Angels Pursuing Ohtani

[Turd Ferguson]

59 minutes ago, greginpsca said:

I read an article a couple of days ago saying this. And with the Padres interview being the last one, i would not be surprised if it was them.  The only negative there would be their ability to let him play 2 ways. That stadium will kill any hitters power stats. Playing in the NL West would have him hitting in SF, LA,SD; 3 of the toughest parks for hitters.

If he's not with us, I hope he's there. 

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, greginpsca said:

I read an article a couple of days ago saying this. And with the Padres interview being the last one, i would not be surprised if it was them.  The only negative there would be their ability to let him play 2 ways. That stadium will kill any hitters power stats. Playing in the NL West would have him hitting in SF, LA,SD; 3 of the toughest parks for hitters.

Good point, although Angel Stadium could be considered similarly tough for LHH's to hit for power.   Come to think of it, so is Safeco Field?

All five West Coast parks on his list of 7 teams are tough on LHH's who hit for power.  

[Troll Daddy]

3 hours ago, Stradling said:

Fletch said last night in a tweet that Trout wasn’t there.  I think I also read Trout is getting married on Saturday. 

The milk will no longer be free lol 

[Troll Daddy]

3 hours ago, totdprods said:

Think he will make another round of cuts and visit cities, or decide with what he knows now?

Good answer 

[ukyah]

6 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

I think personally when there is a piece that looks like a perfect fit, you just pay the fair price and don't get cute.  It is perfectly fine for the other team to be happy and have a round of high fives.

You make a deal and pay a fair price.  You don't need to to always "win" the trade if your "win" is you land exactly what you need.

I always use the same analogy.  You are putting together a show car.  You have 90% done and you need a bumper and a hood.  It is fine to overpay a bit to get those last critical pieces so that you have a complete car.  So the bumper guy sees your need and edges the price up.  It is what it is.

Buy the bumper.  You need it.

Obviously you don't willingly get crushed but a small overpay to get the exactly "perfect piece" is more smart than stupid.  The roster as a whole is always going to be more important that the cost of one piece.

I imagine the car owner at the car show, showing the car with no bumper or the wrong bumper.  Hey good for him.  He held his ground and refused to overpay by $400.  And that's the explaining he is doing to everyone as the car next to him wins best in show. . .

this is a great post. i can really relate to it. 

[IEAngelsfan]

4 hours ago, Tank said:

lunch with him on thursday. i'll let you know what i find out. konichi wa.

Please don't dress up as a Geisha.  It didn't go well the last time you did that.

[ukyah]

5 hours ago, Stradling said:

Ok.  Everything we’ve read says he wants to be a two way player.  He also asked for an outline of how he’d be utilized.  If they aren’t planning to give him regular at bats in the DH spot then he probably won’t consider us a contender for his services.  Now it’s totally possible that the narrative of him wanting to be a two way player is being overstated, but I wouldn’t assume that at all. 

we live in a world where people believe what they want to believe irregardless of the evidence in front of them. the gm of the baseball team flat out tells you what they have planned if they sign him, screw that, i've got my own ideas and they're just as meaningful as the gm's.

[bloodbrother]

Gotta be one of the teams who only had $300K right? Cubs? Giants? Padres?

[totdprods]

2 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

Gotta be one of the teams who only had $300K right? Cubs? Giants? Padres?

Angels could keep loading up and use it on Braves prospects if Ohtani goes elsewhere haha. Wonder if perhaps it's one of the teams with more money trying to get a leg up before another team has more $$$ to offer.

[Angelsfan1984]

Bet it's the angels trading cron...

[bloodbrother]

Uh oh.

 

 

[m0nkey]

Hopefully it's just Dipoto making a trade for fun

[totdprods]

I take that as a good sign actually...means they didn't feel comfortable enough in their current standing and needed to try and add more money to the pot, and we've seen money isn't Shohei's driving factor.

[bloodbrother]

Twins had $3.25 million left. If the M's got all of that then they'd jump ahead of Texas for most available $$$ to offer Ohtani

[jordan]

1 minute ago, totdprods said:

I take that as a good sign actually...means they didn't feel comfortable enough in their current standing and needed to try and add more money to the pot, and we've seen money isn't Shohei's driving factor.

Exactly what I was thinking.

[Stradling]

Isn’t there a rule saying you can’t acquire more bonus pool money than you originally were allotted?  

[bloodbrother]

 

[Chuck]

11 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

Gotta be one of the teams who only had $300K right? Cubs? Giants? Padres?

Angels?

[southpaw]

Might also mean the M's are getting rid of an outfielder for Ohtani to fit. 

[southpaw]

Well guess not.  

[Stradling]

Time to trade for Dee Gordon and some more bonus pool money.

[totdprods]

Still would be interesting if the Angels pry away some more int'l money though. Marlins and Pirates have a good chunk.

[bloodbrother]

Lol what is happening!

 

[m0nkey]

Why wouldn't the twins use their excess money and try to sign any of the braves guys?  They had 3.245 million before the trade

[m0nkey]

Just now, bloodbrother said:

Lol what is happening!

 

Wow i hope he picks tonight.  The anticipation is too much