From a sports standpoint, it’s hard to find a worse tweet for any organization.
22 words that signify the end of a season.
The disaster that is the Angels franchise is so much worse than this season though.
Is any franchise in baseball in a worse position?
Certainly no other large market team is.
Even smaller market teams that have been crushed by losing like the Pirates and Tigers have strong farm systems.
The A’s are obviously a joke but they are getting an influx of cash when they move.
They’ll be fine.
I still think the Angels are in the worst spot of them all.
It starts with Arte Moreno.
Since buying the club in 2003, the GM’s have gone from decent to bad to worse.
The reckless decisions Minasian made just this season has set this franchise back years.
The worst move was not trading Shohei Ohtani.
He had three opportunities to do so.
At the deadline last year, in the offseason and last month.
They also traded actual prospects away for scrap heap players like Eduardo Escobar, Domonic Leone and Mike Moustakas.
Minasian and Moreno sold false hope to Angels fans.
Part of being in charge of a baseball team means making the tough decisions.
The concern always has to be the greater good of the franchise.
Instead, they were putting lipstick on a pig hoping things would work out.
Let me be very clear.
The Los Angeles Angels leadership is reckless, short sighted and flat out stupid.
So how do you fix this?
I don’t know if you might.
At least not this decade.
He’s played 237 games over the past three seasons combined.
He’s signed for SEVEN more seasons at $37 million per year.
That’s a lot of money for someone who can’t stay on the field.
Don’t get me wrong.
If Trout retired today, he’d deserve to make the Hall of Fame.
He’s never won a playoff game and only has 1624 career hits but he’s been that great.
I do fear we are looking at a similar trajectory that Ken Griffey Jr. had.
Generationally great centerfielder who couldn’t stay on the field in his 30’s.
This isn’t a modern issue either.
Look at Duke Snider and Mickey Mantle after they hit 30.
Mix in Trout’s back issues and I am very concerned about Trout moving forward.
This team even looks like a nightmare for next season.
I don’t see Ohtani staying there and even if he does, he won’t pitch.
The Angels should let him go.
This team is so bad, no one can help them.
At least he’s a good clubhouse guy.
Last year’s big pitching FA signing Tyler Anderson has been mediocre (5-5, 5.35).
They need to tear everything down.
I made this point a year ago.
It has only gotten much worse.
I don’t want this to keep being an annual blog topic.
Mike Trout deserves so much better.
So do the fans.
The Angels have the 4th best attendance in the American League this season.
They haven’t seen a winning season since 2015!
Arte Moreno needs to sell the team.
The entire front office needs to be gutted.
Honestly, the entire franchise needs an enema.
Clean everything out, trade everyone you might and build towards 2030.
I know that seems like an insanely long amount of time and it is.
That’s how fucked this franchise is.
It can be fixed eventually though as long as you have patience.
That’s true about life.
If you work hard and keep your eyes focused on a goal, patience can be often be rewarded.
Just sell the team already.
You don’t deserve it.
