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    2021 Angelswin.com Trade Deadline Series: Keepers, Assets, and Targets

    By ettin

    By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer So now that we have performed some basic analysis to understand where the Angels are strong and weak and which teams are likely sellers, buyers, or somewhere in-between, we can make more knowledgeable guesses about how the Angels might generally upgrade, whom they might sell, and the probable, more specific target areas of improvement. The first step is to determine who the Halos plan to build the team around moving forward into the fut
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    The Angels must sell on Hunter Renfroe while he has value

    By ryanmfalla

    The last two weeks in Angels land has seen the team run through an absurdly horrendous stretch in which they have dropped 12 of their last 16 in a schedule littered with struggling teams. I don't need to recount the specifics of this awful stretch as we've been properly immersed in the existentiality of it all, but given the circumstances there are pressing questions that need answers soon. A crossroads awaits where the Angels have to decide whether they will go all in on the hunt for playoffs o
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  • Chuck

    Taking stock as we approach spring training (and my take on the Perry Minasian Plan, v. 2024)

    By Chuck

    By Jonathon Northrop, AngelsWin.com Senior Writer So its February 5th and pitchers and catchers report in less than two weeks. Let's take stock of Perry's moves and where the Angels might go from here. Perry's made no major acquisitions - no starting pitchers, no positions players, only bench and bullpen guys. The team as it stands looks to be something like this (with likely 26-man roster in bold and potential first call-ups in parentheses): C - O'Hoppe, Thaiss (Mejia, Wallach)
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  • ettin

    2022 Angelswin.com Primer Series: Strategy

    By ettin

    Los Angeles Angels General Manager Perry Minasian (Source: OCRegister.com) Just like Moreno’s looming financial decision, GM Perry Minasian also faces a series of challenges of his own to answer this offseason. First on his list is solving the riddle of the starting pitching staff, which has been an elusive target in past seasons. Using every draft pick in the 2021 Rule 4 Draft on pitching was a start, but one that will probably not bring immediate returns. Making an early strike to si
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  • ettin

    2021 Angelswin.com Trade Deadline Series: Playoff-Bound or Not?

    By ettin

    Author’s Note: Angelswin.com would like to welcome all of the new people who have joined the site! New blood and fresh faces, opinions, and commenters make this Angel fan community stronger, thank you for joining and please feel free to participate in the conversations, as well! Also, for the remainder of this Trade Deadline series we will utilize FanGraphs.com, a premier data-driven baseball website for all of our projected and factual information. Any additional, outlying information used will
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The Angels trade deadline dilemma

When Mike Trout tore a ligament in his left thumb sliding into 2nd base on May 28th, many people around the baseball industry saw it as a devastating blow that would wipe the Angels out of contention in a hurry. With Garrett Richards and Tyler Skaggs already on the disabled list, the Angels lost 3 huge pieces of the 2017 team and with a 26-27 record, this seemed to be the dagger that would end the Angels season. Fast forward a few months and the club sits at 43-44, miraculously hovering around .

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2017 Trade Deadline Series: Ricky Nolasco

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer 2015-2017 Split vs. LHH as of July 1st, 2017 2015-2017 Split vs. RHH as of July 1st, 2017 Next up in the series is our trusty innings-eater Mr. Ricky Nolasco. Ricky is in the last guaranteed year of his contract with approximately $4M remaining in the 2017 season (the Twins picked up $4M of his 2017 salary). He does have a 2018 team option that could have turned into a player option if he had pitched enough innings this year but that is

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Angels Top 30 Prospects Mid-Season Edition

The Angels farm system is frequently overlooked by many experts, which was warranted two years ago but has since become an outdated look of the farm system.  With high draft picks and multiple prospects acquired via trade, the farm system is now well on its way to becoming one of the best in baseball. *Note – Recent international signees such as Trent Deveaux would certainly rank among the Top 30, however, because we haven’t had a first hand look and there are either vague or conflicting report

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Last Week in Angels Baseball: The “Please Hurry Back, Mike Trout!” Edition

By Glen McKee, Chronicler of Mediocrity Last week was yet another week of Angels baseball in which they showed signs of the possibilities but ultimately ended up disappointing us.  Once again, the Angels start a new week with a perfectly mediocre record of 43-43, amazingly enough still in second place in the AL West, as if that mattered.  Let’s break down how the past week gave us some hope but then reminded us of what this team is. – The big deal at the stadium on Saturday was the celebration

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2017 Trade Deadline Series: Yunel Escobar

