Are the Angels going to make a trade?

[Erstad Grit]

First year since figgins we have a 3b who can hit and fans want to trade him? Why not keep him for 7 mil unless we were completely blown away with an offer?  This team is showing they can win and Weaver, Wilson, and Smith money could bring in some nice players this off season. 

[Troll Daddy]

Smith will get traded ... anyone else is anybody's guess. 

[Oz27]

1 minute ago, Erstad Grit said:

 This team is showing they can win

They're 10 games under .500 and in last place.

[tomsred]

I think Smith will go, and they can bring up Morin to replace him for now.  No way will they trade a starter right now.  There isn't enough pitching to go around either for us or practically any other team.

[AngelsLakersFan]

25 minutes ago, Oz27 said:

They're 10 games under .500 and in last place.

They are still winning, just not most of the time...

[Erstad Grit]

29 minutes ago, Oz27 said:

They're 10 games under .500 and in last place.

They are also one of the best teams post all star break. To me that suggests keeping Escobar for next is a good idea. 

[gurn67]

They'll do a salary dump to make sure they're under the luxury tax threshold. As far as getting anything that may help the team now or in the future, I doubt it.

[Oz27]

28 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

They are also one of the best teams post all star break. To me that suggests keeping Escobar for next is a good idea. 

Shitty teams have good two-week stretches all the time. Some do it for even longer. How is one small stretch a better evaluating tool than the season so far?

[Erstad Grit]

25 minutes ago, Oz27 said:

Shitty teams have good two-week stretches all the time. Some do it for even longer. How is one small stretch a better evaluating tool than the season so far?

Shoe and Cam have turned a corner. Skaggs is back. Bandy looks promising. I don't see why this team plus 40 mil to spend isn't a playoff contending team. Literally no one could have been prepared to lose Richards, heaney, Wilson, trop, and Skaggs for the time period we lost them. 

[Erstad Grit]

2 hours ago, Ace_Shoemaker said:

Escobar's trade value will never be higher, so trade him now for top prospects and let Cowart take over 3B. Escobar's defense costs almost as much as his bat in creates. Cowart plays a gold glove type defense. He has started to bring his bat around and he is fast.

 

That's possible. That's also the rhetoric in why we let Glaus walk for the less expensive Mcpherson....or was it Wood? Whomever. My point is if you have a 3b who can hit .320's for 7 mil you keep him unless you're blown away. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

1 hour ago, Erstad Grit said:

 

That's possible. That's also the rhetoric in why we let Glaus walk for the less expensive Mcpherson....or was it Wood? Whomever. My point is if you have a 3b who can hit .320's for 7 mil you keep him unless you're blown away. 

if he could field his position maybe, but he can't.

[The God of Runs]

How many batting tees can they get for Lincecum?

[Ohtaniland]

If we sell its going to be more like a garage sale. I don't see us involved in some big blockbuster trade.

[Stradling]

We only have one blockbuster piece. 

[Ohtaniland]

29 minutes ago, Stradling said:

We only have one blockbuster piece. 

Calhoun, Trout and now even Shoemaker and Skaggs could be blockbuster material. 

[KevinJ14]

In regards to Joe Smith, keep an eye out for Thomas Szupucki on the Mets.

[Inside Pitch]

20 minutes ago, KevinJ14 said:

In regards to Joe Smith, keep an eye out for Thomas Szupucki on the Mets.

If they could get him for Smith ...  I'd be sky high..   I saw that kid pitch in West Palm Beach a couple years ago, maybe three..   HS showcase type game and he made people look stupid...

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 hours ago, The God of Runs said:

How many batting tees can they get for Lincecum?

isnt that the same thing?

[kevinb]

If they don't make a trade is it a failure on the part of management?

[Stradling]

Yes

[itsKnoppUitsme]

19 hours ago, Erstad Grit said:

 

That's possible. That's also the rhetoric in why we let Glaus walk for the less expensive Mcpherson....or was it Wood? Whomever. My point is if you have a 3b who can hit .320's for 7 mil you keep him unless you're blown away. 

Maybe because he's not really a 3rd baseman and is one of the bigger knuckleheads since Pedro Guerrero!

I keep wondering why they don't try him in left

and the only reason I can come up with is that it's to "complicated"!

We just trotted Petit out there, we've tried Ji Man & Marte, Why not Escobar?

We REALLY need to see what Cowart can do!

[Brent Maguire]

Seems like only Smith will go, which is probably going to look bad a year from now. Unfortunately, Escobar probably stays put because many contenders are set at 3B. Unless the Mets want to add a bad defender to an already bad defensive infield, it seems likely that Escobar stays put. 

[tomsred]

33 minutes ago, itsKnoppUitsme said:

Maybe because he's not really a 3rd baseman and is one of the bigger knuckleheads since Pedro Guerrero!

I keep wondering why they don't try him in left

and the only reason I can come up with is that it's to "complicated"!

We just trotted Petit out there, we've tried Ji Man & Marte, Why not Escobar?

We REALLY need to see what Cowart can do!

If you really want to see what Cowart can do, then move Escobar to second for the balance of the year.  If both do well then you have fixed second and third base.

[Dick B Back]

2 minutes ago, tomsred said:

If you really want to see what Cowart can do, then move Escobar to second for the balance of the year.  If both do well then you have fixed second and third base.

That makes too much sense. No way they do that.

[Troll Daddy]

There's already a logjam in the infield with Pennington coming off the DL this Sunday. 

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