The Official Gerrit Cole (Please sign with the Angels) Thread

[disarcina]

On 11/8/2019 at 10:28 PM, Sean-Regan said:

Re: The Dodgers

I’ve been saying this for awhile. Shaikin agrees.

actually, I am somewhat surprised  that there are not more teams taking this approach,  The huge long term mega contracts tend to burn more teams than help them -- but I guess when they get it right it leads to championships and a period of dominance in the league -- that's what keeps the owners willing to pony up the big dollars.  

looking around MLB it appears to be going the same way that some folks say our society is going/ headed -- a few elite stars with mega multi-year contracts,  a big fall off to the everyday player and then the MLB minimum.

no more 'middle class' represented in MLB as the 6-8 year MIF type veteran with a $8 million per year contract,

these guys help win titles (Howie Kendrick for example) but the economics of MLB are pushing them out fast making them nearly extinct on MLB rosters.  Instead they want a young prospect, preferably with some college ball experience, they can place on the roster, pay the MLB minimum and have under 'club control' for 4 to 6 years.

and looking around the stands in MLB games, one wonders how much longer owners will be able to pay out the type of contract Cole is said to be demanding,

 

[tdawg87]

8 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

 

I literally have no idea what point Duquette is trying to make here.

[UndertheHalo]

13 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

I literally have no idea what point Duquette is trying to make here.

It is retarded.  From what I gather I guess he’s saying it’s impossible that Arte will work with Boras ever again on account of the Texiera thing.  That even tho literally 30 seconds earlier he talks about a similar situation with Angelos and now they’ve done business AND they talk about how a deal with Harvey just got done.  
 

i mean he thinks he won’t sign here, that’s fine but these reasons are nonsense. 

[eligrba4ever]

So Buster reports that the first contract ask by Boras and Cole will be north of $300 million. Congratulations to Brian Cashman and Hank Steinbrenner!! (Maybe.) 

It is only the "first ask." Arte and Billy will have to talk them down. It MIGHT work.

[rottiesworld]

16 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

I literally have no idea what point Duquette is trying to make here.

That he Duquette is an idiot 

[T.G.]

$30 plus million a season for 30 starts...

God Bless America.

[T.G.]

 

[martinpa25]

[tdawg87]

But I thought Arte hated Boras

[T.G.]

We are doomed...

 

 

[T.G.]

 

[tdawg87]

"Cole in their stocking"

You know what, I don't want Cole anymore.

[T.G.]

 

[UndertheHalo]

29 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

"Cole in their stocking"

You know what, I don't want Cole anymore.

This is a lie 

[tdawg87]

3 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

This is a lie 

[Taylor]

46 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

"Cole in their stocking"

You know what, I don't want Cole anymore.

That's because all your stockings are already full.

[Chuck]

1 hour ago, martinpa25 said:

Who is Scott Botas?

[Pancake Bear]

54 minutes ago, True Grich said:

 

This is the one thing I saw that Boras said today that concerns me. I don’t believe the Yankees or Dodgers or Astros will offer close to what we would be willing to offer in terms of money, so it doesn’t concern me that much. The playoff teams in general are either overextended or don’t have that much money to spend. I just wonder if Cole looks at our 90 losses and thinks, “They’re going nowhere.”

[UndertheHalo]

It’s just posturing man.  Everything both sides say is BS.  The good news is that they’ve obviously engaged in talks. 

[beatlesrule]

He didn't win the Cy Young. Pass

[Chuck]

 

[Pancake Bear]

39 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

It’s just posturing man.  Everything both sides say is BS.  The good news is that they’ve obviously engaged in talks. 

But saying teams that don’t win enough aren’t going to get Cole seems to suggest current playoff teams have an advantage. Most things he says are designed to get himself more money. The only ways I can make sense of that one is, 1) If you want him to sign with you, you'd better be prepared to spend on more players (a disproportionate amount of whom have Boras as an agent, or 2) If your team sucks, it’ll cost you more to sign him. Edit: I guess 3) would be countering the Yankees narrative that he doesn’t want to play in New York. 

[UndertheHalo]

He’s of course angling for more money. 
 

- Comes out that they had a meeting

- Gerrit doesn’t care about geography 

- Gerrit cares very much about “winning” 

weird how he’s dismissing the perceived favorable points for the Angels and pumping up the issues.  Very convenient. 

Edited November 14, 2019 by UndertheHalo

[Tank]

7 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Who is Scott Botas?

it's scott boras' super secret name when he wants to go undercover.

[Tank]

5 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

He’s of course angling for more money. 

this. a lot.