Angels sign Alex Claudio (1 year, $1.125 million)

[mmc]

 

[Stradling]

 

[Erstad Grit]

OK for Noe replacement I guess

[wopphil]

Odd. No upside at all. But no risk, I guess. 

[Second Base]

Why?

[Erstad Grit]

When I first saw it I assumed it was a minor league deal with an invite. Strange

[CanadianHalo]

[Chuck]

4 minutes ago, Second Base said:

Why?

 

[Stradling]

Is he that left-hander that kind of slingshots it? Used to pitch for the Rangers?

[Stradling]

Just now, Chuckster70 said:

 

Chuck does that mean he has a low exit velocity against?  

[Angels in 2030]

[DMVol]

Kind of Jose Alvarez.....not real sexy but pretty productive....

[Angels 1961]

I like this signing lefty in pen.

[tdawg87]

Huge GB pitcher with pretty good career numbers. Doesn't walk batters and keeps the ball in the park despite pitching in hitters parks his whole career.

Poor K rate but I'm guessing Minasian is banking on the infield D. Not to mention we needed a lefty in the pen.

Good pickup.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

I remember him. His pitching stance and delivery always bugged me for some reason. Seems like a solid addition. 

[Revad]

Nice at the price...  Bauer or a couple of lesser starters plus a back up catcher, maybe a RF and thats a pretty good baseball team.

[Second Base]

I guess for 1 million, of he sucks you don't have to hesitate about DFAing him.

[ScruffytheJanitor]

Contingency plan with a small amount of upside. I give this a hearty 3 "Mehs" out of 5. 

[CanadianHalo]

AO’s gonna have to get creative with this one 

[tdawg87]

None of the reliever signings are going to WOW anybody.

Minasian and co. like his peripherals and spin rate and all that shit.

I expect at least another reliever of this caliber brought on.

[tdawg87]

Alex Clodio

[ScruffytheJanitor]

After further review -- no one hits this guy hard. All of the "How well the ball his hit" stats (Hard Hit%, Barrell %, Slugging, and Hard Hit %) all suggest this guy generates weak contact like no one else. 

[Angels 1961]

Matt Olson, Joey Gallo, Kyle Tucker, Kyle Seager all other lefties in AL West will be losing sleep now. Good signing Perry.

[Erstad Grit]

Brad Hand > Alex Cladio > Hoby Miner

[Chuck]