Love, Like, Live (with), Loathe

[Docwaukee]

I'll start with LF
Love - Nimmo
Like - Benintendi 
Live with - David Peralta or some other 1yr deal of less than 10m  
Loathe - Platoon of Adell and Moniak 

[Stradling]

Left Field:

Love: Nimmo

Like:Conforto

Live: Gallo

Loathe: No Depth

[Erstad Grit]

Catcher

Love: Contreras 

Like: Vazquez

Live: Stassi

Loathe: Sanchez 

 

 

[Angelsjunky]

Love: Susan Sarandon, c. 1980-90

Like: Susan Sarandon, now

Live: Not Susan Sarandon

Loathe: Kevin Costner

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 11/8/2022 at 8:03 PM, Docwaukee said:

Loathe - Platoon of Adell and Moniak 

If you loved that platoon, you could say "no homo".

But you loathe it. So it's "no Jo-Mo"

[Angelsjunky]

I'll do LF

Love: Conforto or Brantley one year deal

Like: Nimmo multi-year, Conforto or Brantley 2 years

Live with: Benintendi multi-year, Conforto or Brantley 3 years

Loathe: Adell/Moniak platoon

[tdawg87]

Doc loves Nimmo.

I love Nimmo.

I love Doc.

[Stradling]

I wouldn’t hate Gleybar Torres at SS or 2nd. 

[Angelsjunky]

CF

Love: A healthy Trout playing 150+ games

Like: A somewhat healthy Trout playing 135 games

Live: Some injuries, but most of the season - 120 games

Loathe: Anything less than 120 games played by Trout

[tdawg87]

1 hour ago, Angelsjunky said:

CF

Love: A healthy Trout playing 150+ games

Like: A somewhat healthy Trout playing 135 games

Live: Some injuries, but most of the season - 120 games

Loathe: Anything less than 120 games played by Trout

I'd be ok if he plays 119 games.

[Angelsfan1984]

Love - trea turner

like- swanson

live- boegarts

loathe - the new owner being the guy who won the power ball 

[Second Base]

On 11/9/2022 at 6:24 AM, Angelsjunky said:

Love: Susan Sarandon, c. 1980-90

Like: Susan Sarandon, now

Live: Not Susan Sarandon

Loathe: Kevin Costner

Yellowstone is incredible. 

[Second Base]

I don't anticipate being competitive. So I'm good with Adell and Moniak. I'm also good with a one year acquisition as well. I'm not good with a multi year signing. 

[Tank]

On 11/11/2022 at 7:50 AM, Angelsfan1984 said:

Love - trea turner

like- swanson

live- boegarts

loathe - the new owner being the guy who won the power ball 

If reports are accurate, the powerball winner is going home with “only” around $650 million. 

[wopphil]

Nimmo is my top choice this off-season. I actually think this team could compete next year with (1) Nimmo, (2) one very good starting pitching addition (Rodon) and (3) a healthy Trout and Rendon. 

[Angelsfan1984]

44 minutes ago, Tank said:

If reports are accurate, the powerball winner is going home with “only” around $650 million. 

What a broke ass loser. 

[Stradling]

Another Left Field One:

Love: Acuna

Like: Haniger

Live: Belinger/Conforto

Loathe: No depth

 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

On 11/8/2022 at 10:43 PM, Erstad Grit said:

Catcher

Love: Contreras 

Like: Vazquez

Live: Stassi

Loathe: Sanchez 

 

 

Logan O'Hoppe

[Pancake Bear]

Shortstop

Love: Trea Turner - Anthony Rendon's bestie. I wouldn't kick Correa out the door either. Pipe dream.

Like: Trade for Amed Rosario or something comparable.

Live with: Elvis Andrus or anyone else in that group.

Loathe: Standing pat (although I won't be devastated) or wasting resources on a lousy player.

[TempeAngel]

How about "Logical", "Levelheaded" or "Lifelike"?

Seriously, a few of you are living in a false sense of reality. Like you must really believe in Willie Wonka's great glass elevator.

It's silly.

[Chuck]

1 hour ago, TempeAngel said:

How about "Logical", "Levelheaded" or "Lifelike"?

Seriously, a few of you are living in a false sense of reality. Like you must really believe in Willie Wonka's great glass elevator.

It's silly.

Yeah I have a hard time believing that the Angels can afford one of the top tier SS on the FA market and have money leftover to extend Ohtani at some point. 

[Stradling]

5 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Yeah I have a hard time believing that the Angels can afford one of the top tier SS on the FA market and have money leftover to extend Ohtani at some point. 

Next years free agent class isn’t great. There’s no guarantee that Ohtani is coming back. The best way to convince him to come back is to improve the team. If you sign a great SS then the worse case scenario is you have a great SS and Ohtani walks. If you save money to sign Ohtani but don’t improve at SS then the worst case scenario is you don’t have a good SS and Ohtani walks. They have to improve the team to keep him and you figure out the Ohtani money later. 

[Warfarin]

5 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Yeah I have a hard time believing that the Angels can afford one of the top tier SS on the FA market and have money leftover to extend Ohtani at some point. 

Absolutely this.  The priority should be Ohtani.  Ohtani isn't holding this team hostage - he isn't saying, "you must spend 35+ mil on a SS or I'm gone."  The team needs to be a winner long-term, and signing another guy on the wrong side of 30 (or just about there) to a 7+ year deal is a guaranteed way for this team to continue to be non-contenders long-term.

The best route, as a lot of us are saying, is to acquire a SS via trade and let the prospects develop and take over with time.  Soto looked surprisingly promising in his brief cameo appearance.  Neto has strong reviews and is already in AA.  Those guys will be part of the solution.  We just need to bridge the gap to them, which means finding a SS for a year or two until they're truly ready.

[Warfarin]

4 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Next years free agent class isn’t great. There’s no guarantee that Ohtani is coming back. The best way to convince him to come back is to improve the team. If you sign a great SS then the worse case scenario is you have a great SS and Ohtani walks. If you save money to sign Ohtani but don’t improve at SS then the worst case scenario is you don’t have a good SS and Ohtani walks. They have to improve the team to keep him and you figure out the Ohtani money later. 

The worst case scenario, unfortunately, is the same scenario we have seen play out for this team every time we do this - the pricey FA acquisition breaks down and is a shell of their former self for the bulk of the contract.  Pujols, Hamilton, Upton, Rendon .. 

I would consider this move if we didn't have Neto, but we just spent our top pick on a SS that isn't too far from being ready.  Minasian's pedigree suggests he is very much a draft and develop guy, I would be shocked if he just scrapped his plan, signed a FA SS to a huge deal, and effectively rendered Neto somewhat of a wasted pick (or more likely, just trade bait).

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, Warfarin said:

The worst case scenario, unfortunately, is the same scenario we have seen play out for this team every time we do this - the pricey FA acquisition breaks down and is a shell of their former self for the bulk of the contract.  Pujols, Hamilton, Upton, Rendon .. 

ok then why worry about signing Ohtani long term?