Make a move for David Price?

[Lou]

I'd take him if Boston kicks in $97 million

[Revad]

I’m sure there’s a way to deal for Price that would be acceptable, but doubt Boston would go there yet.  As some one earlier suggested, maybe in February.  I do think we need to gamble on upside and there’s some still there for Price, at least compared to his recent past. If the Angels were in the playoffs it would be nice if Price was the #3 SP.

[Second Base]

Price is being pretty severely underrated by AW. But that's understandable, we REALLY don't like the Dodgers, Yankees or Red Sox.

Price has been an ace for the majority of his career, his stuff hasn't diminished much at all. His ERA and FIP have remained quite strong, he's still missing a ton of bats and limiting the walks. But he's been injured two of the past three years.

I would ABSOLUTELY trade for David Price, and would be reasonably confident that if he's healthy, he'd pitch like a solid #2 or 3 starter. The problem is, Eppler said teams are asking too much in trades, and Price is owed 96 million over the next three years. If the played for a small market team, I think this would motivate them into selling and you could get him for a reasonable price. 

But the Red Sox are obviously a large market team. Would they like to drop under the luxury tax? Of course. But they have more than enough money to hold onto Price, and only trade him if another team were willing to take on his entire contract. That's a bad idea.

But I really do like Price, and would be more than willing to trade Rengifo and Barria, if his price tag could be reduced down to the 3 years, 50 million range.

[Tank]

4 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Helping the Angels outweighs helping the Red Sox. 

of course, but I don't think this is the guy that'll give them much help.

[hangin n wangin]

Geez. The way people are reacting you would think Price pitched like Blanton last year. Price is not that bad. I would take him if the Sox paid some salary. His underlying numbers are pretty decent. Yea he isn’t the same pitcher of before but at least he is more durable than Ryu and could still give you a sub 4 ERA. Obviously you don’t do it if you have to take all of his salary, but why the huge bitching if the Sox took on half or something along those lines.That’s less than what we would be paying Keuchel for three to four years and I think Keuchel is a worse pitcher tbh. Price is a free agent in 2022. I don’t see the drama. Other than what we would have to pay... which is obviously the issue, but as a pitcher, I think he’s really solid still.

[Revad]

What did the reddit guy say, Rendon, Ryu and Price?  Now that would be sweet.  Just add Chirinos.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

To me it comes down to if Price were a free agent right now what would you be okay with the Angels signing him for? Unless the Red Sox are throwing in at least 45 million which isn’t happening it just doesn’t seem like a wise move. 

[jchalos89]

smfh

[Revad]

5 minutes ago, jchalos89 said:

smfh

Side to side as opposed to up and down.

[Inside Pitch]

31 minutes ago, Revad said:

What did the reddit guy say, Rendon, Ryu and Price?  Now that would be sweet.  Just add Chirinos.

They aren't going to add four pitchers.

[Revad]

2 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

They aren't going to add four pitchers.

I agree, one more addition.  I guess Price looks better if Ryu goes elsewhere

[TroutField]

2 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

They aren't going to add four pitchers.

They should lol by May Heaney will be out with Elbow tendinitis, Ohtani is going to be going through a dead arm period, Canning is going to have Elbow discomfort, and Bundy is going to need a rehab assignment from a mysterious injury after getting lit up in his first 3 or 4 starts because Angels. 

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, TroutField said:

They should lol by May Heaney will be out with Elbow tendinitis, Ohtani is going to be going through a dead arm period, Canning is going to have Elbow discomfort, and Bundy is going to need a rehab assignment from a mysterious injury after getting lit up in his first 3 or 4 starts because Angels. 

And still.....  They're not gonna sign four pitchers.     Btw, adding Price and Ryu is adding two guys who likewise could be out with an injury by May.

Should they sign 6 pitchers then?

[Inside Pitch]

5 minutes ago, RBM said:

Well, that's the combined weight of 6 pitchers....  I'm in.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

Projections for David Price

Year	Tm	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Rel
2020	Proj.	34	9	6	.600	4.15	1	130.0	124	65	60	19	42	1	137	6	1	3	548	1.277	8.6	1.3	2.9	9.5	3.26	72%

Doesn't look like $32M worth of production to me.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

If Boston pays down the contract and wants a minimal prospect, I would do it...I would even consider if if we lose out on Ryu to be honest. Price was solid the first half of last year right, before injuries? If we sign Ryu (which at this point I'm doubting); might as well hope we can catch lighting in a bottle twice and pray they're both healthy for the majority of the season. 

I don't know why I'm not sold on some of these "change of scenario" type pitchers like Gray...I would almost rather make an impact trade for a front of the rotation type pitcher with years of control that would impact our farm a little. 

[John Taylor]

My worry is that the more Tier 1/2 FA Pitchers go off the market, the more desperate the Angels look to the Sawks, and the less likely they would pay down his contract for us to take him off their hands.

 

Would I like to have him? Yeah, he would be the "Ace" of the staff technically

Do I want to trade a decent prospect or pay most of his contract to take him on? Not really, but it's not my money.

 

If we get Ryu for 3 years at a friendly price I'll consider it a win, and if we get Price cheap without having to give up a Blue Chip I'll consider that a win as well.

[Blarg]

His velocity is steadily decreasing along with his ERA+. The only thing increasing is his ERA , age and salary. I am not in favor of bringing on an aging pitcher with the idea he will reverse his decline at age 34. 

[arch stanton]

I don't mind the idea of Price but even if Boston eats $12 mil a year you have to ask if it's better to get him at 3 yrs $60 mil plus the cost of the trade pieces or to just pay Ryu the $60 mil for 3 years or even go to 4 yrs $64 mil if that gets it done

[angelsnationtalk]

Two ways i’d explore this idea..

1: Angels don’t trade Marsh In a deal for a Price.
2: Boston keeps a portion of the salary. 

Though, the more money Boston keeps, the higher the asking price for a good prospect will be. 
 

if they consider retaining $15M and still don’t want Marsh then I’d go for it. If not then no thanks 

[Billy_Ball]

 

[UndertheHalo]

I have this thing where I oppose the Angels paying a lot of money for older pitchers who are injury prone and declining.  Also, fuck the Red Sox. Why should we help them out.  Let’s not be the suckers who dig them out of their hole. 

Edited December 22, 2019 by UndertheHalo

[Pancake Bear]

Depends what’s involved and whether Ryu is still available. He’s someone I’d consider, certainly. 

[tdawg87]

I mean, we could always use another black dude. 

[Inside Pitch]

Only way I move on Price is if the Red Sox are taking half of what he's owed.   IMO, if they are willing to do that then the Angels won't be the only team interested -- but that dude's elbow should scare the living shit out of Angels fans.