Pederson/Stripling deal is DEAD. MOVE ON.

[ELEVEN]

4 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

Arte be like 

Yabba the Hit.

[gotbeer]

14 minutes ago, Jay said:

Rackspace required for this thread:

But at Strippertown.  No wait, that's Houstons Rack space.

[hangin n wangin]

56 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

4.5 MiLB seasons plus 4 college seasons and still limited MLB experience = not exactly the greatest of resumes.

Such a stupid pick. And the draft room celebration makes it all the more pathetic. 

[ELEVEN]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

Where the hell is Incarcerated Bob?

Um.. incarcerated?

[ELEVEN]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

They mention Taylor Ward going to the Dodgers as well

I'll allow it.

[hangin n wangin]

30 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

That looks like Scioscia with a walrus stache.

we know he doesn’t eat Quaker Oats though.

[gotbeer]

1 minute ago, hangin n wangin said:

That looks like Scioscia with a walrus stache.

we know he doesn’t eat Quaker Oats though.

I suddenly feel really old.

[failos]

4 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

I suddenly feel really old.

Don’t worry I’m young and I know who that is.

[tdawg87]

36 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

this trade feels like I'm trying to lose my virginity all over again.  

So in other words it's not gonna happen?

[T.G.]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

Where the hell is Incarcerated Bob?

Changed his name to Bob Nightengale

[Homebrewer]

3 days and almost 50 pages and still nothing..

[Docwaukee]

12 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

So in other words it's not gonna happen?

it's happening!!!

it's delayed for unknown reasons

it's delayed because of a medical report

it'll probably still happen

it might not happen

It'll probably still happen

it will probably happen but with a different person than expected

the 'agent' of the person it's supposed to happen with weighs in

one of the people involved is named Joc.  

 

[Duren, Duren]

If any of the players the Angels send to the Dodgers (still a hypothetical trade) develop and progress above expectations you'll have to feel good for them. Player development is a Dodger strength. If they can turn lesser prospects into decent major leaguers it will illustrate how important that phase of the sport is.

Nothing wrong with seeing trades that work for both teams. Of course it's easy to be magnanimous if your team also prospers in the deal. 

But trades that work for each team are often interpreted differently according to team needs. The Angels need immediate major league improvement. The Dodgers can think longer term and take more risks. If the trade goes through as it stands the Angels should benefit first, but the Dodgers can be patient.

[eligrba]

This trade is all about Betts....and the Angels being in the right place at the right time.

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Dochalo said:

 

31 minutes ago, failos said:

Don’t worry I’m young and I know who that is.

Well, duh. Dude just won the most important sporting event of the year.

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, ten ocho recon scout said:

 

Well, duh. Dude just won the most important sporting event of the year.

This was the best Twitter exchange on Super Bowl Sunday:

 

[Warfarin]

8 minutes ago, Duren, Duren said:

If any of the players the Angels send to the Dodgers (still a hypothetical trade) develop and progress above expectations you'll have to feel good for them. Player development is a Dodger strength. If they can turn lesser prospects into decent major leaguers it will illustrate how important that phase of the sport is.

Nothing wrong with seeing trades that work for both teams. Of course it's easy to be magnanimous if your team also prospers in the deal. 

But trades that work for each team are often interpreted differently according to team needs. The Angels need immediate major league improvement. The Dodgers can think longer term and take more risks. If the trade goes through as it stands the Angels should benefit first, but the Dodgers can be patient.

Good perspective.  Pederson and Stripling make us considerably better this year and will vault us from a possible WC contender to a WC favorite.  Likewise, if Rengifo and Ward go on and become more productive than we anticipated, I'd be happy for them too.  

I do think this trade will happen.  Boston has way too much on the line, financially speaking, to back out of the deal.  Backing out now would cost them many, many millions of dollars on the whole (Betts + 1/2 Price, plus luxury tax savings).

[tdawg87]

Just now, ten ocho recon scout said:

 

Well, duh. Dude just won the most important sporting event of the year.

[failos]

10 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

 

Well, duh. Dude just won the most important sporting event of the year.

You stole my joke! I was going to do this. 

[failos]

[ten ocho recon scout]

15 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

This was the best Twitter exchange on Super Bowl Sunday:

 

Lol! Holy shit! I literally pulled that dumb joke out of my butt, glad someone else was thinking the same thing!

[ettin]

1 hour ago, Dochalo said:

this trade feels like I'm trying to lose my virginity all over again.  

Who is going to break the news to Doc?

[Angelsjunky]

We're all hoping it will be Rengifo + Ward and/or another throw-in, but I'm guessing we're going to be disappointed. We're not getting Stripling + Pederson + Pages without giving up something good. If its Rengifo + Ward + Suarez, we've made it through well. Assuming it won't be Adell/Marsh, I'm worried we're going to be saying goodbye to one of Rodriguez, Soriano, Adams, or Knowles.

[tdawg87]

Conspiracy theory: The Dodgers are doing us a favor with this deal because they want us to take out Houston.

[floplag]

DI-A-BEETUS!