FANGRAPHS: Angels Best Offseason Among AL West Teams

[AngelsLakersFan]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/grading-the-offseasons-for-all-30-teams/

 

Dave Cameron grades out all 30 teams based on their offseason moves.

 

Things started off quite promisingly for the Angels, with the team picking upAndrelton Simmons on the cheap, but the offseason seemed to fizzle out pretty quickly after that. When your major free agent signing is Cliff Pennington, you know you didn’t spend a lot of money. The team will take heat for passing on a lot of outfielders while they have a Daniel Nava/Craig Gentry platoon in left, and perhaps rightfully so; when you have Mike Trout, you probably owe it to yourself to put a better roster around him. That said, they didn’t do anything that actively hurt the team long-term, and there will be players available to acquire in-season, so it’s tough for me to grade the Angels winter too harshly.

The Simmons pickup was a good place to start; they just shouldn’t have been done after that. On the list of teams that need to make a spring trade, they’re near the very top.

 

 

Some thoughts:

• Cameron absolutely loves the Simmons trade for the Angels. He thinks it was a steal.
• He also seems to assume that the Angels are going to make a trade for a left fielder still. He apparently is unaware that we literally cannot make an impactful trade due to budgetary and prospect limitations.

[Blarg]

Well this deflates a lot of arguments on the board.

[Docwaukee]

"The team will take heat for passing on a lot of outfielders while they have a Daniel Nava/Craig Gentry platoon in left, and perhaps rightfully so; when you have Mike Trout, you probably owe it to yourself to put a better roster around him. "

 

well, that is pretty much my argument.  

[ABC]

 

 

Some thoughts:

• Cameron absolutely loves the Simmons trade for the Angels. He thinks it was a steal.

 

 

Some people think the moon is made of cheese.

[NrM]

He doesn't like Newcomb at all. 

[Ohtaniland]

I support this thread. Eppler has done a great job.

[laagamer]

I loved the Simmons trade.

Still hate this offseason with a burning passion. We're broke. I get it. Fine.

But get someone for Christ sake.

Edited February 23, 2016 by laagamer

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[gurn67]

Love Simmons. The disaster in LF and putting Dr. Strangegloves at both 3B & 2B dumbfounding.

[HaloNArizona]

Great move at SS....Not sold on 3B and 2B, but we will hold out hope.  LF needed to be addressed....The fact Arte did not learn a damn thing last year is frustrating. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

Great move at SS....Not sold on 3B and 2B, but we will hold out hope.  LF needed to be addressed....The fact Arte did not learn a damn thing last year is frustrating. 

 

Escobar is a good stop gap. I'd have been happy with that move if we had address 3B as competently and got a legit left fielder.

[Troll Daddy]

The offense can rebound in 2016. Let's not forget 2014 season.

[Troll Daddy]

That OZ character called the trade the worst in Angels history.

[AngelsLakersFan]

That OZ character called the trade the worst in Angels history.

 

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