Angels interested in Anthony Rendon

[Bronson]

1 minute ago, CanadianHalo said:

Lol when we lose out to the Rangers for Rendon

Arte is all in! He will not be denied!!!

 

Get it done Art.

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, Jeremiah said:

I guess. But there were also big investments in Colon, Nibbles Wilson, and Escobar.

Colon before 2004 signed for 5 years/$65 million.   So in 2019 dollars, maybe a big investment.

But Nibs at 5 years/$77 million from 2013-2017 was a decent but not huge investment.

Escobar before 2004 signed for only 3 years/$18 million. 

[RallyMo]

51 minutes ago, Vladdylonglegs said:

Trouts career is wasted. It was his choice. This team is fundamentally flawed in every single way. 
 

This team is coming off a 90 loss season for goodness sakes. What would have Cole made them? A 76 win team? Where would the run support come from? A $600M off season of Cole and Rendon wouldn’t have even been enough. So how do they just “win now”?

lol ok

[Bronson]

Man everyone is just so deflated.

 

Even if we get Rendon I don't think people will be that excited.

[T.G.]

2 minutes ago, Bronson said:

Man everyone is just so deflated.

 

Even if we get Rendon I don't think people will be that excited.

What are you talking about?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Docwaukee]

3 minutes ago, Bronson said:

Man everyone is just so deflated.

 

Even if we get Rendon I don't think people will be that excited.

[eaterfan]

I'd be pretty excited. He's not as great a fit as Cole would have been because of the pitching needs of this team but he will be a big contributor. Plus, he will allow for some security heading into Simmon's impending free agency.

[UndertheHalo]

I’ll be excited and relieved to get Rendon.  

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Cole would have put me at a 100. 
 

Rendon puts me at a 99. 

[Angelsfan1984]

Rendon adds so much to the team in terms of his lineup presence, his defensive ability and not to mention the ability to move the surplus infield depth for pitching.

[Jason]

1 hour ago, krAbs said:

Yeah....We aren't getting Rendon either. Angels will not spend, or win.

It's not that they won't spend as the Trout/Pujols contracts confirms that. The issue is that they can't compete with the big boy clubs in free agency. The best strategy is for them to develop talent and and sign them before they hit the market. 

[Jason]

12 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

That is kind of sexual

[bloodbrother]

Just now, Jason said:

It's not that they won't spend as the Trout/Pujols contracts confirms that. The issue is that they can't compete with the big boy clubs in free agency. The best strategy is for them to develop talent and and sign them before they hit the market. 

They can, they just don't want to because they aren't willing to go beyond the luxury tax threshold.

[halonatic13]

You would think signing Rendon would happen sooner than later.  Is Boras counting his dollar billz or something?

Angels...don't make this offseason worse.

[Jason]

5 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

They can, they just don't want to because they aren't willing to go beyond the luxury tax threshold.

That means they don't have as deep of resources as them. That is part of why they can't compete. You also have to factor in that the club doesn't make the playoffs all that often and these FAs may simply not want to play in Anaheim. The Angels are to the Dodgers what the Clippers are to the Lakers. Nothing sexy about playing for the Angels. I think the Halos lucked out with Ohtani because he didn't want the spotlight and extra pressure when most of the guys want that attention and fame. Not trying to be a downer but it's just my observation

Edited December 11, 2019 by Jason

[krAbs]

6 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

They can, they just don't want to because they aren't willing to go beyond anywhere near the luxury tax threshold.

FTFY

[RallyMo]

Y'all are a bunch of whiny babies. You must chill.

[Reveille1984]

It's still odd to me the urgency in which Eppler salary dumped Cozart packaged with a first rounder when no moves were imminent.  Especially with how hard he's worked to build back our farm to an acceptable level the last few years.

It basically moved our payroll from $140M to $127M (CBT threshold being $208M).  Especially if we don't get Rendon, it just seems like a shortsighted waste of a recent high pick.

[WeaverFever]

8 minutes ago, Reveille1984 said:

It's still odd to me the urgency in which Eppler salary dumped Cozart packaged with a first rounder when no moves were imminent.  Especially with how hard he's worked to build back our farm to an acceptable level the last few years.

It basically moved our payroll from $140M to $127M (CBT threshold being $208M).  Especially if we don't get Rendon, it just seems like a shortsighted waste of a recent high pick.

I agree. Especially with such an emphasis on building within, I don’t get it. 

[Bronson]

Watching Rendon highlights.... yeah we need this guy. 
 

 

 

 

[Lou]

let's say our offer was 8/$290M.  that's a higher AAV than Cole received from NY.

but Arte doesn't want to spend . . . 

 

 

dumbasses. 

[SoWhat]

 

[Lou]

2 hours ago, RallyMo said:

Y'all are a bunch of whiny babies. You must chill.

Rally is back! 

[failos]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

let's say our offer was 8/$290M.  that's a higher AAV than Cole received from NY.

but Arte doesn't want to spend . . . 

 

 

dumbasses. 

Fascinating logic

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Reveille1984 said:

It's still odd to me the urgency in which Eppler salary dumped Cozart packaged with a first rounder when no moves were imminent.  Especially with how hard he's worked to build back our farm to an acceptable level the last few years.

It basically moved our payroll from $140M to $127M (CBT threshold being $208M).  Especially if we don't get Rendon, it just seems like a shortsighted waste of a recent high pick.

It totally does. 

But I assume when it was made, they assumed Cole was happening. Supposedly they had a meeting with boras yesterday afternoon. They likely tried to clear as much as they could going in to that meeting.