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Winter meetings, implications of Othani


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#1 Pujols is on the clock.  He will be expected i think to play more 1B to maintain full time ABs. 

#2 4th OF becomes more important.  I suspect Calhoun may be traded at the winter meetings.    Assuming Othani takes over as a part time OF 3-4 days a week that means whoever is the 4th needs to be more than a filler.   I dont think he wants to just DH, hes athletic, fast... im sure he will play some OF. 

#3 Cron may also be traded.   Cant see the need for 3 1b men.  Valbuena can fill it at both corners, Cron cannot.  I like him, but it might be time to cash in that chip. 

#4 IF still a need, Moustakis still on the radar.  if we go that way Cowart at 2B for defense alone might make sense. 

#5 either of the guys above could be packaged for a 2B in trade.   Hernandez etc.  

#6 still would like to see some more quality relief added, SP depth is now off the chart. 

Winter meetings, time to close up the loose ends

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Just now, floplag said:

#1 Pujols is on the clock.  He will be expected i think to play more 1B to maintain full time ABs. 
Fingers crossed here - bright side is that if he can stay healthy enough to play 1B, his value increases even if his offensive numbers don't dramatically improve.

#2 4th OF becomes more important.  I suspect Calhoun may be traded at the winter meetings.    Assuming Othani takes over as a part time OF 3-4 days a week that means whoever is the 4th needs to be more than a filler.   I dont think he wants to just DH, hes athletic, fast... im sure he will play some OF. 
I could see Ohtani serving as a 4th/5th OF in some capacity actually. We may need a super-sub UT IF type who can cover a lot of positions, including 1B late in game should Pujols need a replacement on the bases. ALSO - Ohtani's starts may mean no DH, so we may need to treat ourselves as a pseudo-NL team with a deeper bench and more PH depth late in game. Acquiring at least one multi-positional players would be huge.

#3 Cron may also be traded.   Cant see the need for 3 1b men.  Valbuena can fill it at both corners, Cron cannot.  I like him, but it might be time to cash in that chip. 
Agreed, hard to see where Cron fits.

#4 IF still a need, Moustakis still on the radar.  if we go that way Cowart at 2B for defense alone might make sense. 
Could see that, but we'd be stuck with Simmons/Calhoun for lead-off. I think we'll see a Kinsler/Walker/Cabrera type before Cowart.

#5 either of the guys above could be packaged for a 2B in trade.   Hernandez etc.  

#6 still would like to see some more quality relief added, SP depth is now off the chart. 

Winter meetings, time to close up the loose ends

 

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I think this closes the door on a guy like Santana because I think first base will be Albert’s with Valbuena being the back up.  

i think this opens the door for someone like Moustakas.  

If we trade Calhoun it will be for a long term solution at 2nd base.  It would also lead to a Jay Bruce type signing.

i could see Bourjos brought in as a fourth outfielder.  Whoever the fourth outfielder is they have to be able to play CF.  

 

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6 minutes ago, totdprods said:

I could see Ohtani serving as a 4th/5th OF in some capacity actually. We may need a super-sub UT IF type who can cover a lot of positions, including 1B late in game should Pujols need a replacement on the bases. ALSO - Ohtani's starts may mean no DH, so we may need to treat ourselves as a pseudo-NL team with a deeper bench and more PH depth late in game. Acquiring at least one multi-positional players would be huge.

Otani doesn't hit on his pitching days or the day before or the day after. He will probably DH 3 days a week. He can also PH as needed, on days he doesn't start. He hasn't played in the OF since 2014 or any position since then except pitcher.

As far as super Utility IF we already have Cowart, he can play all the IF position especially 3B and 2B.

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3 minutes ago, JAHV said:

I'd say package pitching and prospects for Hernandez, sign Moustakas, maybe pick up a relief pitcher and call it an offseason. That would be one crazy offseason. 

With the addition of Ohtani and Pujols having to play 1B more....I think Valbuena becomes the back up 1bman

We sign Mous for 3B and look to add a Walker or Hernandez.

Cron goes for something, anything or nothing

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12 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I think this closes the door on a guy like Santana because I think first base will be Albert’s with Valbuena being the back up.  

I wouldn't count Santana out until Otani signs elsewhere, I think the main reason they consider Pujols to play more 1B is to let Otani DH. Otani will only DH about 3 games a week if he sticks to the schedule he was on in Japan. So Pujols will only need to play 1B on the days Otani the DH. IMO

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6 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Otani doesn't hit on his pitching days or the day before or the day after. He will probably DH 3 days a week. He can also PH as needed, on days he doesn't start. He hasn't played in the OF since 2014 or any position since then except pitcher.

As far as super Utility IF we already have Cowart, he can play all the IF position especially 3B and 2B.

Angels were only team willing to let Ohtani play every day. 

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3 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

I wouldn't count Santana out until Otani signs elsewhere, I think the main reason they consider Pujols to play more 1B is to let Otani DH. Otani will only DH about 3 games a week if he sticks to the schedule he was on in Japan. So Pujols will only need to play 1B on the days Otani the DH. IMO

Which is why I think we focus on 3B and let Valbuena be the back up option when Pujols breaks down from playing 1B

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1 minute ago, HaloNArizona said:

Which is why I think we focus on 3B and let Valbuena be the back up option when Pujols breaks down from playing 1B

You could...or sign Escobar to platoon with Valbuena at 3b and go big at 2b (not sure who there except Hernandez)....2b still has to get fixed....

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4 minutes ago, Cdaniel said:

Didnt Ohtani only pitch like 25-30 innings last year?  Maybe his role this year is in the Pen with a spot start every once in awhile.

No way. He's gonna start, but will likely be in a innings limit. Makes me wonder if the Angels trade a SP during the meetings or not. IDK if they can really afford to move a starter considering how many question marks they have there with regards to injuries

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