got some pop as well, and usually finds his way on base.
Another player to keep an eye out for is SP Ned Caminiti who has quickly moved through the ranks this season and is currently at AAA. On a team where SP has been hard to come by, you just never know when a new face will be thrown into the action.
With these moves, the Angelenos are very hopeful about not only getting younger, but also getting better.
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Angelenos improving?
Angelenos.com---
Despite starting the season at 1-8, the Angelenos have fought their way back to a respectable 9-12. Yes, 8-4 in their last 12 games. A pretty solid stretch that has seen both the offense and bullpen rebound from a pretty horrid start.
The Angelenos aren't expected to give Honolulu any trouble in terms of challenging for the division, but it's too early to rule out a Wild Card berth, especially in a season that's known as a marathon and not a sprint...
Another contributing factor to the overall bad start, has been the injury bug. Los Angeles saw their starting catcher and offensive threat Nick Alexander sidelined for at least 3 months with a ligament strain in his foot. He's just one of several Angelenos who have already spent time on the DL.
Herman Atkins and Ryan Ruffin of the AAA Angelenos are expected to be making their Major League debuts within the near future. These are two guys that the Angelenos have been extremely high on. With good reason, so far in AAA Herman Atkins is hitting .407 with 6 homers and 23 rbi in 81 at bats. Ryan Ruffin is hitting .322 with 9 dingers and 30 rbi. At that rate, they would be providing some much needed pop within the Angeleno line up...
Despite starting the season at 1-8, the Angelenos have fought their way back to a respectable 9-12. Yes, 8-4 in their last 12 games. A pretty solid stretch that has seen both the offense and bullpen rebound from a pretty horrid start.
The Angelenos aren't expected to give Honolulu any trouble in terms of challenging for the division, but it's too early to rule out a Wild Card berth, especially in a season that's known as a marathon and not a sprint...
Another contributing factor to the overall bad start, has been the injury bug. Los Angeles saw their starting catcher and offensive threat Nick Alexander sidelined for at least 3 months with a ligament strain in his foot. He's just one of several Angelenos who have already spent time on the DL.
Herman Atkins and Ryan Ruffin of the AAA Angelenos are expected to be making their Major League debuts within the near future. These are two guys that the Angelenos have been extremely high on. With good reason, so far in AAA Herman Atkins is hitting .407 with 6 homers and 23 rbi in 81 at bats. Ryan Ruffin is hitting .322 with 9 dingers and 30 rbi. At that rate, they would be providing some much needed pop within the Angeleno line up...
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Winter Meetings update.
Los Angeles--
The Angelenos have been pretty quiet so far in the Winter Meetings, but they have made a couple of moves...
Freddie Lawrence, at the age of 35, was signed to a two deal worth 3.8 million per. The deal also includes an option for a 3rd year.
Freddie Lawrence is a lifetime .328 hitter and hit .314 last season in 420 at-bats. With his age, his power has went down (only hitting 14 homers last season) but he hardly ever strikes out (46 times last year). As long as he can still hit like he did last season, this may be a good deal for the Angelenos. He can play 1b, the COF positions and also DH.
Los Angeles also signed 27 year old pitcher J.P. Alomar for a little pitching depth. He is rule 5 eligible and was signed to a prorated contract, so we'll see what happens on this move. He's never pitched in the bigs and has never had an era under 4.59 in the minors.
Los Angeles also expressed interest in bringing back Russ Jerchower, but they don't want to spend too much money on him. They also felt slighted at the fact that he was worth close to 14 million in arbitration, but hit the market with a starting demand of 8.5 million. We're sure that's higher now as LA offered him a 4 year contract worth over 39 million including bonuses...So they have pulled out of that race.
That's all for now, but we'll keep all readers updated-
--Angelenos.com
The Angelenos have been pretty quiet so far in the Winter Meetings, but they have made a couple of moves...
Freddie Lawrence, at the age of 35, was signed to a two deal worth 3.8 million per. The deal also includes an option for a 3rd year.
