The Official 2020-2021 Hot Stove Offseason Thread

[T.G.]

You lost me at “hear me out.”

[tdawg87]

You lost me at "Second Base"

[T.G.]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

You lost me at "Second Base"

Damn, that is much funnier. Well done.

[ThisismineScios]

23 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Well, is the title of closer important to Iglesias? Maybe he'd happily move to setup if we got Rosenthal. 

Or maybe not. 

Seems like that made a difference for Soria and Colomé. If Joe can work his magic on Iglesias maybe they can work it out.

[St1ck]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

@st1ckboy gets his mexican food from a pizza place. 

Yeah that's not even close to what I said at all.

[Lou]

1 minute ago, st1ckboy said:

Yeah that's not even close to what I said at all.

Too late. It's true now. 

[Angels 1961]

56 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Personally, I would rather get 2-3 guys for the (likely) cost of one Rosenthal. 

As mentioned, he’s likely looking for closer roles or closer money, and Iglesias has that here.

The bullpen is dangerously thin...if anything happens to one of Mayers or Iglesias things get real ugly real fast. There’s a huge gap between Iglesias, Mayers, Pena, Buttrey, and the next tier of guys...Reyes, Rivera, Quijada, Keller. 

We need a couple more $1.5-3.5m guys like Tepera, Drake, Kintzler, Boxberger, Greene, Melancon, etc. to fill in that gap so we’re not banking too heavily on a bunch of AAAA cast off relief prospects on one or two RP guys to handle all the high-lev and med-lev every single night. Seeing how Minasian addressed the rotation, this is what I’m expecting here too.

I want Petit

[Junkballer]

24 minutes ago, Second Base said:

Ok hear me out guys..... How about we let Rosenthal have the title of closer, but have Iglesias close out games? Everyone wins. They'll all get a participation trophy. Rosenthal's says best closer, and Iglesias' says most saves. It's the millennial way of doing things. Yes, I'm a millennial.

"We don't have a specified closer.  We have two guys we use interchangeably in high leverage situations and to close out games.  They will be used in accordance with the situation."  or something along those lines.

[Second Base]

[Tank]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

Tank! How is he ever going to learn if you keep giving him the answers?

And you call yourself a teacher.

I must now wear the cone of shame.

[Redondo]

16 minutes ago, Tank said:

I must now wear the cone of shame.

[eligrba]

31 minutes ago, Tank said:

I must now wear the cone of shame.

[Angel Oracle]

Perry must be waiting for something to drop to sign a much needed extra  late innings guy.

Can’t expect to contend with only TWO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[T.G.]

5 hours ago, Angels 1961 said:

I want Petit

And I want you to go away.

[Blarg]

7 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

I once ordered a vegan chimichanga from a sushi restaurant in Ethiopia.

So that's how you ended up in a Turkish prison. Makes sense now. 

[Docwaukee]

6 hours ago, ThisismineScios said:

Seems like that made a difference for Soria and Colomé. If Joe can work his magic on Iglesias maybe they can work it out.

Joe doesn't have to make Iglesias his closer.  He was traded for so you just to tell him what his role is.  

[Angels 1961]

10 hours ago, T.G. said:

And I want you to go away.

If we get Petit I will go away and never be heard from again. So help Lou (Dobbs)

[Erstad Grit]

11 hours ago, T.G. said:

And I want you to go away.

Why would you say that to a poster? 

[T.G.]

4 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

Why would you say that to a poster? 

Because I want him to go away. Duh.

He's like the kid in the backseat of a car trip saying "Are we there yet?" every 5 minutes.

 

And with all due respect, most of my comments shouldn't be taken seriously.

I really want him to post more often.

[Jay]

1 minute ago, T.G. said:

He's like the kid in the backseat of a car trip saying "Are we there yet?" every 5 minutes.

Weird, I feel this way about you, @T.G.

[Junkballer]

4 minutes ago, T.G. said:

Because I want him to go away. Duh.

He's like the kid in the backseat of a car trip saying "Are we therAe yet?" every 5 minutes.

 

And with all due respect, most of my comments shouldn't be taken seriously.

I really want him to post more often.

Ah, reverse psychology.

[T.G.]

23 minutes ago, Jay said:

Weird, I feel this way about you, @T.G.

Fair enough.

My feelings aren't going to be hurt if someone doesn't like me on a message board and on the flip side, people shouldn't get their feelings hurt by some of the stupid stuff I say.  And yes, I know a lot of it is stupid.

Edited February 8, 2021 by T.G.

[Taylor]

20 hours ago, Second Base said:

No we aren't.

[halomatt]

19 hours ago, Redondo said:

This Cone of Silence shit made me laugh every time. Well done. 

[Chuck]

I get it, this offseason has sucked. But good God guys get a room. This isn't a thread to air your grievances to each other. 

Now that that's out of the way, can someone heat up the Hot Stove? Cold AF in here.

There's tons of FA's and possible trades still out there.