Angels acquire Dominic Leone for Jeremiah Jackson (move Bachman to 60 day IL)

[Warfarin]

So - I expect Leone will take Mederos' spot on the roster once he arrives.  Not sure whose spot he will take.. maybe Rendon will go to the 60-man IL?  We'll see.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

12 minutes ago, Hubs said:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=leonedo01&t=p&year=2023

The vast majority of his appearances have been solid. But who leaves the pen for him?

 

Maredios tomorrow.... or, whatever his name is... The "Yo Man Johnson" dude from StarTrek...

[Angels 1961]

Just now, Duren, Duren said:

One move too many. Sometimes you have to stay disciplined and bite the bullet rather than dealing away decent prospects for journeymen. The Angels have are making a calculated decision to go all in, but at a cost. The other moves were more solid and logical. This really doesn't make the bullpen any better unless he greatly improved his career form. But we shall see. 

Jackson is just like guy halos trade for Bundy.

[TroutField]

After thinking about it we have a decent amount of middle infield depth with Drury, Velasquez, Neto, Rengifo and they must believe in the Kyren Paris and Zach Neto duo as the future of the middle infield. 
 

still seems like a weird trade that we could have just done without 

[bloodbrother]

Not even a fan of Jackson much due to the huge hit tool issues, but this is still quite an underwhelming return. Was hoping for another bullpen piece at the deadline, but Leone is pretty much a replacement level reliever you can find anywhere. Guess he'll add more depth to the pen at least

[Angels 1961]

Welcome aboard Dominic Leone and good luck. Report to skipper Nevin then head to BP. Throw couple shutdown inn and make Admiral Minasian look good. 

[Chuck]

Dumb

Unless Leone only uses his slider and fastball who have really low BAA. 

His cutter has been tattooed. 

[Stradling]

Just now, Chuckster70 said:

Dumb

Unless Leone only uses his slider and fastball who have really low BAA. 

His cutter has been tattooed. 

Seems like an easy fix. 

[Angels in 2030]

Weird....weird.  Not so much the cost -- but the return.  Just weird.

Can we trade him back for cash considerations (us paying them).

[ukyah]

sooooo, stop throwing the cutter then?

[totdprods]

Eh this is about what I expected today. Shoring up the last spot in the bullpen was about the only thing left, and Leone is like another Webb or Devenski. I imagine Silseth takes Canning’s spot in rotation for next two weeks and by that time it might be close enough to September they can add returning arms to extra roster spots or time a demotion on someone like Soriano or Silseth that allows them to return in short order, or a Webb/Loup/Barria DFA if the staff gets tight.

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, ukyah said:

sooooo, stop throwing the cutter then?

Yep. I mean if it’s that easy you and I are now mlb quality pitching coaches. 

[Angel Oracle]

Took a deeper look.

It appears that since May 23, subtracting just the one bad outing against the Cheaters in mid-June:

21.2 innings, 11 hits, 29/9 Ks/BBs, 2.10 ERA, 0.93 WHIP

Maybe he stopped throwing the cutter so much?

[bruin5]

19 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

A lot of our farm system was dumped during this trade deadline.  Most (not all, but most) were from Eppler's regime.  I am thinking the current FO and player devo department has a different take on which prospects to keep and which to trade.

We'll see how this ultimately turns out, and how good Perry is at determining who to keep and who to trade.

And I guess that Eppler still believes some of these guys have high ceilings. 

[totdprods]

He effectively replaced the rotating door of Wantz, Reyes, and Weiss which I’m totally fine with.

Wantz is at his yearly limit for options I believe. Next time they’d have to DFA him.

And I think Jackson would’ve been R5 eligible this winter too, and not necessarily good enough to add, but a classic example of a guy picked by a cellar dweller. Adams was too.

Edited August 1, 2023 by totdprods

[Revad]

Where was Jackson in the depth chart compared to Paris and others?

[Angel Oracle]

Past 3 outings, 4 seam at 95-97mph and slider in mid-80s

Decent stuff, does the 4 seam have good location and movement?

[drpiranha]

5 minutes ago, totdprods said:

He effectively replaced the rotating door of Wantz, Reyes, and Weiss which I’m totally fine with.

Wantz is at his yearly limit for options I believe. Next time they’d have to DFA him.

And I think Jackson would’ve been R5 eligible this winter too, and not necessarily good enough to add, but a classic example of a guy picked by a cellar dweller. Adams was too.

Exactly. They got someone that they feel is better than Wantz, Reyes and Herget. They actually didn't need another bullpen arm, except for the fact that Canning went on the DL and moves Silseth (who they would trust in moderate leverage situations) into the starting rotation.

[Angelsfan1984]

2 minutes ago, drpiranha said:

Exactly. They got someone that they feel is better than Wantz, Reyes and Herget. They actually didn't need another bullpen arm, except for the fact that Canning went on the DL and moves Silseth (who they would trust in moderate leverage situations) into the starting rotation.

So they sold next year's model of the Prius for a used corolla?

Steady vehicle with some good features and great gas mileage but wont win any races for a car they dont mind getting dented or stolen. Am i understanding this correctly?

[mmc]

 

[mmc]

 

[Revad]

4 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

So they sold next year's model of the Prius for a used corolla?

Steady vehicle with some good features and great gas mileage but wont win any races for a car they dont mind getting dented or stolen. Am i understanding this correctly?

I was able to buy a new Corolla in 1997 for $10,500 and that car lasted a decade before I gave it to my brother in law who got a few more years out of it.  Reliable.

[Angel Oracle]

For a 9th overall pick, Bachman’s health so far is a definite concern.

[Angel Oracle]

3 minutes ago, Revad said:

I was able to buy a new Corolla in 1997 for $10,500 and that car lasted a decade before I gave it to my brother in law who got a few more years out of it.  Reliable.

Drove two different Corollas from 1979-2000, standard transmission.

Reliable and fun to drive

[jsnpritchett]

13 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

He looks scared.