Mt. Rushmore Good & Bad of Angels Free Agent Signings

[Jason]

47 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

His health is.   The stats are there.

He was good for half of a short 2020 season and his stats have not been there in his brief 2021 appearances. That’s what I mean by trending the wrong way but like I said, too early to make any judgment on him. When all is said and done I think it will be an OK signing. Not great but not terrible either 

Edited May 14, 2021 by Toby Flenderson

[Tank]

1 hour ago, True Grich said:

Is it true that when Tank started teaching school in Glendale, more families in that community opted to home school their kids?

only for the ones that didn't want to get some good learnin'.

[JustATroutFan]

Torii and Vlad should both be up there. Vlad's best years were with the Expos but he did win the MVP with the Angels. Great signings with Torii and Vlad when they were very productive for about their whole contracts. Colon was only good with the Angels for one season, which was his Cy Young season in 2005. Whether or not he should have won that Cy Young is another debate. He shouldn't but still was very good that season. 

[Pancake Bear]

My memory for anything pre-2000 is shaky. I was just a kid in the early 90's and didn't follow the team super closely. Since then, the ones I remember as good were Torii and Vlad. Ohtani is a little early to tell, but I'd add him to the list of the ones I remember. 

Worst were Pujols and Hamilton by a long shot. GM Jr. should be there also. Finding another that compares is difficult.

CJ was not a terrible contract, he just wasn't a great one. He was a good bit worse than his last two years with the Rangers, so he was disappointing, but he only had one legitimately bad year. Was he worth his contract? Debatable. Probably not quite. He was being paid to be a 3 win player, if I remember win/$ from then correctly, and he never quite was there. He did manage a sub 4.00 ERA 3/4 years with us. People didn't like him personally, but he wasn't a disaster of a contract.

[nate]

6 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

GOOD MT. RUSHMORE: Vladimir Guerrero, Bobby Grich, Don Baylor, Shohei Ohtani

BAD MT. RUSHMORE: Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton, Mo Vaughn, Gary Matthews Jr.  

does nobody remember CJ Wilson?

[Chuck]

Just now, nate said:

does nobody remember CJ Wilson?

He was at least decent. at times...

[happybat4]

Ohtani shouldn't count, he was an international free agent that barely cost anything.

[Erstad Grit]

Mo Vaughn mashed while he was here. Yes he was a douche but we got the Mets to take his contract and we got a serviceable Appier out of it. Vaughn is no where near a terrible signing. 

[Mark68]

I would add Bostock to the good side. Yeah, it was about 5/6 of a year due to his untimely murder, but he raked.

You could apossibly add Bob Boone also.

But my good: Vlad, Torii, Grich, Bostock

My bad: Pujols, Hamilton, Private Matthews, Reggie

[T.G.]

Chili Davis should be getting some more love here.  He signed as a free agent twice and put up some nice numbers both times.

[failos]

Not seeing enough Vernon Wells here

[Lou]

23 minutes ago, failos said:

Not seeing enough Vernon Wells here

He wasn't a FA signing.

 

 

 

(you know what)

[failos]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

He wasn't a FA signing.

 

 

 

(you know what)

But he’s a piece of shit so I’ll include him anyways

[Lou]

24 minutes ago, failos said:

But he’s a piece of shit so I’ll include him anyways

He's actually a very nice man. 

[failos]

10 minutes ago, Lou said:

He's actually a very nice man. 

I couldn’t care less

[Lou]

7 minutes ago, failos said:

I couldn’t care less

That was mean.

[failos]

Just now, Lou said:

That was mean.

I know. I’m a dick and I’m in a pissy mood.

[Lou]

18 minutes ago, failos said:

I know. I’m a dick and I’m in a pissy mood.

You should watch Peaky Blinders.

[failos]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

You should watch Peaky Blinders.

I’ve already seen that fookin show

[Lou]

3 hours ago, failos said:

I’ve already seen that fookin show

[Slegnaac]

Remember when we stole Mike Trout away from the Yanks and the Phils? 

That was a great signing.

[notherhalo]

Robb Quinlan, Matt Palmer, Erick Aybar + hotdog bun, Reggie Willits

Vernon Wells is on the bad once twice, Hamilton and CB Bucknor

 

 

[TheLordofOuts]

Noah Syndergaard will be a future Mt. Rushmore good candidate when the Angels snap him up in the off season

[JoJo26]

On 5/14/2021 at 7:43 AM, Inside Pitch said:

Lynn, DeCinces, and Carew were trades....

DAMN - You are correct - NOW - I have to revise - as 40 years go by and I had only relied on my memory - THANKS Inside

[Erstad Grit]

On a smaller scale, Bobby Abreu (first contract) here was a good one. 

Bert Blyleven was good.

Mark Langston was great.