‘It’s no fun’: Angels manager Joe Maddon laments lost season, issues call to arms
LA TimesA question about top prospect Reid Detmers was the catalyst for some brutal honesty from manager Joe Maddon on Wednesday. “Listen, what’s your agenda next year?” the Angels manager said before Wednesday night’s 9-5 loss to the Houston Astros in 12 innings. As #Angels play out the string, MGR Joe Maddon's patience is wearing a bit thin, not with his team's effort but its personnel: "Listen, what’s your agenda next year? One person familiar with the team’s thinking said the Angels, who have $111 million committed to five players — Mike Trout, Anthony Rendon, Justin Upton, Ohtani and David Fletcher — next season, would prefer to spend most of their financial resources on pitching and perhaps scrimp a bit at shortstop. If the Angels can team two front-end starters with Ohtani next season and fill out a six-man rotation with pitchers such as Griffin Canning, Jose Suarez, Patrick Sandoval, Detmers and Chris Rodriguez, perhaps they’ll be in a position to challenge the Astros in 2022 instead of being 19 games behind them with 11 days remaining in the regular season.
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