Angels sign Archie Bradley (1 year, $3.75 million), DFA Packy Naughton (Naughton claimed by STL)

[Inside Pitch]

Just now, tdawg87 said:

And we've been "not spending" on the bullpen for years now. It still fucking sucked.

This is a nice change.

A world better than Claudio, Guerra, Slegers....

[eligrba4ever]

I've vaguely heard of Bradley, probably because he was a Philly for so long The other guy rings no bells, but at least he's where somebody wants him.

[totdprods]

49 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Nah, the Dodgers have been doing it for a while. 

I like seeing actual pitchers warming up instead of going "aw shit, here we go again"

The Dodgers are kind of an anomaly. 

Spending on the pen tends to not work far, far more often than it does. 

The truth is neither spending big and going cheap are the best options, but the Angels can't seem to do anything with balance. It's always super-expensive or super-cheap to address needs.

[tdawg87]

2 minutes ago, totdprods said:

The Dodgers are kind of an anomaly. 

Spending on the pen tends to not work far, far more often than it does. 

The truth is neither spending big and going cheap are the best options, but the Angels can't seem to do anything with balance. It's always super-expensive or super-cheap to address needs.

I don't remember the last time they went "super expensive".

[totdprods]

32 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

I don't remember the last time they went "super expensive".

Rendon, Pujols, Upton, Hamilton, etc. it was more broad and not pen specific.

Iglesias has one of the richest contracts ever given to a reliever. Most of our pricier multi-year bullpen signings in the past (well in the past now) didn’t fare too well. 

Just saying overall, the Angels tend to just divvy up things without much balance. Across the roster, the front office, org development. It’s almost always very top-heavy. 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

What's his Spin Rate.... From released to 3.75M! 

Between Bradley and Tepera we spent 10.375M ... Hand & Ottavino cost 10M...  (both had closing experience).

These 4 are NOT the same~ More chicken $#*+....

 

[Stradling]

Haha, ok.  

[totdprods]

4 minutes ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

What's his Spin Rate.... From released to 3.75M! 

Between Bradley and Tepera we spent 10.375M ... Hand & Ottavino cost 10M...  (both had closing experience).

These 4 are NOT the same~ More chicken $#*+....

 

So…do you hate it or like it? What’s going on here 

Edited March 18, 2022 by totdprods

[Lou]

Just now, totdprods said:

So…do you hate it or like it?

He hates everything.

[tdawg87]

6 minutes ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

What's his Spin Rate.... From released to 3.75M! 

Between Bradley and Tepera we spent 10.375M ... Hand & Ottavino cost 10M...  (both had closing experience).

These 4 are NOT the same~ More chicken $#*+....

 

Dumb.

[Stradling]

40 minutes ago, Lou said:

He hates everything.

But its cool cause he played minor league baseball so he knows better than us.  Or something like that.

[Vlad27Trout27]

I wonder if we can improve his K rate. it was bad last year, and his stuff is really good.

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[Hubs]

Not Packy!

[Lou]

In before Packy his bags.

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[tdawg87]

But Michael Jordan!

[Docwaukee]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

In before Packy his bags.

[Lou]

Just now, Dochalo said:

Way ahead of you 

[Docwaukee]

42 minutes ago, Lou said:

Way ahead of you 

Naughton the Angels anymore.  

[Lou]

Just now, Dochalo said:

Naughton the Angels anymore.  

[tdawg87]

Dad went for a Packy cigs but he never came back.

-Juston Upton

[HanfordGuy]

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