Has this been the quietest Angels offseason of all-time?

[Make Angels Great Again]

The slowest one I remember was the 2006-2007 off season where our most noteworthy signings were GMJr and Shea Hillenbrand.

 

That sucked.

[totdprods]

The offseason after '02 was the quietest, hands down, at least in terms of offseason transactions. 

Eric Owens was our biggest free agent signee. Zero trades. Re-signed Fullmer. Barry Wesson, Adam Riggs, Wil Nieves, and Eric Cyr were our minor league depth moves.

Very easy to not give a shit at the time though...

[Erstad Grit]

4 hours ago, totdprods said:

The offseason after '02 was the quietest, hands down, at least in terms of offseason transactions. 

Eric Owens was our biggest free agent signee. Zero trades. Re-signed Fullmer. Barry Wesson, Adam Riggs, Wil Nieves, and Eric Cyr were our minor league depth moves.

Very easy to not give a shit at the time though...

Seriously. I remember not caring too much about 2003. The world series high probably lasted a year for me. 

[gurn67]

10 hours ago, totdprods said:

The offseason after '02 was the quietest, hands down, at least in terms of offseason transactions. 

Eric Owens was our biggest free agent signee. Zero trades. Re-signed Fullmer. Barry Wesson, Adam Riggs, Wil Nieves, and Eric Cyr were our minor league depth moves.

Very easy to not give a shit at the time though...

Agreed. The only change from the 25 man roster that won the World Series was Eric Owens. In fact, I remember him jokingly saying that if the Angels didn't repeat in 2003, he would get all the blame.

[Rico]

We don't have the arms to truly compete this year.  2017 is basically an audition for the 2018 team.  So there were no big splash moves this off-season.

[Jeff Fletcher]

Last offseason was quieter. 

Yet somehow Eppler in 16 months has quietly turned over about 16 guys who will be on the opening day roster.

[Blarg]

Pretty amazing when you think of it. Right under everyone's nose Eppler  has done what should be considerred a full rebuild. 

[Ohtaniland]

2 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Last offseason was quieter. 

Yet somehow Eppler in 16 months has quietly turned over about 16 guys who will be on the opening day roster.

Very stealthy approach without committing ridicules money while signing contracts that he can pull the plug on if needed. So much better to have movable assets going forward. 

[Blarg]

Ridiculous.

Please, enable your spell check.

[Ohtaniland]

36 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Ridiculous.

Please, enable your spell check.

Thank you Mr Trump. 

[Slegnaac]

20 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

I dunno, it would seem like it on paper, but I don't remember it being so long and boring. 

I blame it on a disturbance in the Time Space Continuum 

[California Cajun]

6 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Last offseason was quieter. 

Yet somehow Eppler in 16 months has quietly turned over about 16 guys who will be on the opening day roster.

Do you know anything about Wieters,  his salary expectations,  and if the Angels are interested in signing him?  

 

[eligrba4ever]

This past offseason was quite busy but not as buzzy as some other stomach-churning years. We're well down the road from the JeDi dysfunction. Mike's contract is what it is and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets another managerial extension. I read an ESPN guy the other day who was listing the expected failures for the upcoming season. The Angels did not make his list and there seemed to be about 15 slots on it. I kept scrolling expecting the Halos to show up until I got to the end. Wieters might be nice to have, but THAT nice if the price is too high.

[VariousCrap]

On 2/3/2017 at 7:04 AM, Rico said:

We don't have the arms to truly compete this year.  2017 is basically an audition for the 2018 team.  So there were no big splash moves this off-season.

 

I'm sorry, I just don't agree with this.  I think this team wins 85+ in 2017.

 

 

[ScruffytheJanitor]

On 2/2/2017 at 0:52 PM, Scotty@AW said:

There was also the time Reagins whiffed on Carl Crawford and Adrian Beltre and traded for Wells. It was pretty quiet other than that. unless you count all of the wailing and gnashing of teeth that would result from that trade. 

FIFY. 

[gotbeer]

It hasn't been a splash of an offseason.  But we have been making some good smart moves.

But, after the season ended, most on here were under the impression that we needed help in the pen.  And we have not addressed that at all. 

So while the field and the bats have been vastly improved.  If we get to the pen and they hit it where we can't field it.  It's going to be a long season.