Should the Angels Chase Chase?

[Troll Daddy]

Hell yes! His 2016-2018 are vesting options. I like Gia ... but not necessarily as a starter. Utley isn't a big gamble and can help the team now and in the future.

[eligrba]

Stoneman is aware it is 2015 and not 1995?

 

Good thinking.....trade for someone who is old and slow to help this team.  How about taking the money planning to be spent on Utley and investing it into international scouting?  It is not sexy but it makes more sense to me.

[Ohtaniland]

Please pass on Chase Utley. He's going to be 37 years old on Opening Day next season. We need to get younger and I don't think Utley will

make much of an impact.

[Slegnaac]

I am not sure why Utley would choose the Angels over the other options.

[tomsred]

I am not sure why Utley would choose the Angels over the other options.

 

Because the weather is nice here, he went to UCLA, Mike Trout and Albert Pujols are here, most players love playing for Mike Scioscia, the owner is wealthy, it's a big money market for endorsements, he can buy a beach home on the lovely Pacific, his wife's family is only 400 miles away in San Francisco, and we have In-N-Out Burgers (this one's for you Strad!).

 

Edited August 16, 2015 by tomsred

[Tyler]

Playing time.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Utley is from SoCal. It would be good. Is even take him next year. He has potential to come in and lift us into the playoffs. Fûck it at this point.

[Stradling]

It's a band aid but could be a good band aid. I would rather him play third and keep Gia

[Stradling]

Because the weather is nice here, he went to UCLA, Mike Trout and Albert Pujols are here, most players love playing for Mike Scioscia, the owner is wealthy, it's a big money market for endorsements, his wife's family is only 400 miles away in San Francisco, and we have In-N-Out Burgers (this one's for you Strad!).

Thanks brother

[Ohtaniland]

It's a band aid but could be a good band aid. I would rather him play third and keep Gia

So we are still in the "screw the farm win now" mode? Utley would just be a plug in the dyke that gives no long term solution.

[Stradling]

The cost of Utley would be minimal. If he costs guys I've heard of, then I probably wouldn't acquire him. Also, it's not like he would take playing time from a guy who's major league ready. I doubt he would play ahead of Cron.

[tdawg87]

Hey strad I'll trade you a box of Dunkin Donuts for some In N Out

[Stradling]

We have a Dunkin close to one of my stores

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

I'm at the habit right now. Yum.

[tomsred]

Com'on now the Dunkin Donut crews are not as cute.

 

[HeavenlyHalos]

The cost of Utley would be minimal. If he costs guys I've heard of, then I probably wouldn't acquire him. Also, it's not like he would take playing time from a guy who's major league ready. I doubt he would play ahead of Cron.

 

I don't know... Gonzalez makes it seem like he sure would. Cron has been playing the best he ever has for us and it would be a shame to option him back down to AAA. He already isn't starting every day, which makes no sense. Then again, nothing this organization has done this year has made a lot of sense.

[Slegnaac]

Because the weather is nice here, he went to UCLA, Mike Trout and Albert Pujols are here, most players love playing for Mike Scioscia, the owner is wealthy, it's a big money market for endorsements, he can buy a beach home on the lovely Pacific, his wife's family is only 400 miles away in San Francisco, and we have In-N-Out Burgers (this one's for you Strad!).

Sure, but other than those reasons why would he?

[Pujols4MVP]

Utley now adays.... kinda sucks. I'd rather they sign Kendrick as a FA.

[tomsred]

Sure, but other than those reasons why would he?

 

How many more do you want?  I've lived in Chicago, and I've lived here among other places.  Chicago is too hot, then too cold, too windy, rain/thunderstorms/tornadoes, it's very insect infested, the team doesn't win division championships much less a World Series, the owners are off and on committed, the ball park is odd and old, you have to listen to a dead man sing the national anthem every home game, people smoke at a higher rate than here, mid westerners are extremely conservative and many times bigoted, some of the neighborhoods look like brick prison camps, you have to play against St. Louis a lot, don't go downtown after dark, many people have to take a train to work, and you have to drive hundreds of miles to find anything of interest.  This is heaven compared to Chicago.

Edited August 16, 2015 by tomsred

[Slegnaac]

How many more do you want? I've lived in Chicago, and I've lived here among other places. Chicago is too hot, then too cold, too windy, rain/thunderstorms/tornadoes, it's very insect infested, the team doesn't win division championships much less a World Series, the owners are off and on committed, the ball park is odd and old, you have to listen to a dead man sing the national anthem every home game, people smoke at a higher rate than here, mid westerners are extremely conservative and many times bigoted, some of the neighborhoods look like brick prison camps, you have to play against St. Louis a lot, don't go downtown after dark, many people have to take a train to work, and you have to drive hundreds of miles to find anything of interest. This is heaven compared to Chicago.

So he should be making concessions to join the Angels. I'm all for it then.

[tomsred]

Hope may have left the building here, so I'm not sure he would be useful.

[HeavenlyHalos]

I really hope we don't trade for him. Ride it out with Cron at DH and see how he finishes the season so we can see if we need to pursue a DH or not in the offseason/long term. We need his power bat in the lineup anyway.

[nando714]

Unlikely to get traded

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/08/amaro-chase-utley-likely-to-remain-with-phillies.html

[TroutField]

This isn't the solution but we have got to address 2nd base. I've been behind Giavotella but his defense is awful, you just can't botch routine plays especially when you don't have the bat to make up for it. Left, catcher, and 2nd should be the priorities, followed by the bullpen, finding an ace, and 3rd.

[Troll Daddy]

He could be the difference in making the playoffs and maybe even a little noise in the playoffs.

It's a gamble ... but a upgrade over Gia none the less.

He prefers SoCal ....