Angels Sign OF Kole Calhoun to Extension

[gurn67]

Not that i want to see him traded, but his trade value went way up with this deal. Fantastic deal of the Angels!

[JAHV76]

Great signing Eppler!

[UndertheHalo]

nothing to complain about here.  I don't think this could have realistically turned out any better for the Angels.

[Glen]

Now he's gonna suck in 2017.

[Troll Daddy]

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

On 1/18/2017 at 0:33 PM, hangin n wangin said:

I'm hard.

You seem to get hard a lot.

[Jeff Fletcher]

On 1/18/2017 at 1:07 PM, Tyler said:

This is actually nice of the Angels to do.

This thinking always intrigues me. 

Teams give players deals like this only because they are expecting to save money. 

And the club option year is about the most team friendly thing imaginable.

Not to say Calhoun is getting screwed by getting $26M, but the Angels didn't do it to do him a favor. 

[Blarg]

@Jeff Fletcher the Angels could have paid him arbitration money and Cole could have risked injury. Guaranteed contracts are the nicest thing a franchise can do for an athlete. It is all risk for the Angels and none for Calhoun. 

[Jeff Fletcher]

4 hours ago, Blarg said:

@Jeff Fletcher the Angels could have paid him arbitration money and Cole could have risked injury. Guaranteed contracts are the nicest thing a franchise can do for an athlete. It is all risk for the Angels and none for Calhoun. 

I promise you they aren't doing it to do him a favor. 

They believe there is a better chance of him performing at a level that would earn him more money if they let him go Year to year. And he doesn't really have to get any better to do that. If he simply stays healthy and performs the same he'd make more money than the Angels are giving him. 

Calhoun is giving up some money in exchange for the security if he gets hurt or something. 

But when you think of it, there's a really really small risk of him suffering an injury so bad he wouldnt still get paid. 

Look at Garrett Richards last year. He still got a raise. Look at Tyson Ross. He's still going to be guaranteed $6M, with a chance at $9M, this season. 

Look at Ben Revere. He was awful and hurt in 2016 and he's still getting $4M in 2017. 

So the player is essentially buying some insurance against a catastrophic injury by leaving $4-5M on the table. 

It works for both sides. Neither is doing the other a favor, though. 

[Blarg]

It is more to Calhoun's advantage to take the money as career insurance than it is for the Angels to save a few bucks in arbitration. Revere isn't a great example, if healthy last season he is not taking a $4 million dollar contract.

Career ending may be rare but career disrupting isn't. You have guys like Eric Davis, Juan Encarnacion, Mo Vaughn, Don Mattingly, Nomar Garciaparra even Josh Hamilton, those are just a few big names that lucked out and got their paydays before injuries ruined their game. You can probably find a long list of guys that were on the cusp and ended up never getting back to the majors like Adam Greenberg of the Cubs that got hit by a pitch in his first MLB game that sent him back to the minors for good.

It was a good signing for both sides but is still all risk for the Angels.

 

 

[Jeff Fletcher]

Agree to disagree. 

I think you're overstating the likelihood of a career ending injury and underestimating how much money you make just from showing up in arbitration. 

[tdawg87]

Is the option a player option?

[Jeff Fletcher]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

Is the option a player option?

No

[tdawg87]

Sweet. That makes it better. 

[Tyler]

Problem with Calhoun is his age. 

22 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

This thinking always intrigues me. 

Teams give players deals like this only because they are expecting to save money. 

And the club option year is about the most team friendly thing imaginable.

Not to say Calhoun is getting screwed by getting $26M, but the Angels didn't do it to do him a favor. 

 

Calhoun is more proven than Jon Singleton, but that is the risk. Any time a team forfeits its right to non-tender a contract, then they are in a comprimising position.

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Agree to disagree. 

Dammit,  that's not how it works. We argue for four more pages then settle this like men with some athletic challenge. Like darts or jenga.

And beer. 

[tdawg87]

I'm an excellent driver.

[Troll Daddy]

30 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

I'm an excellent driver.

 

30 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

I'm an excellent driver.

You're a exception to the rule ... most women can't drive.

 

[tdawg87]

[Stradling]

18 hours ago, ANAHEIMBOB said:

He will be an Angel ,  without playing for the fat tomato.

K-Mart sucks. 

[Angel Oracle]

Dam_, now I am craving fish sticks.

[cez]

would love to see this guy in an m's uniform someday. congrats on the signing. looks like a very nice deal for all involved. 

[m0nkey]

On 1/19/2017 at 8:03 AM, Glen said:

Now he's gonna suck in 2017.

and 2018 and 2019

[Angelsfan1984]

Now that is some good reading LOL

[Angel Oracle]

Only 5.5 months left on that contract.....YAY!

Then that only leaves Pujols with a bad contract for 2020-2021, assuming Upton returns a month and a half from now and can still hit.