Orange County Register: Angels GM Jerry Dipoto says no more likely moves; team ready for spring training

[Hubs]

And let's not forget they are very high on Roberto Baldoquin who could be in Anaheim late in this season. Puig was thought of higher when he defected but that's the kind of player they hope he could be

[Brandon]

WAR is a very flawed stat ... saying that the team may of lost a win or two doesn't make sense. Losing Howie effects every game played. When the A's traded Cespedes it affected more than a couple of games in a two month period.

 

Hopefully Dipoto will use the money saved to add a # 1 or 2 SP.

 

Cespedes had a much greater affect on the roster and in that line up than Howie.

 

Howie is solid and top 5 at his position, but let's not compare him to perennial all-stars. 

[Turd Ferguson]

"As a side note, I'm starting to think more and more that this is the real Dipoto - that the Pujols and Hamilton moves were truly all Arte, and that left to his own devices Jerry never would have signed them."

 

Agree with this thought.  Seems out of character for a GM who has been focused on getting cost controlled talent to make those signings. 

 

You can't really argue with a 98-win season.  But I agree with this and it kinda makes you wonder where this team would be if Dipoto had full autonomy over baseball operations from the start.

[laagamer]

I don't quite know if we're done. 

 

But I'd be fine going into Spring just the way we are. 

 

WOOOOOT LETS GO!

[Mark68]

If there is a need at the trading deadline, I believe we now have the payroll flexibility to fill it. If that's worst-case scenario, I'm ok with that.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Cespedes had a much greater affect on the roster and in that line up than Howie.

Howie is solid and top 5 at his position, but let's not compare him to perennial all-stars.

So it would appear that howie...is the imposter?...

[Jobu]

"As a side note, I'm starting to think more and more that this is the real Dipoto - that the Pujols and Hamilton moves were truly all Arte, and that left to his own devices Jerry never would have signed them."

Agree with this thought. Seems out of character for a GM who has been focused on getting cost controlled talent to make those signings.

Jeff Fletcher said as much on here a little while ago.

 

http://www.angelswin-forum.com/forums/topic/17971-angels-out-on-lester/page-4#entry506933

 

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Edited December 12, 2014 by Jobu

[nikkachez]

That's very different than the article on the official site? "Busy at Winter Meetings, Angels aren't done 'getting better'"

 

This isn't over, not a by a long shot. Jerry's got something up his sleeve.  

[arch stanton]

Ibanez started the season at DH, Aybar struggled for a month and Freeze for 2 months, bullpen was a mess, Santiago/Skaggs/Wilson took turns creating a hole in the rotation. Richards' knee exploded. Hamilton and Calhoun both out for more than a month. Still won 98 games.

 

2015 will bring a new crop of problems that we may or may not see coming. We have pitching depth in both the rotation and pen and cash flexibility to fix things on the fly. I would still love to see some consistent LH power but if Hamilton is just average or one of the 2B options can move to the top of the lineup it's not as glaring so I don't think going into the season as is would be a terrible thing.

[KevinStockerIsGod]

For whatever its worth, Fletcher updated this story with a new headline:

 

Jeff Fletcher @JeffFletcherOCR  Â·  4h 4 hours ago

#Angels' Dipoto says he's satisfied, but he might not be finished http://m.ocregister.com/articles/dipoto-644993-angels-players.html â€¦