Angels Sign OF Ben Revere

[totdprods]

Woohoo! Buster Olney first to report, with DiGiovanni and Fletcher tweeting as well. 

One-year deal. Great addition for 4th OF. 

[AngelStew43]

Link?

[totdprods]

Choi DFAed. It's for $4m.

[nikkachez]

Hell yes! That should be a fun 4th outfielder. 

[totdprods]

Just now, AngelStew43 said:

Link?

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/12/angels-to-sign-ben-revere.html

[AngelStew43]

Never mind.  Confirmed on MLBTR.  Nice job by Mr. Eppler!

[AngelStew43]

And between the 3 OF spots and a couple appearances at DH, he should get plenty of ab's.

[ettin]

Like the pickup, he fits the profile to a tee in terms of defensive coverage, speed off the bench, efficient base stealer, and the ability to put the ball in play as a pinch-hitter as well. Good signing and didn't cost us anything other than cash.

[totdprods]

Finally, legit speed and a very good defensive OF all around. 

Another plus to Revere signing? Additional depth at the top of the line-up. Gives us more flexibility to move or dump Escobar without hurting the lead-off slot. Of course, that depends on how Maybin, Marte, and Revere are playing, but Revere brings top of the order potential. 

Another plus? Revere is yet another potential deadline trading chip. 
Maybin, Escobar, Street, Bailey, Chavez, Nolasco, Revere, Pennington, Espinosa are all in their walk year. 

Gotta think the Angels are quietly hoping one of Revere or Maybin emerge as potential LF option for '18 and beyond too. Surely we look at resigning/extending some of the guys mentioned above. 

[Troll Daddy]

Angels in it to win it

[Angelsfan1984]

I really like this signing. He's exactly what we've been looking for. If pooholes can stay healthy and play 1b, we have a legit every day leadoff hitter who can fly. He can rotate with Maybin at DH, but in all likelihood he will just rotate based on the starter which is a bummer for both Maybin and Revere.

 

Revere

Escobar

Trout

Pooholes

Maybin

Calhoun

Simmons

Maldonado/Perez

Espinoza

 

Speed and defense...I really like it.

[totdprods]

It may feel like it, but this team is greatly improved over last year. 

Really hope Eppler has at least one more major-league arm to add, but this is pretty good so far. 

[beatlesrule]

This is how the Angels celebrate Festivus. 

[Turd Ferguson]

I dig it. Now let's work on the pen and we may be on to something.

[ettin]

Day by day I am feeling increasingly good about our chances to effectively compete this year, this is just another incremental improvement towards that. I think the Angels will still find one more veteran starter or, alternatively, a veteran bullpen piece (and perhaps both if they eat into reserve payroll).

[ukyah]

i really like this signing. he was my guy last year over the big names, because i wanted to see money go elsewhere. he had a bad year for sure, but hopefully he can really bounce back because he is exactly the LF type the angels need.

[totdprods]

1 minute ago, ukyah said:

i really like this signing. he was my guy last year over the big names, because i wanted to see money go elsewhere. he had a bad year for sure, but hopefully he can really bounce back because he is exactly the LF type the angels need.

Eppler had a reputation with the Yanks for identifying bounce-back vets, and we have a team full of guys who are looking to do so, or are hoping to impress in their walk year. These are the sort of guys where if lightning strikes, this team could be really good.

[ettin]

Heyman is reporting that there is an additional $2.25M in additional incentives based on plate appearances which makes perfect sense. If the Angels are in contention, Revere has a chance to make playoffs, if they don't then the Angels can either trade Revere and/or trade another OF and allow Ben to pick up those additional money incentives playing out the rest of the year earning more money as our LF.

[ukyah]

1 minute ago, totdprods said:

Eppler had a reputation with the Yanks for identifying bounce-back vets, and we have a team full of guys who are looking to do so, or are hoping to impress in their walk year. These are the sort of guys where if lightning strikes, this team could be really good.

i'm perfectly satisfied with our lineup for now, but this team needs pitching in a bad way before any real thoughts of contention are realistic.

[Inside Pitch]

3 minutes ago, ukyah said:

i really like this signing. he was my guy last year over the big names, because i wanted to see money go elsewhere. he had a bad year for sure, but hopefully he can really bounce back because he is exactly the LF type the angels need.

 I remember you making a case for him over the bigger names..   Really nice add as a buy low guy.  Can run, can play all three OF spots -- left handed bat.  Good job Eppler and company.

[tdawg87]

I don't know about any of that, but I do know that he's a black guy.

[Troll Daddy]

Every team has pitching concerns. If the FO doesn't add a arm before the season ... it's not a big deal. Plenty of time during the season to improve. 

[totdprods]

9 minutes ago, ukyah said:

i'm perfectly satisfied with our lineup for now, but this team needs pitching in a bad way before any real thoughts of contention are realistic.

I think our pitching is in a much, much better spot than it was last year, and I cannot imagine Eppler won't add at least one, if not two, more arms before all is said and done. I wouldn't put us among the top staffs in the bigs, but I think it's within reason we can be competitive with what we have right now. 

It'd be a pretty brutal case of bad luck for us to have to rely on a group of pitchers as bad as last year's for 90 GS again. 

 

[Tank]

good move and i'm completely in favor if signing revere.

 

until he starts to suck and I'm completely against it.

[gurn67]

I'd rather see the $4 million go to some bullpen arms. However, base running and fielding has improved considerably since last season. If they could move Escobar and get someone there that can field and run the bases efficiently, they'd be off the charts in those two categories.