How aggressive do you expect Minasian to be this offseason?

[Angels 1961]

After all is said and done more will be said then done. 

[Slegnaac]

What are the chances that one of the off season objectives is to extend Ohtani?  If they are looking at the long term future of the franchise that would seem to be on the list.  Perhaps that would qualify as a Bold / Aggressive move.

[greginpsca]

8 minutes ago, Slegnaac said:

What are the chances that one of the off season objectives is to extend Ohtani?  If they are looking at the long term future of the franchise that would seem to be on the list.  Perhaps that would qualify as a Bold / Aggressive move.

Probably a real good chance. But any extension would start in '23. They will more than likely divert the money that has been going to Upton, to Ohtani. So it won't affect the '22 budget.

[T.G.]

I expect Minasian to aggressively pursue good clubhouse guys.

[AngelStew43]

Better health will solve a lot of our problems.  Hopefully, Canning will solve his issues, and Sandoval will come back as good or better than he was this year.  

Rendon and Trout for full seasons will solve the offensive problems.  

Re-sign Iglesias, and say goodbye to most of the rest of our bullpen, and we're golden.

[eligrba4ever]

Maybe they'll see their mistake and fire Perry and Joe together. Then leave Mr. Moreno in charge of rebuilding the roster. That should make a lot of folks happy here. 

The above bit of insanity is for entertainment purposes only.

[Stradling]

8 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Maybe they'll see their mistake and fire Perry and Joe together. Then leave Mr. Moreno in charge of rebuilding the roster. That should make a lot of folks happy here. 

The above bit of insanity is for entertainment purposes only.

There’s no reason to fire Perry. 

[Angel Oracle]

7 hours ago, Lou said:

Yes, the GM is given a budget - all GMs are. It's then up to them how the utilize it. 

But when the owner has a thing for big money sluggers, makes it much more difficult to spend on pitching.

That’s the problem with Moreno, staying in budget, signing mainly sluggers, and then expecting the team to contend without enough pitching.

The definition of insanity, doing that year after year after year.

Edited September 22, 2021 by Angel Oracle

[Angel Oracle]

2 hours ago, AngelStew43 said:

Better health will solve a lot of our problems.  Hopefully, Canning will solve his issues, and Sandoval will come back as good or better than he was this year.  

Rendon and Trout for full seasons will solve the offensive problems.  

Re-sign Iglesias, and say goodbye to most of the rest of our bullpen, and we're golden.

I still think Canning doesn’t have the durability to be a starter, long term.

Could be a solid late innings guy/multi-innings guy?

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

But when the owner has a thing for big money sluggers, makes it much more difficult to spend on pitching.

That’s the problem with Moreno, staying in budget, signing mainly sluggers, and then expecting the tram to contend without enough pitching.

The definition of insanity, doing that year after year after year.

Again, he was willing to pay Cole $280 million.

[Angel Oracle]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Again, he was willing to pay Cole $280 million.

And instead of punting after losing out on Cole, he pays another $245 million out to a 30 year-old 3B which messed up the chance to sign another strong pitcher the following off-season.

How is that $245 million working for the Halos so far?    Can’t sign a proven starter now, and fix the pen and SS,  without going over budget.

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

And instead of punting after losing out on Cole, he pays another $245 million out to a 30 year-old 3B which messed up the chance to sign another strong pitcher the following off-season.

How is that $245 million working for the Halos so far?    Can’t sign a proven starter now, and fix the pen and SS,  without going over budget.

You realized we haven’t had a good third baseman in ages, right?  

[Stradling]

Oh and Rendon was top ten in mvp last season.  He’s been hurt this year. 

[Lou]

Yeah, we could have signed Bauer. 

[Stradling]

Should have given that money to Strasburg then our pitching problems wouldn’t exist. 

[T.G.]

40 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

The definition of insanity, doing that year after year after year.

And the definition of annoying is making the same rant, post after post.

[Inside Pitch]

28 minutes ago, Lou said:

Yeah, we could have signed Bauer. 

Bruin!

[AngelsLakersFan]

The problem the last six or seven years has been the number of holes on the roster that need filling. Wins in the market cost around $8 mil each, which means you are looking at $20 mil for league average production or you're going to have to cut some corners. Just about every year we've needed to find a couple of starting position players, a second catcher a couple of starting pitchers and bullpen guys. 

In a lot of ways Eppler and Minasian have always been destined for failure. The team is only likely to succeed when the homegrown talent can support the franchise on their own. 

[Inside Pitch]

16 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

In a lot of ways Eppler and Minasian have always been destined for failure. The team is only likely to succeed when the homegrown talent can support the franchise on their own. 

This is where Minasian will have it a lot easier than Eppler.   

 

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

This is where Minasian will have it a lot easier than Eppler.   

 

Yup. It looks like he may have found 4 or so starting caliber players for next season, thanks to Eppler.

[Inside Pitch]

4 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Yup. It looks like he may have found 4 or so starting caliber players for next season, thanks to Eppler.

And two cost controlled MLB OFers.

[Angel Oracle]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

You realized we haven’t had a good third baseman in ages, right?  

And until Rendon is healthy, still haven’t had one in ages.

[Lhalo]

For the record I expect Minasian to completely shit the bed this off-season. 

[Stradling]

8 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

And until Rendon is healthy, still haven’t had one in ages.

Last year. 

[T.G.]

All this time, I had no idea AO was Canadian.