Rosenthal: Angels aggressively furloughing employees, "raising eyebrows throughout industry"

[Lou]

17 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Bellflower.   300k grant, 400k loan.    The city got the 700k back from Ford.... And a new dealership

Nice van though

[Inside Pitch]

29 minutes ago, Lou said:

Nice van though

It's no Mystery Machine, but it will do...

[Lou]

13 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

It's no Mystery Machine, but it will do...

Great, now I want a Scooby snack.

[ettin]

On 5/26/2020 at 9:58 PM, ten ocho recon scout said:

If you guys dont all say me, Im gonna be pissed.

Me.

[Inside Pitch]

LOL, the more info comes out about the limitations MLB put on teams the less egregious the Angels actions come across...

This little tidbit was made public today...

So, apparently teams weren't allowed to actually go out and scout even IF they had been playing. 

 

[Angels in 2030]

That is interesting news IP.  
However, they could still have been scouting tapes.  I suspect they could also have been in contact with potential draftees/UDFA up until the draft - which would have helped in the recruiting UDFA process. Assuming of course a team is actually interested in signing UDFAs. 

[Inside Pitch]

33 minutes ago, Fourts said:

That is interesting news IP.  
However, they could still have been scouting tapes.  I suspect they could also have been in contact with potential draftees/UDFA up until the draft - which would have helped in the recruiting UDFA process. Assuming of course a team is actually interested in signing UDFAs. 

Well, if we are being honest, ff they had the tapes, they already scouted the players.   

I think when push comes to shove the Angels actions seem to be tied to the reports that MLB is moving forward with the elimination of some minor league teams.  I'm still not happy to see them not try to add guys, -- but the reality is that pretty much every scouting preview this off-season mentioned how very young the Angels farm system was..  So, adding a bunch of 20+ college players would have added more organizational types than actual prospects.   

The crappy part is they are 500K in the hole in international money due to the Rendon signing -- so, it's not like they can turn around and go nuts signing the top 16 year olds either.

[Stradling]