Justin Bour has agreed to a deal with the Angels

[jgimondo]

16 minutes ago, Billy_Ball said:

Is this a field goal?

Nope its a fumble/

[Billy_Ball]

Just now, jgimondo said:

Nope its a fumble/

Nope.  Maybe not a FG or TD, but at least a 1st down.

[GrittyVeterans]

I’m cautiously optimistic Pujols is going to limp out for the Cardinals series and then do the Ichiro move into the front office thing after that. Would be huge. We’ll see

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

With the acquisition of Bour who is a lefty power bat. Does this make Calhoun expendable to package for a starting pitcher? 

[Second Base]

Looking at this from far away, if Bour has a successful season against RHP, this move basically gives the Angels average production from 1B, which is worth a couple more wins than where they were at. 

Depending on the price, it's worth a shot.

[Broad Street]

This picture surfaced in my Facebook memories today from about 4-5 years ago. I was on a deployment when the Marlins sent out Your, Preston Wilson, and Chris Hatcher to say hi (along with the Marlins cheerleaders, I didn't know they were a thing). Pretty cool that he signed on the anniversary of me meeting him.

 

 

[totdprods]

Luis Valbuena, 3-yr before Angels: .243/.334/.442/.776, 114 OPS+, 3.9HR%, 21.7K%, 11.5BB%, 9.2XBH%

Bour last three years: .258/.352/.469/.820, 125 OPS+, 4.8HR%, 22HR%, 12.6BB%, 8.4XBH%

[totdprods]

10 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

I’m cautiously optimistic Pujols is going to limp out for the Cardinals series and then do the Ichiro move into the front office thing after that. Would be huge. We’ll see

Machado and Pujols have the same agent. Could be that’s what they were meeting about. 

Wouldn’t it be something if they added Machado because Pujols was retiring, and they packaged some IF prospects for a frontline arm?

[DMVol]

9 minutes ago, robblin17 said:

....Also, who knows how he is feeling after another surgery?

That is a wild card in all of this....you wonder how much he has left in his legs after multiple surgeries...

[CDiaz27?]

[ettin]

[ettin]

[Erstad Grit]

Joking aside.  He's an ok bat but brutal 1B. 

[fan_since79]

As soon as we sign a guy I've actually heard of, I'll get excited.

 

[ettin]

@Chuckster70 probably has a raging hard-on right now. 

[ettin]

23 minutes ago, Billy_Ball said:

 

Late innings PINCH-HITTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Stradling]

4 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

As soon as we sign a guy I've actually heard of, I'll get excited.

 

You’ve heard of this guy.  

[Chuck]

3 minutes ago, ettin said:

@Chuckster70 probably has a raging hard-on right now. 

[totdprods]

He does have very good/favorable splits for high-lev, close and late, and RISP situations. 

Not a bad deal depending on the dollars. Could be really solid, but also the type of player who can suck real fast.

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, totdprods said:

He does have very good/favorable splits for high-lev, close and late, and RISP situations. 

Not a bad deal depending on the dollars. Could be really solid, but also the type of player who can suck real fast.

He'll be 31 before the middle of the season.  He's fat, slow, plays horrible defense, and is coming off of his worst offensive season to date.  Still, sure, if he didn't cost much, who cares, give him a shot.

[ukyah]

1 hour ago, nando714 said:

Performance

wonder if he really means that 

they have to. there is zero upside to putting this out there publicly. in a larger market, they would be bringing this up to pujols immediatly for comment.

[Lou]

[UndertheHalo]

24 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Luis Valbuena, 3-yr before Angels: .243/.334/.442/.776, 114 OPS+, 3.9HR%, 21.7K%, 11.5BB%, 9.2XBH%

Bour last three years: .258/.352/.469/.820, 125 OPS+, 4.8HR%, 22HR%, 12.6BB%, 8.4XBH%

Ideally he doesn’t transform into Luis Valbuena (RIP). A repeat of that would be absolute mega dog shit. 

[ukyah]

35 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

seriously makes me wonder if Albert is going to announce that 2019 will be his last season.  

i've been wondering this for a bit now, too. some of the things eppler has been saying. some of the machado/harper speculation. if the angels knew that they were getting out from under pujol's contract, now would be the time to grab your guy. after one year, it doesn't affect your payroll at all, generally speaking.

[Lou]

15 minutes ago, ettin said:

Late innings PINCH-HITTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2018 PH stats:

.320 BA

.379/.720/1.099