Current 25 Man Roster, in the order in which they debuted. Rarely discussed among the fans, seniority in the bigs and on the team is a big deal to big leaguers.
Scot Shields (May 26, 2001, debut with Angels)
Robb Quinlan (July 28, 2003)
Maicer Izturis (April 5, 2005)
Juan Rivera (April 6, 2005)
Ervin Santana (May 17, 2005)
Jeff Mathis (Aug. 12, 2005)
Joe Saunders (Aug. 16, 2005)
13 out of 25 are homegrown talent.
Howie Kendrick (April 26, 2006)
Mike Napoli (May 4, 2006)
Erick Aybar (May 16, 2006)
Jason Bulger (May 20, 2006)
Kendry Morales (May 23, 2006)
Jered Weaver (May 27, 2006)
Brandon Wood (April 6, 2007)
Terry Evans (June 17, 2007)
Torii Hunter (March 31, 2008)
Bobby Wilson (April 28, 2008)
Kevin Jepsen (September 8, 2008)
Bobby Abreu (April 6, 2009)
Brian Fuentes (April 6, 2009)
Matt Palmer (April 23, 2009)
Hideki Matsui, Joel Piñeiro, Fernando Rodney and Brian Stokes are slated to debut in 2010
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It's a big deal to teachers too.
Here in Long Beach, us teachers are being pink-slipped based on district service time. It’s so tight that seniority is being calculated based on the time of day you were hired. Oops, this is an Angel thread. Sorry, I’m kinda new at this. Won’t happen again.
sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher - April 3, 2010
best posting name on the site
Welcome to the sight. i mean SITE, who goofed I’ve got to know!
Rev Halofan - April 3, 2010
Thank you Rev
You run a first class operation here.
Long live Jim Healy!
sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher - April 3, 2010
That's just plain poppycock
Moondoggy - April 4, 2010
ah thats a bunch of bull!
Rev Halofan - April 4, 2010
wiping away a nostalgic tear
Moondoggy - April 4, 2010
Did the japanese sit down and have dinner with Pearl Harbor ...
God, how I miss the Healy show.
Especially for exposing Lasorda for being the foul-mouthed moron that he is.
LazorkoRules - April 4, 2010
after Jerome Brown died
he never played that clip again
Moondoggy - April 4, 2010
Heaky was a class act
he was quite old school and proper, though.
He called the show Married with Children “MARRIED WITH SMUT” in a disgusted, disdainful tenor.
Rev Halofan - April 4, 2010
My favorites...
I’ve forgotten more about this f*bleep*en game than all you people combined are ever gonna know…
Bad team man, it’s just a bad f*bleep*en team…
Jietoh - April 5, 2010
any chance you work at roosevelt elementary?
clover_black - April 3, 2010
no on Roosevelt
sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher - April 3, 2010
ya voted for Hoover?
Rev Halofan - April 3, 2010
"you people voted for hubert humphrey
and you killed Jesus." -Raoul Duke
princeton11loveshalos - April 4, 2010
Trying to figure out a good nickname for your screen name is going to make this a fun season
Commander_Nate - April 4, 2010
sillamath
Downing Rules - April 4, 2010
VICTOR
The quote about the lovely lady was by Victor Kiam. Trivia time: To what lady is he referring?
Rev Halofan - April 4, 2010
Marge Schott
former owner of the Cincinnati Reds
3eyes - April 4, 2010
nope
guess again
Rev Halofan - April 4, 2010
lisa olson
I will never use sbnation as a reliable source for information again.
3eyes - April 4, 2010
close
the “lovely lady” was a reporter covering Kiam’s Patriots during the 1986 postseason who was sexually harrassed int he locker room while trying to do her job.
Rev Halofan - April 4, 2010
Melissa Stark
Stirrups - April 5, 2010
Aw blow it out!
