Angels looking at Samardzija and Bucholz?

[ELEVEN]

Could be they found a suitor for CJ Wilson and the Angels are looking at a 1 year option to cover for his absence.

Or it could be a bunch of shenanigans.

In the latter case, we need to get DR on this.

[ettin]

Okay my 2 cents.... 1) This could simply be the Angels name being thrown in a hat by a Boston beat writer and could simply be BS, 2) If we did get into the playoffs which three do we roll out in a short series? Richards, Santiago, Weaver?, 3) It could be that we are trading Wilson and someone like Shoemaker (total HYPOTHETICAL) and we'll need a replacement starter, 4) Shark's pitch repertoire is a little different from what we currently have in our rotation (different looks that Dipoto and Scioscia like so much), 5) Shark has been a little more line drive and flyball oriented this season which might play better in Anaheim, 6) Samardzija has experienced some BABIP issues this year however part of that is the increased line drive % mitigated by the increased flyball % (>LD% is bad for BABIP while >FB% is good for BABIP for pitchers), 7) hitters have been making more contact in and out of the zone this year against Shark which is probably due to what looks like increased cutter usage, 8) the Angels may try to have Shark go back to more two-seam fastballs like he did last year in his successful 2014 year, and 9) this could be total BS and I just wasted a few minutes looking up data for why we would be looking at Shark in the first place?

[nando714]

Only if the Sox throw in Big Papi

[m0nkey]

Then he and pujols can share their stash

[Mark68]

Only if the Sox throw in Big Papi

Actually, I'd be OK with the Sox throwing in Brock Holt.

[Angel Oracle]

Actually, I'd be OK with the Sox throwing in Brock Holt.

Or Pedroia, who would be thrilled to actually play on a MLB INF surface, and not the crap INF surface in Baahston.

(I know he went on the DL.   Just wanted to have an LOL out of his dumping on their INF surface after the 2009 ALDS.)

[Ocangelfan]

i am good with getting samar...if we are going to keep him.  he won't carry a draft pick if we lose him ala grienke and I don't think we are in a position to say this dude puts us over the top to compete when most or our crap is on the hitting side of the ball.   never in million years trade a richards for him...for one we probably are not not going to offer him 120million bucks to stay.   i would rather just sign him after he is traded so we don't lose the pick.   maybe throw in an offer this year being 3rd best so he knows we are interested when the time comes to sign.