Atlanta in Anaheim

[Angels 1961]

Has Perry Minasian brought a little Atlanta Braves to Anaheim? Braves seem to jump early in signings and moves and our new GM has done. Seems to me he has a list of things that need to be done and is not waiting. We all know the list just differ who should fill out that list.

[CanadianHalo]

Maybe.

[Lou]

Why do you just regurgitate what other reporters say?

[kevinb]

Hotlanta! 

[Stradling]

You mean like when Eppler traded for Simmons early, and signed Upton early?

[Lou]

[Blarg]

31 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

Seems to me he has a list of things that need to be done and is not waiting.

It is December 8th and he has signed two minor leaguers to contracts and made one trade while doing the same yearly rosters cuts every GM does. He is not moving fast. 

*correction, two trades.

[CanadianHalo]

9 years ago today the Angels signed Albert Pujols. 
 

I still remember how excited I was. It has brought me 9 years of freaking misery. 

[Hubs]

19 minutes ago, Blarg said:

It is December 8th and he has signed two minor leaguers to contracts and made one trade while doing the same yearly rosters cuts every GM does. He is not moving fast. 

Two trades.

[Taylor]

56 minutes ago, Blarg said:

It is December 8th and he has signed two minor leaguers to contracts and made one trade while doing the same yearly rosters cuts every GM does. He is not moving fast. 

*correction, two trades.

Have any teams done more than the Angels?

[Warfarin]

8 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Have any teams done more than the Angels?

And it just isn't the addition, but rather, the subtractions.  He basically removed 5 relievers from our bullpen last year.  Instead of just hoping they improve, he has shown he is aggressively remaking our pen, which was one of our greatest weaknesses last year.  He has added a close with elite-level stuff, and given how Atlanta put together a very good pen, I'm hopeful he can find some under-the-radar guys to add to the core we have now (Iglesias, Mayers, Pena, Buttrey).

The fact that so many relievers are gone suggests there will be quite a few more moves upcoming too, so yeah, I'd say he has been rather active so far, and will likely continue to be so.

[Inside Pitch]

26 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Have any teams done more than the Angels?

LOL, the Braves!

Signed Tomlin, Smyly and Morton.

[angelsnationtalk]

Only a yes if Bauer signs today

[Mark68]

We've acquired more Iglesii than any other team.

[Brandon]

Great thread topic

[Angels 1961]

3 hours ago, Blarg said:

It is December 8th and he has signed two minor leaguers to contracts and made one trade while doing the same yearly rosters cuts every GM does. He is not moving fast. 

*correction, two trades.

What I'm saying with Eppler seems liked we waited until January and end up with Harvey, Cahill, Allen and Teheran. He did trade for Bundy and after signing Rendon we went into wait and see mode. Remember Minasian just became GM and started late. I am hoping we finally found our GM that can get us back to playoffs after so many losing seasons.

[eligrba]

On 12/8/2020 at 8:24 AM, CanadianHalo said:

9 years ago today the Angels signed Albert Pujols. 
 

I still remember how excited I was. It has brought me 9 years of freaking misery. 

Sometimes, people call that a marriage.

[UndertheHalo]

Fella’s is it weird for a GM to do GM stuff ? 

[Docwaukee]

Atlantaheim

[T.G.]

51 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Fella’s is it weird for a GM to do GM stuff ? 

This team needs a president of baseball operations.

[UndertheHalo]

31 minutes ago, T.G. said:

This team needs a president of baseball operations.

What you’re saying is that they need more nerds.  Sure, probably. 

[Taylor]

54 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

What you’re saying is that they need more nerds.  Sure, probably. 

Maybe a couple McKinsey brains.

[UndertheHalo]

50 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Maybe a couple McKinsey brains.

Hmmm.  Interesting.  I don’t know that there’s a direct correlation between being good at baseball nerd shit and having a satanic interest in identifying minuscule inefficiencies that result in laying off 6792 people.  I say pass on the McKinsey demons.  

Edited December 10, 2020 by UndertheHalo