MLBtraderumors predict Angels will sign 3 of the top 50 free agents

[AngelsLakersFan]

I hope we don't sign any big $$$ free agents. Eppler needs to move forward with a youth movement. Enough with all of the overpays for underacheiving players. I think that Eppler knows a thing or two about that.

 

What youth movement?

[AngelsLakersFan]

Murphy makes sense, but I would really like to see us focus on a guy who could play defense and get on base for second base.

[SoWhat]

What youth movement?

Lol I'm wondering the same thing.

[Ohtaniland]

Lol I'm wondering the same thing.

The cost saving youth movement that's going to continue to draw 3 million fans regardless if we win or lose. Arte is not wasting anymore money.

Signed,

Carole Moreno

[Angel Oracle]

That Moreno hasn't signed any age 32+ declining stars since Hamilton 3 years ago, is encouraging.

Just make sure you aren't totally scared off by the under age 30 stars though. 

[nando714]

Kennedy sucks

[Stradling]

Arte needs to go all 2004 on us. Sign Zimmerman, Fister, Heyward, and Chris Davis.

[wopphil]

Arte needs to go all 2004 on us. Sign Zimmerman, Greinke, Heyward, Chris Davis, and Darren O'Day.

Fixed.

[totdprods]

We wouldn't be able to afford to keep anyone else on the roster, aside from Trout, after a few years, so they'd need to build a hell of a farm team stat!

But for a year or two it'd br killer.

[KevinJ14]

We wouldn't be able to afford to keep anyone else on the roster, aside from Trout, after a few years, so they'd need to build a hell of a farm team stat!

But for a year or two it'd br killer.

True, but you still have to keep the win-now image because you don't want to waste Trout's peaking years.  

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

I don't know but I saw enough of Murphy playing defense in the World Series....I'm good with Gio or anyone else......

 

 

 

Dee Gordon?......Top of the order speed guy good OBP% and plays second base!

 

Then sign a left fielder and a bullpen arm.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

Sign Chris Davis

Sign Zimmermann

Sign Span

Sign Freese

Trade for Dee Gordon

Trade for a Bullpen Arm

 

Let the Rabbits loose!....

 

1. Gordon -2B

2. Span - LF

3. Trout - CF

4. Davis - 1B

5. Albert - DH

6. Calhoun - RF

7. Freese - 3B

8. Aybar - SS

9. Perez - C

Edited November 11, 2015 by SlappyUtilityGuy

[Brent Maguire]

No chance the Angels give up 2 draft picks this offseason, especially for those players they'd be attaining. If you're getting Heyward, the draft pick loss is worth it. Kennedy and Murphy aren't worth it IMO. 

[Jobu]

Arte needs to go all 2004 on us. Sign Zimmerman, Fister, Heyward, and Chris Davis.

Too many white guys.

How's that going to play when he moves the team to Mexico City?

[Angelsfirst]

Zobrist or Gordon in LF and Murphy at 2nd? And a big no to Kennedy.

[SoWhat]

According to Jon Heyman, Eppler is interested in Asdrubal Cabrera at 3B.

If Eppler doesn't want any production out of 3B then why not let Cowart or Kubitza get consistent playing time and develop as our future third baseman?

Edited November 11, 2015 by SoWhat

[Glen]

According to Jon Heyman, Eppler is interested in Asdrubal Cabrera at 3B.

If Eppler doesn't want any production out of 3B then why not let Cowart or Kubitza get consistent playing time and develop as our future third baseman?

 

 

Is there any difference between him and Freese?  Except that maybe we could get him cheaper.

[halosfan1970]

Is there any difference between him and Freese?  Except that maybe we could get him cheaper.

 

Asdrubal Cabrera has played 3B as a major leaguer for one game in 2007. For all we know, Freese is a better fielding 3B.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

And Zobrist has played 8 games in his entire career......Just Sayin~

[ten ocho recon scout]

Arte needs to go all 2004 on us. Sign Zimmerman, Fister, Heyward, and Chris Davis.

im not saying it should be those guys, but i agree he needs to open the wallet and go back to his old ways.

We can argue that his old ways got us in this mess, with the pujols and hamilton contracts, and that would be a fair point. But IMO, you cant try and buy your way to a ring, then stop trying because that investment was bad.

Again, im not demanding we sign THE top prize, but we are going to have to buy at least two bats and some bullpen help. Spend some of that tv deal money...

[Angel Oracle]

Agreed, but just stick to the "no one over 30 and declining being signed to a large contract" formula.

[Stradling]

So sign the one or two free agents that are under 30 for enough years to make sure we also get their declining years?

[Angel Oracle]

Meaning not signing them when ALREADY declining.

Are those the only kind of big money contracts we are going to give out anymore? 

 

Even Pujols was beginning to decline in 2011.   Yes, the OPS was .907.   It also was some 100 pts under what he had been doing until 2011.

Hamilton was showing declining signs in 2012 (big two months slump, terrible last 10 days of season).

 

Cespedes and Heyward did not decline in 2015.  

Edited November 11, 2015 by Angel Oracle

[totdprods]

Of the big 4, Upton and Heyward seem most appealing to me because age is at least on their side. There at least feels like a chance that they'd improve or at least play to their averages over the bulk of the contract. 

 

Upton's a righty and that'd help him in Anaheim (not to mention all the games we play in TEX and HOU) and he's young enough that we'd have him in his prime, and with Heyward even if he remained the same ballplayer with no improvement, he'd still be a good cornerstone player. Decent average, pop, OBP, defense, speed. Over that contract he could shuffle between OF positions as the team needed, or bat different parts of the line-up as the team needed. He's so multi-dimensional in so many ways - his skill-set, positions, batting order placement - that he'd be worth the money there. 

[Brent Maguire]

How about Zobrist and Aoki? You get 2 .350+ OBP guys at the top of the lineup and fill 2 of the holes in the process.