Industry Opinion on Anthony Rendon & Arte Moreno

[Spirit]

The O's had Cal Ripken Jr. and we've got Tony.

 

[T.G.]

14 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Which is why I live by the motto never hope for your team to be bought by an advertising/marketing person.

Which is silly because not every advertising/marketing person is like Arte and to assume so is kind of dumb.

[gurn67]

Rendon never wanted to be here from the beginning. It was obvious that he just wanted the money. Same with Gaetti. Once Gaetti left, he went back to being the same player he was before. Albert never wanted to be here either. However, at least he played hurt.

[Taylor]

Rendon could flat-out confirm what these reports say, and some of you would still be like, "We just need a little more information."

[DMVol]

56 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Angelos is definitely the better comp.

Angelos was a cheapskate….Arte is not that…they may both meddle but Arte has authorized some huge contracts, which unfortunately haven’t worked out…Angelos never went after any big name guys….he actually backed out of a couple of deals, based on medical, if I recall correctly…which PO’ed agents and the union…

[oldguy]

3 hours ago, Revad said:

Damn it Chuck.  This place is going to go bananas

I remember a few games back when Rendon tried to fist-bump Ohtani and completely got the cold shoulder.  Shohei knows!!!

[Biergott]

Hey at the least the Nats got the same tainted meat.  Strasburg is retiring.  We both got hosed…..

 

would be nice if Rendon suddenly became honorable and retired as well

Edited August 24, 2023 by Biergott

[Jay]

6 minutes ago, oldguy said:

I remember a few games back when Rendon tried to fist-bump Ohtani and completely got the cold shoulder.  Shohei knows!!!

Wow that really happened?

[Biergott]

5 minutes ago, Jay said:

Wow that really happened?

Yeah…not sure if it was out of context and shohei was pissed at himself or something, but Rendon got left high and dry

[Hubs]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

I don’t need protecting Chuck. I think full circle and Sword have consistently been fucking idiots on here. So to disagree with them is completely fine to me. Maybe I’m wrong about Rendon, that’s fine, I’ve been wrong before. Guys like full circle choose to assume the worst in people, I choose not to. 

Agreed on Swordsman. He is smug, know it all, jerk.

I see that when Rendon plays, and he's healthy, this team is better. And it wouldn't surprise me if he's got a poor attitude with all of the random injuries.

 

[Taylor]

14 minutes ago, Biergott said:

Hey at the least the Nats got the same tainted meat.  Strasburg is retiring.  We both got hosed…..

 

would be nice if Rendon suddenly became honorable and retired as well

If he's a good Christian he'll do the right thing and retire.

[Taylor]

13 minutes ago, Jay said:

Wow that really happened?

Yep, it made the rounds on Twitter:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[johndw52]

I'm not jumping on this bandwagon, at least with Rendon. Yes strange behaviour,  odd interactions with fans etc looks real bad. Not to mention his injury prone history. But "hates baseball" is to me a strech. He didn't get this far by hating a sport which millions dream of but only a handful can attain.  He is a strange bird that I can see but baseball has always had some oddballs. Good and bad. Maybe some hidden demons  similar to Hamilton. Who knows. Hopefully he will wake up. In the meantime the Angel Org is SOL.  PLEASE SELL ARTE! 

[AngelsFaninGA]

Doesn't surprise me at all that a guy like Arte is a terrible judge of character and that multiple big free agent signings have had issues with character and attitude (Hamilton, Pujols, Rendon)

[Angelsjunky]

I don't think it is totally outlandish to think that Rendon might accept a buy-out: "We owe you $110M for the next three years - how about we pay you for two of them and you can 'retire' now and we won't bug you."

Not sure the players union would be happy, but Tony might take it. He wouldn't even have to go through the motions, rehab, etc.

[T.G.]

3 hours ago, cals said:

Rendon has admitted he hates baseball. 

He stated that watching baseball was "boring." He never said he hates baseball

[cals]

Just now, T.G. said:

He stated that watching baseball was "boring." He never said he hates baseball

Potāto potàto

[jsnpritchett]

1 hour ago, Jay said:

Wow that really happened?

 

50 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Yep, it made the rounds on Twitter:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Angelsjunky]

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

 

Woah. Not sure I've seen Shohei drop an F-bomb. Not sure if he was dissing Rendon, or just pissed that he (presumably) made an out.

[fan_since79]

3 minutes ago, T.G. said:

He stated that watching baseball was "boring." He never said he hates baseball

He probably meant Angels baseball. Real baseball is generally pretty interesting, but Angels games are either snoozefests or incredibly frustrating and tense affairs.

[T.G.]

3 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

He probably meant Angels baseball. Real baseball is generally pretty interesting, but Angels games are either snoozefests or incredibly frustrating and tense affairs.

The context...

It had something to do with the all-star game.  When asked if he was going to watch the game, he said... "No, baseball is boring."

[HBAngel13]

16 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

I don't think it is totally outlandish to think that Rendon might accept a buy-out: "We owe you $110M for the next three years - how about we pay you for two of them and you can 'retire' now and we won't bug you."

Not sure the players union would be happy, but Tony might take it. He wouldn't even have to go through the motions, rehab, etc.

I would absolutely explore this. He would likely be cut loose as early as 2025 anyway. If he refuses, he has an obligation to go through as strenuous rehab as possible to get back on the field. Assuming Chucks report is spot-on, I am not sure why he wouldn’t entertain this. 

I said this in another thread, but his looming presence puts pressure on the roster management. Couple that with the hoops needed for Ohtani and it’s difficult to have the flexibility needed to construct the best possible team.  Would prefer they just move on entirely.  I can imagine Perry would be on board with this, not sure about Arte. 

I would like to see Perry turn over as many of the Eppler/Dipoto era players as possible, Trout and Ohtani excluded. 

[Angel Oracle]

2 hours ago, oldguy said:

I remember a few games back when Rendon tried to fist-bump Ohtani and completely got the cold shoulder.  Shohei knows!!!

Jack Parkman approves of Ohtani’s cold shoulder.

[Mark68]

Water is, indeed, wet.

[Swordsman78]

2 hours ago, Hubs said:

Agreed on Swordsman. He is smug, know it all, jerk.

I see that when Rendon plays, and he's healthy, this team is better. And it wouldn't surprise me if he's got a poor attitude with all of the random injuries.

 

@T.G. do your job my man