Most disappointed you ever were about a player NOT signing with the Angels

[mmc]

Seeing the disappointment from fans over the last few years when the team missed out signing guys like Cole, Bauer, and Scherzer had me curious.  Which free agent were you personally the most disappointed about when they didn't sign with the Angels?

[Erstad Grit]

Teixeira and Beltre for sure.  They were such good fits. Randy Johnson when we signed Mo Vaughn and the rumor was Mo was recruiting him.  

[happybat4]

Beltre and Crawford.

[Stradling]

Real tough question but the two that stick out in my mind is Lackey (probably because he went to Boston) and Tex. After that probably Gerrit Cole. 

[notherhalo]

Beltre, Ryu, Jed Lowrie, Brantley, Reddick

[Torridd]

Can't really remember but Stroman bummed me out. I really thought he was coming here.

[halomatt]

Edge: Lowell

 

(Ha!  That was always one of my favorites.) 

Tex and Beltre stand out, but I think more about the rumors that never panned out.  Those were kicks to the crotch.  Then I stopped worrying about it. 

[m0nkey]

Teixeira for sure

[stormngt]

Beltre 

We needed a 3b and we needed offense.   

Ryan if you include our own FA 

[failos]

Beltre, Teixiera, Greinke, and probably Cole.

Edited February 5, 2022 by failos

[Blarg]

I'm old so Nolan Ryan not signing a contract extension. I firmly believe the Angels missed multiple trips to the World Series and playoffs because of the Bavasi blunder.

[Justin]

It's one of those things where sports just don't mean as much to me as they used to, for myriad reasons. So, although I probably wanted Cole more than I wanted any other player, I was not nearly as disappointed when the Angels failed to sign him as I was when, say, Teixeira signed with the Yankees.

[Revad]

23 minutes ago, Blarg said:

I'm old so Nolan Ryan not signing a contract extension. I firmly believe the Angels missed multiple trips to the World Series and playoffs because of the Bavasi blunder.

Ryan for sure, and Greinke because we traded for him.

[Taylor]

Carl Crawford sucked at the time, but it worked out in retrospect.

Teixeira was a huge bummer for sure. It really felt like the Angels had a leg up. That was the original FA race with the joke threads called things like "Teix signs" (featuring photos of fan-made Mark Teixeira signs) and "Teix picks a club" (featuring a photo of him pulling out a golf club from a golf bag).

[Docwaukee]

Greinke and Beltre.  

[tdawg87]

Pujols.

[Taylor]

53 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Pujols.

My favorite episode of Loki was when he visited the universe where the Angels missed out on Pujols and won the World Series in 2014 and made it to the playoffs in 2013-2019.

[Angels 1961]

Y Petit

[Angelsjunky]

Greinke.

The St Louis version of Pujols.

[HanfordGuy]

Tex, Carl Crawford and I remember thinking the Angels could sign Joe Carter in ‘92.

[NJHalo]

Tex for sure

[Second Base]

Looks like everyone here remembers what I remember.  Adrian Beltre and Carl Crawford.  

Gerrit Cole is up there too, but I'm starting to believe it's  best they didn't.  

But I'll offer a new one up. Torii Hunter. 

His final season in Anaheim was great. He was Trout's mentor, a team leader and a crowd favorite.  Then Arte tells him they don't have the money to sign him,  and they turn around and drop 125 million in Josh Hamilton.  

[gurn67]

As far as an Angel not re-signing? Nolan Ryan in 1979. Thank you Bavasi. He famously said he could replace Ryan with two 8-7 pitchers. Well, he signed one pitcher to replace Ryan, and Bruce Kison went 3-6.

As far as a player from another team not signing? Randy Johnson in 1998. That was a done deal. Everyone in the baseball world, including Johnson, assumed he was going to be an Angel. However Bavasi part 2 happened, and his man crush on Moo Vaughn. The Angels never even made Johnson an offer. Angels could have had Randy Johnson and Rafael Palmeiro (who also wanted to sign here) for almost the same total money (97.4 million) that Moo Vaughn & Tim Belcher signed for (90.2 million).

[AngelsLakersFan]

Carlos Beltran, Garrett Cole, Chuck Finley, Mark Teixiera

[wopphil]

Beltre by far, followed by Carl Crawford.