Elvin Rodriguez

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, DMVol said:

Except I'm not sure we had a lot of competition for Upton....not sure....

That doesn't really change things. If there was a lot of competition it's likely we don't get him.

[DMVol]

9 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

That doesn't really change things. If there was a lot of competition it's likely we don't get him.

If there wasn't much competition and but Detroit was going to move him regardless, then we were kind of bidding against ourselves, no?

[AngelsLakersFan]

26 minutes ago, DMVol said:

If there wasn't much competition and but Detroit was going to move him regardless, then we were kind of bidding against ourselves, no?

You have to bid above their level of apathy. There are still games left to play where they could have penciled him into the lineup even if there is no hope for the post season.

[Taylor]

If Elvin Rodriguez records a strikeout in the majors, people will say we lost the trade.

[Second Base]

Elvin doesn't have the arsenal to get nothing fed, but is very refined at a young age. Sort of like Barria in that respect.

If Upton stays, it was a great price to pay. If he opts out abs returns for more money, it's an ok deal. If he goes elsewhere, bad deal.

[arch stanton]

And if the Angels catch the Twins and get into the playoffs?

[Blarg]

I doubt anyone will remember this guys name next season. 

[Lou]

4 hours ago, DMVol said:

If there wasn't much competition and but Detroit was going to move him regardless, then we were kind of bidding against ourselves, no?

If there was no competition Detroit wouldn't have had any team to trade him to 

( apologies for ending a sentence with a preposition)

[Lou]

8 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

And when the Angels catch the Twins and get into the playoffs?

Órale 

[Docwaukee]

7 minutes ago, Blarg said:

I doubt anyone will remember this guys name next season. 

you must be new here.  

[Lou]

Speaking of a kick to the nuts . . .

99% of the posters here wouldn't know this guy if he came up and kicked them in the nads 

[tdawg87]

3 minutes ago, Lou said:

Speaking of a kick to the nuts . . .

99% of the posters here wouldn't know this guy if he came up and kicked them in the nads 

Yeah but there's a good chance they'd know he was a "Rodriguez".

[Pheenom07]

Seems like a run of the mill Rondon to me..

[arch stanton]

Well you know how it is. In Eppler we trust. Until we don't

[Lou]

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

Yeah but there's a good chance they'd know he was a "Rodriguez".

99.5%

all those Dominicans look alike 

[ten ocho recon scout]

12 hours ago, wopphil said:

If Upton doesn't opt out of his deal, literally any prospect in our farm would have been a fair deal. Discontent over losing this guy - who isn't a top 10 prospect in a weak farm - is very premature.

Exactly. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

7 hours ago, Blarg said:

I doubt anyone will remember this guys name next season. 

Speak for yourself. Elvin is one of those names you remember. Just might forget eho it belongs to.

[DMVol]

13 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

You have to bid above their level of apathy. There are still games left to play where they could have penciled him into the lineup even if there is no hope for the post season.

I don't think they wanted to keep him, under any scenario--out of the race, cutting payroll and knowing he  was opting out...but you have to think somebody else besides us wanted Upton for Sept...

[Docwaukee]

of course someone else wanted Upton.   Or if the price was lower, they certainly would have taken him.  

Elvin is fun to dream on as a prospect because he's already got a repeatable delivery and throws strikes as well as the fact that he's got that projectable frame where his velocity could improve as he gains strength.  

Pretty bummed to lose both him and Long for what amounts to 30 games of Upton.   That's what you are getting.  30 games.  Nothing else is guaranteed.  So they took the risk for 30 games which sometimes you have to do, but that's ultra risky when you are doing it for one more game.  

To me, this only makes sense if you win that WC game.  

Let's be realistic.  Upton is opting out.  100%.  There's no way he's leaving 20-40 mil on the table.  So if we keep him at the price it would have cost to sign him as a free agent then it wasn't worth giving up players to get him.  

You have to win that WC game.  

[Chuck]

I applaud Eppler for taking the risk. 

The two going to Detroit could also very well be the next Ariel Pena and Johnny Hellweg. Both had good minor league numbers and a high K rate. Blah Blah. 

You cannot evaluate a trade until some 2-3 years after, if not much further out sometimes. 

I remember some were more pissed that we dealt Hellweg & Pena than Segura. 

[Erstad Grit]

Eppler has proved to me he can find inexpensive MLB pitching. Personally he's earned my trust to trade any pitcher who isn't thriving.  

[Jeff Fletcher]

The fascination with a guy who has about a 2 percent chance of being any sort of impact major leaguer astounds me. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

On 9/15/2017 at 9:24 PM, Taylor said:

If Elvin Rodriguez records a strikeout in the majors, people will say we lost the trade.

If we go deep into the playoffs and Upton leaves next year it still was worth it, if he ends an Angel next season it was a absolute great deal...

[Lou]

54 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

The fascination with a guy who has about a 2 percent chance of being any sort of impact major leaguer astounds me. 

You're lucky. You haven't been here for a decade.

[Lou]

15 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Speak for yourself. Elvin is one of those names you remember. Just might forget eho it belongs to.

Isn't he the Cuban kid everyone was fighting over about 15 years ago?