Maybe dodged a terrible contract

[Erstad Grit]

Berrios looks terrible in just year two of his 7/131 deal with the Jays.

I admit I wanted him. 

[Inside Pitch]

30 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

Berrios looks terrible in just year two of his 7/131 deal with the Jays.

I admit I wanted him. 

Don't look now but he was pretty close to terrible in year one of his deal.  The dude's rep was always bigger than his game.  The K totals made people believe he had been better than he was.  That said -- he ate up innings and that had value.

[Erstad Grit]

25 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Don't look now but he was pretty close to terrible in year one of his deal.  The dude's rep was always bigger than his game.  The K totals made people believe he had been better than he was.  That said -- he ate up innings and that had value.

Oh he was awful last year. That's why his two terrible starts this year should be so concerning. He was also bad in the WBC

[Inside Pitch]

9 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

Oh he was awful last year. That's why his two terrible starts this year should be so concerning. He was also bad in the WBC

He's one of those guys that got paid based on what people thought he could be, not what he had been.  Guy had a career ERA+ of 105 through the season before his trade.  Canning for instance was at 106 up until his injury season fiasco.

[Dtwncbad]

I wanted the Angels to pursue Berrios.

But that was also at a time when most Angel fans wanted basically any legitimate starters to help the rotation.

Right now with the current roster I don’t find myself pining for any other starting pitchers that are (or might be) “available.”

It sure helps to avoid being wrong when you are not desperate.

[Stradling]

So here’s the list of free agent pitchers Angel fans wanted and were pissed we didn’t sign:

Corbin

Keuchel

Berrios (trade)

Ryu

[ScruffytheJanitor]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

So here’s the list of free agent pitchers Angel fans wanted and were pissed we didn’t sign:

Corbin

Keuchel

Berrios (trade)

Ryu

Gerrit Cole?

[HeavenlyHalos]

Wheeler as well. Have to be fair and list the ones that have been good.

[Erstad Grit]

29 minutes ago, Stradling said:

So here’s the list of free agent pitchers Angel fans wanted and were pissed we didn’t sign:

Corbin

Keuchel

Berrios (trade)

Ryu

Madbum 

[Stradling]

8 minutes ago, HeavenlyHalos said:

Wheeler as well. Have to be fair and list the ones that have been good.

Yep. I was going to do a separate list with ones we lost out on. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

41 minutes ago, Stradling said:

So here’s the list of free agent pitchers Angel fans wanted and were pissed we didn’t sign:

Corbin

Keuchel

Berrios (trade)

Ryu

I'll add here that I really wanted Stroman. And so far he hasn't been "great"

Edited April 12, 2023 by ten ocho recon scout

[HanfordGuy]

4 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Don't look now but he was pretty close to terrible in year one of his deal.  The dude's rep was always bigger than his game.  The K totals made people believe he had been better than he was.  That said -- he ate up innings and that had value.

Rumor has it that after Berrios signed his contract he began working out with Justin Upton and Vernon Wells.

[cals]

5 hours ago, Stradling said:

Yep. I was going to do a separate list with ones we lost out on. 

No you weren’t.

[Stradling]

1 hour ago, cals said:

No you weren’t.

Yes I was. 

[cals]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Yes I was. 

Noticed you never got around to it.

[Inside Pitch]

7 hours ago, HeavenlyHalos said:

Wheeler as well. Have to be fair and list the ones that have been good.

The list of people on Wheeler was a lot shorter than these other guys.  He's maybe been the best value FA pitcher since his signing -- Strasburg the worst.

[Dtwncbad]

When the Angels sucked ass in starting pitching, I wanted to sign everybody to make sure we got the good ones.

[Jeff Fletcher]

8 hours ago, Stradling said:

So here’s the list of free agent pitchers Angel fans wanted and were pissed we didn’t sign:

Corbin

Keuchel

Berrios (trade)

Ryu

Stephen Strasburg. 
 

Trevor Bauer. 
 

Corey Kluber.

[Jeff Fletcher]

8 hours ago, HeavenlyHalos said:

Wheeler as well. Have to be fair and list the ones that have been good.

Wheeler is from back East and his wife was pregnant at the time of his free agency, so I don’t believe there was any chance of the Angels getting him. 

[m0nkey]

25 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Stephen Strasburg. 
 

Trevor Bauer. 
 

Corey Kluber.

What’s wrong with Bauer?

 

[m0nkey]

I remember when Berrios was compared to Jose Fernandez because of the similarities in their deliveries and slider. 
 

Those were the days

[HeavenlyHalos]

10 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Wheeler is from back East and his wife was pregnant at the time of his free agency, so I don’t believe there was any chance of the Angels getting him. 

Correct but there were several people on here that wanted him so I added him to that list.

[Stradling]

Guys we feel like we missed out on:

Cole

Wheeler 

Lance Lynn (there were a couple of us that wanted him)

Scherzer last year

[nando714]

Javy Baez contract as well

[Deek]

22 hours ago, Erstad Grit said:

Berrios looks terrible in just year two of his 7/131 deal with the Jays.

I admit I wanted him. 

But thankfully, it's a wash - we didn't miss out on:

 

Pujols

Moo Vaugh

Josh Hamilton

Gary Mathews Jr

Vernon Wells

Anthony Rendon