Playoffs or Protected Pick

[Stradling]

Which would you prefer?  You know nothing about how they will fair in the playoffs or what kind of player they will draft.  You don't know if they will have to trade what little assets they have now to get the pieces to get to the playoffs, or if they stand pat and just go on a miraculous run. You also don't know if they sold off players at the deadline and still went on the run.  All you know is playoffs or protected pick.  

[zenmaster]

Playoffs because ultimately that is what we are playing for. A shot to win it all. A shot to win it all starts at getting into the playoffs. Anything can happen if you get hot at the right time. 

[totdprods]

If it's one or the other, playoffs hands down. Just gotta get in to have a chance, and if this offense clicks for 15 games in October like it has in July anything could happen. 

[eaterfan]

Would you rather get $5 or win the scratcher lottery? You don't know what you're going to buy with the $5 or what you can buy once you win the lottery.

[AngelsLakersFan]

Thats an easy question. 

Would you rather get a BJ from a '7' this week, or a date with an '8' next year?

[Stradling]

I obviously agree, I just know we have a lot of people on here that want the rebuild or retool to start and so they might see it as another year or two before the rebuild would happen.  

[Blarg]

Currently the team is not playing to the potential of accomplishing either. 

[tdawg87]

2 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Thats an easy question. 

Would you rather get a BJ from a '7' this week, or a date with an '8' next year?

More like: Would you rather get a beej in 2016, or get punched in the face but you also get a jelly bean that you don't know the flavor of but it could be really good?

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Currently the team is not playing to the potential of accomplishing either. 

I think we all know that Eric, so which would you rather have?

[HaloCory22]

We're 10 games under .500. 11 games back of the Wild Card. You play for the protected pick. You do whats best for the future.

[Stradling]

I don't think you play for the protected pick, I say you play your best and if you think you are out of it (I believe they are out of it) then you trade assets to get younger assets.  You don't play to lose, but if you trade for the future that is fine.  At least that is my opinion.

[eaterfan]

12 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

More like: Would you rather get a beej in 2016, or get punched in the face but you also get a jelly bean that you don't know the flavor of but it could be really good?

It's more like would you rather get a beej from the tooth fairy or a protected first round pick.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

4 minutes ago, hangin n wangin said:

Well, we aren't making the playoffs, so it's a very easy decision.

Protected pick.

If we need to throw games to guarantee a protected pick, no way. As long as we play to win every game and still fall short and get a protected pick fine, otherwise no.   

[kevinb]

Playoffs at least you have a shot. 

[Blarg]

29 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I think we all know that Eric, so which would you rather have?

Ice cream.

[John Stellman]

38 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Which would you prefer?  You know nothing about how they will fair in the playoffs or what kind of player they will draft.  You don't know if they will have to trade what little assets they have now to get the pieces to get to the playoffs, or if they stand pat and just go on a miraculous run. You also don't know if they sold off players at the deadline and still went on the run.  All you know is playoffs or protected pick.  

Tread water until 2018  when the rotation will hopefully look like this: Richards, Heaney, Skaggs, Tropeano, and either Santiago or Shoemaker.

[Guest]

It's delusional to assume the Angels can make the playoffs. It's not even within the realm of possibility.

[Docwaukee]

I don't think there has ever been a situation in the history of baseball where this is a binary question.  

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Ice cream.

Excellent contribution Eric.  I too like Ice Cream.

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

I don't think there has ever been a situation in the history of baseball where this is a binary question.  

What about the year the Cardinals made the playoffs and only won 83 games?  Or the 2005 Padres when they only won 82 games?

[Cdaniel]

3 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Excellent contribution Eric.  I too like Ice Cream.

Chocolate malted crunch.  Can't get it here in Texas and it sucks.  

 

I voted protected pick because even if we made the playoffs I don't like our chances.  

[kevinb]

40 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I obviously agree, I just know we have a lot of people on here that want the rebuild or retool to start and so they might see it as another year or two before the rebuild would happen.  

But I think where your missing the point is. The rebuild or retool people still there end game is for us to get in the playoffs. So I would think playoffs would win out easily. Mostly I think the retool or rebuild people want to do that because they think it's the fastest way to get to the playoffs and to sustain it long term. I think another way to ask it would be would you rather make the playoffs this year or miss the playoffs for 3 years but for the three years after that make the playoffs but I don't know I'm just spouting stuff now haha

[kevinb]

5 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Excellent contribution Eric.  I too like Ice Cream.

Ice cream or frozen yogurt?

[gotbeer]

It's a moot question anyways.  There is no one in this years FA'cy class that will be given a QO that is worth losing a pick over.  Probably only Cespedes, and I'm sure Trumbo will get one.  But this years FA class is pretty brutal.  So with that logic.  Moreno will probably spend this offseason, instead of the last one that was quite excellent.

I'd also like to get a protected pick, which have a higher chance at being a quality MLBer, than get eliminated in the one game wildcard.  And that is thinking the polyana rainbows and unicorn coming out our ass resulting in world peace best case scenario.

[Stradling]

11 minutes ago, Kevinb said:

Ice cream or frozen yogurt?

Gelato, obviously.