Breaking: Alex Cobb TRADED to Angels for Jahmai Jones

[Tank]

i hope someone has notified the surgical team at kerlan-jobe that a new client is coming to town.

[rafibomb]

Only paying 5 million wow

[Warfarin]

4 minutes ago, mmc said:

Orioles sending $10 million 

 

So we are only paying 5mil, and some of that is even deferred, so we are likely paying somewhere between 3-4mil in today’s dollars.  That’s rather good value, IMO.

[tdawg87]

We got 2 starting pitchers for 12 million.

[CanadianHalo]

Phew! It’s finalized. 
 

Season saved!

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Cool. We are only paying $5 million. Don’t like the deal, not what I was hoping for in terms of pitching. Hope he proves my expectations wrong. At least the people who don’t like this move won’t be able to complain about the $$$ if he sucks. 

[Hubs]

At $5 M with some deferred, They can still sign or trade for another starter then if they deem it necessary, or an outfielder or another relief arm.

[Bronson]

At 5 million only being paid (with some of it being deferred) I think there is still room to get Bauer. Or at the very least someone like Paxton and then trade from someone like Jon Gray. 
 

A lot of avenues Perry can take. Let’s see what he does in these upcoming days.

[greginpsca]

We still have 2 roster spots open. More to come.

[Jay]

4 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

We got 2 starting pitchers for 12 million.

That means we could get 6 starting pitchers for the cost of Bauer.

[Billy_Ball]

Goodbye Jam Jones.

[Pancake Bear]

At $5m minus however much is deferred, it seems to me one of two things is likely true. Either:

- They're out of money.

Or

- This is a prelude to another deal and they're trying to save money here to make another deal work. 

[CanadianHalo]

1 minute ago, Jay said:

That means we could get 6 starting pitchers for the cost of Bauer.

The Angels pride themselves on a quantity over quality approach year after year when it comes to pitching...

Seems to be going well

[tdawg87]

Just now, Pancake Bear said:

At $5m minus however much is deferred, it seems to me one of two things is likely true. Either:

- They're out of money.

Or

- This is a prelude to another deal and they're trying to save money here to make another deal work. 

With 2 roster spots open, I highly doubt it's the first option.

More could be coming, but only if Heaney is traded. We have a 6 man rotation with Ohtani. 

I think we'll add a reliever at least.

[Bronson]

2 minutes ago, Pancake Bear said:

At $5m minus however much is deferred, it seems to me one of two things is likely true. Either:

- They're out of money.

Or

- This is a prelude to another deal and they're trying to save money here to make another deal work. 

I’d bet my paycheck on the latter. 
 

It’s either something big like Bauer or something along the lines of Oderizzi and a big trade for someone like Jon Gray.

[greginpsca]

4 minutes ago, Jay said:

That means we could get 6 starting pitchers for the cost of Bauer.

Some orgs can fill out a 40 man roster for 3-4 years with what Bauer will make.

[beatlesrule]

I, like many here, still don't understand this trade. Cobb is no better than than the current SP the Angels already have. Those pitchers; Canning, Barria, Sandoval etc are cheaper too. Trading a semi useful prospect and paying 5 million when a SP could have just been signed for the same price or less that's equally as good as Cobb is a bad move IMO. Oh well.

[tdawg87]

"How many Starting Pitchers will you be going with in 2021?"

Minasian: "Yes".

[Angelsfan1984]

Still room for Odirizzi and a cheap deal for puig...

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, beatlesrule said:

I, like many here, still don't understand this trade. Cobb is no better than than the current SP the Angels already have. Those pitchers; Canning, Barria, Sandoval etc are cheaper too. Trading a semi useful prospect and paying 5 million when a SP could have just been signed for the same price or less that's equally as good as Cobb is a bad move IMO. Oh well.

Let’s see how much is deferred. 

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, beatlesrule said:

I, like many here, still don't understand this trade. Cobb is no better than than the current SP the Angels already have. Those pitchers; Canning, Barria, Sandoval etc are cheaper too. Trading a semi useful prospect and paying 5 million when a SP could have just been signed for the same price or less that's equally as good as Cobb is a bad move IMO. Oh well.

What pitchers would those be?

[disarcina]

we're piecing together a rotation with one year contract guys.

I guess the shortened season pandemic baseball seasons may be the time to do that - but it's just another re-run of Halos front office script of so many years -- well - today is Groundhog Day -- oh well.

the Halos moves like this just seem to disintegrate about mid- season and make for a long season and emptiness feeling both in the stands (well - they're all empty now) and on the field in August/ September.

[beatlesrule]

3 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

The Angels pride themselves on a quantity over quality approach year after year when it comes to pitching...

Seems to be going well

[greginpsca]

I think the money that the O's still owe is being deferred, not the Angels portion.

[Erstad Grit]

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

What pitchers would those be?

I'd rather have signed Cole Hamels and keep Jones