The Athletic's Off Season Grades (Angels get a B+)

[Docwaukee]

 

I agree with a B+ and think it's fair.  Just combing through the various FA signings and trades I think there's a couple things that they could have done differently that would have further increased the overall impact to the team but of course I'm saying that without appropriate context.  

[Angelsjunky]

Yep, that's what I'd give them - and a B+ is very good, though not quite in the excellent+ range (I'm old school).

I really like the raised floor. It greatly increases the chance that the Angels will be, at least, competitive for most of the year.

Sure, they could have gone after Correa and pushed the dial up a bit. But in two or three years, we'll probably be happy they didn't, as we have a cheap Neto vs. an expensive 30-something Correa.

To get to A-, I'd like to have seen a bit more bolstering of the bullpen, but I'm not sure how that would have been possible without risking another over-spend like Loup/Tepera. I'm worried we're going to miss Raisel this year.

My biggest concern going into the season is, as last year, the health of the Big Three...I'm still including Rendon, because we still don't know how he'd perform if healthy, so I'm not quite ready to write him off as a non-star. I'm not convinced Trout can play 140 games, and I still worry about Ohtani's arm. But if all three are healthy - or at least if we can get 400 starts from them (and 25+ GS from Ohtani), I think the Angels are going to be legit contenders.

[Torridd]

I just read that we're going after Zach Britton.

[Angel Oracle]

Relying on Loup and Tepera is not a recipe for a good bullpen.

How far away are Joyce, Murphy, Torres, and Ingram from being MLB quality relievers?

Edited January 31, 2023 by Angel Oracle

[Chuck]

I thought Keith LOLaw gave them an F? Doesn't he write for the Athletic?

[floplag]

Thats fair IMO.
We could have done sooooo much more. 
We definitely raised the floor, so we wont be as bad ... but didnt do much to raise the roof.
Few games over 500 on the outside looking in come playoff time. 
Theres still time, but as of right now, yeah, thats about right. 

[mmc]

24 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

I thought Keith LOLaw gave them an F? Doesn't he write for the Athletic?

Each team's writer gave the grade for their team, so it was Blum that gave us a B+

[Taylor]

A B+ was the lowest grade I got in college.

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, Taylor said:

A B+ was the lowest grade I got in college.

Plot Twist:  Taylor was home schooled.

[jsnpritchett]

55 minutes ago, Taylor said:

A B+ was the lowest grade I got in college.

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

A B+ was the lowest grade I got in college.

Hofstra honor role.  

[Angelsjunky]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

A B+ was the lowest grade I got in college.

Presumably that wasn't Intersectional Studies, unless they maxed out cisgender white males at B+.

Edited February 1, 2023 by Angelsjunky

[Taylor]

1 minute ago, Angelsjunky said:

Presumably that wasn't Intersectional Studies, unless they maxed out cisgender white males at B+.

I went to Pepperdine, not UCLA.

[Swordsman78]

11 hours ago, Taylor said:

I went to Pepperdine, not UCLA.

Your parents would have needed to bequest another $50k to get that grade raised.  #slackers

[Lou]

Pepperdine isn't even a safety school. 

[Taylor]

44 minutes ago, Lou said:

Pepperdine isn't even a safety school. 

Especially since the Malibu hills light on fire every year. Not very safe at all.

[Angels 1961]

16 hours ago, Taylor said:

A B+ was the lowest grade I got in college.

I got a B once in summer school as a fifth year SR. 

[failos]

20 hours ago, floplag said:

Thats fair IMO.
We could have done sooooo much more. 
We definitely raised the floor, so we wont be as bad ... but didnt do much to raise the roof.
Few games over 500 on the outside looking in come playoff time. 
Theres still time, but as of right now, yeah, thats about right. 

You should turn this post into a haiku

[floplag]

3 hours ago, failos said:

You should turn this post into a haiku

Sorry i failed geometry.
(sarcasm/humor before anyone goes there because someone will)

[Taylor]

40 minutes ago, floplag said:

Sorry i failed geometry.
(sarcasm/humor before anyone goes there because someone will)

I understood it was a joke, but what geometry term does "haiku" sound like?

Perhaps the superior joke would have been, "Sorry, I took Spanish as my second language."

[floplag]

26 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I understood it was a joke, but what geometry term does "haiku" sound like?

Perhaps the superior joke would have been, "Sorry, I took Spanish as my second language."

Could go a lot of ways really... just happened to be the first one that popped in

[Revad]

8 hours ago, Taylor said:

Especially since the Malibu hills light on fire every year. Not very safe at all.

Plus mudslides… but a beautiful campus and the beach.  

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, Revad said:

Plus mudslides… but a beautiful campus and the beach.  

and a 53% acceptance rate 

 

lol 

[Taylor]

35 minutes ago, Lou said:

and a 53% acceptance rate 

 

lol 

Not when I went there.

 

 

 

It was 52% then.

[cysomeawfulpitcher]