Angels announce Perry Minasian as their next general manager

[Warfarin]

4 minutes ago, Lou said:

And we can cut him as soon as we sign his brother.

Ouch!  Lol.

That said, I would hope his minor league deal won't really be a deterrent to signing his bro  

[Warfarin]

FYI, this is from Keith Law's chat today:

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Keith Law

1:40

He's great. That's a great choice. Super bright, energetic, comes from a great front office in Atlanta as well.

Law is a straight-shooter, so that's some nice praise, coming from him.

[Lou]

Remember when the list came out and all of the AW experts said how much they loved Minasian?

 

 

Me neither.

[Vlad27Trout27]

Damn it. Perry! get your ass out and start doing some work! its gotten slower in here now!

[Angel Oracle]

53 minutes ago, T.G. said:

So I have heard that several AW regulars have submitted applications to become the next bat boy with the Angels.

Tank will be conducted the interviews.

I want to be the 64 year-old bat boy, minus the jerk personality of the 45 year-old bat boy.

[Angel Oracle]

23 minutes ago, Lou said:

Remember when the list came out and all of the AW experts said how much they loved Minasian?

 

 

Me neither.

To be fair, his name wasn’t known until late in the process.

[mmc]

 

[Angels in 2030]

Coming in 6th place for the Angels GM job -- is that an accomplishment or embarrassment?  I honestly don't know

[Taylor]

2 minutes ago, Fourts said:

Coming in 6th place for the Angels GM job -- is that an accomplishment or embarrassment?  I honestly don't know

Dylan Bundy was interviewed, but he came in 9th.

[Lazorko Saves]

Don't know much about the guy but got both things I really cared about:

1. Not Dombrowski.

2. A guy who came up through scouting/development and will value that aspect accordingly.

[T.G.]

Does this mean spin rate conversations are dead?

[kevinb]

Congrats and excited for the new GM. I don't know much about him but he has a clean slate. Hoping he produces a winning ball club here and we can finally start winning the division again and getting into the playoffs. High expectations. 

[tdawg87]

I'm going on record as saying the new GM will possibly be better than Dipoto.

[mmc]

Kinda surprising the team hasn't announced it yet

[Jay]

2 hours ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

 

NostraMinasian...!

[mmc]

The thing I'm happiest about as far as getting a new GM is that he won't be as attached to the Eppler prospects as he didn't acquire them.  I'm not saying I want to or think he will trade the entire farm, but he'll be more inclined to trade certain prospects for pitchers than Eppler was.

[Taylor]

9 minutes ago, T.G. said:

Does this mean spin rate conversations are dead?

Hence me going back to my OG name.

[Warfarin]

8 minutes ago, Kevinb said:

Congrats and excited for the new GM. I don't know much about him but he has a clean slate. Hoping he produces a winning ball club here and we can finally start winning the division again and getting into the playoffs. High expectations. 

For all the hand-wringing that we were either going to hire someone directly tied to Maddon (McLeod) or someone Arte knew well from before (Holland), it's cool to see we went outside the organization and hired someone with no ties to, well, anyone currently with our team.

With a lot of our budget already tied to significant contracts, it'll be up to Minasian to figure out ways to draft + develop and find value on the market.  Given that he worked for two organizations that don't have big budgets (TOR, ATL) - I would say he is well-positioned to utilize the principles he has learned to find talent.

I like the first move he made (signing Wong) as a low-risk deal that could potentially fill a need for us.  There is a ton of work to do, but I have high hopes for him.

[Angelsjunky]

I'm surprised no one has said something like, "OK, Perry Mason's on the job."

Lame, I know.

[Angelsjunky]

I'm deeply disappointed in Merlin Cat.

[beatlesrule]

I'm just wondering if signing 2 minor league guys was quick or not.

[mmc]

Official

 

[mmc]

[rafibomb]

 

 

[Yes We Can]

3 hours ago, rafibomb said:

 

 

I think he signed the wrong Wong.