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer 2015-2017 Split vs. LHP as of June 27, 2017 2015-2017 Split vs. RHP as of June 27, 2017 As we continue the Trade Deadline Series we will move back to the position player side of the equation and examine the market for 3B Yunel Escobar. So far in 2017, Escobar’s platoon splits have been a bit more pronounced as he has improved a bit against LHP (145 wRC+) but has dropped an equivalent amount against RHP (90 wRC+), decreasing his overall of

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2017 Trade Deadline Series: Bud Norris

2015-2017 Split vs. LHH as of June 20, 2017 2015-2017 Split vs. RHH as of June 20, 2017 We started the Trade Deadline Series with Cameron Maybin because he probably has the most overall value in trade out of all of the players with less than one year of control but right-handed reliever Bud Norris is not too far behind him in the market. Bud has taken to the closer role quite well once Street and Bedrosian hit the disabled list. Not only is his fastball velocity sitting in the mid-90’s bu

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Last Week in Angels Baseball: The “Scioscia Do What A Scioscia Do, That’s All” Edition

By Glen McKee, Scioscia Nut-Swinger or Something This team, man.  This damn team.  They’re something else.  As fans, we thought last season was lousy with injuries and then 2017 came along and said: “hold my ligaments.” Our starting pitching staff is the definition of “patchwork” and our offense has been inconsistent at best, and yet the Angels are still a game above .500 and just 1.5 games out of a wild-card spot.  Over the past three or four years, I’ve often stated that I wouldn’t mind a new

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Angels Minor League All-Stars

We’ve reached the relative all-star break (at least for the farm system, not the major leagues) and the Angels system isn’t short on top performers this year.  *Please note: this is NOT a top prospect list, just a list of which players have performed the best up to this point of the season.  The only stipulation for being qualified for this list is that a player must still have their rookie status intact at the major league level.  So guys like Carlos Perez or Dustin Ackley aren’t eligible. Cat

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Cameron Maybin: Extension Candidate

Cameron Maybin has been good. The Angels left fielders of years past have not been good. Cameron Maybin, therefore, has been better than the Angels left fielders of the recent past. These are facts. When Maybin was brought on board this past offseason in a trade that sent minor leaguer Victor Alcantara to the Detroit Tigers, the hope was that Maybin would just provide some real production and not be an anchor in the lineup and in the field. As an impending free agent who had inconsistent result

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2017 Trade Deadline Series: Cameron Maybin

2015-2017 Split vs. LHP as of June 10, 2017 2015-2017 Split vs. RHP as of June 10, 2017 Although he got off to a horrid start, Cameron Maybin has turned his season around in a big way and has been an excellent catalyst hitting lead-off over the last few weeks. Out of all of the Angels players with less than a year of team control remaining he probably has the most trade value heading into the deadline. Maybin, in 2017, has great splits, posting a wRC+ of 115 and 118 versus left-handed and

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2017 Trade Deadline Series: Methodology

In order to gain some insight into the trade market we first need to determine which teams are in contention using projected standings, where they need help, and then examine each Angels trade chip and determine if there is an actual fit and opportunity for any of those clubs. Later in the series we will use this same information as a basis for how the Angels can improve if they are within striking distance near the deadline. To get started we first need to define which teams are most likely to

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2017 Trade Deadline Series: Introduction

As the Angels enter mid-June, with July slowly creeping towards them, they find themselves 13 games back in the A.L. West behind the dominating Houston Astros. Clearly this deficit will be a steep hill to climb and combined with the loss of superstar Mike Trout to the disabled list for at least the next 5-8 weeks it is becoming increasingly clear that, barring a massive winning streak between now and the middle of July that keeps the team in the Wild Card conversation, Billy Eppler needs to pos

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At what point do we take Eric Young Jr. seriously?

Sample Size. It seems just about every single major leaguer is capable of being a superstar for short periods of time.  The great ones take what’s been so good, and extend it over longer periods of time.  This is a fairly simple concept.  But even Major League Baseball has a way of convoluting things.  For example, if a 30-something year old minor league journeyman has a good month in the majors, it’s a hot streak, but if a 22 year old does it, it’s a breakout.  Then there’s the post-hype sleep

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Q & A with Angels 10th round pick Daniel Procopio

Daniel Procopio, the Angels 10th round selection out of Niagara University, was kind enough to take some time to answer some questions about his draft day experience and tell us a little about himself. Brent Maguire: What was your draft day experience like? Did you have any idea of where you may be selected at and when you were selected, how did you feel? Daniel Procopio: “My draft day experience was unbelievable. I wish I could say that being drafted before would make the anxiety and exciteme

