Angels Sign Dustin Ackley to Minor League Deal

[Docwaukee]

He's your Brandon Wood.  

[ettin]

6 hours ago, totdprods said:

Stacking up that depth. SLC is starting to look a little more filled out.

Yeah when you combine this with that new pitch clock they installed it'll give a real hourglass figure.

[zenmaster]

Our wasted potential stat would be off the hook if that stat was tracked. 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

So, we just signed the Mariners equivalent of George Arias?

 

 

 

Sahweet! At least he is better than BWood!...... kinda'

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

If Ackley makes our roster it means a number of things. 

1. A major player got hurt.

2. A backup got hurt.

3. We have absolutely no one else to give ab's to or even trade for.

4. Gives us something to complain about similar to John McDonald and Featherweight.

He's just not good! Even in Yankee stadium with the short porch in right last year he hit....

.161

.289

.161

compared to on the road...

.133

.188

.133

vs. rh starters......

.146

.236

.146

.382

 

I would almost rather see the first ever middle schooler signed and given playing time to!

 

Hey! But, But, But, he was a 1st rounder!!!!!!....... smh......

[Stradling]

Yea those things or he became a decent major leaguer. 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Yea those things or he became a decent major leaguer. 

The stats don't lie!!!

Shakira Shakira!

 

[Erstad Grit]

He's not very good.  However guys who were tagged with high  potential will usually get low risk chances like this.  Let's hope he figures something out and forces our hand during the spring.  

[Troll Daddy]

The miss handled excuse is bogus. When opportunity knocks you ethier shine or you don't. 

[ettin]

21 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

The miss handled excuse is bogus. When opportunity knocks you ethier shine or you don't. 

I knew you were a closet Dodgers fan!

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

23 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

The miss handled excuse is bogus. When opportunity knocks you ethier shine or you don't. 

 

1 minute ago, ettin said:

I knew you were a closet Dodgers fan!

 

[Second Base]

If nothing else, Ackley is a decent defender at 2B and pretty much wherever else you put him. 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

5 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

If nothing else, Ackley is a decent defender at 2B and pretty much wherever else you put him. 

He hasn't played 2B regularly since 2013 53 games and in 2012 147 games with 7 errors..... That's about as small a sample size as you can get!

[John Smith]

1.  Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeyman 9m9 minutes ago

    

 

dustin ackley will make $2.25M in majors, plus $1.4M incentives #LAAngels

 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

3 hours ago, John Smith said:

1.  Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeyman 9m9 minutes ago

    

 

dustin ackley will make $2.25M in majors, plus $1.4M incentives #LAAngels

 

That's a bit steep for a scrub!...

[ettin]

It seems to me that Dustin Ackley would be a great corner infielder/outfielder off the bench. His defense is much more passable at the corners probably and if he only hits against RHP and can reproduce the 10% BB% and 5.5% K% he had in 2016 (50 PA's but K% correlates at 50 PA's so....) you might have a useful backup player (big if here though I'm not holding my breath on this).

Probably the Angels have him here in case they are not in contention at the trade deadline and can stick him in to replace Espinosa or someone else that gets traded.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

10 hours ago, ettin said:

It seems to me that Dustin Ackley would be a great corner infielder/outfielder off the bench. His defense is much more passable at the corners probably and if he only hits against RHP and can reproduce the 10% BB% and 5.5% K% he had in 2016 (50 PA's but K% correlates at 50 PA's so....) you might have a useful backup player (big if here though I'm not holding my breath on this).

Probably the Angels have him here in case they are not in contention at the trade deadline and can stick him in to replace Espinosa or someone else that gets traded.

Dude has played mostly the OF, 1B and DH over the last few years.... And has never played 3B in his career.....

[ettin]

2 hours ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

Dude has played mostly the OF, 1B and DH over the last few years.... And has never played 3B in his career.....

The reason he never played 3B was due to an arm injury earlier in his career that prevented him from throwing from across the diamond so maybe that is a stretch I agree. However someone who couldn't quite stick at 2B could hypothetically move to the corner OF spots and be above average, it happens all the time.

It was just a thought that crossed my mind I can be dissuaded by a good argument Slappy!