Actually, I kinda like Victor.
sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher - April 5, 2010
I'm nicknaming him
Kobe
Moondoggy - April 4, 2010
I'd take Kobe's all-around game, I'll tell you that.
I’d take his b-ball skills too.
sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher - April 5, 2010
I'd take his diamond purchasing abilities
Downing Rules - April 5, 2010
Only in hell is Q a Vet
God save us all it is another sign of the apocalypse.
I am coming L. Ron Hubbard, save me a seat on the space ship between Tom Cruise and John Travolta
DAD OF VLAD - April 3, 2010
I'm gonna sit next to Leah Remini and Kelly Preston. ;)
halofolife - April 3, 2010
Sorry.
I already reserved that seat, but there is a spot next to Kirstie Alley, if you can find it.
Slasher52 - April 3, 2010
someone kick BECK off that plane
still bummed when I found out he was on that flight
Rev Halofan - April 3, 2010
Why?
He’ll show you his two turntables and his microphone.
Slasher52 - April 3, 2010
You guys joke, but man...
…in one of my many past lives, I spent a year as a vendor working 3 days a week INSIDE Sea Org. My company’s team reported directly to David Miscavige.
I still can get all absolutely depressed when I think back on the human abuse I witnessed. Truly frightening. Truly dangerous.
Stirrups - April 3, 2010
props
one of the most technical posts related to scito on the internet lol (read lonely squirrel GOOGLE IT!!)
:D
ANewFoundThrice - April 4, 2010
Well Slasher, If you already reserved that seat,
I’ll squeeze in between Forest Whitaker and J-Lo.
halofolife - April 3, 2010
Ok, sounds good.
First Bloody Mary is on me!
Slasher52 - April 3, 2010
No Slasher.
The first Bloody Mary’s are on Leah Remini and Kelly Preston.
halofolife - April 3, 2010
Halofolife
FTW.
Slasher52 - April 3, 2010
FOREST WHITAKER!?
Oh hell no!
I haven’t even gotten over Beck!
Zoe Necrosis - April 4, 2010
I can't find a ton of substantiation for it
so I’m gonna stick my fingers in my ears and pretend this isn’t happening.
Caseys Kiss of Death - April 4, 2010
Will Smith.
… who else …
LazorkoRules - April 4, 2010
Rumors persist
that Mat Gleason is amongst their ranks.
Caseys Kiss of Death - April 4, 2010
oh fuck no
no f-bomb burnt in making a strong denial to that shit.
Rev Halofan - April 4, 2010
He would be Commodore Halofan
if that were true.
LazorkoRules - April 4, 2010
Dad of Vlad
Your comments kill me sometimes. Well done.
Teixeira Who? - April 3, 2010
I write form my heart
that is why there are spelling errors.
i am glad someone appreciates my truth telling
DAD OF VLAD - April 4, 2010
I am looking for a Xenu reference here.....
mjhsieh - April 4, 2010
Xanado?
I love Olivia Newton John
DAD OF VLAD - April 4, 2010
Have you never been mellow?
Because a song called “Have You EVER Been mellow” just doesn’t properly convey the wondrous yet subtle indignation over your total and unrelenting lack of mellow.
LazorkoRules - April 4, 2010
i met ONJ in person
9 years ago, she was tiny, definitely a spinner, and smoking hot and ridiculously nice.
Rev Halofan - April 4, 2010
That bitch single handedly doubled and tripled the rents on Melrose Ave. by
opening her stupid Koala Blue store there. By the next year all the other shop owners had to pay because of the publicity it brought which served her and nobody else except the greedy landlords.
44FAN - April 4, 2010
The Jose Guillen Trade
Again looms large as one of the best disgruntled player trades ever.
Slasher52 - April 3, 2010
Seriously.
Most of those trades end up being pretty bad(like Bradley for Silva) or just decent.
The Angels managed to get 2 pretty darn good players out of of the Guillen trade.
