Angels acquire Johnny Giavotella

[martinpa25]

Another middle infielder? This is stupid

[ItzTacosYerrp]

inf depth= good

of depth= good

SP depth- good

BP depth= very good

Angels= BAKE

[tdawg87]

So I guess "finding the clean peanut" is Jerry's plan for 2nd base in 2015.

This guy is terrible btw.

[Sherlock31]

Another 4 A player..............

[Angel Oracle]

Depth = good, and eventually the best shines through anyway and the rest get dealt or DFA'd.

 

This off-season and the previous off-season >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> signing yet another aging superstar for far more than they would prove to be worth so far.

[martinpa25]

This dude can't hit..therefore I do not like

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Another middle infielder? This is stupid

 

There was a dearth of Italians in the organization.

[ELEVEN]

Somebody with a glove for the middle? Please?

[ELEVEN]

There was a dearth of Italians in the organization.

Never deal with a Sicilian when dearth is on the line...

Edited December 19, 2014 by ELEVEN

[Docwaukee]

Johnny G is coming out west?  fughetaboudit.  

[Cdaniel]

Never deal with a Sicilian when dearth is on the line...

Princess Bride?

[Tank]

never heard of him. where'd he come from?

[Cdaniel]

never heard of him. where'd he come from?

Royals

[LightTheHalo]

Never deal with a Sicilian when DEPTH is on the line...

[T.G.]

I guess 2B are a dime a dozen.

[laagamer]

Damn this guy rakes in MiLB

[ettin]

Never deal with a Sicilian when dearth is on the line...

 

Well done Eleven, well done.

[Second Base]

Clearly, Dipoto is going with a "quantity over quality" approach at 2B.  Rutledge, Green, Featherston, Yarbrough, Giavotella.

 

Gotta figure at least one of them will stick.

[Ray McKigney]

Isn't this Snooki's boyfriend?

[Angel Oracle]

Sounds like a good name for the WWE.

Just call him Johnny G.   

 

AO reminisce alert:  

A pro bowler named Billy Golembiewski was successful in the 1960s.    But due to the length of his name, the bowling scorecard on tv simply showed Billy G.

[ettin]

So I guess "finding the clean peanut" is Jerry's plan for 2nd base in 2015.

This guy is terrible btw.

 

His Minor League numbers are strong actually he just hasn't carried it over to the Majors obviously. Good consistent OBP in the Minors too.

 

Just another contestant to win the 2nd base job, if, the price is right (which it was for another reliever).

[LightTheHalo]

.315 .384 .451 .835

In parts of four AAA seasons. Doubtful, of course, but if he could somehow replicate that in the bigs, there's our No. 2 hitter.

[ukyah]

there's a difference between milb and mlb, that some guys can't transition to, all fans are well versed in this aspect of professional baseball. however, i have watched giavotella play in omaha when he was a major part of that royal youth movement, and he was a tremendously good player. i really liked him a lot, actually. 

 

i saw that he was dfa'd last night and i thought that would be a good get for the angels. i'm glad that we signed him, he will most likely eventually accept a AAA assignment in spring training, but if he turns that corner, then he'll be a good player for the angels with talent.

 

these are the kinds of guys that you want with signings like this.

Edited December 19, 2014 by ukyah

[ettin]

Another possibility is that Giovotella could be moved to 3rd base if Freese is traded. His slightly below average defense might actually improve if he moved there. This actually might be the real reason he was picked up as a depth move for 3B.

 

He played 57 games at 3B over the last two years.

 

In fact Steamer/600 has him at 2.1 WAR at 2nd base in 2015. Interesting.

Edited December 19, 2014 by ettin

[Jeff Fletcher]

In case you guys missed it in my story, Dipoto said Rutledge goes in with "a leg up" because he's played the most of the bunch.