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Q & A with Angels 8th round pick Connor Riley

Connor Riley, the Angels 8th round selection out of the University of South Carolina Aiken, was kind enough to answer some questions about his baseball background and the experience of going through the MLB Draft process. The right hander from Aurora, Illinois was selected 235th overall on the 2nd day of the MLB Draft. On the draft day experience and his knowledge of where he may get drafted: “I had a feeling I was going to go the second day. That’s what a lot of the scouts had been telling me

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Angels 2017 Draft Analysis: Rounds 1-10

Round 1(10th overall): OF Jordon Adell, Ballard High School(Kentucky) Approx pick value: 4.4 million dollars An almost obvious fit from the get go, the Angels selected the highly talented prep outfielder from Kentucky. Adell absolutely demolished high school pitchers this year to the tune of a .562 batting average and 25 home runs compared to only 10 strikeouts. He played against weaker competition than most of your usual top prep outfielders but the raw talent combined with the video game lik

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The Angels needed a draft like this (so far)

The Angels minor league system has lacked big time upside for years.  Sure, they’ve always had depth (and that’s where most experts fail at their job when they call the Angels minor league system “shallow”), but they’ve lacked the big time talent since the organization changed directions.  Under the Stonemason regime, we saw a hoarding of prospects that resulted in some disappointments (Mathis, McPherson, Wood) and some pretty solid players (Aybar, Kendrick, Napoli).  But it was under the Tony R

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Last Week in Angels Baseball: The “Hell is Getting Chilly” Edition

By Glen McKee, Totally Unprepared For This Weather My first choice for a title this week was the “Cam You Dig It?” edition, but then I woke up this morning and went to take my dogs for a walk, and it was 44 degrees in Pinon Hills, with a breeze.  I’m not saying Hell is freezing over because the Angels won a series in Houston, but there may be a few demons looking for the jackets that they’d packed away since a bit after Trump was elected.  However, I am saying that Cameron Maybin was in large p

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The future of the Angels rotation

Just for a moment, imagine what a healthy Angels rotation could potentially look like. In a perfect world, Garrett Richards, Andrew Heaney, Matt Shoemaker, Tyler Skaggs and Nick Tropeano would create the makings of an average or better rotation, while all 5 guys were also in the middle of their primes while coming at cheaper, under market value prices. Add in rotation depth with J.C. Ramirez, Alex Meyer, Nate Smith and possibly some veteran signings and you have a 8-10 starters who can win you b

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Point/Counterpoint: What Song Should Replace “Buttercup?”

Point/Counterpoint: What Song Should Replace “Buttercup?” By Glen Mckee and Nate Trop, Angelswin.com Senior Pontificators It is June, the Angels are in second place, Mike Trout and just about every pitcher in the entire organization is hurt (Glen: I had to check the standings after this because I didn’t believe we’re still in second place.  Not that it matters, but wow.).  The team is in a death spiral and there isn’t much to debate right now, because who cares?  That said, the one thing peo

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Last Week in Angels Baseball: The “The Germans Probably Have a Word For This” Edition

By Glen McKee, angelswin.com Chronicler of Misery Last week was another week of Angels baseball, and of all the weeks of Angels baseball this year this was the Angels-est of them all.  A significant milestone was achieved, the Angels fell further behind the red-hot Astros, and we all watched and shrugged.  The week could be best summed up by this tweet from Jeff Fletcher at the end of Sunday’s game: That’s the most Angels way to lose the game and the series, and I’m sure the Germans have a w

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Albert Pujols: 600 historic home runs

Albert Pujols joined elite company on Saturday night, becoming the 9th member of the 600 home run club. With the bases loaded in the bottom of the 4th inning at Angel Stadium, Pujols lofted a 363 foot fly ball right down the left field line that reached an apex on 141 feet and just snuck it fair past the foul pole. Pujols’ 600th home run was the first in grand slam fashion, further cementing his legacy of accomplishing events in grand style on the baseball field. Much has been made about Albert

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Angels bullpen could become expensive in 2018

Enough ink has been spilled as to Billy Eppler’s bang up job building an Angels bullpen that is surprisingly the strongest we’ve seen in years.  But if there’s one thing we know about valuable commodities in baseball, it’s that teams don’t want to lose it, and will pay handsomely to retain it.  This, along with inflation has contributed toward the meteoric rise in free agency contracts.  And speaking of free agents, the Angels have a few more worth keeping than anyone anticipated a year ago. Th

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