THE Official 2019-2020 Hot Stove Thread

[Second Base]

Man.... Truth be told I really wanted the Angels to sign Yan Gomes. I thought his experience with Calloway would be a great tandem for guiding our young starters.

[Buttercup]

42 minutes ago, Lou said:

$11M for Suzuki and Gomes. 

Pass 

Fangraphs steamer projects those two to combine for 2 WAR next season. That’s in line with that salary. But, they have Max Stassi accumulating 1.6 WAR in only 59 games so...

I’m getting worried about the catcher situation for 2020. At this point it’s down to Castro, Maldonado, Avila maybe Martin. 

[Stradling]

I’ve heard that Eppler is talking to teams about prospect for prospect to get a MLB ready catcher.  For what that’s worth.  

[Inside Pitch]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

he said:" Good teams acquire projects".

we weren't a good team, therefore, we shouldn't acquire projects. 

I understand that...  Was saying the Angels needed to get good first.

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

I understand that...  Was saying the Angels needed to get good first.

[Claude]

We went from Mathis to Iannetta to Stassi so we’ve come full circle. 

[Stradling]

When narratives come full circle.

[Inside Pitch]

18 minutes ago, Stradling said:

When narratives come full circle.

No mention of how we went from Reggie Willits to Mike Trout....  Color me shocked!

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

No mention of how we went from Reggie Willits to Mike Trout....  Color me shocked!

No mention of Iannetta’s above league average OPS+ either.  

[mmc]

1 hour ago, Buttercup said:

Fangraphs steamer projects those two to combine for 2 WAR next season. That’s in line with that salary. But, they have Max Stassi accumulating 1.6 WAR in only 59 games so...

I’m getting worried about the catcher situation for 2020. At this point it’s down to Castro, Maldonado, Avila maybe Martin. 

I think Austin Romine is another good option for us to consider.  

[Glen]

4 hours ago, mymerlincat said:

I think Austin Romine is another good option for us to consider.  

Lettuce hope we can get him.

[Inside Pitch]

6 hours ago, mymerlincat said:

I think Austin Romine is another good option for us to consider.  

Romine would be my choice as well.

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Glen said:

Lettuce hope we can get him.

This wont get the laughs it deserves...  But I Loled....

[Stradling]

It deserves?  Sure it will.  

[Inside Pitch]

26 minutes ago, Stradling said:

It deserves?  Sure it will.  

It was a solidly awful Dad joke...

 

[Erstad Grit]

Iannetta was my least favorite catcher here ever. He had an uncanny ability to make strikes look like they were in the dirt.

[eligrba]

7 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

Iannetta was my least favorite catcher here ever. He had an uncanny ability to make strikes look like they were in the dirt.

I vote for Lucroy who could misplay a strike and turn it into a wild pitch.

[greginpsca]

16 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

Iannetta was my least favorite catcher here ever. He had an uncanny ability to make strikes look like they were in the dirt.

You must be too young to remember Matt Walbeck and Phil Nevin. The absolute worst defensive catchers in all of Angels history. Walbeck could catch the ball, but was the absolute worst pitch framer. He had a knack for taking a strike on the corner and presenting it 6 inches outside. He took so many strikes away from angel pitchers. Nevin had been converted to a catcher about a year before the Angels got him. Needless to say, he was converted back to the infield after he was traded to the Padres.

[Stradling]

Iannetta was proof defensively that Scioscia didn’t have more power.  

[Second Base]

Mathis was my least favorite. I don't know how many times I watched him airmail a ball into CF or LF on a stolen base attempt. Then there was the one time he threw the ball over to Trumbo at 1B while 2B was being stolen. My reaction at the time was complete shock. Then anger, then I just had to turn that game off and get off the internet. 

[CanadianHalo]

 

@Second Base I know you wanted him 

[Second Base]

22 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

 

@Second Base I know you wanted him 

Sure did. 

[zenmaster]

I think at this point I want Maldonado back. 

[totdprods]

23 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

I think at this point I want Maldonado back. 

Maldonado would be great. I like Castro and Avila too. Plenty of options on trade market still too. Eppler tends to do a good job finding reasonable catcher production cheap, Lucroy was really the only miss and he did have a pretty good offensive season going for awhile before his ice cold snap before being traded. 

[stormngt]

7 hours ago, Second Base said:

Mathis was my least favorite. I don't know how many times I watched him airmail a ball into CF or LF on a stolen base attempt. Then there was the one time he threw the ball over to Trumbo at 1B while 2B was being stolen. My reaction at the time was complete shock. Then anger, then I just had to turn that game off and get off the internet. 

And yet he was still in the majors after all these years.