Rangers have acquired Kluber from the Indians

[SoWhat]

Wow, that’s it? Wtf is Eppler thinking? 

[floplag]

So, a 1.3 WAR CF and a reliever with tools that was Tex #30 prospect... thats it?   
I guess it comes down to what Cle felt it needed and we wouldnt include the OF in the deal i guess. 
Not happy about that one.

[jordan]

 

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

...I think its time to take a break from baseball right now...I am still expecting one more prospect to drop, if indeed that is all, and we couldn't top that...oh boy...

[Vlad27Trout27]

I think it has to be more...that is a pretty awful trade for the Indians.

[failos]

Why would the Indians ask for Adell but take so little from the Rangers?

[Blarg]

Just now, failos said:

Why would the Indians ask for Adell but take so little from the Rangers?

Who is quoted as saying they asked for Adell?

[Stradling]

They didn’t ask for Adell.  Teams know what their players are worth and they knew he wasn’t worth Adell.  

I wonder if this means they will be trading Hand.  

[jchalos89]

DDJr and Clase? wtf and Angels couldnt even offer anything better than that? wtf

[hangin n wangin]

That can’t be all they gave up. Deshields is nothing special. I get that the reliever has ridiculous stuff, but damn... wtf. That’s upsetting.

[floplag]

8 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Yea, I disagree, the Rangers have put together a serviceable rotation over the last couple of years, with Minor, Gibson, Kluber, Lynn.  

sure, but they were not much better than us last year differential wise... i guess they go out and get Donaldson maybe... who knows.  West is going to be rough. 

[zenmaster]

Highly doubt they asked for adell. Billy just didn't like their demands. 

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Rosenthal tweeted out that there was more heading CLE way but then deleted it. 

[failos]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

Who is quoted as saying they asked for Adell?

Nobody. I just figured that’s why the Angels stopped pursuing Kluber. The Indians must’ve asked for something ridiculous.

[SoWhat]

Eppler is a hoarder. If it wasn’t for Arte going after Rendon on his own, this offseason would be a gigantic pile of dog shit. 

[CanadianHalo]

Jesus Christ, if that was it...?

I didn’t even really want Kluber but they practically begged Texas to take him. 
 

I think Fletcher’s guess of what was being asked for was pretty close

[Stradling]

Just now, failos said:

Nobody. I just figured that’s why the Angels stopped pursuing Kluber. The Indians must’ve asked for something ridiculous.

Maybe Eppler didn’t think the risk was worth Rengifo and Sandoval or whatever the package was

[tdawg87]

Yikes.

 

[failos]

Just now, SoWhat said:

Eppler is a hoarder. If it wasn’t for Arte going after Rendon on his own, this offseason would be a gigantic pile of dog shit. 

He’s not a hoarder. He’s traded plenty of prospects as GM

[Taylor]

I'm sure Billy could easily have done the trade with a couple players who aren't part of the Angels future plans, but was just like, "Nah, bro, I'm going to piss off AW."

[floplag]

1 minute ago, jchalos89 said:

DDJr and Clase? wtf and Angels couldnt even offer anything better than that? wtf

To be fair, not if they were locked in on those positions we really couldnt without it hurting us.  WE dont have a ML ready CF to give up that doesnt hurt us.  I think we were banking on them needing a 2B which we had, but it would seem Cle decided to go  a different direction.
ill admit it does seem awful one sided to me but well see if thats all their is 

[rafibomb]

 

 

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Just now, SoWhat said:

Eppler is a hoarder. If it wasn’t for Arte going after Rendon on his own, this offseason would be a gigantic pile of dog shit. 

I didn’t even think about that. I got the impression that Arte was the one who got Rendon done, not Eppler...Billy better get some pitching and soon...his biggest weakness continues to shine through...

[Stradling]

Just now, failos said:

He’s not a hoarder. He’s traded plenty of prospects as GM

And the best one he has traded is a Left handed reliever for the Braves.

[Taylor]

Wait, so is Arte cheap, or is Eppler a hoarder? I'm excited for what the narrative will be next week.