Thatcher to Angels

[Lhalo]

I think it was 20 years since i have last seen Scarface. The only line i remember is "say hello to.my little friend".

 

 

You should watch it again.

 

Or I could just quote the entire movie for you verbatim. 

[ettin]

When I saw Borenstein pushed up to AAA a month and a half ago it felt like he was being "highlighted". Felt like he was a potential trade chip and now its a reality. Good luck to him in Arizona, as Scotty said he should maximize his skill set there.

[jshep]

 

Phil Elson ‏@ElsonPhil

Matt Long has joined the @artravs from AAA after Zach Borenstein's trade to Arizona. #Angels

 

Wow, kind of a rough go of it for Matt after that spring he had.

[AngelsFaninGA]

Margaret Thatcher should be a good addition to the pen. If we can pick up Merkel or maybe Hillary Clinton we'll be all set.

[Revad]

A scrappy trio that.  But not especially toolsie.

[ELEVEN]

Margaret Thatcher should be a good addition to the pen. If we can pick up Merkel or maybe Hillary Clinton we'll be all set.

GRIT like Gritch and BRIT like Bitch

[FabulousFabregas]

A horror movie franchise with Blanton as the villain = print money

[beatlesrule]

Are you saying we are all anti-Semites?

[Jim]

A blah move. Giving away uncertain young talent for what we certainly know to be average at best old talent. This move does nothing for our club.  

[Stradling]

Except help them win this year. Other than that, it did nothing for the club.

[Jim]

We'll see

[bloodbrother]

Thatcher improves their pen. They didn't give up any pieces that are part of this teams future.

[ten ocho recon scout]

I actually like the move.

Thatcher looks like he could be the burnett we thought we were getting. If we had burnett, things could look a little different right now.

If we are able to land street (or someone like him), the pen is suddenly good enough to support an already good team.

[QuinlansMinion]

Not sure if I really like this deal.  Thatcher seems like a guy that can be really good and really bad, we have had plenty of those guys over the years.  Would have probably preferred dealing the same prospects for a better reliever.  

But im not the gm and I dont know whats out there.  Ill reserve judgement on this until we see how he performs.  Would still like to deal for a legitimate closer so we can make the bullpen a strength.  

[tennischmp]

What am I missing? We got a pen arm for basically nothing.

[Inside Pitch]

A blah move. Giving away uncertain young talent for what we certainly know to be average at best old talent. This move does nothing for our club.  

 

Even if he's no better than average it's an improvement over some of the guys they have been forced to use this year, at least he's a guy with a track record of success.   A week ago this team had no lefties out of the pen... with Skaggs back in the rotation they may have as many as three now (Roth, Santiago, Thatcher).   They have a lot more versatility now..  Roth could be a long man, Santiago can be used as a two way guy facing both RHers and lefties and Thatcher could be the specialist LOOGY.

 

If Grilli keeps pitching decently and Thatcher works out then maybe the pen is finally rounding into shape.  Best of all, the team wouldn't have given up a better prospect to acquire a closer.

Edited July 5, 2014 by Inside Pitch

[YouthofToday]

If we could trade the same prospects for a better reliever one would think the GM would have done that, right?

[ten ocho recon scout]

So that said IP, would you stand pat at this point, or still target a street type?

[ten ocho recon scout]

If we could trade the same prospects for a better reliever one would think the GM would have done that, right?

I dont know. I could see towers calling dipoto, all sweaty and coked up, trlling him how much he owes him for the skaggs trade, and dipoto feeling like sh*t and caving in to the guilt trip

[Stradling]

If we could trade the same prospects for a better reliever one would think the GM would have done that, right?

Nope, just like Scioscia "benches" players after good games.

[Stradling]

So that said IP, would you stand pat at this point, or still target a street type?

I'm not IP but I would go after street if I could get him for one of our prospects.

Edited July 5, 2014 by Stradling

[bloodbrother]

I'm not IP but I would go after street if I could get him for one of our prospects.

I'd take Benoit. Should be cheaper since he doesn't have the "closer" label attached to him. Smith is doing great at closer so just adding another quality RHP works for me.

[Redondo]

Not sure I like Santiago in the pen. Keep him stretched out as a starter in Triple-A in case Shoemaker starts struggling or a pitcher gets injured(hopefully not). They don't have any legit SP options beyond Santiago

 

Wonder if we could call the A's and inquire about Milone who got sent down with their big trade?

 

Milone was 6-0 with a 2.62 ERA over his last 11 starts and 6-3 with a 3.55 ERA in 16 starts overall.

[full circle]

Wonder if we could call the A's and inquire about Milone who got sent down with their big trade?

Milone was 6-0 with a 2.62 ERA over his last 11 starts and 6-3 with a 3.55

ERA in 16 starts overall.

Sure we could. They'd ask for trout.

[DMVol]

....If Grilli keeps pitching decently and Thatcher works out then maybe the pen is finally rounding into shape.  Best of all, the team wouldn't have given up a better prospect to acquire a closer.

Agreed...Keep things open with SD and others but I wouldn't make a Greinke deal for Street or Benoit...if it's not reasonable, go with what we have..