Angels sign David Fletcher to an extension (5 years, $26 million, with club options for 6th and 7th year)

[Lou]

39 minutes ago, Lou said:

Look at the bright side....

Texas signed Semien for 6/$175M.

He is batting .181 with an OPS of .486 and 0 HRs (45 in 2021)

.178 and .478 

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Has he reached that mark yet? 

Is this a serious question?  Because if it is, using bWAR, he managed 1.8 last season and has managed 0.4 so far this year.   Using fWAR, he was 0.8 last season and 0.1 this year.

[Inside Pitch]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

.178 and .478 

0.1 bWAR this year.   -0.2 fWAR.

[Taylor]

Trevor Story and Marcus Semien are competing for the Pujols Award.

[T.G.]

2 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Trevor Story and Marcus Semien are competing for the Pujols Award.

Show Albert some respect, dude.  No one can compete for that award like the mang himself.

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, Taylor said:

Trevor Story and Marcus Semien are competing for the Pujols Award.

Every year I have a list of guys I want no part of -- one winter the Angels did me proud and signed two of them (Harvey and Allen) because F me..  But I don't think I've ever been more against a position player than I was Story.

[Taylor]

2 minutes ago, True Grich said:

Show Albert some respect, dude.  No one can compete for that award like the mang himself.

The recipients of the award are always inferior to the award's namesake. It's more of an homage than anything.

[Taylor]

3 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Every year I have a list of guys I want no part of -- one winter the Angels did me proud and signed two of them (Harvey and Allen) because F me..  But I don't think I've ever been more against a position player than I was Story.

I wanted Story after reading a Fangraphs article about how he performs better in the second or third game of a road trip (some kind of adjustment thing).

There's no way he's as bad as his current numbers.

[Inside Pitch]

3 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I wanted Story after reading a Fangraphs article about how he performs better in the second or third game of a road trip (some kind of adjustment thing).

There's no way he's as bad as his current numbers.

He's a weird one.  His hard hit rates have been static but his pull rate on FBs has been on a steady decline for three years according to the data at STATS Inc.  Typically that's the place you look for early warning signs, also a big predictor of future success. 

I think we will see a lot of guys have much better second halfs, partially because the weather and partially because MLB has never shown itself willing to stay with their juiced/deadened ball experiments for very long..  The doubling down of the humidors AND the deader ball has a lot of guys hurting.

But I still wanted no part of him.  The HR numbers were going to prop his price tag up and did.

[Inside Pitch]

14 minutes ago, True Grich said:

Show Albert some respect, dude.  No one can compete for that award like the mang himself.

The Cards are 16-12 this year, 5-7 in games AP starts.  His last ten games he's been good for a .154/.267/.192 batting line.   Since his three hit game in his second appearance he's managed a .188/.316/.313 line. 

The Cards have so much respect for AP they have let him face RHPs more than LHPs, he's responded by hitting .080/.233/.080 in those 30 PAs.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

Look at the bright side....

Texas signed Semien for 6/$175M.

He is batting .181 with an OPS of .486 and 0 HRs (45 in 2021)

and Corey Seager is batting .231 with an OPS of .645

10/$325M

 

Where's Stamm?

[Inside Pitch]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

and Corey Seager is batting .231 with an OPS of .645

10/$325M

 

Where's Stamm?

They spent 500+ million just so their manager could get pissy and talk shit after a HR allowed..   

That's quality entertainment.

 

[Taylor]

4 minutes ago, Lou said:

and Corey Seager is batting .231 with an OPS of .645

10/$325M

Getting IBB'd with the bases loaded messed with his head.

[Inside Pitch]

2 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Getting IBB'd with the bases loaded messed with his head.

[Lou]

12 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Getting IBB'd with the bases loaded messed with his head.

Since that AB, he's batting .203 

[Taylor]

21 minutes ago, Lou said:

Since that AB, he's batting .203 

Joe Maddon doesn't play 4D chess. He solves a Rubix Cube blindfolded while alligators nip at his balls.

[Jason]

26 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Joe Maddon doesn't play 4D chess. He solves a Rubix Cube blindfolded while alligators nip at his balls.

I lol'd because I have a visual of an alligator gently nibbling on someone's genitals 

[Taylor]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

I lol'd because I have a visual of an alligator gently nibbling on someone's genitals 

Alligators aren't gentle.

 

 

 

So I've heard.

[T.G.]

14 minutes ago, Jason said:

I lol'd because I have a visual of an alligator gently nibbling on someone's genitals 

Especially when you know that Taylor's nickname is "Gator."

[eligrba]

18 minutes ago, True Grich said:

Especially when you know that Taylor's nickname is "Gator."

[Jason]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Alligators aren't gentle.

 

 

 

 

They are in my visual 

[Warfarin]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

Look at the bright side....

Texas signed Semien for 6/$175M.

He is batting .181 with an OPS of .486 and 0 HRs (45 in 2021)

Aaaand, to top that off, they moved him off of the position that in which he generated a ton of value (SS).  Whoops.

[Warfarin]

It's early, but this highlights why long-term deals are risky propositions.  While Eppler did give out what appears to be one poor long-term deal (Rendon), he largely eschewed mega contracts on the whole.

This is why it is just so critical to develop talent within - most of these long-term deals are busts, and you need your young players and undervalued "finds" to help compensate for the albatross contracts that these teams carry.

Fortunately in Fletcher's case, even if he continues to be a black hole offensively, he's really solid defensively, and his contract isn't outrageous.

[AngelsLakersFan]

6 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

The Cards are 16-12 this year, 5-7 in games AP starts.  His last ten games he's been good for a .154/.267/.192 batting line.   Since his three hit game in his second appearance he's managed a .188/.316/.313 line. 

The Cards have so much respect for AP they have let him face RHPs more than LHPs, he's responded by hitting .080/.233/.080 in those 30 PAs.

His numbers are still too good for my liking.

[arch stanton]

2 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

His numbers are still too good for my liking.

The important Pujols numbers are 0 slots occupied on the Angels' 40 man roster and $0 counted toward the Angels' payroll