Freddie Lawrence is a lifetime .328 hitter and hit .314 last season in 420 at-bats. With his age, his power has went down (only hitting 14 homers last season) but he hardly ever strikes out (46 times last year). As long as he can still hit like he did last season, this may be a good deal for the Angelenos. He can play 1b, the COF positions and also DH.
Los Angeles also signed 27 year old pitcher J.P. Alomar for a little pitching depth. He is rule 5 eligible and was signed to a prorated contract, so we'll see what happens on this move. He's never pitched in the bigs and has never had an era under 4.59 in the minors.
Los Angeles also expressed interest in bringing back Russ Jerchower, but they don't want to spend too much money on him. They also felt slighted at the fact that he was worth close to 14 million in arbitration, but hit the market with a starting demand of 8.5 million. We're sure that's higher now as LA offered him a 4 year contract worth over 39 million including bonuses...So they have pulled out of that race.
That's all for now, but we'll keep all readers updated-
--Angelenos.com
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Angelenos reward Aaron Glass with extension!
Los Angeles--
Closer Aaron Glass, who had a career year last season, converting 42 of 44 saves with a 2.36 ERA and 1.00 WHIP was rewarded with a 3 year contract worth 3.6 million per year. At the age 31, Aaron Glass finally found a groove last season after bouncing around from team to team. His career numbers are not pretty, however, last season is the first time in his career that he was made a full time closer and he absolutely dominated opposing teams.
With an All Star appearance and the Fireman of the Year award under his belt from last season, Aaron Glass looks to improve on that this year.
"We know what we have in the back end. We have a guy who will not lose us ball games. The thing we need to do, is to make sure he gets a chance to pitch every night because that means we're winning ball games....Absolutely no doubt in my mind he was our MVP last year."--Manager buckeye86
Closer Aaron Glass, who had a career year last season, converting 42 of 44 saves with a 2.36 ERA and 1.00 WHIP was rewarded with a 3 year contract worth 3.6 million per year. At the age 31, Aaron Glass finally found a groove last season after bouncing around from team to team. His career numbers are not pretty, however, last season is the first time in his career that he was made a full time closer and he absolutely dominated opposing teams.
With an All Star appearance and the Fireman of the Year award under his belt from last season, Aaron Glass looks to improve on that this year.
"We know what we have in the back end. We have a guy who will not lose us ball games. The thing we need to do, is to make sure he gets a chance to pitch every night because that means we're winning ball games....Absolutely no doubt in my mind he was our MVP last year."--Manager buckeye86
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Angelenos part ways with several players...
Los Angeles--
Del Lunar, Christian Koh, Emil Lopez, Russ Jerchower, Matty Ibanez, and Roy Hume were all released a day before arbitration.
The moves, which were made in order to free up pay roll and make room on the 40 man roster for several players who are either joining the big league club or are Rule 5 eligible.
Russ Jerchower really helped and ailing pitching rotation last season, but demanded well over the amount LA was willing to spend on him. He wanted All Star money, but was nothing more than a 3 spot pitcher at best.
Ryan Ruffin is expected to be the first one added to the ML roster. Ryan Ruffin, who is just 22 years of age, already has pretty good power and the ability to drive in runs. He's limited to DH, but if he hits the way LA expects him to, it won't matter much to them.
Del Lunar, Christian Koh, Emil Lopez, Russ Jerchower, Matty Ibanez, and Roy Hume were all released a day before arbitration.
The moves, which were made in order to free up pay roll and make room on the 40 man roster for several players who are either joining the big league club or are Rule 5 eligible.
Russ Jerchower really helped and ailing pitching rotation last season, but demanded well over the amount LA was willing to spend on him. He wanted All Star money, but was nothing more than a 3 spot pitcher at best.
Ryan Ruffin is expected to be the first one added to the ML roster. Ryan Ruffin, who is just 22 years of age, already has pretty good power and the ability to drive in runs. He's limited to DH, but if he hits the way LA expects him to, it won't matter much to them.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
On our way to LA!
Los Angeles--
The Kansas City Bluebirds are no more. There was rumor circulating for most of last season that the Bluebirds were looking to relocate. Well, those rumors were actually true.
In a shocking move, the franchise has moved to Los Angeles, complete with name change.
