The Official 2020-2021 Hot Stove Offseason Thread

[Lou]

Stop 

Believing

The

Twittiots

[Chuck]

5 minutes ago, Lou said:

If anyone knows what is going on, it's Mark C. Healey. 

And yet I'm guessing he still knows more than Boob Nightengale! 

[Angelsjunky]

8 minutes ago, Second Base said:

What does veto his new GM even mean?

This:

[Angelsjunky]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

Stop 

Believing

The

Twittiots

Don't stop believin, Lou. Hold onto that feeling.

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Don't stop believin, Lou. Hold onto that feeling.

I think it's time we go out separate ways.

[Angelsjunky]

17 minutes ago, Lou said:

I think it's time we go out separate ways.

But I'm just a small town girl, living in a lonely world.

[mmc]

 

[gotbeer]

33 minutes ago, Second Base said:

What does veto his new GM even mean? Is he insinuating that Minasian doesn't want Trevor Bauer?

It means another Pujols situation where the GM becomes collateral damage.

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

But I'm just a small town girl, living in a lonely world.

I know 

[Second Base]

26 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

This:

Even the Josh Hamilton situation, it's not like Arte vetoed Dipoto. More than anything Arte authorized the expenditure because he absolutely wanted him. It's not like Dipoto said, "No, Arte!"

It's a report from a non blue check mark, but even if it is true. I doubt Minasian is telling Arte, "No, don't get Bauer, we don't need him!" Minasian off anything would say, "Well, that wasn't the avenue I was going to go, but if you really want him, I won't complain."

[jsnpritchett]

38 minutes ago, Lou said:

If anyone knows what is going on, it's Mark C. Healey. 

He's actually about the 3rd-most accurate Mark Healey, well below Mark B. Healey and just slightly behind Mark Q. Healey.

[Docwaukee]

the smelly wine and sheep perfume.  

[Angelsjunky]

2 minutes ago, Second Base said:

Even the Josh Hamilton situation, it's not like Arte vetoed Dipoto. More than anything Arte authorized the expenditure because he absolutely wanted him. It's not like Dipoto said, "No, Arte!"

It's a report from a non blue check mark, but even if it is true. I doubt Minasian is telling Arte, "No, don't get Bauer, we don't need him!" Minasian off anything would say, "Well, that wasn't the avenue I was going to go, but if you really want him, I won't complain."

I was mainly joking. As for the tweet, even if it isn't literally true, it could be. Arte is like that, for better or worse. Minasian might just be working within a budget, and weighing how best to use the money he's given, and Arte could get a hankering for Bauer and burst that limit.

[Chuck]

12 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

Back on our old blog before we became an all in one website with the forum & blog, we had Darren O'Day journal a couple times for us during spring training. Pretty cool stuff! 

Volume 1: https://angelswinblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/darren-oday-player-journal-2008.html

Volume 2: https://angelswinblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/darren-oday-player-journal-2008-vol-2.html

[angelsnationtalk]

2 hours ago, CanadianHalo said:

Who knows... came across it and looked through his Twitter feed. Figured I’d post 

Like I've been saying in my story that I posted, Arte won't get outbid this time...

[CanadianHalo]

 

[Docwaukee]

2 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

 

I can't decide whether an agent responding to a tweet with 'lol' is a good thing.  My gut tells me it's not.  

[Second Base]

1 hour ago, Angelsjunky said:

I was mainly joking. As for the tweet, even if it isn't literally true, it could be. Arte is like that, for better or worse. Minasian might just be working within a budget, and weighing how best to use the money he's given, and Arte could get a hankering for Bauer and burst that limit.

I wouldn't put it past Arte, but veto probably isn't the right word. It's also a little early in Minasian's tenure to be doing that him. 

Arte didn't do that to Dipoto until he lost confidence in his previous acquisitions. He didn't do it to Eppler until he made some truly awful coaching staff hires, and I'm Eppler's case, it was for the best. I'd much rather have Maddon and Callaway over Ausmus and White. 

Minasian hasn't really hard the opportunity to disappoint Arte yet. Unless he's upset the Minasian didn't make it happen with Darvish, Snell and Musgrove, which I could see.

[Dtwncbad]

Minasian has a budget to work with.  If Arte decides he wants to adjust the budget to get Bauer, it is kind of silly to characterize this as Arte “going against” Minasian or as Minasian being “vetoed” by Arte or whatever garbage people are throwing around.

[Stradling]

It’s words chosen to incite clicks or drama because that’s the world we now live in.  

[Jay]

11 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

I can't decide whether an agent responding to a tweet with 'lol' is a good thing.  My gut tells me it's not.  

Not sure she's really an agent.

[Stradling]

I read the other day that Luba worked for MLB prior to becoming an agent. 

[eligrba]

21 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

 

This tweet seems to reference Bauer's supposed asking price.

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I read the other day that Luba worked for MLB prior to becoming an agent. 

She worked for the MLBPA in arbitration hearings.

[eligrba]

13 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

Minasian has a budget to work with.  If Arte decides he wants to adjust the budget to get Bauer, it is kind of silly to characterize this as Arte “going against” Minasian or as Minasian being “vetoed” by Arte or whatever garbage people are throwing around.

Unless it interferes with other moves Minasian deems necessary.  Of course, it's not my money.