Bill Stoneman makes his first big splash

[FabulousFabregas]

Angels PR ‏@LAAngelsPR

Today the #Angels have acquired RHP Jason Hoppe from the Texas Rangers in exchange for international slot compensation.

 

[Pujols4MVP]

That certainly upgrades the offense ! Yay !

 

The best trade he could make is trading Scioscia for a kick in the nuts.

Other team gets Scioscia & they get to kick our GM in the nuts....twice !

[bloodbrother]

Stoked

[nando714]

There is no Hoppe in 2015

Edited July 2, 2015 by nando714

[ELEVEN]

Hoppe and Change

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Hoppe likes to pitch to lower half of the strike zone - identified as a must have target by Sosh and Butchy.

Edited July 2, 2015 by SOTO

[Second Base]

I think it's ironic that the Angels PR announces anything that isn't bad news or just generally stupid.  Angels PR is a freakin' nightmare. 

[tomsred]

I think it's ironic that the Angels PR announces anything that isn't bad news or just generally stupid.  Angels PR is a freakin' nightmare. 

 

 

Tim Mead disagrees.

[stevestevens]

The future is bright!

[Guest]

[gotbeer]

Angels PR ‏@LAAngelsPR

Today the #Angels have acquired RHP Jason Hoppe from the Texas Rangers in exchange for international slot compensation.

 

Wait, we have international slot money?  I thought we were tapped out for a few years because we went nuts over that Cuban that wasn't even the best one?

[tomsred]

 

Has he reached puberty yet?

[Guest]

Wait, we have international slot money?  I thought we were tapped out for a few years because we went nuts over that Cuban that wasn't even the best one?

yeah, it's really stupid how they would trade an international slot for some no name pitcher. Maybe it's a dipoto move that happened before he left. 

[Stradling]

We have international money, but we can't speak over $300k per player.

[jsnpritchett]

Wait, we have international slot money?  I thought we were tapped out for a few years because we went nuts over that Cuban that wasn't even the best one?

 

No.  We still have $2 million this year, but because of how much we spent last year, we're not allowed to spend more than $300K on any one player--which really makes the whole pool of $ pointless.  So that's why they're willing to make "trades" like this: because they won't be able to get any impact players from the int'l group.

[ettin]

Wait, we have international slot money? I thought we were tapped out for a few years because we went nuts over that Cuban that wasn't even the best one?

No we are prevented from spending more than $300,000 on any one prospect. We still have something like $1.9MM in pool money (now less because of the trade).

Actually I like this better to be honest. Using slot money to trade for actual prospects in the Minor League system already might have more value for us in the next 2-4 years anyway. A lot of the other teams are focused on spending their pool money while we use it for trades. Hope we do more.

This trade is almost certainly a remnant from Dipoto's plans before he resigned. Stoneman is back East for his son's wedding or something so this decision seemed like it was in place for a while now and was just executed today on the 2nd when the signing period opened.

[gotbeer]

Thanks for the clarification.  Spend it all.  

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Better start printing World Series tickets.

[Inside Pitch]

 

He reminds me of Beaky Buzzard from the Bugs Bunny cartoons..