The best and worst FA signings of the decade

[beatlesrule]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28290800/the-best-worst-free-agent-signing-decade-all-30-mlb-teams

Los Angeles Angels

Total dollars committed: $667.45 million (8th)
Decade wins: 822 (12th)
Playoff games: 3

Biggest contract: Albert Pujols, 2012 (10 years, $250 million)

One reason Mike Trout has never won a playoff game: The Angels have been absolutely inept in free agency. Maybe Anthony Rendon will finally change that. They've tried big-ticket items such as Pujols, C.J. Wilson and Josh Hamilton. They've tried the discount route, like last year's dice rolls on Matt Harvey and Trevor Cahill. Nothing has worked.

Good: Joe Smith, 2014 (3 years, $15.75 million)

Smith was a solid workhorse reliever in his two-plus seasons with the Angels, going 13-11 with 26 saves and a 2.89 ERA.

Bad: Pujols

Hard to believe that Pujols has now played eight seasons with the Angels. He has basically been a replacement-level player for four seasons now and has totaled 13.7 WAR in his Angels career, 4.8 of that coming in his first season -- the only season he has topped an .800 OPS in an Angels uniform. Put it this way: Since 2013, there have been 110 qualified first base/DH seasons of an .800 OPS or higher, an average of 15.7 per season. None of them have come from Pujols.

 

Very interesting to see how much teams spent for wins and playoff games. The A's for instance had more wins and playoff games than the Angels despite spending 400 million less.

[jchalos89]

I believe Josh Addicton's contract was worse than Puljos' if you look at the contract itself and how it turned out.

But I agree AP contract was the biggest mistake and setback for this franchise since Ham's contract was shorter and Arte was able to eat that shit up to get rid of him while AP contract lasts for a decade and we never got to get rid of him cuz he's a first ballot hall of famer

[Lou]

in before Jane's Addiction reference

[Slegnaac]

Of course we will never known how much the AP contract and treatment played into Mike Trout's decision to stay for life.

[Stradling]

Yk is about to lose his shit again.

[Lou]

4 hours ago, Slegnaac said:

Of course we will never known how much the AP contract and treatment played into Mike Trout's decision to stay for life.

I know 

[Dick B Back]

22 minutes ago, BackUpTheTruck said:

GMJ CF

Matt Joyce LF

Albert Pujols 1B

Josh Hamilton RF

Raul Ibanez DH

Edgardo Alfonzo 3B

Cliff Pennington SS

Danny Espinoza 2B

Chris Ianetta C

 

Courtesy of Mike Scioscia

A lineup without Steve Finley is like a day without sunshine.

[Lou]

8 minutes ago, Dick B Back said:

A lineup without Steve Finley is like a day without sunshine.

I love rain 

[happybat4]

Wasn't Finley traded for Alfonzo, they can't be on the same team. 

[Tank]

shea hillenbrand says you guys are idiots.

[Inside Pitch]

I feel like this article has been re-written to account for a different set of years for a solid 5+ years now...