Angels sign Jon Jay to a minor league contract

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[Stradling]

That’s a weird way to spell Rosenthal. 

[T.G.]

Jon Jay is still playing?

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, T.G. said:

Jon Jay is still playing?

More like "playing."  But, sure.  He had negative WAR last year.

[mmc]

Really like our OF depth now with Trout, Upton, Fowler, Ward, Lagares, Jay, Adell, and Marsh.  Should prevent us from ever having to play some of the crap we had play OF for us since 2015.

[tdawg87]

Minasian going with the clean peanut approach to forming a roster.

[m0nkey]

World series champion and hero Jon Jay?

[Bronson]

Honestly.... not a bad signing at all. Our depth is looking real nice.

 

Now let’s get Rosenthal and get ready for spring training. 

[Tank]

jon jay? okay. 

going to keep my expectations pretty low on this one.

[Angels 1961]

Lifetime 283 avg. I think a trade is coming

[T.G.]

Jon Jay...

At various times, he has been nicknamed "The Federalist", "The Founding Father", and "The Chief Justice" in honor of the U.S. Founding Father John Jay and his contributions to The Federalist Papers.Shortly into the 2016 season, NBC 7 San Diego lead sports reporter Derek Togerson popularized "The Federalist", which quickly became popular with Padres fans. Razzball.com originally started calling him The Federalist back in 2011.^[29] Jay choose "305-J" as his nickname for the Players Weekend during the 2017 season with the Cubs

Edited February 11, 2021 by T.G.

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[Angels 1961]

Played for Maddon in 2017

[IEAngelsfan]

3 minutes ago, T.G. said:

Jon Jay...

At various times, he has been nicknamed "The Federalist", "The Founding Father", and "The Chief Justice" in honor of the U.S. Founding Father John Jay and his contributions to The Federalist Papers.Shortly into the 2016 season, NBC 7 San Diego lead sports reporter Derek Togerson popularized "The Federalist", which quickly became popular with Padres fans. Razzball.com originally started calling him The Federalist back in 2011.^[29] Jay choose "305-J" as his nickname for the Players Weekend during the 2017 season with the Cubs

Just don't call him Johnson.

 

[floplag]

7 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

Lifetime 283 avg. I think a trade is coming

Ive been thinking that for a while now, but honestly don't see how this moves that needle.
Were not trading anyone we just signed, and having them doesnt really affect the kids as most of these guys are older now so... i dont know. 
Unless they find a way to move Upton, which would shock the hades out of me, i dont see this affecting it much. 
Seems like just a depth move.

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, floplag said:

Ive been thinking that for a while now, but honestly don't see how this moves that needle.
Were not trading anyone we just signed, and having them doesnt really affect the kids as most of these guys are older now so... i dont know. 
Unless they find a way to move Upton, which would shock the hades out of me, i dont see this affecting it much. 
Seems like just a depth move.

Exactly. Not all will remain with the organization post-Spring Training.  They're just collecting bodies that might be useful in some extreme circumstances.

[Inside Pitch]

4 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Exactly. Not all will remain with the organization post-Spring Training.  They're just collecting bodies that might be useful in some extreme circumstances.

Asteroid the size of the Golden Gate Bridge will whiz past Earth in March

[Stradling]

I think we could see a guy like Taylor Ward moved in some move to pick up a guy like David Price.  

[Angels 1961]

Dexter Fowler had a no trade clause in his contract. He waived it to come to Angels, does he keep that clause now or can Angels trade him without his consent? 

[tdawg87]

9 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Asteroid the size of the Golden Gate Bridge will whiz past Earth in March

Why can't it pee elsewhere?

[Angels 1961]

Dodgers looking for RH bat how about Upton for Price and halos put money in the deal. 

[BTH]

6 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

Dodgers looking for RH bat how about Upton for Price and halos put money in the deal. 

Upton barely makes the Dodgers bench. I also doubt they want a bad defensive LF'er.

[Stradling]

10 minutes ago, Trendon said:

Upton barely makes the Dodgers bench. I also doubt they want a bad defensive LF'er.

Upton was vintage Upton a majority of last season.  He was just a steaming pile of shit the 1st 18 games.  After that (24 games) he was pretty great, .981 OPS.  

[Lou]

People really have to stop including Upton in any trade scenarios.

[angelsnationtalk]

4 minutes ago, Lou said:

People really have to stop including Upton in any trade scenarios.

So we can't trade Upton for Castillo?