"I loved KC, loved the fans and loved being their manager....But this is an exciting change of scenery for me, the team, and the entire organization."--Manager buckeye86.
Good news for KC, it didn't take long to get a new franchise to replace their old one. Arizona also relocated, taking the vacant spot in KC. On things for sure, when the Angelenos' visit KC, it'll be a hostile environment.
With that said, the city of Los Angeles could not be more excited. The team finished pretty strong last season and has some young talent waiting to be brought up! Spring training is right around the corner and we'll keep you updated on all the happenings concerning Angeleno baseball!
The Kansas City Bluebirds are no more. There was rumor circulating for most of last season that the Bluebirds were looking to relocate. Well, those rumors were actually true.
In a shocking move, the franchise has moved to Los Angeles, complete with name change.
"I loved KC, loved the fans and loved being their manager....But this is an exciting change of scenery for me, the team, and the entire organization."--Manager buckeye86.
Good news for KC, it didn't take long to get a new franchise to replace their old one. Arizona also relocated, taking the vacant spot in KC. On things for sure, when the Angelenos' visit KC, it'll be a hostile environment.
With that said, the city of Los Angeles could not be more excited. The team finished pretty strong last season and has some young talent waiting to be brought up! Spring training is right around the corner and we'll keep you updated on all the happenings concerning Angeleno baseball!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Season of disappointment comes to an end....
Kansas City--
For the first time ever, KC will be sitting out the post season! The Kansas City Bluebirds season of frustration came to an end, but it did so on a 4 game win streak. The team that never really got going, showed some flashes, but it was never enough to threaten anything. Finishing 74-88 and 27 games behind division winner Honolulu is not what the defending AL West champs had in mind.
Moving forward, it's clearly obvious that the pitching rotation needs revamped. The Bullpen wasn't too bad, especially at the back end with Aaron Glass who converted 42 of 44 save opportunities with a whip of 1.00 and only giving up 3 homers the entire year. Aaron Glass is also the leading candidate for the AL Fireman of the year award.
The team has a lot of choices to make as well, with the abundance of young offensive talent in the minors that will surely be ready by next season, what will Manager buckeye86 decide to do? We've already assumed and have confirmed that pitching will be priority #1 as it was just horrid this past season.
But, enough about our team, the Season 9 playoffs are underway with some intriguing matchups.
Our pick to win it all: Durham Daddies: Defending champs look to repeat. We're also intrigued by a possible match up between the Durham Daddies and a very much improved Honolulu team (from last season) both teams won over 100 games, but we feel Durham is still too much right now.
Darkhorse pick: Washington D.C. 42's: Probably the best overall franchise, period. The team wins at every level and lost in the World Series last season to Durham. Could they get the revenge this year? It's very possible.
For the first time ever, KC will be sitting out the post season! The Kansas City Bluebirds season of frustration came to an end, but it did so on a 4 game win streak. The team that never really got going, showed some flashes, but it was never enough to threaten anything. Finishing 74-88 and 27 games behind division winner Honolulu is not what the defending AL West champs had in mind.
Moving forward, it's clearly obvious that the pitching rotation needs revamped. The Bullpen wasn't too bad, especially at the back end with Aaron Glass who converted 42 of 44 save opportunities with a whip of 1.00 and only giving up 3 homers the entire year. Aaron Glass is also the leading candidate for the AL Fireman of the year award.
The team has a lot of choices to make as well, with the abundance of young offensive talent in the minors that will surely be ready by next season, what will Manager buckeye86 decide to do? We've already assumed and have confirmed that pitching will be priority #1 as it was just horrid this past season.
But, enough about our team, the Season 9 playoffs are underway with some intriguing matchups.
Our pick to win it all: Durham Daddies: Defending champs look to repeat. We're also intrigued by a possible match up between the Durham Daddies and a very much improved Honolulu team (from last season) both teams won over 100 games, but we feel Durham is still too much right now.
Darkhorse pick: Washington D.C. 42's: Probably the best overall franchise, period. The team wins at every level and lost in the World Series last season to Durham. Could they get the revenge this year? It's very possible.
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