Official 2015-2016 Hot Stove Thread

[bloodbrother]

Craig Edwards ‏@craigjedwards

When looking at anybody's splits, keep in mind that last year, hitters had a 105 wRC+ at home and a 95 wRC+ on the road.

 

 

Again, here's a good read on the Coors effect

 

http://m.rockies.mlb.com/news/article/159753498/carlos-gonzalez-is-not-a-coors-field-creation

 

While playing in Colorado obviously helps a player's home performance, evidence shows it may also hurt their road performance. For example, over the past 10 seasons, the Rockies scored 4,596 runs at home, unsurprisingly the most in baseball. But over the same period on the road, they scored 3,089 runs, the fewest in baseball, 151 runs behind 29th-place Houston. In order for both of those things to be true, either Coors Field would have to elevate baseball's worst offense to play like its best, or a middle-of-the-pack team would have had to receive positive effects at home and negative effects on the road -- which seems far more realistic. You can call that "the Coors Field effect."

 

 

Dickerson likely won't be a .300 hitter, but I still see a guy who can hit .270+ with 25-30 HR from a corner OF spot. The move to the AL East should be nice too since that division is filled with hitters parks so I'm not even sure there will be much drop-off. It's all moot anyway since the Angels don't have any reliever as good as Jake McGee so they couldn't have afforded Dickerson anyway

[bloodbrother]

Dude's OBP was almost 200 points lower away from Coors.

 

Pujols OPS was over 100 points lower on the road this past year

Calhoun had a .369 slg % away from Anaheim and an OPS well over 100 points lower on the road

Cron had a .368 slg % away from Ahaheim and a .658 OPS on the road

 

And to think, Angels stadium actually is more of a pitcher friendly park than a hitter friendly one.

[Hollyw00d]

Could be an aberration

Splits shift wildly year to year

[Chuck]

Pujols OPS was over 100 points lower on the road this past year

Calhoun had a .369 slg % away from Anaheim and an OPS well over 100 points lower on the road

Cron had a .368 slg % away from Ahaheim and a .658 OPS on the road

 

And to think, Angels stadium actually is more of a pitcher friendly park than a hitter friendly one.

 

Thank you for doing the work. I started, but got busy at work. 

[ABC]

Mike DiGiovanna â€@MikeDiGiovanna  4h4 hours ago

#Angels have signed RHP Yunesky Maya (formerly of Nats), LHP Jose Alberto Molina (LA) and SS Anthony Phillips (PHI) to minor league deals.

 

 

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[Hollyw00d]

K thanks

[ABC]

IFSFYM

[Angel Oracle]

More peanuts, Planters is starting to complain about the competition.

[m0nkey]

Dodgers apparently close to bringing howie back

[Inside Pitch]

Pujols OPS was over 100 points lower on the road this past year

Calhoun had a .369 slg % away from Anaheim and an OPS well over 100 points lower on the road

Cron had a .368 slg % away from Ahaheim and a .658 OPS on the road

 

And to think, Angels stadium actually is more of a pitcher friendly park than a hitter friendly one.

 

Single season splits can be all over the place...  

 

Calhoun's OPS away in 2014 was 145 points higher.  Cron was nearly 80 points higher on the road...   Pulols has been pretty neutral home/away as an Angel -- a slight nod towards playing at home.

[Jim]

Dipoto left a mess for the new GM. I think we're on the right track now. Those of you who want instant gratification need to find a corner and take care of business.

Even that's no longer instant, ugh. 

[Jim]

Nice move by Houston. Fister on a one year low-risk deal to help add depth to their rotation. Everybody else in the division continues to improve while the Angels hope to squeeze a replacement player out of the 20 or so minor league FA's they signed or traded for

Fister? I Harvey Cano her!

 

A feel good move for sure. 

[DMVol]

Dodgers apparently close to bringing howie back

If the Angels think Escobar can play 2b (not sure that's realistic), it wouldn't surprise me to see Freese back, like Howie to the Dodgers, maybe on a one year deal....gets you close to the luxury tax and doesn't solve LF but at least it's something....

[ispy45]

If the Angels think Escobar can play 2b (not sure that's realistic), it wouldn't surprise me to see Freese back, like Howie to the Dodgers, maybe on a one year deal....gets you close to the luxury tax and doesn't solve LF but at least it's something....

 You are correct; it is not. The last time Escobar played 2b was in 2007 only 20 games. He could play shortstop....

Edited January 29, 2016 by ispy45

[beatlesrule]

Segura got traded to the Diamondbacks. 5 player deal

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/01/dbacks-acquire-jean-segura-tyler-wagner-from-brewers-for-chase-anderson-aaron-hill-and-isan-diaz.html

Edited January 30, 2016 by beatlesrule

[tdawg87]

Season over

[tomsred]

"Interestingly, the Angels once included Segura in a package for Zack Greinke (h/t Bill Shaiken of the LA Times). He’ll now have an opportunity to play alongside the ace. Per Bob Nightengale of USA Today (tweet), Segura will start for the DBacks – probably at second base."

 

Friggen Dipoto, we should have had both.

[totdprods]

Gallardo is closing in on a deal with Baltimore. Should he sign, the Orioles will lose their pick and the Angels move up to #16.

If Fowler or Desmond (any other QO'ed FAs out there?) sign with the Red Sox, Rays, Indians, or Twins we could still move up further.

[Stradling]

I think Fowler goes back to the Cubs.

[Turd Ferguson]

Read somewhere that Kendrick money (2/$20M) may be a "reach" for Fowler. Wouldn't mind Arte rubbing together a few pennies to pick him up for 1-2 years on the cheap (assuming he doesn't require draft pick compensation).

Edited February 10, 2016 by Turd Ferguson

[gotbeer]

Read somewhere that Kendrick money (2/$20M) may be a "reach" for Fowler. Wouldn't mind Arte rubbing together a few pennies to pick him up for 1-2 years on the cheap (assuming he doesn't require draft pick compensation).

 

He does.

[totdprods]

I went into the offseason feeling fine about sacrificing the pick but we've now moved so far up in the order it'd have to be a heck of a deal for Fowler to convince me to give it up. Desmond has been loosely connected to the Rays too, so there's a chance we could move up to #15. 

[Angel Oracle]

Would need to wait until after the June draft to sign Fowler without losing the pick.

Problem is, if it gets to that, it could become a mini-bidding war.

[Homebrewer]

Well, with literally hours remaining before the opening of ML camps...

I'm bumping this thread in hopes someone will make a list of the top unsigned FA's. There has to be quite a few, most of them because of attached draft picks.

Expect the draft pick attachment rules to be changed drastically in the next CBA. Could actually be the #1 priority for the MLBPA. 

[nikkachez]

Here's what I'm hoping for. Gallardo finalizes deal with Baltimore, Tampa Bay decides to go ham and lose their pick to sign Desmond, Cleveland signs Fowler to a cushion contract.