When I see these two guys as the top two prospects in baseball

[Chuck]

I just pisses me off that Jerry Dipoto blew his wad on Roberto Balodquin and didn't go after any of these two... especially Vlad's son who would have easily signed IF we had the $$$ not spent on Balodquin. 

Per Baseball America

[arch stanton]

Beyond just looking at those 2 names, 8 of the 10 are international signees. Looks like we got locked out of a pretty stacked market

[Docwaukee]

8 of the 10 are foreign players who we had access to.  

[Chuck]

1 minute ago, Dochalo said:

8 of the 10 are foreign players who we had access to.  

This too! 

[Kenny]

I wanted Vlad jr just because he's Vlad jr.  Didn't expect him to be a potential superstar in the making.

PS. I hope they start calling him little daddy Vladdy.

[zenmaster]

Doesn't Vlad have like 10 more kids? Any updates on them? Maybe we should pursue them early.  

[Chuck]

Vlad finished the season with a .323/.425/.485/.910 slash, belting 13 HR, while walking 76 times vs. 62 strikeouts all as an 18-year old. 

[well_red]

f'ing dipoto and servais and their "high floor" players.  incompetence.  still seethe at this article:

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/106579140/the-angels-and-prospect-roberto-baldoquin-are-a-perfect-match/

[Chuck]

But the Angels saw a polished player with the ability to stay at shortstop, the arm strength to play anywhere on the diamond, the disciplined approach to hit in the big leagues and -- perhaps most important of all -- the least risk possible.

"His floor was very high," said Servais, who is in charge of scouting and player development. "His ceiling is good, don't get me wrong; we like his ceiling. But his floor is very high."

[JarsOfClay]

So what's the status of Baldoquin?  I see he is still stuck in single A with pretty horrid numbers.  Is he just a bust?  Or are they counting on him as a starting infielder?

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, JarsOfClay said:

So what's the status of Baldoquin?  I see he is still stuck in single A with pretty horrid numbers.  Is he just a bust?  Or are they counting on him as a starting infielder?

Yes, they are still counting on him as a starting infielder. 

[Lou]

40 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

Doesn't Vlad have like 10 more kids? Any updates on them? Maybe we should pursue them early.  

Is MLB like little league, where a kid is automatically placed on a team if his dad is a coach? If so, make Vlad the hitting coach

*yeah, we never abused that LL rule 

[red321]

He's 11th on the list...just missed Chuck's cutoff.

[Angel Oracle]

%&&@#&* U Dipeutered and Scott GotServaised!

[Lou]

Just now, red321 said:

He's 11th on the list...just missed Chuck's cutoff.

Yep, looking forward to seeing him in San Bernardino in 2020 

[zenmaster]

Here's a good article on Vlad Jr.

http://heavy.com/sports/2017/07/vladimir-guerrero-jr-family-dad-uncle-cousins/

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

1 hour ago, zenmaster said:

Doesn't Vlad have like 10 more kids? Any updates on them? Maybe we should pursue them early.  

Vlad has 10 kids in the D.R. and summa' kids all across the good ole USofA! 20-30 of them have to have some athletic ability.....15 of Vlad's daughters are probably better prospects than  Baldoquin....

 

I kid, I kid, Well, kind of....

[tdawg87]

Dipoto needs to go to prison and get beaten with a wet soapy dick 

[UndertheHalo]

It was a huge break for us that Dipoto was too much of a bitch to deal with the Catorce.  Who knows where we'd be now.  Probably doomed to 20 years of baseball hell. 

Wonder why he didn't get any respect eh.  

Edited September 7, 2017 by UndertheHalo

[Make Angels Great Again]

Baldoquin has to be the dumbest, biggest miss on the international stage, bar none.

When you add in the money he cost, and the negative consequences of missing on Vlad Jr and Moncada it's a screaming, raging dumpster fire of the highest order.

[Angel Oracle]

27 minutes ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

Baldoquin has to be the dumbest, biggest miss on the international stage, bar none.

When you add in the money he cost, and the negative consequences of missing on Vlad Jr and Moncada it's a screaming, raging dumpster fire of the highest order.

Another post where I wish I could give multiple likes

Nice outsmarting of yourself, you dumbass Dipeutered!

[UndertheHalo]

6 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Another post where I wish I could give multiple likes

Nice outsmarting of yourself, you dumbass Dipeutered!

Did he really outsmart himself tho AO ? I think he just sucks at being a professional baseball GM. 

Especially the scouting part. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Moncada hasn't been very good at the ML level so far.

[Angel Oracle]

30 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Moncada hasn't been very good at the ML level so far.

Pretty decent OBP though (.189/.323/.349/.672) in 31 games so far in 2017

[Inside Pitch]

4 hours ago, well_red said:

f'ing dipoto and servais and their "high floor" players.  incompetence.  still seethe at this article:

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/106579140/the-angels-and-prospect-roberto-baldoquin-are-a-perfect-match/

Man, the comments section of that article is comedy gold...  So much praise for Baldoquin and his swing...