Angels decline Kole Calhoun’s option

[JustATroutFan]

Some team is going to overpay for Calhoun. Just because he had those 30 plus home runs. In a way where the baseballs are flying out. So 30 home runs this past season ain’t saying much. 

[Docwaukee]

Kole seemed like a great guy and really good teammate but 14m for his services made this a bit of a no brainer.  

[Glen]

1 hour ago, m0nkey said:

Any chance they still bring him back?

 

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, Calzone 2 said:

We hit 220 home runs last season which was 12 home runs below the league average at 232. Now let’s take those 33 Calhoun home runs off the board.

But we need pitching.

 

so if we replaced Albert, you'd be worried about replacing his 23 hrs all of a sudden?

how about if we replace Kole's production regardless of the number of hrs he hit.  

and btw, Brian Goodwin had a 109 wRC+.  Kole's was 108.  Plus, Goodwin's defense is RF was solid.  Oh and Goodwin is super cheap and mostly a placeholder for Adell.  

 

[Angel Oracle]

[Docwaukee]

7 minutes ago, JustATroutFan said:

Some team is going to overpay for Calhoun. Just because he had those 30 plus home runs. In a way where the baseballs are flying out. So 30 home runs this past season ain’t saying much. 

that's exactly why someone's NOT going to overpay for him and why we were smart not to.  

someone might give him 2/14 which seems fair.  Frankly, though, I don't see his next deal getting over that.  

[failos]

Sad. I’ll miss him, but it needed to happen

[budice0]

Kole and CJ Cron always seemed to be the two

Mike Trout could relate to the most on the team.

Seemed to help keep Mike grounded.

[angels1963]

they should have kept him and traded Upton

 

[Jay]

18 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

What do you honestly see as being a return for him at the break?

I was hoping maybe we could get a pitching prospect. It was so obvious we wouldn't be picking up his option, there are less expensive options in-house.

Fairly certain I posted that a few times.

But, the Angels hadn't yet been numerically eliminated, "fragile clubhouse," etc.

It's also possible that no playoff teams needed/wanted him.

In any case we have to pay $1 million to watch him walk away.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

Upton has a full no trade clause.  Add his injuries and performance last year and that made it even less likely he gets moved unless it was a salary swap or the Angels included money in any such deal.  At best I think the Angels would get an extremely low level prospect for Calhoun but I really don't think there was interest as far as another team paying him a few million over the last few months of the season then another 1M to buy him out.

[Docwaukee]

9 minutes ago, Jay said:

I was hoping maybe we could get a pitching prospect. It was so obvious we wouldn't be picking up his option, there are less expensive options in-house.

Fairly certain I posted that a few times.

But, the Angels hadn't yet been numerically eliminated, "fragile clubhouse," etc.

It's also possible that no playoff teams needed/wanted him.

In any case we have to pay $1 million to watch him walk away.

@Jeff Fletcher insinuated as much.  

[Claude]

30 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

so if we replaced Albert, you'd be worried about replacing his 23 hrs all of a sudden?

how about if we replace Kole's production regardless of the number of hrs he hit.  

and btw, Brian Goodwin had a 109 wRC+.  Kole's was 108.  Plus, Goodwin's defense is RF was solid.  Oh and Goodwin is super cheap and mostly a placeholder for Adell.  

 

Albert is dead money. Cole could’ve and should’ve been moved by Eppler last season. He has value and could’ve got us a prospect. 

[Stradling]

If Kole had value he would have been traded.  

[Stradling]

46 minutes ago, Jay said:

I was hoping maybe we could get a pitching prospect. It was so obvious we wouldn't be picking up his option, there are less expensive options in-house.

Fairly certain I posted that a few times.

But, the Angels hadn't yet been numerically eliminated, "fragile clubhouse," etc.

It's also possible that no playoff teams needed/wanted him.

In any case we have to pay $1 million to watch him walk away.

The brilliant Yankees traded for Encarnacion Then decided to not to pick up his option and exercised his $5 million buyout. 

[Justin]

4 minutes ago, Stradling said:

If Kole had value he would have been traded.  

Wait... it takes two teams to make a trade?

[halonatic13]

1 hour ago, Dochalo said:

Plus, Goodwin's defense is RF was solid.

Did you watch any of Goodwin's games?  Asking for a friend.

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, SoPas Angel said:

Wait... it takes two teams to make a trade?

That’s the word on the street. Except when your go to method of dealing with everything is to blame rather than understand.  

[Jay]

7 minutes ago, Stradling said:

If Kole had value he would have been traded.  

What's funny, is that even though Calhoun had "no value" some here still want him on the team.

 

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, Jay said:

What's funny, is that even though Calhoun had "no value" some here still want him on the team.

 

I do for the right price.  

[tdawg87]

5 minutes ago, Jay said:

What's funny, is that even though Calhoun had "no value" some here still want him on the team.

 

I'm about to make a stellar point here

I think people would love to keep Kole for another year, just not for $14 million. 7-8 million, maybe. 

He has more value to the Angels than on the trade market.

[Chuck]

Kole was a great player for us and really kind in attending our Spring Fanfests over the years, 3 in total. 

Here's some pictures of his time at our events. 

 

 

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

2 hours ago, Tank said:

he could certainly start for several teams are looking for a quality OF.

The Indians could have used him last year. They were desperate for outfield help.

[Inside Pitch]

5 minutes ago, Jay said:

What's funny, is that even though Calhoun had "no value" some here still want him on the team.

If the Nick Castellanos trade is any sort of barometer then we can say his trade value was meh at best....  But that may have been enough to satisfy your desire for a pitching prospect.

At least you had an opinion on it at the time.

[Claude]

28 minutes ago, Stradling said:

The brilliant Yankees traded for Encarnacion Then decided to not to pick up his option and exercised his $5 million buyout. 

I think they got what they wanted out of him. But are you really knocking the Yankees? They did make the postseason again.