The Official 2020-2021 Hot Stove Offseason Thread

[tdawg87]

Brantley is such a slut.

[angelsnationtalk]

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Brantley is such a slut.

If Brantley is a slut then Heyman is an attention whore

[tdawg87]

9 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

If Brantley is a slut then Heyman is an attention whore

Correct.

[ukyah]

2 hours ago, Warfarin said:

I do think some teams did mis-judge the market a bit, as I am looking at some of the contracts we are seeing now.  I think in October/beg November, everyone thought no one would spend any money at all.

Granted, it's still a slow offseason, but seeing some of the contracts we are seeing now, it does appear that some teams are willing to offer rather significant deals to free agents.

I think Hand will ultimately get more than 10mil guaranteed, although probably spread over 2 seasons, as opposed to just 1. 

isn't that a long way of saying no one's going to pay him 10 million this year?

[angelsnationtalk]

Not sure if anyone noticed but the trade value site dropped Sonny Gray's value from 35.9 to 29.7.

The Red believe they can win the division so I highly doubt Gray gets moved, but if he does, Angels might be able to offer package around Adams and not Marsh. 

If this was the case then I'd be content not pursuing Bauer and getting Gray + Hand + Pederson

But still not Odorizzi please.

[Erstad Grit]

10 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

Not sure if anyone noticed but the trade value site dropped Sonny Gray's value from 35.9 to 29.7.

The Red believe they can win the division so I highly doubt Gray gets moved, but if he does, Angels might be able to offer package around Adams and not Marsh. 

If this was the case then I'd be content not pursuing Bauer and getting Gray + Hand + Pederson

But still not Odorizzi please.

I read Reds are trying to compete again

[angelsnationtalk]

1 minute ago, Erstad Grit said:

I read Reds are trying to compete again

Yup https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/report_reds_planning_to_hold_on_to_luis_castillo/s1_13132_33845852

[Revad]

2 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

I read Reds are trying to compete again

But I want Gray

[Jay]

A lot of one-year deals...

[Fake Chow]

Castro signing with the Astros for 2 years 7 mil

[CanadianHalo]

 

 

[Stradling]

And who is Jack Fritz?

[CanadianHalo]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

And who is Jack Fritz?

No idea but he has 20k followers and seems legit enough. 

He isn’t wrong though regardless 

[mmc]

 

[Warfarin]

14 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

No idea but he has 20k followers and seems legit enough. 

He isn’t wrong though regardless 

Yeah, seems dumb to link Realmuto to a west coast team.  I can't think of a single west coast team who would sign him at this point.

[angelsnationtalk]

20 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

Yeah, seems dumb to link Realmuto to a west coast team.  I can't think of a single west coast team who would sign him at this point.

Padres could still technically afford him.

[eligrba]

51 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

Houston still trying to find a replacement for Stassi.

[Stradling]

Anyone else find it odd that so may of us Angel fans are worried about RF, but we aren’t worried about 1st base?  I mean Walsh is just as big of a question mark in my mind as Ward.  

[T.G.]

4 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Anyone else find it odd that so may of us Angel fans are worried about RF, but we aren’t worried about 1st base?  I mean Walsh is just as big of a question mark in my mind as Ward.  

I'm not worried about either one.

Just pitching.

[Warfarin]

48 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

Padres could still technically afford him.

Padres can afford him but don't need him at all.  They have 2 good catchers already and a stud catching prospect in AAA.  No need for them to spend 20mil+ on Realmuto.

[angelsnationtalk]

14 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Anyone else find it odd that so may of us Angel fans are worried about RF, but we aren’t worried about 1st base?  I mean Walsh is just as big of a question mark in my mind as Ward.  

I'm just worried about the rotation. Both of those positions are much easier to replace every year than pitching is.

[Stradling]

8 minutes ago, T.G. said:

I'm not worried about either one.

Just pitching.

Thanks Angels61!  

If by chance they both go back to pre-2020 results, this is going to be a brutal year.  We will have Scheiber (no idea if that is his name, but close enough) in RF and Albert at 1st base.  

[Chuck]

14 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Anyone else find it odd that so may of us Angel fans are worried about RF, but we aren’t worried about 1st base?  I mean Walsh is just as big of a question mark in my mind as Ward.  

I'm not worried about Walsh at all. The guy translated his hitting and power from the minors to the big leagues. He also made a slight adjustment in his approach at the plate that made him even better with the Angels. His defense was solid too! 

 

[floplag]

7 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Anyone else find it odd that so may of us Angel fans are worried about RF, but we aren’t worried about 1st base?  I mean Walsh is just as big of a question mark in my mind as Ward.  

You are correct in that both are questions, but Walsh put up a 293/324/971 line last year with 9 HR, Ward was 277/333/716 with 0 HR and is not an actual RF bringing questions both with bat and glove into play.  They are the same age, yet one seems much further along in development.
I would much prefer to see Walsh at 1B with an upgrade in RF and Ward as a swing man of sorts.
plus lets be honest, Pujols is still going to be the primary 1B unless he absolutely tanks. 
 

[T.G.]

9 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Thanks Angels61!  

If by chance they both go back to pre-2020 results, this is going to be a brutal year.  We will have Scheiber (no idea if that is his name, but close enough) in RF and Albert at 1st base.  

It's Jan. 21.

Plus it's not like Justin Bour is penciled in at 1B

Edited January 21, 2021 by T.G.