So This Is It.... Probably

[mota_madness]

So this is what we are looking at to start the season?  geez ... here comes a 8 - 16 April... 

 

Position Players 

 

1. ???????????

2 .Kole Calhoun RF

3. Mike Trout CF

4. C.J. Cron DH

5. Yunel Escobar 3B

6. Efren Navarro 1B

7. Carlos Perez - C

8. Johnny Giavotella 2B

9. Andrelton Simmons SS

 

SP

Garrett Richards

Andrew Heaney

Hector Santiago

Tyler Skaggs

Jered Weaver

Edited December 12, 2015 by mota_madness

[Troutstanding]

It's December 11th... Jesus Christ.

[laagamer]

1. Escobar 

2. Calhoun

3. Trout

4. Upton

5. Cron

6. Navarro 

7. Giavotella 

8. Simmons

9. Perez

[Angel Oracle]

81-81, as currently constructed

[NorCal Halo]

Pujols?

[mota_madness]

Pujols?

hurt will start season on DL..we wont see him till late may early june

[Angel Oracle]

I thought the recovery time from the surgery was about 4 months, which means mid-March return?

[mota_madness]

1. Escobar 

2. Calhoun

3. Trout

4. Upton

5. Cron

6. Navarro 

7. Giavotella 

8. Simmons

9. Perez

lol @ upton, please God nO!

[mota_madness]

I thought the recovery time from the surgery was about 4 months, which means mid-March return?

don't count on it.  

[Chris]

offseason over, apparently

[NorCal Halo]

The point is he will play this season and be in the lineup.

[Jobu]

Stradling vs. This thread...

[tomsred]

Wow, when the Winter Meetings end, that really means The End.

 

Edited December 12, 2015 by tomsred

[ten ocho recon scout]

Bold move by upton, cespedes, cueto, gordon and all those guys to take a year off.

[tennischmp]

The point is he will play this season and be in the lineup.

And the OP stated "to start the season"

[tomsred]

Bold move by upton, cespedes, cueto, gordon and all those guys to take a year off.

 

Chris Davis too, $150M and he's a holdout.

[tomsred]

yep, you'll have no first baseman to start the season for sure

 

thanks a lot arte!

 

Ah, don't need one of those.  If an infielder hits a runner hard enough with a baseball he'll never make it to first.  That's why you trade for an arm like Simmons has.

[Quinlanforthewin]

I know it's December 11th but the rhetoric coming out of the front office isn't promising. Definitely get the feeling they're not going to spend.  I'm sure the team will be different but I don't expect a splashy LF signing.  Trading CJ Wilson for a decent 2bmen is about the best I can hope for.  As currently constructed this is a team that will fight for 4th place in the AL West.  Bottom tier offense, above average starting pitching, average bullpen.  Don't love surrounding Simmons with poor infield defense like Escobar, Johnny G and Cron, what's the point?

[Oz27]

I know it's December 11th but the rhetoric coming out of the front office isn't promising.

Yeah, I'm pretty damn concerned from the stuff I have heard and read though. Still, this thread is pretty silly.

[Troll Daddy]

Yeah, I'm pretty damn concerned from the stuff I have heard and read though. Still, this thread is pretty silly.

The National Enquirer is not to be trusted.

[tomsred]

Yeah, I'm pretty damn concerned from the stuff I have heard and read though. Still, this thread is pretty silly.

 

Silly is an understatement.  Probably the best deals of this off season will occur after January 1, 2016.  Baseball fans all want to see the finished product as soon as possible.  You have to have a lot of patience to be a GM these days, fans have about zero patience.  It's a real skill not to panic and make stupid decisions.

[eligrba]

Silly is an understatement.  Probably the best deals of this off season will occur after January 1, 2016.  Baseball fans all want to see the finished product as soon as possible.  You have to have a lot of patience to be a GM these days, fans have about zero patience.  It's a real skill not to panic and make stupid decisions.

 

Based on what has happened when a GM is not patient, cough......Vernon Wells.......cough......Josh Hamilton.....I am glad we may finally have an adult in charge.

[Stradling]

Stradling vs. This thread...

Haha! Obviously I'll take a wait and see attitude.

[Oz27]

Silly is an understatement.  Probably the best deals of this off season will occur after January 1, 2016.  Baseball fans all want to see the finished product as soon as possible.  You have to have a lot of patience to be a GM these days, fans have about zero patience.  It's a real skill not to panic and make stupid decisions.

Aside from Abreu, you have to go back a long time to think of anyone who has made a useful contribution to the Angels after signing as a free agent post Jan 1

[mota_madness]

Point is this is our angels, for the most part to start the season... we are obviously not going to sign any of the BIg FA's, probably make a small trade or two.  get used to this look, this is our 2016 HALOs.....