Official 2022-23 Offseason Hot Stove Thread

[Dtwncbad]

3 minutes ago, cals said:

I'm still waiting for a good one.  I can't wait!

So is your wife?? 

[cals]

1 minute ago, Dtwncbad said:

So is your wife?? 

Reported

[Dtwncbad]

Just now, cals said:

Reported

Oh crap.  I really was kidding.  I thought we were in a good place.

My bad.

[jordan]

1 hour ago, Warfarin said:

I think the Lion dude literally sprays around as many random tidbits of info as possible.  If you scan his info, he has a LOT of Tweets about literally everyone.  It is easier to look "right" when you literally cite every possible rumor you can, lol.

This is pretty dang specific and two weeks before anything happened.  
 

 

[Chuck]

I hereby allow @mmc and others to link to The Lion in Texas tweets here as it relates to the Angels. I’m slowly becoming a believer. 

[jordan]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

I hereby allow @mmc and others to link to The Lion in Texas tweets here as it relates to the Angels. I’m slowly becoming a believer. 

 

[Stradling]

Could you imagine this place if we sign a SS. 

[jordan]

Let’s get Senga and Correa and call it an off-season. 

[CanadianHalo]

I’m a believer in the Lion. At first I thought he was full of shit but he’s been pretty spot on

Even this morning he said things were going to get going today and we got Verlander and Turner news

[mmc]

 

[Angels 1961]

7 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Could you imagine this place if we sign a SS. 

Really depends on which one they sign

[Warfarin]

14 minutes ago, jordan said:

This is pretty dang specific and two weeks before anything happened.  
 

 

Mmm.. I mean it is, but .. the Angels have made it known they are looking at relievers, and he was one of the top ones on the market.  He could very well have sources, but so far he has not actually had any kind of "breaking" news, but rather just linking names to teams that have a need and are looking to spend to fill that need.  I am skeptical.

[CanadianHalo]

3 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

Really depends on which one they sign

Well if we’re believers in the Lion now it sounds like it’s Swanson or bust

[totdprods]

What doesn’t pass sniff test for me with Lion is I can’t imagine someone that well-connected on that many teams/players would have time, interest, or motivation to tweet at this volume.

It’s one thing for one guy to have a source on a couple orgs, maybe an agent, to hear rumblings around some specific players and teams, but to have some chum to feed people on every team or player seems beyond the pale.

[Vlad27Trout27]

1 minute ago, totdprods said:

What doesn’t pass sniff test for me with Lion is I can’t imagine someone that well-connected on that many teams/players would have time, interest, or motivation to tweet at this volume.

It’s one thing for one guy to have a source on a couple orgs, maybe an agent, to hear rumblings around some specific players and teams, but to have some chum to feed people on every team or player seems beyond the pale.

It Has to be Fucken Maddon. That guy got time to talk shit, write a book found a way to use twitter. It got to be him, Leaving in his RV, makign bank while drinking fine wine and posting these tweet. Got to be him! 

[Stradling]

19 minutes ago, jordan said:

 

So right after he tweeted the Cook Perry Cook he retweeted that Hendricks is being shopped. I can’t imagine we’d be in the market for him unless Stassi, Loup, Tepera or Fletchers money was going the other way.  

[Vlad27Trout27]

I'm just joking, Don't take it seriously. But  I'm loving the Italics.

 

[totdprods]

16 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

I’m a believer in the Lion. At first I thought he was full of shit but he’s been pretty spot on

Even this morning he said things were going to get going today and we got Verlander and Turner news

The timing has been the most telling sign that they’re actually informed. He has seemed to be about 12 hours about significant things happening, even if it’s not something terribly significant or specific.

He also dropped Renfroe interest about a day before the trade.

[Vlad27Trout27]

So, if Hendriks is available what would it take to get him? are the white sox trying to shed salary? he got 15is mil for one more year, and i believe an option that becomes guaranteed if he get trade for 15 mil. 30 mil over 2 years for a pretty damn good closer. If there trying to shed salary I'd do it. 

[totdprods]

5 minutes ago, Stradling said:

So right after he tweeted the Cook Perry Cook he retweeted that Hendricks is being shopped. I can’t imagine we’d be in the market for him unless Stassi, Loup, Tepera or Fletchers money was going the other way.  

I am starting to think there’s a trade and a signing in the mix.

Angels sign Senga, deal Suarez+ for Arráez from Minnesota or Tim Anderson.

Or Angels sign Swanson, deal Rengifo for an arm. Hendrix. A package for López from Miami. Something to that effect.

Commit some money to fill SP/RP or SS, and trade from resulting surplus of that to fill the other need.

Edited December 6, 2022 by totdprods

[Warfarin]

19 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

So notably, in that regard, any team would effectively be acquiring Hendriks on a 2/29 deal, in terms of dollar commitment, given that his option becomes guaranteed.

I have to say I would very much like to have him in our pen.  A bullpen core of Hendriks, Estevez, Loup, Tepera, Herget, Quijada, and Barria sounds awfully good to me.

[Stradling]

Just now, totdprods said:

I am starting to think there’s a trade and a signing in the mix.

Angels sign Senga, deal Suarez+ for Arráez or Anderson.

Or Angels sign Swanson, deal Rengifo for an arm. Something to that effect.

Bring it on. I’m fine with them spending money.  

[Angelsfan1984]

Hendricks is filthy, but why would the Sox trade him while trying to compete?

[Angelsfan1984]

Spend it all arte! 
partially my money…

[Warfarin]

Just now, Angelsfan1984 said:

Hendricks is filthy, but why would the Sox trade him while trying to compete?

Because a lot of the Central seems to "compete" in an odd way - trading away players as they near free agency and staying younger/inexpensive.  The White Sox have some nebulous comments about payroll that suggests that they might be reducing payroll, or at least staying stagnant at best.