Do not bring in Josh Donaldson

[UndertheHalo]

Donaldson is not signing a 1 year deal.

[Second Base]

From what I was told a little less than a year ago, before Ward broke out, that Cozart moving to second base was the plan all along. Him moving to 3B had actually dry little to do with him and was more about the fact that Kinsler was a better defender and would cost significantly less to play 2B than whoever it was they had planned on pursuing at 3B. I'm feeling like that was Moustakas but never confirmed that.

So Cozart is moving to 2B where he was extremely impressive defensively.

Fletcher is a utility player and he's part of the plan moving forward. They don't have any concrete plans yet, but he may have played his last minor league game already. It sounds like they'll open the season with Fletcher in direct competition with Cozart to start at 2B, with the loser taking the utility spot.

So whoever they're looking at for third base, they feel this player will be an every day player. Now I've talked to some that think Ward has done enough in the minors that he's earned his spot in the lineup. This person just happens to be connected with the Angels so his opinion carries more weight, but others also feel like he's been rough in making adjustments and could use more time, particularly on defense in the minors.

Using my own logic and opinion,, I'm feeling like they're going to pursue a one year option at 3B. 

Call me crazy, but I think the Angels are going to trade for Anthony Rendon.

[mulwin444]

8 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

From what I was told a little less than a year ago, before Ward broke out, that Cozart moving to second base was the plan all along. Him moving to 3B had actually dry little to do with him and was more about the fact that Kinsler was a better defender and would cost significantly less to play 2B than whoever it was they had planned on pursuing at 3B. I'm feeling like that was Moustakas but never confirmed that.

So Cozart is moving to 2B where he was extremely impressive defensively.

Fletcher is a utility player and he's part of the plan moving forward. They don't have any concrete plans yet, but he may have played his last minor league game already. It sounds like they'll open the season with Fletcher in direct competition with Cozart to start at 2B, with the loser taking the utility spot.

So whoever they're looking at for third base, they feel this player will be an every day player. Now I've talked to some that think Ward has done enough in the minors that he's earned his spot in the lineup. This person just happens to be connected with the Angels so his opinion carries more weight, but others also feel like he's been rough in making adjustments and could use more time, particularly on defense in the minors.

Using my own logic and opinion,, I'm feeling like they're going to pursue a one year option at 3B. 

Call me crazy, but I think the Angels are going to trade for Anthony Rendon.

Even 1 year of Renden would be nice but at what cost?  What kind of deal gets you Renden without compromising your future?

[Docwaukee]

14 minutes ago, Vladdylonglegs said:

The good news is when Arte signs Donaldson for $200M we won't have to worry about Scioscia batting him 3rd all season long. A Trout, Donaldson, Pujols, Upton MOTO with Ohtani sitting would be horrible.

so now that Scioscia isn't coming back, is this what we're going to have to deal with?  Some made up thing MS 'would have done' even though he most certainly wouldn't have?

[mulwin444]

4 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

so now that Scioscia isn't coming back, is this what we're going to have to deal with?  Some made up thing MS 'would have done' even though he most certainly wouldn't have?

It's proactive trolling...

[Stradling]

4 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

so now that Scioscia isn't coming back, is this what we're going to have to deal with?  Some made up thing MS 'would have done' even though he most certainly wouldn't have?

Yes we have to deal with bad opinions followed by bad opinions.  You can take the Scioscia out of the organization but you can’t take the retard out of AngelsWin.  I think that is how the old saying goes.  

[AngelsFaninGA]

Donaldson is exactly the kind of player that turns into a pumpkin and bats .220 as soon as we sign him. We've made this mistake too many times already

[Stradling]

33 minutes ago, Vladdylonglegs said:

The good news is when Arte signs Donaldson for $200M we won't have to worry about Scioscia batting him 3rd all season long. A Trout, Donaldson, Pujols, Upton MOTO with Ohtani sitting would be horrible.

It is about as horrible as you wasting brain space thinking Arte would give him $200 million.  You aren’t this stupid, you aren’t this disengaged with reality as it relates to baseball.  You are just this much of a troll to say really stupid shit so guys like me will tell you how stupid you can be.  Go back to the hangout forum so we can all make fun of you over there.  

[Lou]

read at your own risk.

(Donaldson is batting.167 with an OPS of .506)

[Lou]

On October 1, 2018 at 8:56 AM, Stradling said:

You aren’t this stupid, you aren’t this disengaged with reality as it relates to baseball.

this is my favorite part 

[Stradling]

22 minutes ago, Lou said:

this is my favorite part 

I was still right. 

[Angel Oracle]

45 minutes ago, Lou said:

read at your own risk.

(Donaldson is batting.167 with an OPS of .506)

He's just channeling his inner Bour.

[failos]

Remember when this guy won the MVP over Trout? What a joke.

[Troll Daddy]

54 minutes ago, Lou said:

read at your own risk.

(Donaldson is batting.167 with an OPS of .506)

You act as though those stats actually mean anything ... you’re better than this 

[m0nkey]

6 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

You act as though those stats actually mean anything ... you’re better than this 

Holy shit, you used you're properly.  You deserve a like just for that.

[Lou]

8 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

You act as though those stats actually mean anything ... you’re better than this 

they do. 

and I'm not. 

[mulwin444]

Look, everyone gets "Lou'd"...even Lou gets "Lou'd"...just take the "L" and move on.

[Pancake Bear]

Lol. Pujols playing over Ohtani or batting lower than Upton. He’s behind Bour and Simmons this year.

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

read at your own risk.

(Donaldson is batting.167 with an OPS of .506)

In before someone says unironically, "That's still better than half of our current lineup!"

[Jay]

1 hour ago, mulwin444 said:

Look, everyone gets "Lou'd"...even Lou gets "Lou'd"...just take the "L" and move on.

 

[Stradling]

Oh look the twins marked me as a troll, that’s cute.  

[UndertheHalo]

I willed this into not happening.  Pretty happy about it. 

[Roy Hobbs]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Oh look the twins marked me as a troll, that’s cute.  

The twins, that's pretty good

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, Roy Hobbs said:

The twins, that's pretty good

I almost don’t like saying it because at least one will actually engage in conversation,  But yea, they share a lot of the same opinions.  

[Claude]

4 hours ago, failos said:

Remember when this guy won the MVP over Trout? What a joke.

Trout’s own teammates were to blame for that. 

Donaldson 136 ab’s wRISP

Trout 88 ab’s wRISP

Edited April 9, 2019 by Calzone 2