Orange County Register: No change in talks between Angels and Huston Street

[AngelsWin.com]

ANAHEIM -- Huston Street said Tuesday his agent has not let him know of any major developments in negotiations with the Angels in the two weeks since the closer last addressed the situation.Street, who hired Alan Hendricks to take over the...

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[seenoevil]

Give him Pujols contract

[CaliAngel]

I don't know why there'd be any question. The guy has done nothing but solidify the 9th inning into a quick 1-2-3 inning, something we haven't had in years.

 

I'd sign the guy until he wanted to retire and make him an Angel for the rest of his career.

[Blarg]

Street should fire himself again for picking the wrong agent to get a quick resolution.

[AngelsSurfer]

I don't know why there'd be any question. The guy has done nothing but solidify the 9th inning into a quick 1-2-3 inning, something we haven't had in years.

 

I'd sign the guy until he wanted to retire and make him an Angel for the rest of his career.

Seconded. Why the holdup?

[CaliAngel]

Seconded. Why the holdup?

 

No clue. This organization eagerly gives a guy 20+ Million dollars a season to snort coke and not hit home runs, and then you want to give a runaround to the best closer we've had in a decade?

 

For Christs sake Arte and Dipoto, get it together!

[hen3ry]

No clue. This organization eagerly gives a guy 20+ Million dollars a season to snort coke and not hit home runs, and then you want to give a runaround to the best closer we've had in a decade?

 

For Christs sake Arte and Dipoto, get it together!

Well, you know, all that blow is expensive... Huston's expenses are just lower.

[Jeff Fletcher]

Seconded. Why the holdup?

If you read the story you'd see one likely reason.

[ukyah]

If you read the story you'd see one likely reason.

 

 

wasting your breath jeff. we're in season, the shit must hit the fan or we don't know what to do with ourselves. the offseason is when cooler heads prevail. mostly. sometimes.

[AngelsSurfer]

If you read the story you'd see one likely reason.

If you stopped assuming I didn't read the story you might realize I'm asking what the holdup is despite that. Whatever's going on with Hamilton, it isn't a reason to drag out negotiations with a closer who has proven his worth. This org has no problem giving ridiculous contracts to players who aren't worth them and undervaluing the ones who are. Street is asking for between $9 - $11 million/year, basically. That's fair, and it's only a slight bump up from the $7 million he's getting. The front office really can't find a way to do that, regardless of Hamilton's salary black hole?

Edited April 22, 2015 by AngelsSurfer

[Angel Oracle]

Hamilton is screwing up this org in multiple ways.

[Stradling]

The deal will get done chicken littles. If this article wasn't written and posted here no one would be worried about this right now.

[Jeff Fletcher]

If you stopped assuming I didn't read the story you might realize I'm asking what the holdup is despite that. Whatever's going on with Hamilton, it isn't a reason to drag out negotiations with a closer who has proven his worth. This org has no problem giving ridiculous contracts to players who aren't worth them and undervaluing the ones who are. Street is asking for between $9 - $11 million/year, basically. That's fair, and it's only a slight bump up from the $7 million he's getting. The front office really can't find a way to do that, regardless of Hamilton's salary black hole?

I don't think Hamilton's salary is the issue. I think it's the time Hamilton is taking from Dipoto.

[Erstad Grit]

But it wasn't our money

[Blarg]

But you seem to want to spend it, now. Not later but right now.

[jsnpritchett]

I don't think Hamilton's salary is the issue. I think it's the time Hamilton is taking from Dipoto.

 

That seems like a pretty weak excuse, really.  He's the General Manager of a major league baseball team.  He can multi-task.  If his days are so eaten up with dealing with the Hamilton situation that he literally can't do anything else, then something has gone horribly wrong.

[ukyah]

That seems like a pretty weak excuse, really.  He's the General Manager of a major league baseball team.  He can multi-task.  If his days are so eaten up with dealing with the Hamilton situation that he literally can't do anything else, then something has gone horribly wrong.

 

 

i'd say it's pretty clear that something has gone horribly wrong.

[ELEVEN]

How about now?

[AngelsSurfer]

That seems like a pretty weak excuse, really.  He's the General Manager of a major league baseball team.  He can multi-task.  If his days are so eaten up with dealing with the Hamilton situation that he literally can't do anything else, then something has gone horribly wrong.

I agree with that. So the Hamilton debacle is such that it's all Dipoto and Moreno can think about all day, every day and they don't have time to negotiate with any of the other players on the roster? That's kind of insane. 

[jordan]

This organization could use some good mojo right now and extending Street would help.

[ELEVEN]

Ok, how about now?

[ten ocho recon scout]

I don't think Hamilton's salary is the issue. I think it's the time Hamilton is taking from Dipoto.

"Huston, if you kill hamilton, you get his money"

That would solve everything. Would be easy to make it look like an accident too.

[Angel Oracle]

Hopefully the Angels have finally learned their lesson about not paying for past success. Street is almost 32, let some other team pay big money for his decline.

Normally yes, but in this case Street is the type of reliever (relying on mixture of pitches) who could well be solid into his late 30s, ala Uehara.

[AngelsSurfer]

Normally yes, but in this case Street is the type of reliever (relying on mixture of pitches) who could well be solid into his late 30s, ala Uehara.

Plus, he's not asking for a ridiculous salary or timespan. He's asking for four years at a reasonable salary well within the parameters they give to other long-term, steady players.

[Hollyw00d]

street wants kimbrel money and he's not that good.  I think 11 million per would be a definite overpay, especially if it's a multi-year deal.

 

I know many here are creaming over street, but the facts are he is not an elite reliever