Moreno Family Exploring Sale of the Los Angeles Angels

[CanadianHalo]

Hopeful that whoever spends 2.5 billion or whatever it ends up being will want the team to be an instant contender and will immediately spend the necessary money to make up for a lack of talent

The thing we’ve all been hoping Arte would do the last few years 

[failos]

4 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

Hopeful that whoever spends 2.5 billion or whatever it ends up being will want the team to be an instant contender and will immediately spend the necessary money to make up for a lack of talent

The thing we’ve all been hoping Arte would do the last few years 

What if the new owner buys the Angels just to sabotage them?

[rafibomb]

 

[failos]

Well at least Carpino will be gone. That alone will do wonders to this team

[CanadianHalo]

1 minute ago, failos said:

What if the new owner buys the Angels just to sabotage them?

Then I guess things just stay the same 

[failos]

1 minute ago, CanadianHalo said:

Then I guess things just stay the same 

Well done. Will you change your avatar once the new owner is announced?

[CanadianHalo]

Please have a deal finalized long before the start of free agency 

[UndertheHalo]

16 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Pujols is gone. Upton is gone. Arte is on his way out. 

Should we invite Claude back? 

Yes 

[CanadianHalo]

Just now, failos said:

Well done. Will you change your avatar once the new owner is announced?

Yes

[Tank]

3 hours ago, zenmaster said:

Please of please get us someone filthy rich who loves baseball. So who do we want to buy? Ballmer? Cuban?

 

charlie sheen!

[angelsnationtalk]

I should have put this in this thread....

But I officially am hoping Steve Ballmer buys the Angels if he's interested. 
He pays top $, has built a proper front office and most importantly, he lets them do their job. 

 

https://nba.nbcsports.com/2020/12/20/is-steve-ballmer-best-owner-in-nba-a-lot-of-people-around-nba-say-yes/

[Inside Pitch]

15 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

Hopeful that whoever spends 2.5 billion or whatever it ends up being will want the team to be an instant contender and will immediately spend the necessary money to make up for a lack of talent

The thing we’ve all been hoping Arte would do the last few years 

Whoever does buy the team will be able to take the depreciations on a whole bunch of salaries....   

[T.G.]

Of those guys mentioned in the NBA article, Joe Lacob is a UCI alum with obvious OC ties...

But I doubt any of them buy the Angels.

[failos]

Just now, T.G. said:

Of those guys mentioned in the NBA article, Joe Lacob is a UCI alum with obvious OC ties...

But I doubt any of them buy the Angels.

Loe Jacob

[Taylor]

13 minutes ago, rafibomb said:

 

Who knew Johnny Giavotella had such strong opinions about Angels ownership.

[rafibomb]

2 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Who knew Johnny Giavotella had such strong opinions about Angels ownership.

I assumed it was JB Shuck

[T.G.]

4 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Who knew Johnny Giavotella had such strong opinions about Angels ownership.

 

2 minutes ago, rafibomb said:

I assumed it was JB Shuck

Same thing.

[mmc]

 

[T.G.]

2 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

Once again... we fans don't know squat.

[Amazing Larry]

OTBNL

[Inside Pitch]

2 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

OTBNL

Arte going to be traded for Cash Considerations

[Dtwncbad]

13 pages and nobody has yet credited the boycott by Angels1961 for forcing Arte to sell?

[Tank]

2 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Let's all chip in and own the Angels as an AW group. 

i'm ready to be the next gm, chuck.

[Inside Pitch]

 

[gotbeer]

37 minutes ago, Puget Sound Angel said:

You would think with Ohtani under contract that would increase the value of the team with all his potential international revenue streams.

Do it Arte. Sign him and leave a hero.

Actually, it's the opposite that usually happens when a team is sold.  Future contracts, no matter how marketable, are considered future debts for a team.  So to maximize the sellers profits, they cut payroll so that they can get the most $$.  I.E. $2 billion selling price, with $1 billion in future debt would net Arte less than $2 billion selling price and $400 million in future debt.  Also with the stadium deal going down in flames, this is the perfect time for him to sell.  Before incurring even more costs.  He may have to put $2 billion to develop the land, but it might just increase the selling price by half a billion or a billion.