Angels announce Opening Day roster

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[Warfarin]

Yep!  Figured Barreto to the 60-day IL was an easy one.  Keller made sense to DFA in terms of the options available.

[Jay]

In before, they messed with Barria's head!

[sammyscioscia]

I still can't believe we wasted a 1st round pick on Matt Thaiss, we could have another solid pitcher in our rotation by now.  But he will likely be a perpetual minor leaguer.

[Docwaukee]

3 minutes ago, sammyscioscia said:

I still can't believe we wasted a 1st round pick on Matt Thaiss, we could have another solid pitcher in our rotation by now.

this statement is twitter or facebook worthy.  

[totdprods]

6 minutes ago, sammyscioscia said:

I still can't believe we wasted a 1st round pick on Matt Thaiss, we could have another solid pitcher in our rotation by now.  But he will likely be a perpetual minor leaguer.

Remember, it also gave us extra money to sign Brandon Marsh, Nonie Williams (yikes), and Chris Rodriguez in the next three rounds...all signed over slot if I recall.

[Angelsjunky]

No last minute surprises.

I forget, is Buttrey hurt?

I know it might be premature, but I love seeing Chris Rodriguez's name on there. Can't wait for Reid Detmers, Brandon Marsh, and Jo Adell to join him.

[Docwaukee]

37 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Remember, it also gave us extra money to sign Brandon Marsh, Nonie Williams (yikes), and Chris Rodriguez in the next three rounds...all signed over slot if I recall.

and people need to actually look at what SP options were available and if we're playing the 'what I know now' game then it's not impressive at all outside of one guy.  

[Pancake Bear]

18 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

I forget, is Buttrey hurt?

Nah, he's just pitching poorly.

[totdprods]

And if Thaiss does fail, getting Walsh and Rojas in 36th round or whatever guys is a big win to balance out.

Ward came around last year. Still time for Thaiss to do the same.

[ukyah]

47 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Remember, it also gave us extra money to sign Brandon Marsh, Nonie Williams (yikes), and Chris Rodriguez in the next three rounds...all signed over slot if I recall.

they could just pretend that they drafted marsh or rodriguez with their 1st rounder, and then everything's fine.

[failos]

RHP Kyle Keller - Designated for assignment

 

[Chuck]

[HaloBronco]

Watching C-Rod pitch reminds me of K-Rod. 

At first I didn't like the move of having him in the pen to open the season but the more I thought about, the more I liked it. 

He could have meaningful impact on multiple games in a given week. 

As Halo fans we haven't really had dominant starter since what, the days of Chuck Finley or further back Nolan Ryan. 

But we have had Dominant closers like K-Rod, Bryan Harvey and of course my favorite Percival. 

I could see Chris Rodrigues having that type of impact, he has that type of stuff to do it.

I'm actually excited to watch how this unfolds.     

And the strategy of having a not great but solid starting pitching to go along with a very strong bullpen could be the way we have a great season. 

We have more than enough hitting to win, it's how we pitch that's going to determine our fate.    

[Billy_Ball]

 

[Angel Oracle]

18 hours to first pitch!

[WicketMaiden]

2 hours ago, HaloBronco said:

And the strategy of having a not great but solid starting pitching to go along with a very strong bullpen could be the way we have a great season.   

Nice idea, I'm not sure we're quite there yet though HB, it looks more solid than strong to me. Will be very happy to be proven wrong on that one though. 

[Warfarin]

5 hours ago, WicketMaiden said:

Nice idea, I'm not sure we're quite there yet though HB, it looks more solid than strong to me. Will be very happy to be proven wrong on that one though. 

Yeah I mean personally, I don't see a very strong bullpen, but what I do see is more of a "high floor" bullpen that shouldn't be lit up on a nightly basis.  One of the issues we had last year is we blew a ton of games (thanks to Robles, Buttrey, etc) that we should have otherwise won.

With Iglesias and Mayers manning the late innings, and now with a bevy of what should be at least average middle relievers, hopefully we can win a number of those games that we blew last year.

Again this is not a shutdown pen like the Yankees, Dodgers, Brewers, etc have, but it should at least be an average one.  What we do have is what should be a top 5 offense and an above average rotation.  Combine all 3, along with strong infield defense, and we should be contenders in a good but not great division.

[AngelsFaninGA]

9 hours ago, Billy_Ball said:

 

He must not read this board...just wait until he walks his first batter