Official 2022-23 Offseason Hot Stove Thread

[HanfordGuy]

Glad Contreras goes to the Cards and not the ‘Stros.

 

[Inside Pitch]

7 hours ago, TempeAngel said:

I do not concur. There is a case to be made the 2020 WS Championship was more difficult to achieve than a full season World Series Championship.

Except for the reality that it reduced the regular season and everything that could happen over 162 games to 60 games.

The post-season was likely more volatile, but getting there at full strength was a hell of a lot easier.

[angelsnationtalk]

The Astros are still very interested in Bryan Reynolds and Daulton Varsho, but the asking price in a trade would be very high.

Houston has been tied to OF free agents Andrew Benintendi, Michael Conforto, and Brandon Nimmo

— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) December 7, 2022

The Astros are starting to annoy me.

[rafibomb]

5 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

The Astros are starting to annoy me.

starting to?

[Warfarin]

6 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

The Astros are starting to annoy me.

I am resigned to the fact that they will be very good perpetually.  I thought that the penalties for cheating would have gutted them, but it clearly did not.  The only positive is their farm system looks rather weak, but that clearly has not slowed them down.

All we can do is focus on our team and improve.  Even if the Astros keep taking the division, history is littered with wild card teams that win it all, including our beloved 2002 Angels.  We just gotta get to the dance.

[Angels 1961]

1 minute ago, rafibomb said:

starting to?

Giants will be involved in those OF.

[Warfarin]

 

 

[mmc]

 

[Warfarin]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

 

He may have meant Arson Bogaerts

[Angel Oracle]

35 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

It was the defense.  Every pitcher had to deal with the super genius playing toy soldiers with the position players.

[TempeAngel]

58 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Except for the reality that it reduced the regular season and everything that could happen over 162 games to 60 games.

The post-season was likely more volatile, but getting there at full strength was a hell of a lot easier.

I just think it's BS that some of us Angels fans want to discount the Dodgers WS win. Every team played by the same rules. Get over it.

In a 60 game season all it would take is a 3 week slump and a team may not even make the playoffs. Over 162 games it's likely the best teams are playing in October.

[CanadianHalo]

Literally no one remembers who won or counts those covid championships except for the fans of the teams that won 

[angelsnationtalk]

The Cardinals and a Willson Contreras are close on a 5-year deal. Yadier replacement.

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 7, 2022

[Dtwncbad]

4 minutes ago, TempeAngel said:

I just think it's BS that some of us Angels fans want to discount the Dodgers WS win. Every team played by the same rules. Get over it.

In a 60 game season all it would take is a 3 week slump and a team may not even make the playoffs. Over 162 games it's likely the best teams are playing in October.

If I call the Dodger wives shanks, are you going to post photos of them and say that many of them are actually quite pretty?

Angels fans absolutely should fully rag on the Covid championship.  They would do the same.

[mmc]

 

[Warfarin]

3 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

Well, it does seem that the Judge signing has led to a flurry of subsequent activity, so that's cool.

[Warfarin]

Just now, mmc said:

 

The Guardians signed someone, and now the A's?  WTF?

[Dtwncbad]

14 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

5 years is a long time for a catcher.

[mmc]

 

[mmc]

 

[CanadianHalo]

Good deal for the Cards

[beatlesrule]

Now that Judge also turned down more money from the Padres, it's just more proof that not all free agents go to the highest bidder.

[Dtwncbad]

12 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Now that Judge also turned down more money from the Padres, it's just more proof that not all free agents go to the highest bidder.

Haven’t we always known that many free agents don’t simply take the highest offer?

[beatlesrule]

3 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

Haven’t we always known that many free agents don’t simply take the highest offer?

Not everyone here does even after Pujols and CJ Wilson got offered more money from the Marlins. There was discussion here in this thread that free agents just go to whatever team offers the most.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

2 hours ago, HanfordGuy said:

 

I wonder by the time his contract is up, if it will be reminiscent of Pujols' contract?