Angels reinstate Thaiss, option Velazquez, place Max Stassi on the restricted list (family medical emergency)

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[jsnpritchett]

They usually announce stuff like this before they post the lineup card.  Today's card still has Velazquez on the bench.  Whoops.

[ELEVEN]

They also misspelled DFA

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[Stradling]

So @Jeff Fletcher does this mean the Angels are now under the tax threshold?

[Stradling]

Just now, Stradling said:

So @Jeff Fletcher does this mean the Angels are now under the tax threshold?

I should have waited a few seconds. 

[Stradling]

So are we upset that Arte is choosing not to pay Stassi the final month so they can get under the tax threshold and improve their possible draft position if they lose Ohtani?

[Angels 1961]

I wish Max Stassi the best in his situation.

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

So are we upset that Arte is choosing not to pay Stassi the final month so they can get under the tax threshold and improve their possible draft position if they lose Ohtani?

I personally don't care and would have been fine if they put him on the restricted list a lot earlier. 

[Stradling]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

I personally don't care and would have been fine if they put him on the restricted list a lot earlier. 

I’m of the opinion that they took care of him by paying him for 5/6 of the season.  If he was injured I might feel different. 

[Swordsman78]

3 minutes ago, Stradling said:

So are we upset that Arte is choosing not to pay Stassi the final month so they can get under the tax threshold and improve their possible draft position if they lose Ohtani?

No.  But guys will be upset that they can't bash the "incompetence" of the front office anymore.

[Taylor]

Very sad that some of you are using Stassi's family situation to stir up an argument.

[AngelsLakersFan]

12 minutes ago, Stradling said:

So are we upset that Arte is choosing not to pay Stassi the final month so they can get under the tax threshold and improve their possible draft position if they lose Ohtani?

I'm trying to wrap my mind around what happened here, but it certainly does read the way you described it. 

 

[ADHB]

Give the team credit for paying Stassi this whole time, when they probably didn’t have to. Only when there was some tangible benefit to putting him on the restricted list did they actually do it.

It’s not a big deal, and doesn’t say anything about the team being cold hearted or cheap or anything stupid like that. They put Trout on the restricted list when he was away from the team after the birth of his son. It’s pretty standard procedure around the league I’m sure.

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, ADHB said:

Give the team credit for paying Stassi this whole time, when they probably didn’t have to. Only when there was some tangible benefit to putting him on the restricted list did they actually do it.

It’s not a big deal, and doesn’t say anything about the team being cold hearted or cheap or anything stupid like that. They put Trout on the restricted list when he was away from the team after the birth of his son. It’s pretty standard procedure around the league I’m sure.

Yep.  That's the way I look at it.  They did more than they had to.  I don't think the Angels are "bad guys" in any way for making this move now.  Hope Stassi and his family (presumably his wife?) get the care they need and that there's some sort of positive resolution.

[cals]

So per Fletcher the Angels avoided this to avoid looking like total A-Holes to the rest of the league.

But everyone has price.

[Just Sayin]

Look….I hope Stassi is okay and his family is okay.  Wish the best for Stassi.   
 

But seriously, after his performance last season he’s lucky he’s getting paid ANYTHING. 
 

He seriously SUCKED last season.

[Angel Oracle]

He still got paid close to $6 million out of the total $7 million due him in 2023 

That does sound fair.

Edited September 3, 2023 by Angel Oracle

[Angel Oracle]

25 minutes ago, cals said:

So per Fletcher the Angels avoided this to avoid looking like total A-Holes to the rest of the league.

But everyone has price.

[Stradling]

11 minutes ago, Just Sayin said:

Look….I hope Stassi is okay and his family is okay.  Wish the best for Stassi.   
 

But seriously, after his performance last season he’s lucky he’s getting paid ANYTHING. 
 

He seriously SUCKED last season.

So he had a bad season. It happens. 

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[BTH]

So Blum was wrong.

Classic.

[Angel Oracle]

Come on some team out there.

You know you want to take on Grichuk for the last two weeks of the season at least.   That should get the Halos back under the tax threshold.

[tdawg87]

27 minutes ago, mmc said: