Official 2021-22 Hot Stove League Thread.

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 minutes ago, eligrba said:

Have you told this to @Tank?

Pfft. Ever since we acquired cabbage, tank has been too busy on the phones with nike trying to get jersey deals.

[eligrba]

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

Tank is busy meeting with the green beans people all week.

[mmc]

 

[AngelStew43]

Sign Seager, sign Iglesias.  Then, work on finding a taker for the Upton contract.  

It is rumored that the Padres are looking for a LF.  Send a couple of prospects to SD along with Upton for a prospect in another area of need, like catcher. 

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

Oh no!  We missed out on Jerad Eickhoff????  F this off-season.

(I actually don't know who he is...)

[Second Base]

Angels fans are understandably jaded when it comes to their annual pursuit of pitching. With such a deep, strong FA class of pitchers, you'd have figured they'd spend and get it right. 

But this is the Angels we're talking about here. The longer this goes on, the more likely it's another Harvey-Cahill, or Cobb-Teheran scenario. 

And the similarities between Syndergaard and Lorenzen and those guys is painfully familiar. 

Get something done soon Perry, before this fan base turns on you. 

[T.G.]

16 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

The five years in Korea were a bigger factor

I hate that park.

Chan Ho?

[ten ocho recon scout]

9 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

Lol! Scherzer makes more than the orioles!

 

 

 

(.... which actually kind of makes sense)

[Angels 1961]

Big halo news coming this afternoon or evening. 

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, Angels 1961 said:

Big halo news coming this afternoon or evening. 

Chuck's source is revealed!  It was Angels 1961 all along...

[ten ocho recon scout]

Gonna be funny if chucks bird meant to say Gray, but came out as Ray

[EdmontonAngelsFan]

1 minute ago, Angels 1961 said:

Big halo news coming this afternoon or evening. 

Here we go...

[eligrba]

12 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

Mets payroll currently at $267M and likely will surpass $300M before it’s all said done. I guess Cohen really is willing to spend whatever it takes. 

Holy shit.  Someone should keep serving Cohen whatever he is drinking so Eppler can sign more old guys.  Do the Mets need an old LF making almost 30 mill?

[ten ocho recon scout]

Just now, eligrba said:

Holy shit.  Someone should keep serving Cohen whatever he is drinking so Eppler can sign more old guys.  Do the Mets need an old LF making almost 30 mill?

Some connection there with eppler, too. We should look into this

[T.G.]

Still waiting for the Phillies to spend "stupid money."

[mmc]

 

[zenmaster]

I have this feeling that we might miss out on the remaining pitchers now and Artie will sign Correa or Seager in panic. Similar to what we did with Rendon. 

[WicketMaiden]

22 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Gonna be funny if chucks bird meant to say Gray, but came out as Ray

Chuck's now looking at the original text and mumbling something about auto-correct.

[T.G.]

8 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Gonna be funny if chucks bird meant to say Gray, but came out as Roy

[WicketMaiden]

19 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

I have this feeling that we might miss out on the remaining pitchers now and Artie will sign Correa or Seager in panic. Similar to what we did with Rendon. 

That's just the Angels' PTSD messing with you. Those scars run deep at this time of year. 

[Dtwncbad]

4 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

I have this feeling that we might miss out on the remaining pitchers now and Artie will sign Correa or Seager in panic. Similar to what we did with Rendon. 

If the Angels somehow get shut out of signing the big free agent pitcher, I absolutely want them to pivot and sign a beast SS with that money instead (and then trade for someone like Castillo).

My point is your post suggests it would be a stupid move when the pivot move would be the correct move.

[zenmaster]

3 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

If the Angels somehow get shut out of signing the big free agent pitcher, I absolutely want them to pivot and sign a beast SS with that money instead (and then trade for someone like Castillo).

My point is your post suggests it would be a stupid move when the pivot move would be the correct move.

I agree 100%. I would just prefer us to land a big name starter. But plan B is better than nothing. 

[Stradling]

Sign a SS and trade for an arm.  That is how the pivot should go down if you have to pivot.

[totdprods]

I'd rather sign Chris Taylor for SS and RF coverage. A lot less money and time commitment, and he sort of covers two needs in one move.

[Second Base]

I disagree. All those years, all those one year contracts, all that money, down the toilet. The Angels would've been smart to save some of those bullets for a truly elite FA starter. 

Pivoting fails to address the actual need and tried to compensate by building a more one dimensional team, and most importantly....

IT NEVER WORKS.

Spending 36 million on Gerrit Cole would've been dumb, but necessary. Spending 34 million in Anthony Rendon.... Possibly worse. I like Rendon, but he isn't a pitcher and won't be traded for a pitcher and now the viability of the infield defense and middle of the order offense now rests on a 30-something athlete. They lived their teens and 20's harder than you or I and it's difficult to maintain health into your 30's comparatively.