What can the Angels do this offseason?

[Angelsjunky]

A bit off topic but what would our rotation look like had we not traded Trumbo?  Scary thought...

 

Certainly Dipoto would have gotten someone else. That trade was on December 10th with a lot of offseason left.

 

But the trade was, and continues to be, Dipoto's crowning moment as Angels GM. All he had to do was trade away a player (Trumbo) whom the Angels have an identical copy of in Cron, and a decent prospect to get two above average, young and cost-controlled starters.

 

That said, Schugel is doing fairly well in the minors this year and would have been nice depth to have, but he's already 25 in AA and has very limited upside.

[maximus p]

1.  Sherzer likely signs with NYY

2.  Lester goes to the LAD

3.  DiPoto ... makes another swift move for cost controlled mid-rotation guy?

4.  McCarthey no.

[QuinlansMinion]

Talk about grand overreactions.  Several people on the first page need to go outside and stop taking interwebs so seriously.  This includes Brandon, Mudville, yk, and nando.  It also might help if you guys collectively took the stick out your ass for a little while.  

[tdawg87]

its interesting how everyone is able to discuss baseball in these types of threads, except you.

shouldn't you be looking for some pictures right now?

 

In his defense, he does talk baseball here often. He's a condescending dick but so am I. And so is Lou. And so is 90% of the forum.

 

Lets all just calm down and have sex I mean

[nikkachez]

There's a couple areas I'd look at. A starter, a lefty reliever, a third baseman, and a bench player. Lester would be my number choice, depending on Shields' contract demands he'd be another guy I'd love to have, Masterson is a wildcard option. Sign Lester to a 5-year $100 million dollar contract, Andrew Miller to a 3-year deal similar to Smith's, Bonifacio could be a nice pickup too. CJ's no-trade clause shrinks to 8 teams next year, I'd look into dealing him. There's the Korean 3rd baseman I posted about a while back, could be worth a shot. Think about the pitching staff with Lester and Miller though. I guess my shopping cart would be Lester, Miller, Bonifacio, and maybe Choi (Korean third baseman.)

 

Rotation: Richards, Lester, Weaver, Wilson (maybe), Skaggs, and Shoemaker

 

Bullpen: Street, Smith, Miller, Morin, Jepsen, Bedrosian, and Santiago (Rasmus, Kohn, Diaz, Reynolds, Pestano all act as depth)

[Stradling]

I would sign one of the two big free agent pitchers with that money that Wells isn't making next year, and if you have to go over the Luxury Tax then so be it. I would also give someone like Headley, and hope he can figure it out again. There aren't a ton of third base options available out there this off season.

[QuinlansMinion]

I would imagine were stuck with Freese again next season.

[joeywings]

Especially given Pujols' and Hamilton's wonderful sub .800 OPS since April 2013

Give me a 2002 type team with balanced salaries, decent to solid starters, great bullpen, frenetic hitting, and great chemistry.

Stop it or we're all gonna cry.

Imagine if we had Weaver and Richards that year. Good thing Aaron Sele went down that year.

[nikkachez]

Another thing to keep in mind is that while we lose the contracts of Wells, Blanton, Burnett, and possibly Salas/Freese, Trout's extension starts and counts toward the luxury tax after this year. The Angels are basically replacing a majority of the money they shed with Trout's fresh extension, don't get me wrong, I'm more than okay with but they're not going to have a whole lot of cash to use. Especially with how crazy expensive pitchers contracts are getting. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Id love to target shields, but not sure how expensive hes gonna be. But I think lester goes back to boston, sherz stays in detroit (or maybe the dogs target him). Shields just seems like the most realistic

And almost necessary. Cj is a ? At best, weaver will continue to age, skaggs is already showing how fragile our staff is etc. So hopefully shields (or someone similar), an rp who can get outs, a bench MIF (not milf) and cross fingers cron can improve and green can work on 3B. Hoping he can at least start sharing time w freese there, maybe spell someone like howie here and there etc until he maybe takes over at 3B in 2 years.

[ten ocho recon scout]

At least aftwr next year, weaves money comes off, cj a year after that. So that might let us go over the lux tax for the right arm if we can get under it the next year.

I wonder if theyre going to raise it any time soon?

[gotbeer]

Angels might need to make a big splash now.  

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

@MikeDiGiovanna: Dipoto said Skaggs injury won't prompt him to "chase" high-end SP like Lester or Scherzer this winter. Will look for back of rotation guys.

Hope that's not true.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Give me a 2002 type team with balanced salaries, decent to solid starters, great bullpen, frenetic hitting, and great chemistry.

 

There is a lot to be said for this. The Yankees had their best teams when they had a lot of home grown talent and brought in complimentary pieces in free agency. They lost the plot when they started trying to compile an all star team without any regard for how the pieces fit together or how the players got along.

[ten ocho recon scout]

^always a great point. Cards too.

But boston would be the opposite argument. Marlins, etc etc. That yanks run was amazing, but like a once a century thing.

[jshep]

^always a great point. Cards too.

But boston would be the opposite argument. Marlins, etc etc. That yanks run was amazing, but like a once a century thing.

 

True, although even the Red Sox most recent title last year came AFTER they shed their big contracts and built a team based on home grown guys and mid-tier FAs.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

IMO the Hamilton and Pujols contracts (particularly the latter) will hamstring the club for years to come when it comes to compiling a roster. Not to day that we won't bring anybody in through free agency, but our sights will be set much lower than would otherwise have been the case. We can forget front line starting pitching, IMO. Max Scherzer is off the table, for example.

[ten ocho recon scout]

^agree, but sherzer is off the table likely because the tigers will resign him. Thats supposedly what trading prince was for.

[Lou]

^agree, but sherzer is off the table likely because the tigers will resign him. Thats supposedly what trading prince was for.

 

But now they're going to have to deal with Price wanting an extension, too

[Stradling]

The Tigers will not resign Sherzer.

[Angel Oracle]

The Cubs and Fish are catching on.

The future SMART teams will do a great job of developing talent and keeping enough of it, and staying away from signing players from other teams who are 30+ to Pujols/Hackilton type contracts!

In other words, the antithesis of the Arte Moreno strategy!

[Troll Daddy]

The Tigers will not resign Sherzer.

and the Red Sox will not sign Lester.

[Troll Daddy]

The A's will still be the favorite next season. I'm not sure why fans think they went all in this season.

Their SP will get healthy and they'll have some money to spend.

Angels offense will relatively be the same except maybe for third base. Dipoto will sign a big name free agent pitcher.

I like what's going on in Seattle lately. They have a real good chance of making the playoffs this season.

Edited August 10, 2014 by Troll Daddy

[Angelsjunky]

^agree, but sherzer is off the table likely because the tigers will resign him. Thats supposedly what trading prince was for.

 

The Tigers traded Prince to get rid of his fat ass.

[YouthofToday]

We won't match what other teams will be willing to spend on Scherzer, Lester or Shields. Scherzer might approach $200,000,000.00. Lester will get around $140,000,000.