~MMP~ - April 3, 2010
ol' man quinlan
dat ol’ man quinlan
he mus’know sumpin’
but dont say nuthin’
he jes’keeps rollin’
he keeps on rollin’ along
clover_black - April 3, 2010
This is when a GM has a task that is not talked about much...
He MUST be the boss WRT roster construction – Quinlan shouldn’t have been signed – that is completely on Reagins.
He must create a roster that is free from crappy players and players that might be hard for the manager to objectively analyze.
jimmuscomp - April 3, 2010 via mobile
I suspect Scioscia had a LOT to do with keeping Quinlan on the team.
wumbug - April 4, 2010
Q is the only Angels player I actually truly hate
I can’t recall hating a player on any team I like as passionately as I do/have that waste of money, roster spot, skin (you get the point)
Anaheim71420 - April 3, 2010 via mobile
Solution?
When Willits or Kazmir come off the DL will we need to make space for them? If so (please God!) I have a candidate. They could even have a contest where the winner gets to break the news to him via an interpreter that speaks retard. Is Mota trilingual.
Anaheim71420 - April 3, 2010 via mobile
You're kinda going over the top here.
I get you dislike him as a player, but calling him a retard and stuff like that is just unnecessary
~MMP~ - April 4, 2010
agree
in the words of Saint PAtrick:
MAYBE, it’s not too late,
to learn how to love and forget how to hate.
OH… sorry those are the words of Ozzy Osbourne…
Rev Halofan - April 4, 2010
I'm not thrilled by Q
but I truly don’t understand the hate by many on this blog. Unless I was asleep at the switch, his numbers are not great and his defense is .. questionable, but he’s steady and he seems to be a solid citizen and just because people think Sandoval or some other candidate would be a better utility guy, too bad. Q’s just doing the best he can. I think it’s gutless to spew at Q, If there’s anybody at fault it’s Soth and/or Reagins. So hate them, or perhaps it takes too much courage to rage at the 11th best organization in baseball.
Moondoggy - April 4, 2010
Have you ever thought of GMJ, Rene Gonzalez?
PieceOfAase - April 3, 2010
Steve Finley ... Sheah Hillebrand
Mo Vaughn
Rev Halofan - April 4, 2010
Chris Bootcheck
angels4adam - April 7, 2010
Good point
But at least I don’t have to watch his flamboyant self anymore.
Anaheim71420 - April 4, 2010 via mobile
lol! Q
Im beggining to think the Angels are Q and 24 others haha
Angels_48 - April 4, 2010
Couldn't agree more.
I hate to say I hate an Angels Player, but I can’t stand Q! Why is he back!!!
angelfanjb - April 4, 2010
The reasoning for Q, straight from the horse's mouth. From the official Angels website.
Soth will stick with experience over a talented rookie any day of the week. That is just the way he is. Same thing when everyone was hollering for him to play Brandon Wood all through 2009.
44FAN - April 4, 2010
Scioscia is blind to the faults of players that get dirty, try hard and have vet'run mojo...
Erstad, Quinlan, Mathis, S. Finley, Speier and others I’m forgetting, I’m sure.
I like a lot about Scioscia, but this coupled with his wacky-assed line-up construction are two of my biggest pet peeves.
jimmuscomp - April 4, 2010
Don't ever diss Darin Erstad
I never want to see his name listed among those other names ever again.
ryanfea - April 4, 2010
Erstad is appropriately on the list due to he fact soth kept playing him long after he was a useful player.
It’s not the point to slam erstad, just management’s decision not to use him properly.
snowhor - April 4, 2010 via mobile
I loved Erstad
but it takes an assload of grit and glovework to offset the 85 OPS+ (same as GMJ during his Angels tenure, albeit with defense and leadership) that Erstad put up for his last 6 seasons with us. An amount not even he would be capable of busing in.
Caseys Kiss of Death - April 4, 2010
Umm, we let Speier go.
