Any chance the Angels will sign Keuchel after the draft?

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

incorrect 

didn't we already cover this?

Fletcher corrected himself.  He misread what the rule was.  

[Docwaukee]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

incorrect 

didn't we already cover this?

we did and it was determined that jeff fletcher was incorrect.  

[Docwaukee]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

incorrect 

didn't we already cover this?

I agree. 

[Lou]

7 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

we did and it was determined that jeff fletcher was incorrect.  

Seriously?  

In that case, Fletch owes me a beer 

[Docwaukee]

8 minutes ago, Lou said:

Seriously?  

In that case, Fletch owes me a beer 

truth.  (for both)

[Rico]

6 hours ago, mp170.6 said:

What's the point?  This team isn't going anywhere in 2019.

To have him for 2020 and 2021.

[mp170.6]

10 minutes ago, Rico said:

To have him for 2020 and 2021.

The dude wants top dollar.  We'd be throwing away $15-20 million signing him for 2019.  No way.

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, mp170.6 said:

The dude wants top dollar.  We'd be throwing away $15-20 million signing him for 2019.  No way.

I completely agree.  

[disarcina]

he will sign after the draft.

Angels should be in the bidding but will likely get out bid

[beatlesrule]

[2112]

I don't think the draft pick has anything to do with it.  Teams don't think he's worth what he's asking.  

He'll flameout before the end of the contract.  

 

Pass.  

[ScruffytheJanitor]

On a side note-- man, the MLBPA needs to fix this issue. Why in the hell would they ever agree to attaching a Pick to a player signing?

I really expect this next labor dispute to be huge. If the MLBPA doesn't attempt to eliminate draft pick compensation (or just reduce it to "comp picks"), stop teams from holding prospects for a month just to avoid "starting the clock,:" and reduce the number of seasons before FA to five instead of six, I have no idea what they are doing.

[DMVol]

12 hours ago, Dochalo said:

I agree. 

So do I....

[Stradling]

18 minutes ago, ScruffytheJanitor said:

On a side note-- man, the MLBPA needs to fix this issue. Why in the hell would they ever agree to attaching a Pick to a player signing?

I really expect this next labor dispute to be huge. If the MLBPA doesn't attempt to eliminate draft pick compensation (or just reduce it to "comp picks"), stop teams from holding prospects for a month just to avoid "starting the clock,:" and reduce the number of seasons before FA to five instead of six, I have no idea what they are doing.

It’s an easy adjustment.   Don’t take a pick away from a team just give a comp pick to the team losing the free agent. 

[zenmaster]

He's way out of our budget. And this is a good thing.

[DCAngelsFan]

11 minutes ago, Stradling said:

It’s an easy adjustment.   Don’t take a pick away from a team just give a comp pick to the team losing the free agent. 

This. 

A secondary effect of the current system is that the cost is "less" for successful teams to sign a FA with compensation attacked vs a less successful team - in theory, the opposite of what's intended.  In signing a FA with comp attached, a team that gives up their #12 pick is yielding a valuable asset, what has a pretty good chance of being a MLB starter; while the team wins the World Series the previous year is giving up an end-of-round pick that is worth far less.   

The actual position of the compensation pick (picks) could be based on that players performance, and  similarly, a re-evaluation of the Type A/B previous compensation system may be in order - perhaps a first round plus a sandwich pick for top tier departing FA's.

There are lots of options - but it's dead easy to improve the obviously badly flawed current system.

[eligrba]

The Angels already have enough players for us to blame Eppler for signing.  I don't think they need any more.

[Chuck]