The Official 2022 Spring Training Hot Stove Thread

[mmc]

Would MUCH prefer Perez at 4 to Lorenzen at 7...

[Dtwncbad]

14 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

F Trudeau

Fixed 

[Dtwncbad]

4 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

I'd like Suzuki and trade an OF for a SP

or Rodon

 

or last resort Greinke 

I don’t want Greinke.  I have a completely unscientific feeling that this is the year he completely sucks.

[Erstad Grit]

13 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

I don’t want Greinke.  I have a completely unscientific feeling that this is the year he completely sucks.

I have a very scientific feeling Canning will suck.

[mmc]

LOL

 

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, mmc said:

LOL

 

[Angels 1961]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

LOL

 

That's 2 more teams that had interest before halos signed him

[Dtwncbad]

24 minutes ago, mmc said:

LOL

 

The market widened for Albert.

(insert obvious joke here)

[tdawg87]

He's going to sign with Texas and hit .400 against us and .168 against everyone else.

[mmc]

 

[Don]

28 minutes ago, mmc said:

LOL

 

I saw someone online bring up Colorado as a possible destination for him, and honestly that's the only place that makes a little sense. DH/pinch hit against lefties, just lift some balls and hope. AP, for all his GIDPs, seemed to also enjoy hitting a lot of balls about 340 to straight away left.

[mmc]

 

[mmc]

Shit man, would've easily given Rodon that deal

[m0nkey]

That's a whole lot of money for someone with his injury history

[Don]

2 minutes ago, mmc said:

Shit man, would've easily given Rodon that deal

Yeah, the years part of that is appealing for sure. That said, the dude has been pretty pedestrian outside of 2021. There's also a decent possibility he just wanted to play in SF. Pretty solid place to pitch.

[mmc]

3 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

That's a whole lot of money for someone with his injury history

Sure but if we're serious about wanting to win these are the types of gambles we have to take

[Inside Pitch]

7 minutes ago, mmc said:

Shit man, would've easily given Rodon that deal

If he stays healthy and benefits from that park as he should he will be available again next winter.

5 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

That's a whole lot of money for someone with his injury history

To be fair, the Angels are paying Syndergaard 21 mil this year.

[bloodbrother]

2 minutes ago, mmc said:

Sure but if we're serious about wanting to win these are the types of gambles we have to take

Angels already made their big gamble with the Syndergaard signing. I think they'll be acquiring another arm by trade or signing some vet on the market like Greinke...IF they actually add another SP  of course. Let's hope they do because they sure as hell need more than 1 SP

Edited March 11, 2022 by bloodbrother

[tdawg87]

I honestly think we're getting Suzuki and trading Adell/Marsh for Castillo. 

That's my prediction.

[Don]

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

If he stays healthy and benefits from that park as he should he will be available again next winter.

To be fair, the Angels are paying Sunder based 21 mil this year.

If he repeats his 2021 production he'll opt out and probably get 4/100-ish somewhere.

[Inside Pitch]

Just now, bloodbrother said:

Angels already made their big gamble with the Syndergaard signing. I think they'll be acquiring another arm by trade or signing some vet on the market like Greinke

Yes, the problem is they followed it up with another gamble on a RP transitioning to SP.

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

Sure but if we're serious about wanting to win these are the types of gambles we have to take

If he's good again this year and stays healthy, he would almost assuredly opt out.  If he sucks and/or isn't healthy, then a) he's not helping this year and b) the Angels are stuck with him at $20M+ for 2023.  They already have Syndergaard and Lorenzen on 1-year deals.  As always with the Angels, they need guys that are controllable.

[OhtaniSan]

I'm holding out hope that the Angels commit to the whole Japan marketing thing and sign both Seiya Suzuki and Yusei Kikuchi. That would make me very happy

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, Don said:

If he repeats his 2021 production he'll opt out and probably get 4/100-ish somewhere.

Absolutely.  The issue with him is a balky shoulder.  Smart move by Rodon.  

[mmc]