Why position players and not pitchers?

[zenmaster]

A guy who goes and throws 7 and allows 1 regularly isn't as exciting as the guy who mashes a 450' dong every third game or so.

-Arte 

 

 

[tdawg87]

21 minutes ago, Torridd said:

So basically bad luck?

Mixed with some questionable decisions (Upton) and some horrible ones (Hamilton).

[Angel Oracle]

4 hours ago, failos said:

Arte likes the home runs

He’s a closet chick?

[failos]

2 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

He’s a closet chick?

Oh shit maybe his wife is running things?

@Taylor pls advise

[Angel Oracle]

Dumbpoto decided to not draft pitchers (Newcomb the exception), for whatever reason.  

Another closet chick?

[failos]

18 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Dumbpoto decided to not draft pitchers (Newcomb the exception), for whatever reason.  

Another closet chick?

Common denominator is Arte Moreno and his Buttercup loving wife

[Jeremiah]

4 hours ago, Torridd said:

So the Angels have a more "hold" attitude than "hit me" one for pitchers essentially?

I think there’s a bit of that, yes. As others have mentioned, they’ve also had some bad luck and some poor decisions on the FA market as well. I think the Angels feel better rolling the dice with their own pitchers rather than invest long-term in a mid-tier guy. As for an ace, well, as Strad noted, a number of those guys had preferred destinations in mind already. The best teams draft and develop their own. The Halos have to get better at that because their track record on the one-year fillers has been bad overall.

[Torridd]

1 hour ago, Jeremiah said:

I think there’s a bit of that, yes. As others have mentioned, they’ve also had some bad luck and some poor decisions on the FA market as well. I think the Angels feel better rolling the dice with their own pitchers rather than invest long-term in a mid-tier guy. As for an ace, well, as Strad noted, a number of those guys had preferred destinations in mind already. The best teams draft and develop their own. The Halos have to get better at that because their track record on the one-year fillers has been bad overall.

It's pretty perplexing. You'd figure the Angels had as much competition for Rendon than for Cole/Bauer. Is that incorrect? Are teams willing to pay a whole lot more for a top starter than a top position player?

[Cosmo_Kramer]

6 hours ago, Torridd said:

It's pretty perplexing. You'd figure the Angels had as much competition for Rendon than for Cole/Bauer. Is that incorrect? Are teams willing to pay a whole lot more for a top starter than a top position player?

The market is usually thin at the top, so it's hard to really come to a general conclusion. It depends on the player and team and circumstances.

But often a top pitcher is high impact on the margins, moreso than a top position player, so that could be part of it