And if I’m not mistaken, still paying for him. He doesn’t belong on that list.
Rally Manatee - April 4, 2010
I too can sit for a while.
And I am versatile in that I can suck at many positions, while still failing to hit in the major leagues.
Hey, I just noticed something … I am Q!
LazorkoRules - April 4, 2010
I'm Q too!
angels4adam - April 7, 2010
All Q hating aside
That’s an amazing picture of him. Poise. Agility. Follow-Through. His essence is all there.
neochoa - April 4, 2010
Glad that "off-season overhaul" workout for Kaz worked out well...
blah.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - April 4, 2010
Looks like Kaz may be just a spoke in the wheel along with the Bedards and Hardens of the world.
I hope not.
44FAN - April 4, 2010
a hammy
ain’t a shoulder
Rev Halofan - April 4, 2010
I feel all better now
44FAN - April 4, 2010
and Kaz will too
(hope hope hope hope hope)
Rev Halofan - April 4, 2010
a hammy AND...
tightness in the shoulder, earlier in spring training…
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - April 4, 2010
Q!!! I knew it. Gwad.
I was just telling my wife and brother today, “I just know they’re going to keep Q.” For the life of me, I don’t know why, but Sosh treats him like a son. We really would be fine with Izzy and Wilson covering the infield, and Aldridge and Evans covering the outfield. I see no evidence that Q can even hit a ML pitcher anymore.
Rally Manatee - April 4, 2010
I have no problem with Scioscia choosing Quinlan.
None!
I feel bad for Aldridge, Ryan, and Sandoval.
wumbug - April 4, 2010
Scioscia's already got Kazmir pencilled in for April 13...........
The injury can’t be too serious.
One of the main reasons the Angels wanted Kazmir, was his relative success against the Yankees…..(and Seattle).
There’s more roster drama to come unless/until someone else gets hurt, or traded.
wumbug - April 4, 2010
How come Rivera and Izzy aren't on the same day?
bc56274 - April 4, 2010
Juan was not an opening day starter
i guess…
Rev Halofan - April 4, 2010
We still had GA
Commander_Nate - April 5, 2010
Not to get too nitpicky
But service time is not time since a player’s first appearance. It’s the total number of days on the major league roster. For instance, this list makes Mathis look way higher on the totem pole than he actually is — Napoli didn’t debut until the next year, but he has almost a full year more of service time than Mathis. Weaver has also clocked quite a bit more time than Saunders.
That said, I still can’t believe Quinlan has been around since 2003. He’s not a totally useless player, but he’s marginal. Teams usually burn through half a dozen guys like him in the time he’s been around. I guess it shows you that Scioscia values stability over just about everything else.
Suboptimal - April 4, 2010
Q was once a very effective hitter against lefties.
That is no longer true an hasn’t been for a long time now. You’re right he in no way deserves a spot on a major league roster, let alone a spot on a contender.
snowhor - April 4, 2010 via mobile
Q reminds me of a fatter, slower, less athletic, less useful version of Rex Hudler (as a player)...
Balls and Strikes - April 5, 2010
less stoned
Downing Rules - April 5, 2010
Rex was a fuckin bad ass.
In the first Angels game I can remember going to, he mad a diving catch on the right field warning track for the third out of the inning. He just stood up, threw the ball in, and didn’t say a word to anyone. Didn’t even crack a smile. DIDN’T EVEN DUST OFF HIS JERSEY! From that moment, he became one of my heroes.
angels4adam - April 7, 2010
We must keep Q around
…if nothing else, he makes everyone else on the roster more appealing
The_Legend_Of_Wilfong - April 5, 2010
Note that we stopped winning championships when Q came on board.
Coincidence? I think not.
Stirrups - April 5, 2010
Well in that case
I’m bummed that Kevin Appier didn’t retire as an Angel.
Slasher52 - April 5, 2010
That's the spirit!
Stirrups - April 5, 2010
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