Angel freakanomics

[notherhalo]

The off-season is boring, here's some:

Trading for Teixera and than NOT resigning him actually got us Trout. (The Yanks pick)

Trading with Toronto for Wells actually hurt us more by giving Napoli (and Vlad) to our rival at the time.  

There's gottoa be more 

[Erstad Grit]

Mo Vaughn was actually very productive here.  

[AngelArcher]

Krod signing with the Mets netted Trout. Unless you actually believe they had Grichuk higher on their board. From what I remember, it was an inside joke between Morhardt and Bane taking Grichuk first and possibly a negotiation tactic.

[fanfromday1]

Letting Nolan Ryan walk because two 9-8 pitchers (I believe that was the number) could take his place.

[itsKnoppUitsme]

7 minutes ago, fanfromday1 said:

Letting Nolan Ryan walk because two 9-8 pitchers (I believe that was the number) could take his place.

8-7

[Ray McKigney]

10 hours ago, AngelArcher said:

Krod signing with the Mets netted Trout. Unless you actually believe they had Grichuk higher on their board. From what I remember, it was an inside joke between Morhardt and Bane taking Grichuk first and possibly a negotiation tactic.

I read somewhere, or it may have been on Trout's Before the Bigs episode on FSW, that taking Grichuk was a negotiating tactic. It gave the team some leverage because Jeff Trout was turning the screws on them about the amount of the signing bonus.

[YouthofToday]

15 hours ago, notherhalo said:

The off-season is boring, here's some:

Trading for Teixera and than NOT resigning him actually got us Trout. (The Yanks pick)

Trading with Toronto for Wells actually hurt us more by giving Napoli (and Vlad) to our rival at the time.  

There's gottoa be more 

This. It was a negotiating ploy to lower his bonus dollars. Trout was #2 on the Yankees and Angels board that year. Many Rockie scouts were super high on him yet that faction lost out on draft day. 

13 hours ago, AngelArcher said:

Krod signing with the Mets netted Trout. Unless you actually believe they had Grichuk higher on their board. From what I remember, it was an inside joke between Morhardt and Bane taking Grichuk first and possibly a negotiation tactic.

 

[Lou]

the whole singing bonus ploy has to be bullshit. they both received over $1.2M and the difference between the two was $27K

 

 

[happybat4]

18 hours ago, Erstad Grit said:

Mo Vaughn was actually very productive here.  

Times were different than. He had a couple 1.8 war seasons. Nothing special.

[tdawg87]

Jeff DaVanon had a 3.2 WAR season in 2003 with a 113 OPS+. 

[Docwaukee]

6 hours ago, Lou said:

the whole singing bonus ploy has to be bullshit. they both received over $1.2M and the difference between the two was $27K

 

 

I didn't realize they gave bonuses for that.  Is Trout a soprano?  I heard Grichuk sounds like a combo of Jesus and Fergie.   

[Tank]

8 hours ago, Lou said:

the whole singing bonus ploy has to be bullshit. they both received over $1.2M and the difference between the two was $27K

Any aria from La Traviata usually gets you a bit more.

[Docwaukee]

lol.  I went step brothers and tank went Giuseppe Verdi.  

[Angel Oracle]

8 hours ago, Lou said:

the whole singing bonus ploy has to be bullshit. they both received over $1.2M and the difference between the two was $27K

 

 

Trout will, Trout will, rock you!

Stomp, Stomp, Stomp

Stomp, Stomp, Stomp

[Angel Oracle]

6 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Jeff DaVanon had a 3.2 WAR season in 2003 with a 113 OPS+. 

Most of which was in San Juan.

[Lou]

3 hours ago, Dochalo said:

I didn't realize they gave bonuses for that.  Is Trout a soprano?  I heard Grichuk sounds like a combo of Jesus and Fergie.   

of course he's a Soprano. he's from Jersey. 

[Lou]

jerks 

[Tank]

4 hours ago, Lou said:

jerks 

i agree.