Giants claim Jose Quintana off waivers, Angels recall Kean Wong

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[jsnpritchett]

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Didn’t expect him to get put on outright waivers with all our rotation injuries.  Curious to see if anyone else goes.

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Fully expecting Quintana to be a good starter there with their knack for fixing starting pitching

[Chuck]

9 minutes ago, mmc said:

Didn’t expect him to get put on outright waivers with all our rotation injuries.  Curious to see if anyone else goes.

Bundy, K. Suzuki & J. Iglesias next.

[totdprods]

Kinda wonder if we'll see the Angels claim some guys too, maybe sign recently released Chase Anderson. 

Probably no better than Quintana or Bundy but sometimes a fresh look. I'm a little leery rushing/adding too many youngsters, though I do kinda wanna see Yan, Pina, or Ortega perhaps get a little shot.

Edited August 30, 2021 by totdprods

[Capital_Dave]

It really would be something if the only member of the Angels roster to end the season with a World Series ring is... Jose Quintana.

[T.G.]

16 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Bundy, K. Suzuki & J. Iglesias next.

Let's say the Angels do that and call up some prospects... what if those prospects struggle a lot.  Then what?  Where do you turn next? I think it's unrealistic to think the Angles would/could drop a bunch of players.

[mmc]

Interesting comment

 

[Chuck]

7 minutes ago, True Grich said:

Let's say the Angels do that and call up some prospects... what if those prospects struggle a lot.  Then what?  Where do you turn next? I think it's unrealistic to think the Angles would/could drop a bunch of players.

The Angels are not making the playoffs and all of those guys mentioned are on expiring contracts at the conclusion of this season. 

It's best served at this juncture to see what we got in terms of depth heading into 2022. 

In terms of Michael Stefanic, I'd love to see if he's good enough to take on a starting role so that we can focus all of our money on pitching this offseason, not for a high prized FA SS that's going to cost a ton.

[Chuck]

6 minutes ago, mmc said:

Interesting comment

 

Quintana was good for something at least this season. 

[T.G.]

I think dropping too many guys with expiring contracts is a bad precedent to set.... you eliminate any depth you have - if the young guys fail.

Edited August 30, 2021 by True Grich

[Capital_Dave]

11 minutes ago, True Grich said:

I think dropping too many guys with expiring contracts is a bad precedent to set.... you eliminate any depth you have - if the young guys fail.

Well, yes, but from a pure business perspective this is such a huge win for the Angels.  They're no longer responsible for a pro-rated portion of the contract.  29/162 games = 17.9% = $1.43 million in savings.  Notwithstanding that the owner is a billionaire, that's not nothing in a baseball business' bottom line.

[DMVol]

17 minutes ago, True Grich said:

I think dropping too many guys with expiring contracts is a bad precedent to set.... you eliminate any depth you have - if the young guys fail.

Quintana is of zero value to the is team right now....A month left in the season, why not let the Giants pay his salary?  AAA season is over next week, I think....in this lost season, any AAA guy helps you as much as Quintana, and is a whole lot cheaper.....at this point, losing a few more games just helps your draft status for next year....not advocating tanking but winning in the last month is less important than letting the young guys play, that's all that matters.

[tdawg87]

29 minutes ago, mmc said:

Interesting comment

 

This is the crap that gives Maddon a boner.

[totdprods]

5 minutes ago, DMVol said:

Quintana is of zero value to the is team right now....A month left in the season, why not let the Giants pay his salary?  AAA season is over next week, I think....in this lost season, any AAA guy helps you as much as Quintana, and is a whole lot cheaper.....at this point, losing a few more games just helps your draft status for next year....not advocating tanking but who really cares how many of the last 30 we win?  Let the young guys play, that's all that matters.

Salt Lake's season ends October 3rd.

[totdprods]

5 minutes ago, Capital_Dave said:

Well, yes, but from a pure business perspective this is such a huge win for the Angels.  They're no longer responsible for a pro-rated portion of the contract.  29/162 games = 17.9% = $1.43 million in savings.  Notwithstanding that the owner is a billionaire, that's not nothing in a baseball business' bottom line.

Cool. Great!

[AngelsFaninGA]

1 minute ago, totdprods said:

Cool. Great!

They can use that money to make some additions to the scouting depar....nevermind

[DMVol]

4 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Salt Lake's season ends October 3rd.

I thought the season had been extended with a late start but didn't know it was that late....

[totdprods]

2 minutes ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

They can use that money to make some additions to the scouting depar....nevermind

Pay for fees in upcoming Skaggs legalities. 

[Docwaukee]

the two things that didn't work this year which I though would are the Jose Iglesias trade and the Jose Quintana signing.  But I guess when you need 12 things to work, it makes sense that 6 of them won't.  But I thought Quintana was a really safe bet to be average and not awful.  

[Justin]

52 minutes ago, Capital_Dave said:

It really would be something if the only member of the Angels roster to end the season with a World Series ring is... Jose Quintana.

I cannot tell you how much I would prefer that to Pujols getting another. 

[ukyah]

talk about landing on your feet!

[jsnpritchett]

43 minutes ago, True Grich said:

I think dropping too many guys with expiring contracts is a bad precedent to set.... you eliminate any depth you have - if the young guys fail.

Who gives a shit? The Angels have been outscored by about 70 runs this year even with these guys.  They're 10.5 games out of the second wild card.  Do you really care if they end up 20 games out instead of 9? Just let young guys get some time and see what you have going into next season.

[Angels 1961]

Good Luck Jose Quintana and beat those Doooodgers.