Angels in on Turner!?!?!?!?!

[Erstad Grit]

Dave Vassegh  who is creditable tweeted "Talked to multiple sources that have told me Angels are interested in Justin Turner."

 

If this happened (I say hell yes) would we trade Escobar for a piece or move him to 2b/1b/dh?

 

[Stradling]

My favorite free agent this year. 

[Brandon]

i'm more of a fan of nat turner

[Angelsjunky]

If he could play an adequate 2B, that would be a rather impressive lineup.

[Angelsjunky]

Turner's likely to get something like 4/$80M. That's a lot of dough for a 32-year old, but he'd also greatly improve the team--especially if Escobar can play 2B, or the Angels can swap Escobar for a decent second baseman.

[Stradling]

I'm willing to bet a beer he gets at most $18 million a year.  

[Second Base]

I mean you have a protected pick, you might as well take advantage, right?

 

[Stradling]

@Scotty@AW how do you read into that tweet by Dee Gordon?

[Second Base]

Also, if this is true, it'll be interesting to see what we do with Yunel. Do we move him to 2B and Turner to 3B? Do we put Turner at 2B, Yunel at 3B? Do we trade Escobar for a 2B and put Turner at 3B?

[Stradling]

If they view Turner as a 3rd baseman then you trade Yunel or Cron, depending on the return. 

[totdprods]

Didn't Vassegh tweet this days, if not weeks, ago? And we had an entire thread about it then?

Or am I missing something new?

[Second Base]

4 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Scotty, how do you read into that tweet by Dee Gordon?

I believe there's no such thing as coincidence. Turner's market is heating up and Dee congratulates him on the contract he's about to get. 

Just a guess, but I'm thinking he'll sign in a very short period, or they're about to be reunited and Turner is headed to Miami. Either way, no coincidence, I think.

[Tyler]

I think Turner is a great fit here.

[Troll Daddy]

This is old news ... Dodgers are going to run up the price tag. Arte hates to lose a bidding war.

[marcosantinia12]

Turner is severely underrated, but the Angels are a longggggg ways from competing and he isn't going to change that. Why commit 60 + mil on a guy with a short-term window? It's not a losers mentality, or throwing in the towel to not be willing to do what needs to be done to compete. If it was a flyer on a guy then ok, take it, but that's a serious commitment suited for teams in win-mode that are a 3-5 win player (Turner) away from a shot at something bigger. 

Save all the money you can and retool to have the best team on the field 2-3 years down the road. 

[JAHV76]

I could be wrong but I doubt the Angels commit to a four year contract to any free agent this offseason.

[Angelsfirst]

I like Turner a lot as well. If he can be had with reasonable terms (relatively speaking) he's a no brainer imo. But yes the market is going to be out of control on him and he might not be worth what he's probably going to get.

[ettin]

I don't see how they fit him into their budget without exceeding the Luxury Tax threshold which I just don't think they will do. The Angels have approximately $21M-$25M left in Average Annual Value before hitting the current CBT threshold of $189M. If that CBT ceiling rises then they certainly do have more room but this seems like a real stretch.

Don't get me wrong I like Turner and I think he would impact defense and offense very well but it is a really big purchase which would simply be surprising.

[Ohtaniland]

31 minutes ago, ettin said:

I don't see how they fit him into their budget without exceeding the Luxury Tax threshold which I just don't think they will do. The Angels have approximately $21M-$25M left in Average Annual Value before hitting the current CBT threshold of $189M. If that CBT ceiling rises then they certainly do have more room but this seems like a real stretch.

Don't get me wrong I like Turner and I think he would impact defense and offense very well but it is a really big purchase which would simply be surprising.

The CBT may rise but Arte still won't spend more than he's comfortable with. I can see him dishing out $165M - $170M for 2017 and that's still a lot of money.

Josh Hamilton's contract still requires......

 

[ukyah]

3 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

If he could play an adequate 2B, that would be a rather impressive lineup.

 

if the angels signed him and played him at 2b and escobar at 3rd, then i might just have to go down there and blow the stadium up.

[Second Base]

1 hour ago, ettin said:

I don't see how they fit him into their budget without exceeding the Luxury Tax threshold which I just don't think they will do. The Angels have approximately $21M-$25M left in Average Annual Value before hitting the current CBT threshold of $189M. If that CBT ceiling rises then they certainly do have more room but this seems like a real stretch.

Don't get me wrong I like Turner and I think he would impact defense and offense very well but it is a really big purchase which would simply be surprising.

Arte really hasn't spent in three years now, which is both idiotic and understandable. That CBT is the line in the sand he won't cross even though he insists it isn't. But you could make the argument that this would be the year to do it. We exceed and 25 million comes off the payroll next year and the CBT likely increases by 10 million, which offers us just enough relief to offer lucrative extensions to Richards and Calhoun.

[UndertheHalo]

that assumes that Richards is a functioning pitcher.  Hoping for the best but the jury is still definitely out on that one.

[Ohtaniland]

35 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

that assumes that Richards is a functioning pitcher.  Hoping for the best but the jury is still definitely out on that one.

We can say that about Heaney, Skaggs, Shoemaker and Richards. 

[Angelsjunky]

1 hour ago, ukyah said:

 

if the angels signed him and played him at 2b and escobar at 3rd, then i might just have to go down there and blow the stadium up.

By "he" I mean Escobar. Turner stays at 3B, obviously.

[ukyah]

12 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

By "he" I mean Escobar. Turner stays at 3B, obviously.

 

oh, my mistake. just the idea tilts me.