New team Proposal

[shortmann24]

Trout cf

Aybar ss

Trumbo 1b

Hamilton Lf

Chris iannetta C

Howie Kendrick 2b

Alberto callaspo 3b

Kaleb cowart DH

9.Kole kalhoun RF

Pitching rotation

Jered weaver

Cj Wilson

Jason Vargas

Garret Richards

Tommy Hanson

Manger: bud black

Hitting coach: darin erstad

Pitching coach: Troy Percival

Bench coach: Tim salmon

1rd base: Alfredo griffin

3rd base: Dino ebel

Notes:

Trade peter borujos for prospects or possibly a young third baseman.( no one over 28 years old)

Release joe Blanton

Trade hank conger for prospects

This would only work if pujols walked off his contract

Sorry if I misspelled any names.

[nate]

Cowart is a young 3b

Calhoun is hurt

Tim Salmon would be a hitting coach and Erstad would be a bench coach.

 

Also, Calhoun and Cowart have not shown they could make it in the bigs yet.

 

In all, this is never going to happen.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

You expect/want those changes to happen this year? The manager (HC, PC, HC) changes that you listed are unlikely to happen and they definitely won't happen this season. Why would anyone trade a ML starter for Blanton?? He's one of the worst starters in the ML.

[shortmann24]

You expect/want those changes to happen this year? The manager (HC, PC, HC) changes that you listed are unlikely to happen and they definitely won't happen this season. Why would anyone trade a ML starter for Blanton?? He's one of the worst starters in the ML.

next year.

[Angel Oracle]

Anything is better than what is going on now, that's all I know.

 

But yes, any major changes won't come until the off-season.

Maybe just a "kick them in the rears to get attention" move, like with letting Hacker go a year ago 

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

Pujols isn't going anywhere any time soon.  Odds are the only starter you get for Blanton is an equally bad pitcher who makes about the same unless you move him right before the deadline next year for pretty much nothing and that's only if the team is out of it.  Trading young players who are producing makes little or no sense because they aren't making much, they're under club control and you're banking on their backups to produce.  Teams with huge payrolls don't have a lot of options and what Boston did when they traded A. Gonzalez, Crawford, etc was a miracle.  I understand that fans are frustrated and deservedly so but when you hand out big contracts those players need to produce or you're pretty much screwed.  The Angels need to work with what they have, try to improve the farm system and look for bullpen arms.       

[Angel Oracle]

It can be said that the Gugginheim Group saved the Red Sux franchise from total ruin, and they own the Raviners. 

 

Think the Gugginheim Group would take Pujols and Hamilton off our hands?   

[shortmann24]

Pujols isn't going anywhere any time soon.  Odds are the only starter you get for Blanton is an equally bad pitcher who makes about the same unless you move him right before the deadline next year for pretty much nothing and that's only if the team is out of it.  Trading young players who are producing makes little or no sense because they aren't making much, they're under club control and you're banking on their backups to produce.  Teams with huge payrolls don't have a lot of options and what Boston did when they traded A. Gonzalez, Crawford, etc was a miracle.  I understand that fans are frustrated and deservedly so but when you hand out big contracts those players need to produce or you're pretty much screwed.  The Angels need to work with what they have, try to improve the farm system and look for bullpen arms.       

yeah I kinda figured this will probably never happened but was just making a what if.

[thevisiontm]

I also doubt you could get *STARTERS* for Joe Blanton.  Lifetime he is 83-80 with a 4.41 ERA and climbing.

[fan_since79]

Pujols isn't going anywhere for at least the next four years

 

Perhaps the team and he could arrange a buyout at that point. He'll be 37 and I don't even want to contemplate his possible stats.

[Angel Oracle]

I'd settle for him retiring after year 5, and giving him $10 million/season for years 6-10, if the rumor of his walking away if not able to play well anymore is true.

That saves at that point some $17 million/season on average from 2017-2021.  

[Jason]

That's a lot of unproven coaches. Nostalgic but they're not MLB coaches, yet. Black for manager? Has it worked for him in SD?

[stormngt]

   I understand that fans are frustrated and deservedly so but when you hand out big contracts those players need to produce or you're pretty much screwed.   

This is the understatement of the year.  We can complain all we want about the managing, the farm system, but the Angels failure is resting on big money players who are performing WAY below expectations.

[Angel Oracle]

It does make you wonder about Pujols' actual age.

4 years older is probably a reach, but for all we know he could be 35 instead of 33.

It's too bad the new tv contract was apparently partly contigent on signing him.

[AZMike]

It does make you wonder about Pujols' actual age.

4 years older is probably a reach, but for all we know he could be 35 instead of 33.

It's too bad the new tv contract was apparently partly contigent on signing him.

 

High School Senior photos of the angels "big three":

 

 

 

Pujols could very well be a few years older (~21 instead of ~18 in the above pics) or it could be that he matured quickly for his age and, consequently, peaked earlier, which isn't much different practically speaking. 

[Angel Oracle]

That is pretty old looking for age 18.

[Bob Trop]

If his feet and knees don't hold up his age won't matter. You can't hit without a strong base.