Angels claim Brian Goodwin....

[DMVol]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/03/angels-claim-brian-goodwin-release-waivers-royals.html

 

 

[DMVol]

I agree:

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   9 hours ago,  totdprods said: 

Bourjos has officially made the team.

Rangers released Ben Revere, Denard Span is still a FA, and Brian Goodwin was a recently released/DFAed outfielder who could be an interesting pick-up.

My bet is they’ll roll with Fletcher and Bourjos covering LF and an extra IF, but could see Puello or a last-minute pick-up too. 

I have always liked Revere but I'm a little intrigued with Goodwin....

 

[Second Base]

Goodwin is someone we'll need likely to platoon with Bourjos in LF and serve as the 4th OF until Upton is back. 

My only concern is.....does this mean we can expect Upton to be out for an extended period?  Seriously, a sprained toe?  Not broken, sprained.  This has happened to me a few times and I'm guessing if it's happened to me it's happened to you guys.  It was more like it was sore and swollen and blue for a couple days and within a week or so I was back to normal.  

[Angelsfan1984]

Best addition since Rondon

[Chuck]

Good pickup. 

[Chuck]

From the comments:

Jesus Castillo gets the DFA to make room

And wow did that guy ever fall apart fast in the Angels system! Fangraphs had him as the teams #7 prospect, both mlb and Sickles had him at #12, to enter last season

[Taylor]

This move could be a good win for the Angels.

[floplag]

After all the talk about seeing Fletcher in the OF for a short outage, this must be telling us they are seriously concerned about Upton's Toe.  

[mrwicked]

this IS the piece.

[DMVol]

4 minutes ago, floplag said:

After all the talk about seeing Fletcher in the OF for a short outage, this must be telling us they are seriously concerned about Upton's Toe.  

Maybe not....Goodwin was basically free....if Upton is back in a month and there is no spot for Goodwin, you release him...

[Lou]

YES !!!

who's going to the parade?

[IEAngelsfan]

48 minutes ago, Taylor said:

This move could be a good win for the Angels.

[floplag]

15 minutes ago, DMVol said:

Maybe not....Goodwin was basically free....if Upton is back in a month and there is no spot for Goodwin, you release him...

i wasnt expecting him to be gone a month so...   thats kinda what i meant 

[nando714]

Pujols bats third tomorrow 

[DMVol]

10 minutes ago, floplag said:

i wasnt expecting him to be gone a month so...   thats kinda what i meant 

He could force some difficult decisions if he does well....we really don’t have room for 5 OF’ers but I guess they could juggle the roster some.....he has a skill set that is intriguing....but he has to produce....

[jordan]

Seems interesting that the Angels will have 2-3 players (Stratton, Freeman, Goodwin) on opening day roster who didn’t play a day for them in spring training. I don’t recall that happening in recent memory. 

[Docwaukee]

1 minute ago, jordan said:

Seems interesting that the Angels will have 2-3 players (Stratton, Freeman, Goodwin) on opening day roster who didn’t play a day for them in spring training. I don’t recall that happening in recent memory. 

yeah.  lot of movement at the end of camp. 

pretty meh on Goodwin personally.  Would rather have seen them go with Walsh or Ward.  

[m0nkey]

Black guy sighting

[m0nkey]

Angels claim a black guy.  Racism alive and well

[Angelsfan1984]

Turf toe can linger. I’ve had it for nearly  9 months. That included PT and shockwave therapy 3 times a week. Any tiny movement can jack it up. Hopefully his isn’t as bad 

[jordan]

5 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

yeah.  lot of movement at the end of camp. 

pretty meh on Goodwin personally.  Would rather have seen them go with Walsh or Ward.  

I wouldn’t trust Walsh or Ward in the outfield for more than a game or two. 

[totdprods]

19 minutes ago, jordan said:

Seems interesting that the Angels will have 2-3 players (Stratton, Freeman, Goodwin) on opening day roster who didn’t play a day for them in spring training. I don’t recall that happening in recent memory. 

Didn’t that happen last year? I think Schimpf, Morris, Graterol, Revere, and Almonte were added right before opening day, and at least 2-3 of them were on the club during then opening series.

[Docwaukee]

9 minutes ago, jordan said:

I wouldn’t trust Walsh or Ward in the outfield for more than a game or two. 

if we added Ward, it would be Fletcher in the OF.  

Walsh is decent enough in the limited times I've seen him although the halos don't seem to think so.  

[jordan]

27 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Didn’t that happen last year? I think Schimpf, Morris, Graterol, Revere, and Almonte were added right before opening day, and at least 2-3 of them were on the club during then opening series.

But were they added without a spring training game under their belt and before the first regular season game?  Seems like Graterol, Revere, and Almonte were at least signed during off season. Schimpf, I have no idea about his transaction, though I think it was late in spring training. 

[jordan]

33 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Didn’t that happen last year? I think Schimpf, Morris, Graterol, Revere, and Almonte were added right before opening day, and at least 2-3 of them were on the club during then opening series.

Graterol was DFA’d and the other were added on minor league contracts.