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

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, Dochalo said:

that guy broke the Bour signing.  and then Bour broke.  

@beatlesrule still thinks the guy is legit.

[Tank]

2 hours ago, krAbs said:

 

@Tank, how'd the meeting go?

the quinoa was excellent. highly recommend it to everyone. 

our server was beatrice, a wonderful young lady full of life and joy. highly encourage you to sit in her section.

the mountain dew flowed freely and really helped keep the evening loose and productive.

no other news to report . . .  yet.

[Tank]

11 hours ago, Dochalo said:

Garret Cole and Mickey Calloway seen having dinner in Newport Beach with a third gentleman who was mostly busy eating a quinoa salad with tofu and downing a mountain dew.  He was wearing a shirt that said 'vote for stickboy' and humming the theme from iron eagle.   https://ift.tt/2Ow4DRH  #angels

i love this. 

[Chuck]

Gerrit Cole's first game for the Angels against his former team on national tv. 

 

[Taylor]

17 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Gerrit Cole's first game for the Angels against his former team on national tv. 

 

I wish it was at Angel Stadium so we could boo the Astros. 

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

Gerrit Cole's first game for the Angels against his former team on national tv. 

 

I hope that's enough time for them to figure out a new way to cheat.  

[Tank]

34 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

I hope that's enough time for them to figure out a new way to cheat.  

[Tank]

[Tank]

[Dtwncbad]

I would rather outbid another team by $73m on Cole to get Cole.

Cole pitching to Maldonado is better than Harvey pitching to Grandal.

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 hours ago, Tank said:

i love this. 

The iron eagle part especially.

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Gerrit Cole's first game for the Angels against his former team on national tv. 

 

The best part is, the fans will boo him every pitch... which means their batters wont hear the fake armpit fart signal from the dugout that the next pitch is a slider.

Edge Lowell.

[krAbs]

We need Mike Trout to email this to Cole:

 

[Inside Pitch]

7 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

It's probably the guy that broke that Harper news last offseason's troll son. 

Just another hour and I'm sure we will see the Dodgers have signed Harper....

[Inside Pitch]

15 hours ago, Dochalo said:

Garret Cole and Mickey Calloway seen having dinner in Newport Beach with a third gentleman who was mostly busy eating a quinoa salad with tofu and downing a mountain dew.  He was wearing a shirt that said 'vote for stickboy' and humming the theme from iron eagle.   https://ift.tt/2Ow4DRH  #angels

Tank should have brought Victor's mom along to seal the deal.

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Inside Pitch said:

Tank should have brought Victor's mom and a gallon of penicillin along to seal the deal.

it might've helped.

[Dick B Back]

5 hours ago, Taylor said:

I wish it was at Angel Stadium so we could boo the Astros. 

MLB will make the Stros play all of their games on the road next year as part of their punishment.

[Second Base]

Yeah I know what Reddit says, but I've also recently read the Angels are NOT going to be the highest bidder for Cole. This comes from a reliable source.

[Tank]

32 minutes ago, Second Base said:

Yeah I know what Reddit says, but I've also recently read the Angels are NOT going to be the highest bidder for Cole. This comes from a reliable source.

You didn’t hear it from me.

[Pancake Bear]

1 hour ago, Second Base said:

Yeah I know what Reddit says, but I've also recently read the Angels are NOT going to be the highest bidder for Cole. This comes from a reliable source.

If they aren’t, F Arte. 

[Pancake Bear]

4 minutes ago, Second Base said:

It was hard to believe myself, but after mulling it over for a couple of hours, it started to make more sense. There's a very real limit to how much they're willing to spend, and unless Eppler pulls off a trade for someone good, without giving up our best prospects, then the only avenue to improvement is via free agency or building from within.

The Angels have been in on many free agents this winter and last and have unfortunately come to short each time. I think Eppler knows what Arte is willing to spend and hasn't already himself to negotiate beyond that point. So guys like Corbin, Grandal, Moustakas, Keuchel and Happ, are receiving dollar amounts that Billy deems unwise.

I think Billy is going to be very careful about who he invested in, and how much. They'll bid on Cole and make a competitive offer, but unless something changes, the Angels will finish second or third. The real annoying part of that happens will be the way the media sounds it. Like he was the perfect fit and the Angels blew it, which may it may but be true.

Just my guess at this point, but I'm thinking it'll be Wheeler, Hamels and Gomes at catcher, and that payroll will hardly go up at all. They might get Pineda too.

 

I’d sign Cole only rather than those three, personally. 

[Second Base]

Ok let me back track. I think I misspoke because I just reread it. In order to sign Gerrit Cole RIGHT NOW, it would require paying him more than they're paying Trout and that's just not a direction the team is willing to go.

So maybe the Angels will be the high bidder, but right now they aren't going to meet the skiing price.

[Pancake Bear]

15 minutes ago, Second Base said:

Ok let me back track. I think I misspoke because I just reread it. In order to sign Gerrit Cole RIGHT NOW, it would require paying him more than they're paying Trout and that's just not a direction the team is willing to go.

So maybe the Angels will be the high bidder, but right now they aren't going to meet the skiing price.

Aav or total money? Because if Boras thinks anyone is paying Cole 430+, he’s having a laugh. Either way, I doubt that what he’s asking for is what he gets unless some idiot drives the bidding up. 

Otoh, if the Angels say no one can have a higher aav than Trout, period, that’s idiotic. Trout has a 12 year contract. Cole’s at most would be 8. At 2/3 the length for the best pitcher in baseball (arguably), I’m not entirely ruling out an aav over Trout’s, although I remain skeptical  he’s asking 37m(+) over 8 years, and I’m majorly skeptical than any team is going, “Yeah, we’re in the ballpark.”

[Chuck]

A podcast on How to get Trout to the playoffs and how will Gerrit Cole age.

 

[Troll Daddy]